Deron Williams vs. Jalen Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Williams and Deron Williams, 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.

Deron Williams played 12 years in the NBA, 9 more than Jalen Williams, who played 3. Deron Williams had the first of his seasons in 2005-06, while Jalen 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.

Rookie Season
	Deron Williams	Jalen Williams
Season	2005-06	2022-23
Team	Utah Jazz	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
Deron Williams	80	28.8	10.8	0.4	2.0	2.4	4.5	0.8	0.2	1.8	2.9	4.2	10.1	.421	1.1	2.7	.416	1.2	1.7	.704
difference:	+5	+1.5	+3.3	+0.7	+1.4	+2.1	+1.2	+0.6	+0.3	-0.2	-0.4	+1.3	+0.5	+.100	+0.1		+.060	+0.9	+0.8	+.108
Jalen Williams	75	30.3	14.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	3.3	1.4	0.5	1.6	2.5	5.5	10.6	.521	1.0	2.7	.356	2.1	2.5	.812
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Deron Williams nor Jalen Williams played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Deron Williams	Jalen Williams
Season	2007-08	2024-25
Team	Utah Jazz	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deron Williams	82	37.3	18.8	0.4	2.5	3.0	10.5	1.1	0.3	3.4	2.4	6.9	13.6	.507	1.0	2.6	.395	4.0	5.0	.803
difference:	+13	+4.9	+2.8	+0.5	+2.0	+2.3	+5.4	+0.5	+0.4	-1.2	-0.1	+1.3	+3.3	+.023	+0.8	+2.3	+.030	+0.6	+0.7	+.014
Jalen Williams	69	32.4	21.6	0.9	4.5	5.3	5.1	1.6	0.7	2.2	2.3	8.2	16.9	.484	1.8	4.9	.365	3.4	4.3	.789
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deron Williams	12	42.8	21.6	1.3	2.3	3.6	10.0	0.6	0.3	3.1	2.9	7.5	15.3	.492	2.3	4.7	.500	4.3	5.5	.773
difference:	+11	+8.2	+0.2	+0.3	+2.2	+1.9	+5.2	+0.8	+0.1	-1.3	-0.7	+0.2	+1.9	+.043	+0.8	+0.3	+.196	+0.1	+0.1	+.016
Jalen Williams	23	34.6	21.4	1.0	4.5	5.5	4.8	1.4	0.4	1.8	2.2	7.7	17.2	.449	1.5	5.0	.304	4.4	5.6	.789

Additional Years
* Deron Williams played 9 seasons more than Jalen Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 12, from 2009 to 2017—Deron Williams played in 7 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Jalen Williams, Deron Williams got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Star Game