De'Anthony Melton vs. Jason Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Williams and De'Anthony Melton, 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.

De'Anthony Melton played 6 years in the NBA, 6 less than Jason Williams, who played 12. De'Anthony Melton had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Jason Williams had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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
De'Anthony Melton	6	4	2018-19 to 2023-24
Jason Williams	12	8	1998-99 to 2010-11

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	De'Anthony Melton	Jason Williams
Season	2018-19	1998-99
Team	Phoenix Suns	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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		%
De'Anthony Melton	50	19.7	5.0	0.5	2.2	2.7	3.2	1.4	0.5	1.5	2.3	2.0	5.1	.391	0.6	1.9	.305	0.4	0.6	.750
Jason Williams	50	36.1	12.8	0.3	2.8	3.1	6.0	1.9	0.0	2.9	1.8	4.6	12.3	.374	2.0	6.5	.310	1.6	2.1	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Anthony Melton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Williams	5	33.0	10.0	0.4	3.2	3.6	4.0	1.6	0.2	2.6	3.0	3.2	9.0	.356	1.8	5.8	.310	1.8	1.8	1.000


Season 2
	De'Anthony Melton	Jason Williams
Season	2019-20	1999-00
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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		%
De'Anthony Melton	60	19.5	7.6	0.7	3.0	3.7	2.9	1.3	0.3	1.4	1.8	2.7	6.7	.401	0.7	2.3	.286	1.6	2.0	.769
Jason Williams	81	34.1	12.3	0.3	2.6	2.8	7.3	1.4	0.1	3.7	1.7	4.5	12.0	.373	1.8	6.2	.287	1.6	2.1	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Anthony Melton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Williams	5	29.0	10.4	0.2	1.4	1.6	2.4	0.6	0.0	1.6	1.6	3.6	9.6	.375	1.6	5.0	.320	1.6	2.0	.800


Season 3
	De'Anthony Melton	Jason Williams
Season	2020-21	2000-01
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings 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		%
De'Anthony Melton	52	20.1	9.1	0.6	2.5	3.1	2.5	1.2	0.6	1.3	1.6	3.3	7.6	.438	1.7	4.1	.412	0.8	1.0	.804
Jason Williams	77	29.7	9.4	0.2	2.2	2.4	5.4	1.2	0.1	2.1	1.5	3.6	9.0	.407	1.3	4.0	.315	0.8	1.0	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Anthony Melton	5	16.6	6.2	0.8	2.4	3.2	1.0	0.2	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.2	6.2	.355	1.2	4.0	.300	0.6	1.0	.600
Jason Williams	8	23.6	8.8	0.0	2.3	2.3	2.9	1.0	0.0	2.6	1.8	3.3	7.6	.426	1.4	3.8	.367	0.9	0.9	1.000


Season 4
	De'Anthony Melton	Jason Williams
Season	2021-22	2001-02
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
De'Anthony Melton	73	22.7	10.8	0.9	3.6	4.5	2.7	1.4	0.5	1.5	1.8	3.8	9.5	.404	1.9	5.1	.374	1.2	1.6	.750
Jason Williams	65	34.4	14.8	0.3	2.7	3.0	8.0	1.7	0.1	3.3	1.6	5.8	15.2	.382	2.0	6.6	.295	1.2	1.6	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Anthony Melton	10	17.0	5.6	0.9	2.2	3.1	1.6	1.0	0.5	1.4	0.9	2.1	6.5	.323	1.1	4.4	.250	0.3	0.4	.750
Jason Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	De'Anthony Melton	Jason Williams
Season	2022-23	2002-03
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
De'Anthony Melton	77	27.9	10.1	0.9	3.2	4.1	2.6	1.6	0.5	1.3	2.5	3.6	8.5	.425	2.0	5.2	.390	0.9	1.1	.793
Jason Williams	76	31.7	12.1	0.3	2.5	2.8	8.3	1.2	0.1	2.2	1.7	4.4	11.3	.388	1.9	5.3	.354	1.4	1.7	.840

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Anthony Melton	11	24.9	7.9	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.6	1.2	0.8	0.7	1.8	2.8	7.4	.383	1.7	4.5	.388	0.5	0.7	.750
Jason Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	De'Anthony Melton	Jason Williams
Season	2023-24	2003-04
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies 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		%
De'Anthony Melton	38	26.9	11.1	0.7	3.0	3.7	3.0	1.6	0.4	1.0	2.2	3.7	9.5	.386	2.0	5.6	.360	1.7	2.1	.835
Jason Williams	72	29.4	10.9	0.3	1.7	2.0	6.8	1.3	0.1	1.9	1.3	4.0	9.9	.407	1.7	5.1	.330	1.1	1.4	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Anthony Melton	1	7.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Jason Williams	4	32.3	10.8	0.3	2.0	2.3	4.5	0.5	0.0	1.8	2.5	3.8	11.5	.326	1.5	5.3	.286	1.8	1.8	1.000


Season 7
	De'Anthony Melton	Jason Williams
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Grizzlies 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		%
De'Anthony Melton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Williams	71	27.5	10.1	0.3	1.5	1.7	5.6	1.1	0.1	1.8	1.3	3.7	9.1	.413	1.5	4.6	.324	1.1	1.4	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Anthony Melton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Williams	4	29.0	17.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	5.3	1.5	0.0	2.0	1.8	7.0	13.3	.528	2.5	5.3	.476	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 8
	De'Anthony Melton	Jason Williams
Season	-	2005-06
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Anthony Melton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Williams	59	31.8	12.3	0.1	2.3	2.4	4.9	0.9	0.1	1.7	1.7	4.5	10.3	.442	1.8	4.9	.372	1.4	1.7	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Anthony Melton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Williams	23	29.8	9.3	0.1	1.9	2.0	3.9	0.7	0.0	1.6	1.8	3.3	8.0	.405	1.1	4.1	.274	1.7	2.0	.844


Season 9
	De'Anthony Melton	Jason Williams
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat 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		%
De'Anthony Melton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Williams	61	30.6	10.9	0.3	2.0	2.3	5.3	1.0	0.0	1.6	1.1	3.9	9.3	.413	1.6	4.8	.339	1.5	1.7	.913

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Anthony Melton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Williams	4	28.0	5.8	0.0	2.0	2.0	3.5	1.3	0.3	0.8	1.3	1.8	7.0	.250	1.3	4.3	.294	1.0	1.3	.800


Season 10
	De'Anthony Melton	Jason Williams
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
De'Anthony Melton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Williams	67	28.1	8.8	0.2	1.8	1.9	4.6	1.2	0.1	1.4	1.4	3.1	8.2	.384	1.4	4.1	.353	1.0	1.2	.863

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Anthony Melton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Jason Williams didn't play in 2008-09.


Season 11
	De'Anthony Melton	Jason Williams
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Magic Lost East 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		%
De'Anthony Melton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Williams	82	20.8	6.0	0.1	1.5	1.5	3.6	0.6	0.0	1.1	0.8	2.3	5.2	.444	1.0	2.7	.380	0.4	0.5	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Anthony Melton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Williams	14	13.7	2.6	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.6	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.6	0.9	2.7	.342	0.4	1.7	.250	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 12
	De'Anthony Melton	Jason Williams
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Orlando Magic, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
De'Anthony Melton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Williams	27	10.9	2.0	0.1	1.0	1.1	1.9	0.4	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.8	2.5	.328	0.4	1.4	.263	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Anthony Melton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

De'Anthony Melton vs. Jason Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Williams and De'Anthony Melton, 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