Anthony Mason vs. Deron Williams Season by Season Comparison

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

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Anthony Mason played 13 years in the NBA, 1 more than Deron Williams, who played 12. Anthony Mason had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Anthony Mason	13	10	1989-90 to 2002-03
Deron Williams	12	9	2005-06 to 2016-17

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Anthony Mason	Deron Williams
Season	1989-90	2005-06
Team	New Jersey Nets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Anthony Mason	21	5.1	1.8	0.5	1.1	1.6	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.5	1.0	0.7	1.9	.350	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.600
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		%
Anthony Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Deron Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Anthony Mason	Deron Williams
Season	1990-91	2006-07
Team	Denver Nuggets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Anthony Mason	3	7.0	3.3	1.0	0.7	1.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.7	1.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.750
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		%
Anthony Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Anthony Mason	Deron Williams
Season	1991-92	2007-08
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Anthony Mason	82	26.8	7.0	2.6	4.4	7.0	1.3	0.6	0.2	1.2	2.8	2.5	4.9	.509	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.2	.642
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		%
Anthony Mason	12	24.0	5.0	2.3	4.0	6.3	0.8	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.8	1.6	3.6	.442	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.3	.786
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 4
	Anthony Mason	Deron Williams
Season	1992-93	2008-09
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Jazz 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		%
Anthony Mason	81	30.6	10.3	2.9	5.0	7.9	2.1	0.5	0.2	1.7	3.0	3.9	7.8	.502	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.6	.682
Deron Williams	68	36.8	19.4	0.4	2.5	2.9	10.7	1.1	0.3	3.4	2.0	6.8	14.5	.471	1.0	3.3	.310	4.8	5.6	.849

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Mason	15	34.0	12.5	3.7	3.6	7.3	2.7	0.7	0.4	1.5	3.3	4.8	8.1	.590	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.5	.632
Deron Williams	5	42.2	20.2	0.8	3.0	3.8	10.8	1.8	0.4	4.2	3.4	5.8	14.0	.414	1.8	5.0	.360	6.8	8.2	.829


Season 5
	Anthony Mason	Deron Williams
Season	1993-94	2009-10
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Anthony Mason	73	26.1	7.2	2.2	3.7	5.8	2.1	0.4	0.1	1.5	2.6	2.8	5.9	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.2	.720
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		%
Anthony Mason	25	26.4	7.6	2.1	3.7	5.8	1.8	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.6	2.7	5.5	.489	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.1	.714
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
	Anthony Mason	Deron Williams
Season	1994-95	2010-11
Team	New York Knicks	Utah Jazz, New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Anthony Mason	77	32.4	9.9	2.4	6.1	8.4	3.1	0.9	0.3	1.6	3.3	3.7	6.6	.566	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.9	.641
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		%
Anthony Mason	11	32.0	9.5	2.1	4.1	6.2	2.2	0.5	0.5	2.4	2.5	2.8	4.6	.608	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	6.3	.623
Deron Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Anthony Mason	Deron Williams
Season	1995-96	2011-12
Team	New York Knicks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Anthony Mason	82	42.2	14.6	2.7	6.6	9.3	4.4	0.8	0.4	2.6	3.0	5.5	9.7	.563	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	5.0	.720
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		%
Anthony Mason	8	43.8	12.6	2.1	5.6	7.8	3.3	0.5	0.1	2.5	2.5	5.1	9.8	.526	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.5	.679
Deron Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Anthony Mason	Deron Williams
Season	1996-97	2012-13
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nets 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		%
Anthony Mason	73	43.1	16.2	2.5	8.8	11.4	5.7	1.0	0.5	2.3	2.8	5.9	11.3	.525	0.0	0.0	.333	4.4	5.9	.745
Deron Williams	78	36.4	18.9	0.4	2.6	3.0	7.7	1.0	0.4	2.8	2.5	6.3	14.4	.440	2.2	5.7	.378	4.1	4.7	.859

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Mason	3	44.0	13.0	2.7	9.3	12.0	3.0	0.3	0.3	3.0	2.0	5.3	12.7	.421	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	4.3	.538
Deron Williams	7	41.7	20.6	0.1	3.0	3.1	8.4	1.0	0.6	3.0	2.4	6.4	15.1	.425	2.4	6.1	.395	5.3	6.4	.822


Season 9
	Anthony Mason	Deron Williams
Season	1997-98	2013-14
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	Nets Lost East 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		%
Anthony Mason	81	38.9	12.8	2.2	8.0	10.2	4.2	0.8	0.2	1.8	2.2	4.8	9.4	.509	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	5.0	.649
Deron Williams	64	32.2	14.3	0.2	2.4	2.6	6.1	1.5	0.2	2.2	2.3	5.0	11.2	.450	1.5	4.2	.366	2.7	3.4	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Mason	9	40.8	15.4	1.9	6.0	7.9	3.4	0.9	0.0	2.4	1.9	6.3	11.0	.576	0.0	0.1	.000	2.8	4.7	.595
Deron Williams	12	35.7	14.5	0.6	2.6	3.2	5.8	1.1	0.2	2.3	2.6	5.0	12.7	.395	1.5	4.4	.340	3.0	3.8	.800

Note: Anthony Mason didn't play in 1998-99.


Season 10
	Anthony Mason	Deron Williams
Season	1999-00	2014-15
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nets 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		%
Anthony Mason	82	38.2	11.6	1.8	6.8	8.5	4.5	0.9	0.4	2.0	2.7	3.9	8.1	.480	0.0	0.0	.000	3.8	5.1	.746
Deron Williams	68	31.1	13.0	0.4	3.1	3.5	6.6	0.9	0.3	2.3	2.3	4.4	11.3	.387	1.3	3.5	.367	3.0	3.5	.834

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Mason	4	44.8	12.5	4.0	5.8	9.8	5.5	1.0	0.0	3.3	3.3	4.5	9.5	.474	0.0	0.3	.000	3.5	5.0	.700
Deron Williams	6	32.0	11.8	0.5	5.7	6.2	5.5	1.3	0.0	2.7	3.0	4.5	11.5	.391	1.8	4.3	.423	1.0	1.2	.857


Season 11
	Anthony Mason	Deron Williams
Season	2000-01	2015-16
Team	Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks 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		%
Anthony Mason	80	40.7	16.1	2.1	7.5	9.6	3.1	1.0	0.3	2.2	2.9	5.8	11.9	.482	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	5.9	.781
Deron Williams	65	32.4	14.1	0.3	2.6	2.9	5.8	0.9	0.2	2.3	2.4	4.9	11.9	.414	1.5	4.3	.344	2.8	3.2	.869

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Mason	3	33.0	5.3	0.3	2.7	3.0	1.3	0.3	0.0	2.3	2.0	1.7	4.3	.385	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000
Deron Williams	3	16.3	5.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	2.7	0.3	0.0	2.3	2.0	2.0	6.0	.333	1.0	2.3	.429	0.0	0.0	-


Season 12
	Anthony Mason	Deron Williams
Season	2001-02	2016-17
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Dallas Mavericks, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
Anthony Mason	82	38.3	9.6	1.5	6.4	7.9	4.2	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.3	3.9	7.6	.505	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.9	2.7	.697
Deron Williams	64	25.9	11.0	0.2	2.1	2.3	5.6	0.5	0.1	2.2	2.2	4.1	9.4	.438	1.3	3.7	.363	1.4	1.7	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Deron Williams	18	14.6	4.3	0.2	1.1	1.3	2.1	0.6	0.1	0.9	1.6	1.6	3.6	.438	0.7	1.7	.387	0.6	0.6	.909


Season 13
	Anthony Mason	Deron Williams
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Anthony Mason	65	32.6	7.2	1.4	5.0	6.4	3.2	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.3	2.9	6.0	.486	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.8	.718
Deron Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Anthony Mason	6	26.2	3.8	0.7	2.7	3.3	0.2	0.5	0.2	1.3	2.8	1.2	2.8	.412	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.2	.692
Deron Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Anthony Mason vs. Deron Williams Season by Season Comparison

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

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13