Jayson Tatum vs. John Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Williams and Jayson Tatum, 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.

Jayson Tatum played 7 years in the NBA, 1 less than John Williams, who played 8. Jayson Tatum had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, 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
	Jayson Tatum	John Williams
Season	2017-18	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Jayson Tatum	80	30.5	13.9	0.6	4.4	5.0	1.6	1.0	0.7	1.4	2.1	5.0	10.4	.475	1.3	3.0	.434	2.7	3.2	.826
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		%
Jayson Tatum	19	35.9	18.5	0.5	3.8	4.4	2.7	1.2	0.5	2.2	2.6	6.5	13.7	.471	1.2	3.7	.324	4.3	5.1	.845
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

Season 3
	Jayson Tatum	John Williams
Season	2019-20	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Jayson Tatum	66	34.3	23.4	1.0	6.0	7.0	3.0	1.4	0.9	2.3	2.1	8.4	18.6	.450	2.9	7.1	.403	3.8	4.7	.812
John Williams	82	29.4	13.7	1.9	5.1	7.0	4.3	1.7	0.9	1.9	2.6	5.3	11.5	.466	0.2	0.9	.268	2.7	3.5	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jayson Tatum	17	40.6	25.7	1.3	8.7	10.0	5.0	1.0	1.2	2.8	2.4	8.5	19.6	.434	2.8	7.4	.373	5.9	7.2	.813
John Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Jayson Tatum	John Williams
Season	2020-21	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jayson Tatum	64	35.8	26.4	0.8	6.6	7.4	4.3	1.2	0.5	2.7	1.9	9.5	20.6	.459	2.9	7.6	.386	4.6	5.3	.868
John Williams	18	35.1	18.2	1.5	6.1	7.6	4.7	1.2	0.5	2.4	1.8	7.2	15.2	.474	0.1	1.0	.111	3.6	4.7	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jayson Tatum	5	37.0	30.6	0.6	5.2	5.8	4.6	1.2	1.6	2.6	3.0	9.4	22.2	.423	2.8	7.2	.389	9.0	9.8	.918
John Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Jayson Tatum	John Williams
Season	2021-22	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA 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		%
Jayson Tatum	76	35.9	26.9	1.1	6.9	8.0	4.4	1.0	0.6	2.9	2.3	9.3	20.6	.453	3.0	8.6	.353	5.3	6.2	.853
John Williams	33	28.5	12.5	1.3	4.1	5.4	4.0	1.2	0.2	2.1	1.9	5.0	11.9	.417	0.3	1.2	.244	2.2	2.9	.753
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jayson Tatum	24	41.0	25.6	1.0	5.7	6.7	6.2	1.2	0.9	4.2	3.0	8.4	19.7	.426	3.2	8.2	.393	5.7	7.1	.800
John Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 6
	Jayson Tatum	John Williams
Season	2022-23	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Clippers Lost West 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		%
Jayson Tatum	74	36.9	30.1	1.1	7.7	8.8	4.6	1.1	0.7	2.9	2.2	9.8	21.1	.466	3.2	9.3	.350	7.2	8.4	.854
John Williams	74	22.1	6.6	1.2	3.1	4.3	1.9	1.1	0.3	1.1	2.5	2.8	6.4	.430	0.2	0.7	.226	0.9	1.7	.543
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jayson Tatum	20	40.0	27.2	1.3	9.2	10.5	5.3	1.1	1.1	2.8	2.2	9.3	20.2	.458	2.7	8.2	.323	6.0	6.9	.876
John Williams	5	19.6	2.2	1.0	1.8	2.8	1.4	1.0	0.0	1.2	3.4	0.8	3.6	.222	0.4	0.6	.667	0.2	0.4	.500

Season 7
	Jayson Tatum	John Williams
Season	2023-24	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics TBD	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		%
Jayson Tatum	74	35.7	26.9	0.9	7.2	8.1	4.9	1.0	0.6	2.5	2.0	9.1	19.3	.471	3.1	8.2	.376	5.6	6.7	.833
John Williams	34	21.3	5.6	1.1	2.6	3.7	2.9	0.7	0.3	1.0	2.5	2.4	5.5	.431	0.1	0.6	.250	0.7	1.1	.667
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jayson Tatum	16	40.9	24.9	1.0	9.3	10.3	6.3	1.0	0.7	2.7	2.9	8.3	19.5	.426	2.1	7.1	.289	6.2	7.4	.839
John Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-