Deandre Ayton vs. Willie Naulls Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willie Naulls and Deandre Ayton, 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.
Deandre Ayton played 6 years in the NBA, 4 less than Willie Naulls, who played 10. Deandre Ayton had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Willie Naulls had his rookie season in 1956-57. 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 |
Deandre Ayton |
6 |
3 |
2018-19 to 2023-24 |
Willie Naulls |
10 |
4 |
1956-57 to 1965-66 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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|
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Rookie Season |
|
Deandre Ayton |
Willie Naulls |
Season |
2018-19 | 1956-57 |
Team |
Phoenix Suns | St. Louis Hawks, New York Knicks |
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 |
% |
Deandre Ayton |
71 |
30.7 |
16.3 |
3.1 |
7.1 |
10.3 |
1.8 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
1.8 |
2.9 |
7.2 |
12.3 |
.585 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
2.0 |
2.7 |
.746 |
Willie Naulls |
71 |
25.0 |
10.1 |
- |
- |
8.7 |
1.2 |
- |
- |
- |
2.6 |
4.1 |
11.5 |
.357 |
- |
- |
- |
1.9 |
2.7 |
.677 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Deandre Ayton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Willie Naulls |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Deandre Ayton |
38 |
32.5 |
18.2 |
3.9 |
7.6 |
11.5 |
1.9 |
0.7 |
1.5 |
2.1 |
3.1 |
8.2 |
14.9 |
.546 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.231 |
1.8 |
2.3 |
.753 |
Willie Naulls |
68 |
34.8 |
18.1 |
- |
- |
11.8 |
1.4 |
- |
- |
- |
3.2 |
6.9 |
17.5 |
.397 |
- |
- |
- |
4.2 |
5.1 |
.826 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Deandre Ayton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Willie Naulls |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Deandre Ayton |
69 |
30.7 |
14.4 |
3.3 |
7.2 |
10.5 |
1.4 |
0.6 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
2.8 |
6.2 |
10.0 |
.626 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.200 |
1.9 |
2.5 |
.769 |
Willie Naulls |
68 |
30.3 |
15.7 |
- |
- |
10.6 |
1.5 |
- |
- |
- |
3.4 |
6.0 |
15.8 |
.378 |
- |
- |
- |
3.8 |
4.6 |
.830 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Deandre Ayton |
22 |
36.4 |
15.8 |
3.0 |
8.8 |
11.8 |
1.1 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
2.9 |
7.0 |
10.6 |
.658 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.8 |
2.4 |
.736 |
Willie Naulls |
2 |
31.5 |
17.0 |
- |
- |
10.5 |
1.5 |
- |
- |
- |
5.5 |
7.0 |
21.0 |
.333 |
- |
- |
- |
3.0 |
4.0 |
.750 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Deandre Ayton |
58 |
29.5 |
17.2 |
2.6 |
7.7 |
10.2 |
1.4 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
1.6 |
2.4 |
7.6 |
12.0 |
.634 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
.368 |
1.8 |
2.4 |
.746 |
Willie Naulls |
65 |
34.6 |
21.4 |
- |
- |
14.2 |
2.1 |
- |
- |
- |
3.3 |
8.5 |
19.8 |
.428 |
- |
- |
- |
4.4 |
5.3 |
.836 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Deandre Ayton |
13 |
30.5 |
17.9 |
2.5 |
6.4 |
8.9 |
1.7 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
1.5 |
2.6 |
8.1 |
12.6 |
.640 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
.500 |
1.6 |
2.5 |
.636 |
Willie Naulls |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Deandre Ayton |
67 |
30.4 |
18.0 |
2.6 |
7.4 |
10.0 |
1.7 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
1.8 |
2.8 |
7.8 |
13.2 |
.589 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
.292 |
2.3 |
3.0 |
.760 |
Willie Naulls |
79 |
37.7 |
23.4 |
- |
- |
13.4 |
2.4 |
- |
- |
- |
3.4 |
9.3 |
21.8 |
.428 |
- |
- |
- |
4.7 |
5.8 |
.816 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Deandre Ayton |
10 |
31.9 |
13.4 |
2.9 |
6.8 |
9.7 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
1.7 |
3.5 |
6.1 |
11.1 |
.550 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.2 |
2.3 |
.522 |
Willie Naulls |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Deandre Ayton |
55 |
32.4 |
16.7 |
3.2 |
7.9 |
11.1 |
1.6 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
1.8 |
2.0 |
7.8 |
13.6 |
.570 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
.100 |
1.2 |
1.4 |
.823 |
Willie Naulls |
75 |
39.7 |
25.0 |
- |
- |
11.6 |
2.6 |
- |
- |
- |
3.5 |
10.0 |
24.0 |
.415 |
- |
- |
- |
5.1 |
6.1 |
.842 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Deandre Ayton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Willie Naulls |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Deandre Ayton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Willie Naulls |
70 |
27.2 |
12.9 |
- |
- |
7.4 |
1.5 |
- |
- |
- |
2.9 |
5.3 |
12.7 |
.417 |
- |
- |
- |
2.4 |
3.0 |
.802 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Deandre Ayton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Willie Naulls |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Deandre Ayton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Willie Naulls |
78 |
18.1 |
9.8 |
- |
- |
4.6 |
0.8 |
- |
- |
- |
2.7 |
4.1 |
9.9 |
.417 |
- |
- |
- |
1.6 |
2.0 |
.796 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Deandre Ayton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Willie Naulls |
10 |
16.7 |
9.1 |
- |
- |
4.6 |
0.8 |
- |
- |
- |
3.1 |
3.7 |
9.5 |
.389 |
- |
- |
- |
1.7 |
2.3 |
.739 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Deandre Ayton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Willie Naulls |
71 |
20.6 |
10.5 |
- |
- |
4.7 |
1.0 |
- |
- |
- |
3.2 |
4.3 |
11.1 |
.384 |
- |
- |
- |
2.0 |
2.5 |
.813 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Deandre Ayton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Willie Naulls |
12 |
15.0 |
7.3 |
- |
- |
4.3 |
0.8 |
- |
- |
- |
2.3 |
3.3 |
7.9 |
.411 |
- |
- |
- |
0.8 |
1.3 |
.667 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Deandre Ayton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Willie Naulls |
71 |
20.2 |
10.7 |
- |
- |
4.5 |
1.0 |
- |
- |
- |
2.8 |
4.6 |
11.5 |
.402 |
- |
- |
- |
1.5 |
1.8 |
.794 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Deandre Ayton |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Willie Naulls |
11 |
6.8 |
3.2 |
- |
- |
1.5 |
0.1 |
- |
- |
- |
2.1 |
0.8 |
3.2 |
.257 |
- |
- |
- |
1.5 |
1.9 |
.810 |