Bam Adebayo vs. Jalen Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Williams and Bam Adebayo, 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.

Bam Adebayo played 9 years in the NBA, 6 more than Jalen Williams, who played 3. Bam Adebayo had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Jalen Williams had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Bam Adebayo	Jalen Williams
Season	2017-18	2022-23
Team	Miami Heat	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	69	19.8	6.9	1.7	3.8	5.5	1.5	0.5	0.6	1.0	2.0	2.5	4.9	.512	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.721
difference:	+6	+10.5	+7.2	+0.6	+0.4	+1.0	+1.8	+0.9	+0.1	-0.6	-0.5	+3.0	+5.7	+.009	+1.0	+2.6	+.356	+0.2	+0.1	+.091
Jalen Williams	75	30.3	14.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	3.3	1.4	0.5	1.6	2.5	5.5	10.6	.521	1.0	2.7	.356	2.1	2.5	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	5	15.4	3.4	1.8	2.2	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.6	1.4	3.0	.467	0.0	0.2	.000	0.6	2.8	.214
Jalen Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Bam Adebayo	Jalen Williams
Season	2019-20	2024-25
Team	Miami Heat	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	72	33.6	15.9	2.4	7.8	10.2	5.1	1.1	1.3	2.8	2.5	6.1	11.0	.557	0.0	0.2	.143	3.7	5.3	.691
difference:	+3	+1.2	+5.7	+1.5	+3.3	+4.9		+0.5	+0.6	-0.6	-0.2	+2.1	+5.9	+.073	+1.8	+4.7	+.222	+0.3	+1.0	+.098
Jalen Williams	69	32.4	21.6	0.9	4.5	5.3	5.1	1.6	0.7	2.2	2.3	8.2	16.9	.484	1.8	4.9	.365	3.4	4.3	.789
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	19	36.2	17.8	2.5	7.8	10.3	4.4	1.0	0.8	2.5	3.1	6.5	11.6	.564	0.0	0.1	.000	4.7	6.1	.783
difference:	+4	+1.6	+3.6	+1.5	+3.3	+4.8	+0.4	+0.4	+0.4	-0.7	-0.9	+1.2	+5.6	+.115	+1.5	+4.9	+.304	+0.3	+0.5	+.006
Jalen Williams	23	34.6	21.4	1.0	4.5	5.5	4.8	1.4	0.4	1.8	2.2	7.7	17.2	.449	1.5	5.0	.304	4.4	5.6	.789

Additional Years
* Bam Adebayo played 6 seasons more than Jalen Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 9, from 2021 to 2026—Bam Adebayo played in 5 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Jalen Williams, Bam Adebayo got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 2 All-Star Game