Dominique Wilkins vs. Jalen Williams Season by Season Comparison

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

Dominique Wilkins played 15 years in the NBA, 12 more than Jalen Williams, who played 3. Dominique Wilkins had the first of his seasons in 1982-83, 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
	Dominique Wilkins	Jalen Williams
Season	1982-83	2022-23
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Dominique Wilkins	82	32.9	17.5	2.8	3.1	5.8	1.6	1.0	0.8	2.2	2.6	7.3	14.9	.493	0.0	0.1	.182	2.8	4.1	.682
difference:	+7	+2.6	+3.4	+1.7	+0.3	+1.3	+1.7	+0.4	+0.3	-0.6	-0.1	+1.8	+4.3	+.028	+1.0	+2.6	+.174	+0.7	+1.6	+.130
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dominique Wilkins	3	36.3	15.7	2.7	2.3	5.0	0.3	0.7	0.3	3.3	3.0	5.7	14.0	.405	0.3	0.3	1.000	4.0	4.7	.857
Jalen Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Dominique Wilkins	Jalen Williams
Season	1984-85	2024-25
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Dominique Wilkins	81	37.3	27.4	2.8	4.1	6.9	2.5	1.7	0.7	2.8	2.1	10.5	23.3	.451	0.3	1.0	.309	6.0	7.4	.806
difference:	+12	+4.9	+5.8	+1.9	+0.4	+1.6	+2.6	+0.1		-0.6	-0.2	+2.3	+6.4	+.033	+1.5	+3.9	+.056	+2.6	+3.1	+.017
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		%
Dominique Wilkins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
* Dominique Wilkins played 12 seasons more than Jalen Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 15, from 1986 to 1999—Dominique Wilkins played in 8 Playoffs. In those 12 extra years over Jalen Williams, Dominique Wilkins got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 1 Scoring Leader 9 All-Star Game