Dwyane Wade vs. Jason Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Williams and Dwyane Wade, 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.

Dwyane Wade played 16 years in the NBA, 4 more than Jason Williams, who played 12. Dwyane Wade had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, 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 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
	Dwyane Wade	Jason Williams
Season	2003-04	1998-99
Team	Miami Heat	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Dwyane Wade	61	34.9	16.2	1.4	2.7	4.0	4.5	1.4	0.6	3.2	2.3	6.1	13.1	.465	0.3	0.9	.302	3.8	5.1	.747
difference:	+11	+1.2	+3.4	+1.1	+0.1	+0.9	+1.5	+0.5	+0.6	-0.3	-0.5	+1.5	+0.8	+.091	+1.7	+5.6	+.008	+2.2	+3.0	+.005
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		%
Dwyane Wade	13	39.5	18.0	1.2	2.8	4.0	5.6	1.3	0.3	4.2	3.5	6.6	14.5	.455	0.2	0.6	.375	4.5	5.8	.787
difference:	+8	+6.5	+8.0	+0.8	+0.4	+0.4	+1.6	+0.3	+0.1	-1.6	-0.5	+3.4	+5.5	+.099	+1.6	+5.2	+.065	+2.7	+4.0	+.213
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
	Dwyane Wade	Jason Williams
Season	2004-05	1999-00
Team	Miami Heat	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dwyane Wade	77	38.6	24.1	1.4	3.7	5.2	6.8	1.6	1.1	4.2	3.0	8.2	17.1	.478	0.2	0.6	.289	7.5	9.9	.762
difference:	+4	+4.5	+11.8	+1.1	+1.1	+2.4	+0.5	+0.2	+1.0	-0.5	-1.3	+3.7	+5.1	+.105	+1.6	+5.6	+.002	+5.9	+7.8	+.009
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		%
Dwyane Wade	14	41.0	27.4	1.6	4.1	5.7	6.6	1.6	1.1	4.4	3.1	9.7	20.1	.484	0.1	0.7	.100	7.9	9.9	.799
difference:	+9	+12.2	+17.0	+1.4	+2.7	+4.1	+4.2	+1.0	+1.1	-2.8	-1.5	+6.1	+10.5	+.109	+1.5	+4.3	+.220	+6.3	+7.9	+.001
Jason Williams	5	28.8	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
	Dwyane Wade	Jason Williams
Season	2005-06	2000-01
Team	Miami Heat	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Kings Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Dwyane Wade	75	38.6	27.2	1.4	4.3	5.7	6.7	1.9	0.8	3.6	2.9	9.3	18.8	.495	0.2	1.0	.171	8.4	10.7	.783
difference:	+2	+8.9	+17.8	+1.2	+2.1	+3.3	+1.3	+0.7	+0.7	-1.5	-1.4	+5.7	+9.8	+.088	+1.1	+3.0	+.144	+7.6	+9.7	+.006
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		%
Dwyane Wade	23	41.7	28.4	1.2	4.7	5.9	5.7	2.2	1.1	3.9	3.1	9.5	19.2	.497	0.6	1.6	.378	8.8	10.9	.808
difference:	+15	+18.1	+19.6	+1.2	+2.4	+3.6	+2.8	+1.2	+1.1	-1.3	-1.3	+6.2	+11.6	+.071	+0.8	+2.2	+.011	+7.9	+10.0	+.192
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
	Dwyane Wade	Jason Williams
Season	2006-07	2001-02
Team	Miami Heat	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dwyane Wade	51	37.9	27.4	1.0	3.7	4.7	7.5	2.1	1.2	4.2	2.3	9.3	18.9	.491	0.4	1.5	.266	8.5	10.5	.807
difference:	+14	+3.5	+12.6	+0.7	+1.0	+1.7	+0.5	+0.4	+1.1	-0.9	-0.7	+3.5	+3.7	+.109	+1.6	+5.1	+.029	+7.3	+8.9	+.015
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		%
Dwyane Wade	4	40.5	23.5	1.8	3.0	4.8	6.3	1.3	0.5	5.8	3.3	9.0	21.0	.429	0.0	1.3	.000	5.5	8.0	.688
Jason Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Dwyane Wade	Jason Williams
Season	2007-08	2002-03
Team	Miami Heat	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dwyane Wade	51	38.3	24.6	0.9	3.3	4.2	6.9	1.7	0.7	4.4	2.7	8.6	18.4	.469	0.4	1.5	.286	6.9	9.2	.758
difference:	+25	+6.6	+12.5	+0.6	+0.8	+1.4	+1.4	+0.5	+0.6	-2.2	-1.0	+4.2	+7.1	+.081	+1.5	+3.8	+.068	+5.5	+7.5	+.082
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
* Neiher Dwyane Wade nor Jason Williams played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 6
	Dwyane Wade	Jason Williams
Season	2008-09	2003-04
Team	Miami Heat	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dwyane Wade	79	38.6	30.2	1.1	3.9	5.0	7.5	2.2	1.3	3.4	2.3	10.8	22.0	.491	1.1	3.5	.317	7.5	9.8	.765
difference:	+7	+9.2	+19.3	+0.8	+2.2	+3.0	+0.7	+0.9	+1.2	-1.5	-1.0	+6.8	+12.1	+.084	+0.6	+1.6	+.013	+6.4	+8.4	+.072
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		%
Dwyane Wade	7	40.7	29.1	0.6	4.4	5.0	5.3	0.9	1.6	3.6	2.9	9.7	22.1	.439	2.6	7.1	.360	7.1	8.3	.862
difference:	+3	+8.4	+18.3	+0.3	+2.4	+2.7	+0.8	+0.4	+1.6	-1.8	-0.4	+5.9	+10.6	+.113	+1.1	+1.8	+.074	+5.3	+6.5	+.138
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
	Dwyane Wade	Jason Williams
Season	2009-10	2004-05
Team	Miami Heat	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dwyane Wade	77	36.3	26.6	1.4	3.5	4.8	6.5	1.8	1.1	3.3	2.4	9.3	19.6	.476	0.9	3.2	.300	6.9	9.1	.761
difference:	+6	+8.8	+16.5	+1.1	+2.0	+3.1	+0.9	+0.7	+1.0	-1.5	-1.1	+5.6	+10.5	+.063	+0.6	+1.4	+.024	+5.8	+7.7	+.031
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		%
Dwyane Wade	5	42.0	33.2	1.2	4.4	5.6	6.8	1.6	1.6	5.2	3.2	12.4	22.0	.564	3.0	7.4	.405	5.4	8.0	.675
difference:	+1	+13.0	+16.2	+0.9	+2.4	+3.3	+1.5	+0.1	+1.6	-3.2	-1.4	+5.4	+8.7	+.036	+0.5	+2.1	+.071	+4.9	+7.5	+.325
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
	Dwyane Wade	Jason Williams
Season	2010-11	2005-06
Team	Miami Heat	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dwyane Wade	76	37.1	25.5	1.6	4.8	6.4	4.6	1.5	1.1	3.1	2.6	9.1	18.2	.500	0.8	2.7	.306	6.5	8.6	.758
difference:	+17	+5.3	+13.2	+1.5	+2.5	+4.0	+0.3	+0.6	+1.0	-1.4	-0.9	+4.6	+7.9	+.058	+1.0	+2.2	+.066	+5.1	+6.9	+.109
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		%
Dwyane Wade	21	39.4	24.5	2.0	5.1	7.1	4.4	1.6	1.3	3.0	2.5	8.6	17.8	.485	0.7	2.5	.269	6.6	8.5	.777
difference:	+2	+9.6	+15.2	+1.9	+3.2	+5.1	+0.5	+0.9	+1.3	-1.4	-0.7	+5.3	+9.8	+.080	+0.4	+1.6	+.005	+4.9	+6.5	+.067
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
	Dwyane Wade	Jason Williams
Season	2011-12	2006-07
Team	Miami Heat	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dwyane Wade	49	33.2	22.1	1.5	3.3	4.8	4.6	1.7	1.3	2.6	2.2	8.5	17.1	.497	0.3	1.1	.268	4.8	6.1	.791
difference:	+12	+2.6	+11.2	+1.2	+1.3	+2.5	+0.7	+0.7	+1.3	-1.0	-1.1	+4.6	+7.8	+.084	+1.3	+3.7	+.071	+3.3	+4.4	+.122
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		%
Dwyane Wade	23	39.4	22.8	1.4	3.8	5.2	4.3	1.7	1.3	3.0	2.8	8.6	18.5	.462	0.4	1.5	.294	5.3	7.2	.729
difference:	+19	+11.4	+17.0	+1.4	+1.8	+3.2	+0.8	+0.4	+1.0	-2.2	-1.5	+6.8	+11.5	+.212	+0.9	+2.8		+4.3	+5.9	+.071
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
	Dwyane Wade	Jason Williams
Season	2012-13	2007-08
Team	Miami Heat	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dwyane Wade	69	34.7	21.2	1.2	3.7	5.0	5.1	1.9	0.8	2.8	2.0	8.2	15.8	.521	0.2	1.0	.258	4.5	6.2	.725
difference:	+2	+6.6	+12.4	+1.0	+1.9	+3.1	+0.5	+0.7	+0.7	-1.4	-0.6	+5.1	+7.6	+.137	+1.2	+3.1	+.095	+3.5	+5.0	+.138
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		%
Dwyane Wade	22	35.5	15.9	1.7	2.9	4.6	4.8	1.7	1.0	2.6	2.0	6.5	14.3	.457	0.0	0.2	.250	2.7	3.6	.750
Jason Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 11
	Dwyane Wade	Jason Williams
Season	2013-14	2009-10
Team	Miami Heat	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Magic Lost East Conf Finals

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dwyane Wade	54	32.9	19.0	1.1	3.4	4.5	4.7	1.5	0.5	3.0	2.0	7.7	14.1	.545	0.2	0.6	.281	3.5	4.8	.733
difference:	+28	+12.1	+13.0	+1.0	+1.9	+3.0	+1.1	+0.9	+0.5	-1.9	-1.2	+5.4	+8.9	+.101	+0.8	+2.1	+.099	+3.1	+4.3	+.023
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		%
Dwyane Wade	20	34.7	17.8	0.8	3.1	3.9	3.9	1.5	0.3	2.7	2.8	7.0	13.9	.500	0.5	1.2	.375	3.5	4.5	.767
difference:	+6	+21.0	+15.2	+0.6	+2.5	+3.1	+2.3	+1.2	+0.3	-2.3	-2.2	+6.1	+11.2	+.158	+0.1	+0.5	+.125	+3.1	+4.1	+.233
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
	Dwyane Wade	Jason Williams
Season	2014-15	2010-11
Team	Miami Heat	Orlando Magic, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dwyane Wade	62	31.8	21.5	0.9	2.6	3.5	4.8	1.2	0.3	3.4	1.7	8.2	17.5	.470	0.5	1.6	.284	4.6	6.0	.768
difference:	+35	+20.9	+19.5	+0.8	+1.6	+2.4	+2.9	+0.8	+0.3	-2.7	-1.4	+7.4	+15.0	+.142	+0.1	+0.2	+.021	+4.6	+6.0
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
* Neiher Dwyane Wade nor Jason Williams played in the postseason in their season 12

Additional Years
* Dwyane Wade played 4 seasons more than Jason Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 16, from 2016 to 2019—Dwyane Wade played in 3 Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over Jason Williams, Dwyane Wade got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game