Dereck Lively II vs. Lou Williams Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lou Williams and Dereck Lively II, 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.
Dereck Lively II played 2 years in the NBA, 15 less than Lou Williams, who played 17. Dereck Lively II had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, 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.
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 | % |
| Dereck Lively II |
55 |
23.5 |
8.8 |
2.5 |
4.4 |
6.9 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
1.4 |
0.9 |
2.6 |
4.0 |
5.4 |
.747 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.7 |
1.5 |
.506 |
| difference: | +25 | +18.7 | +6.9 | +2.4 | +3.9 | +6.3 | +0.8 | +0.5 | +1.4 | -0.5 | -2.2 | +3.2 | +3.7 | +.305 | +0.1 | +0.3 | | +0.4 | +1.1 | +.109 |
| 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 |
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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 | % |
| Dereck Lively II |
21 |
22.0 |
7.9 |
2.7 |
4.7 |
7.4 |
1.3 |
0.4 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
2.3 |
3.0 |
4.5 |
.674 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.7 |
2.9 |
.590 |
| Lou Williams |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
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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 | % |
| Dereck Lively II |
36 |
23.1 |
8.7 |
2.9 |
4.6 |
7.5 |
2.4 |
0.6 |
1.6 |
1.1 |
2.8 |
3.7 |
5.3 |
.702 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.3 |
2.0 |
.630 |
| difference: | +25 | +11.8 | +4.4 | +2.6 | +3.7 | +6.4 | +0.6 | +0.2 | +1.6 | -0.3 | -2.1 | +2.2 | +1.8 | +.261 | +0.2 | +0.6 | | +0.3 | +0.5 | +.066 |
| Lou Williams |
61 |
11.3 |
4.3 |
0.3 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
1.8 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
1.5 |
3.5 |
.441 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
.324 |
1.0 |
1.5 |
.696 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
| * Neiher Dereck Lively II nor Lou Williams played in the postseason in their season 2 |
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Additional Years |
* Lou Williams played 15 seasons more than Dereck Lively II in the NBA.
In that period—his seasons 3 to 17, from 2008 to 2022—Lou Williams played in 10 Playoffs. In those 15 extra years over Dereck Lively II, Lou Williams got these achievements: |
| Honors & Awards |  3 Sixth Man of the Year
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