Bill Sharman vs. Mark Williams Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mark Williams and Bill Sharman, 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.
Bill Sharman played 11 years in the NBA, 8 more than Mark Williams, who played 3. Bill Sharman had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, while Mark 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.
Their Careers |
| Player |
Total Seasons |
Playoffs Played |
NBA Years |
| Bill Sharman |
11 |
10 |
1950-51 to 1960-61 |
| Mark Williams |
3 |
0 |
2022-23 to 2024-25 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Bill Sharman |
31 |
- |
12.2 |
- |
- |
3.5 |
1.3 |
- |
- |
- |
2.8 |
4.5 |
12.3 |
.370 |
- |
- |
- |
3.1 |
3.5 |
.889 |
| difference: | +12 | | +3.2 | | | +3.6 | +0.9 | | | | -0.6 | +0.8 | +6.5 | +.267 | | | | +1.5 | +1.2 | +.198 |
| Mark Williams |
43 |
19.3 |
9.0 |
2.2 |
4.9 |
7.1 |
0.4 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
0.9 |
2.2 |
3.7 |
5.8 |
.637 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.6 |
2.3 |
.691 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
| * Neiher Bill Sharman nor Mark Williams played in the postseason in their season 1 |
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2nd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Bill Sharman |
63 |
22.0 |
10.7 |
- |
- |
3.5 |
2.4 |
- |
- |
- |
2.9 |
3.9 |
10.0 |
.389 |
- |
- |
- |
2.9 |
3.4 |
.859 |
| difference: | +44 | +4.7 | +2.0 | | | +6.2 | +1.2 | | | | -0.3 | +1.3 | +2.1 | +.260 | | | | +0.5 | | +.140 |
| Mark Williams |
19 |
26.7 |
12.7 |
4.0 |
5.7 |
9.7 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
0.9 |
2.6 |
5.2 |
7.9 |
.649 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
2.4 |
3.4 |
.719 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Bill Sharman |
1 |
27.0 |
15.0 |
- |
- |
3.0 |
7.0 |
- |
- |
- |
4.0 |
7.0 |
12.0 |
.583 |
- |
- |
- |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.000 |
| Mark Williams |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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3rd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Bill Sharman |
71 |
32.9 |
16.2 |
- |
- |
4.1 |
2.7 |
- |
- |
- |
3.4 |
5.7 |
13.0 |
.436 |
- |
- |
- |
4.8 |
5.6 |
.850 |
| difference: | +27 | +6.3 | +0.9 | | | +6.1 | +0.2 | | | | -1.0 | +0.4 | +2.8 | +.168 | | | | +1.8 | +1.9 | +.046 |
| Mark Williams |
44 |
26.6 |
15.3 |
3.0 |
7.2 |
10.2 |
2.5 |
0.7 |
1.2 |
1.6 |
2.4 |
6.1 |
10.2 |
.604 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
3.0 |
3.7 |
.804 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Bill Sharman |
6 |
33.5 |
11.7 |
- |
- |
2.5 |
2.5 |
- |
- |
- |
4.3 |
3.3 |
10.0 |
.333 |
- |
- |
- |
5.0 |
5.3 |
.938 |
| Mark Williams |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Additional Years |
* Bill Sharman played 8 seasons more than Mark Williams in the NBA.
In that period—his seasons 4 to 11, from 1954 to 1961—Bill Sharman played in 8 Playoffs and won 4 NBA Championships. In those 8 extra years over Mark Williams, Bill Sharman got these achievements: |
| Honors & Awards |  4 All-NBA First Team
2 All-NBA Second Team
7 All-Star Game
1 All-Star Game MVP
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