Gerry Ward vs. Jalen Williams Season by Season Comparison

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

Gerry Ward played 4 years in the NBA, 2 more than Jalen Williams, who played 2. Gerry Ward had the first of his seasons in 1963-64, 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 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4
Rookie Season
	Gerry Ward	Jalen Williams
Season	1963-64	2022-23
Team	St. Louis Hawks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Gerry Ward	24	5.8	1.8	-	-	0.9	0.9	-	-	-	1.1	0.7	2.2	.302	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	.647
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		%
Gerry Ward	6	2.7	1.8	-	-	0	0.3	-	-	-	0.8	0.8	1.7	.500	-	-	-	0.2	0.2	1.000
Jalen Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Gerry Ward	Jalen Williams
Season	1964-65	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Thunder TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerry Ward	3	10.0	1.7	-	-	1.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.0	0.7	6.0	.111	-	-	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
Jalen Williams	71	31.3	19.1	0.5	3.5	4.0	4.5	1.1	0.6	1.7	2.5	7.5	14.0	.540	1.5	3.4	.427	2.5	3.1	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Gerry Ward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Williams	9	37.8	18.3	1.2	5.3	6.6	5.1	1.7	0.4	2.1	2.2	7.4	16.0	.465	1.3	3.8	.353	2.1	2.7	.792