Bernard King vs. Lou Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lou Williams and Bernard King, 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.

Bernard King played 14 years in the NBA, 3 less than Lou Williams, who played 17. Bernard King had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, while Lou 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 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
	Bernard King	Lou Williams
Season	1977-78	2005-06
Team	New Jersey Nets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Bernard King	79	39.1	24.2	3.4	6.2	9.5	2.4	1.5	0.5	3.9	3.8	10.1	21.1	.479	-	-	-	4.0	5.8	.677
difference:	+49	+34.3	+22.3	+3.3	+5.7	+8.9	+2.1	+1.3	+0.5	-3.5	-3.4	+9.3	+19.4	+.037				+3.7	+5.4	+.062
Lou Williams	30	4.8	1.9	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.7	.442	0.1	0.3	.222	0.3	0.4	.615
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Bernard King nor Lou Williams played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Bernard King	Lou Williams
Season	1981-82	2009-10
Team	Golden State Warriors	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	79	36.2	23.2	1.8	4.2	5.9	3.6	1.0	0.3	3.4	3.6	9.4	16.5	.566	0.0	0.1	.200	4.5	6.3	.705
difference:	+15	+6.3	+9.2	+1.4	+1.7	+3.0	+0.6	+0.3	+0.1	-1.7	-1.9	+4.4	+5.9	+.096	+1.1	+3.1	+.140	+1.5	+2.7	+.119
Lou Williams	64	29.9	14.0	0.4	2.5	2.9	4.2	1.3	0.2	1.7	1.7	5.0	10.6	.470	1.1	3.2	.340	3.0	3.6	.824
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Bernard King nor Lou Williams played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 7
	Bernard King	Lou Williams
Season	1983-84	2011-12
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	77	34.6	26.3	1.6	3.5	5.1	2.1	1.0	0.2	2.6	3.5	10.3	18.1	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	5.7	7.3	.779
difference:	+13	+8.3	+11.4	+1.1	+1.5	+2.7	+1.4	+0.2	+0.1	-1.5	-2.1	+5.3	+5.9	+.165	+1.3	+3.5	+.362	+2.0	+2.7	+.033
Lou Williams	64	26.3	14.9	0.5	2.0	2.4	3.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	1.4	5.0	12.2	.407	1.3	3.6	.362	3.7	4.6	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	12	39.8	34.8	2.3	3.8	6.2	3.0	1.2	0.5	2.6	4.0	13.5	23.5	.574	0.0	0.1	.000	7.8	10.3	.756
difference:	+1	+12.3	+23.3	+2.1	+2.0	+4.1		+0.2	+0.5	-1.4	-2.7	+9.7	+12.6	+.222	+0.6	+3.6	+.167	+4.6	+6.3	+.032
Lou Williams	13	27.5	11.5	0.2	1.8	2.1	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.2	1.3	3.8	10.9	.352	0.6	3.7	.167	3.2	4.0	.788

Season 8
	Bernard King	Lou Williams
Season	1984-85	2012-13
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	55	37.5	32.9	2.1	3.7	5.8	3.7	1.3	0.3	3.7	3.5	12.6	23.7	.530	0.0	0.2	.100	7.7	10.0	.772
difference:	+16	+8.8	+18.8	+1.9	+1.9	+3.7	+0.1	+0.2		-1.8	-2.1	+7.8	+12.3	+.108	+1.8	+4.8	+.267	+5.0	+6.9	+.096
Lou Williams	39	28.7	14.1	0.2	1.8	2.1	3.6	1.1	0.3	1.9	1.4	4.8	11.4	.422	1.8	5.0	.367	2.7	3.1	.868
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Bernard King nor Lou Williams played in the postseason in their season 8

Note: Bernard King didn't play in 1985-86.

Season 10
	Bernard King	Lou Williams
Season	1987-88	2014-15
Team	Washington Bullets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	69	29.6	17.2	1.2	2.8	4.1	2.8	0.7	0.1	3.1	2.9	6.8	13.6	.501	0.0	0.1	.167	3.6	4.7	.762
difference:	+11	+4.4	+1.7	+0.9	+1.2	+2.2	+0.7	+0.4		-1.8	-1.6	+2.1	+2.0	+.097	+1.9	+5.5	+.173	+0.7	+0.2	+.099
Lou Williams	80	25.2	15.5	0.3	1.6	1.9	2.1	1.1	0.1	1.3	1.3	4.7	11.6	.404	1.9	5.6	.340	4.3	4.9	.861
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	5	33.6	13.8	0.6	1.6	2.2	1.8	0.6	0.0	2.8	3.4	5.2	10.6	.491	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	4.2	.810
difference:	+1	+8.1	+1.0	+0.1	+0.3	+0.4	+0.5	+0.9		-2.0	-1.1	+1.2	+2.2	+.177	+1.0	+5.3		+0.4	+0.3	+.023
Lou Williams	4	25.5	12.8	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.3	1.5	0.0	0.8	2.3	4.0	12.8	.314	1.0	5.3	.190	3.8	4.5	.833

Season 13
	Bernard King	Lou Williams
Season	1990-91	2017-18
Team	Washington Bullets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	64	37.5	28.4	1.8	3.2	5.0	4.6	0.9	0.3	4.0	2.9	11.1	23.6	.472	0.1	0.6	.216	6.0	7.6	.790
difference:	+15	+4.7	+5.8	+1.3	+1.2	+2.5	+0.7	+0.2	+0.1	-1.0	-1.6	+3.7	+6.7	+.037	+2.3	+6.0	+.143	+0.5	+1.4	+.090
Lou Williams	79	32.8	22.6	0.5	2.0	2.5	5.3	1.1	0.2	3.0	1.3	7.4	16.9	.435	2.4	6.6	.359	5.5	6.2	.880
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Bernard King nor Lou Williams played in the postseason in their season 13

Note: Bernard King didn't play in 1991-92.

Season 14
	Bernard King	Lou Williams
Season	1992-93	2018-19
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	32	13.4	7.0	1.1	1.3	2.4	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.7	2.8	5.5	.514	0.1	0.2	.286	1.2	1.8	.684
difference:	+43	+13.2	+13.0	+0.6	+1.1	+0.6	+4.8	+0.5		-1.7	-0.6	+3.7	+9.7	+.089	+1.3	+3.7	+.075	+4.5	+4.7	+.192
Lou Williams	75	26.6	20.0	0.5	2.4	3.0	5.4	0.8	0.1	2.4	1.1	6.5	15.2	.425	1.4	3.9	.361	5.7	6.5	.876
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bernard King	3	8.0	2.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	.571	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+3	+21.3	+19.0	+0.7	+1.8	+2.5	+7.7	+0.5	+0.2	-2.7	-1.3	+6.2	+15.0	+.138	+1.0	+3.0		+5.7	+6.8
Lou Williams	6	29.3	21.7	1.0	1.8	2.8	7.7	0.8	0.2	3.0	2.3	7.5	17.3	.433	1.0	3.0	.333	5.7	6.8	.829