Don May vs. Deron Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Deron Williams and Don May, 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.

Don May played 7 years in the NBA, 5 less than Deron Williams, who played 12. Don May had the first of his seasons in 1968-69, while Deron Williams had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12
Rookie Season
	Don May	Deron Williams
Season	1968-69	2005-06
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don May	48	11.7	4.3	-	-	2.4	0.7	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	4.6	.363	-	-	-	0.9	1.2	.724
Deron Williams	80	28.8	10.8	0.4	2.0	2.4	4.5	0.8	0.2	1.8	2.9	4.2	10.1	.421	1.1	2.7	.416	1.2	1.7	.704
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don May	9	9.8	2.8	-	-	2.6	0.9	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	3.3	.300	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.778
Deron Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Don May	Deron Williams
Season	1969-70	2006-07
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don May	37	6.4	2.6	-	-	1.4	0.5	-	-	-	1.1	1.1	2.7	.386	-	-	-	0.5	0.5	.947
Deron Williams	80	36.9	16.2	0.5	2.8	3.3	9.3	1.0	0.2	3.1	3.2	6.2	13.5	.456	1.0	3.2	.322	2.8	3.7	.767
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don May	2	3.5	2.0	-	-	0	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.5	.667	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Deron Williams	17	38.6	19.2	0.5	3.8	4.3	8.6	1.5	0.2	4.0	2.9	7.2	15.9	.452	1.1	3.4	.333	3.8	4.8	.790

Season 3
	Don May	Deron Williams
Season	1970-71	2007-08
Team	Buffalo Braves	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don May	76	35.1	20.2	-	-	7.5	2.0	-	-	-	2.9	8.3	17.6	.471	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.791
Deron Williams	82	37.3	18.8	0.4	2.5	3.0	10.5	1.1	0.3	3.4	2.4	6.9	13.6	.507	1.0	2.6	.395	4.0	5.0	.803
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don May	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Deron Williams	12	42.8	21.6	1.3	2.3	3.6	10.0	0.6	0.3	3.1	2.9	7.5	15.3	.492	2.3	4.7	.500	4.3	5.5	.773

Season 5
	Don May	Deron Williams
Season	1972-73	2009-10
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don May	58	15.8	7.8	-	-	3.6	1.1	-	-	-	2.3	3.3	7.3	.446	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.806
Deron Williams	76	36.9	18.7	0.7	3.3	4.0	10.5	1.3	0.2	3.3	2.7	6.5	13.9	.469	1.3	3.4	.371	4.4	5.5	.801
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don May	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Deron Williams	10	39.8	24.3	0.4	2.3	2.7	10.2	1.0	0.4	3.0	3.7	6.7	14.9	.450	2.0	5.1	.392	8.9	11.1	.802

Season 6
	Don May	Deron Williams
Season	1973-74	2010-11
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Utah Jazz, New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don May	56	14.5	7.0	0.4	2.0	2.4	1.1	0.4	0.1	-	2.4	2.7	6.6	.414	-	-	-	1.6	1.8	.873
Deron Williams	65	37.9	20.1	0.6	3.4	4.0	10.3	1.2	0.2	3.5	2.9	6.6	15.0	.439	1.6	4.9	.331	5.4	6.3	.845
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don May	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Deron Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Don May	Deron Williams
Season	1974-75	2011-12
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don May	29	4.8	2.2	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.1	-	0.7	0.9	1.9	.500	-	-	-	0.3	0.4	.833
Deron Williams	55	36.3	21.0	0.4	2.9	3.3	8.7	1.2	0.4	4.0	2.2	7.1	17.5	.407	2.1	6.2	.336	4.7	5.5	.843
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don May	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Deron Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-