Dick Van Arsdale vs. Robert Williams III Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Robert Williams III and Dick Van Arsdale, 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.

Dick Van Arsdale played 12 years in the NBA, 6 more than Robert Williams III, who played 6. Dick Van Arsdale had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, while Robert Williams III had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dick Van Arsdale	Robert Williams III
Season	1965-66	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Dick Van Arsdale	79	29.0	12.3	-	-	4.8	2.3	-	-	-	3.0	4.5	10.6	.428	-	-	-	3.2	4.4	.715
Robert Williams III	32	8.8	2.5	0.8	1.7	2.5	0.2	0.3	1.3	0.3	1.1	1.1	1.6	.706	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.600
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Williams III	3	4.3	1.3	0.3	2.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000

Season 4
	Dick Van Arsdale	Robert Williams III
Season	1968-69	2021-22
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost NBA 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		%
Dick Van Arsdale	80	42.4	21.0	-	-	6.9	4.8	-	-	-	3.1	7.7	17.3	.442	-	-	-	5.7	8.1	.705
Robert Williams III	61	29.6	10.0	3.9	5.7	9.6	2.0	0.9	2.2	1.0	2.2	4.4	6.0	.736	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.5	.722
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Williams III	17	23.2	7.7	2.5	3.6	6.2	1.0	0.7	2.2	0.6	2.0	3.1	4.6	.679	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	1.6	.893

Season 5
	Dick Van Arsdale	Robert Williams III
Season	1969-70	2022-23
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Div Semis	Celtics 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		%
Dick Van Arsdale	77	38.5	21.3	-	-	3.4	4.4	-	-	-	3.7	7.7	15.1	.508	-	-	-	6.0	7.5	.798
Robert Williams III	35	23.5	8.0	3.0	5.4	8.3	1.4	0.6	1.4	1.0	1.9	3.6	4.9	.747	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.2	.610
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Van Arsdale	7	36.4	16.4	-	-	2.6	4.1	-	-	-	3.3	6.1	14.3	.430	-	-	-	4.1	4.7	.879
Robert Williams III	20	20.9	7.7	1.8	4.2	6.0	1.0	0.5	1.3	0.8	2.2	3.4	4.3	.788	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.4	.679

Season 6
	Dick Van Arsdale	Robert Williams III
Season	1970-71	2023-24
Team	Phoenix Suns	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Dick Van Arsdale	81	39.0	21.9	-	-	3.9	4.1	-	-	-	3.0	7.5	16.6	.452	-	-	-	6.8	8.4	.811
Robert Williams III	6	19.8	6.8	1.8	4.5	6.3	0.8	1.2	1.2	1.2	2.8	2.8	4.3	.654	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.5	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Williams III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Dick Van Arsdale	Robert Williams III
Season	1973-74	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
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		%
Dick Van Arsdale	78	36.3	17.8	0.8	2.0	2.8	4.2	1.2	0.2	-	3.1	6.6	13.2	.500	-	-	-	4.6	5.4	.853
Robert Williams III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Van Arsdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Williams III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-