Chet Holmgren vs. John Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Williams and Chet Holmgren, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Chet Holmgren played 1 years in the NBA, 7 less than John Williams, who played 8. Chet Holmgren had his first NBA Season in 2023-24, while John Williams had his rookie season in 1986-87. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Chet Holmgren	John Williams
Season	2023-24	1986-87
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chet Holmgren	82	29.4	16.5	1.6	6.3	7.9	2.4	0.6	2.3	1.6	2.4	6.2	11.6	.530	1.6	4.3	.370	2.7	3.4	.793
John Williams	78	22.7	9.2	1.7	3.0	4.7	2.4	1.7	0.4	1.6	2.2	3.6	8.0	.454	0.1	0.5	.222	1.8	2.9	.646
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chet Holmgren	10	34.5	15.6	1.4	5.8	7.2	2.1	0.7	2.5	1.9	2.6	5.9	11.9	.496	1.3	5.0	.260	2.5	3.3	.758
John Williams	3	16.3	6.7	1.3	2.3	3.7	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.0	2.7	4.7	.571	0.0	0.3	.000	1.3	2.3	.571

Note: John Williams didn't play in 1991-92.