Giannis Antetokounmpo vs. Lou Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lou Williams and Giannis Antetokounmpo, 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.

Giannis Antetokounmpo played 12 years in the NBA, 5 less than Lou Williams, who played 17. Giannis Antetokounmpo had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Lou Williams had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Lou Williams
Season	2013-14	2005-06
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	77	24.6	6.8	1.0	3.4	4.4	1.9	0.8	0.8	1.6	2.2	2.2	5.4	.414	0.5	1.5	.347	1.8	2.6	.683
difference:	+47	+19.8	+4.9	+0.9	+2.9	+3.8	+1.6	+0.6	+0.8	-1.2	-1.8	+1.4	+3.7	+.028	+0.4	+1.2	+.125	+1.5	+2.2	+.068
Lou Williams	30	4.8	1.9	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.7	.442	0.1	0.3	.222	0.3	0.4	.615
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Giannis Antetokounmpo nor Lou Williams played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Lou Williams
Season	2016-17	2008-09
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	80	35.6	22.9	1.8	7.0	8.8	5.4	1.6	1.9	2.9	3.1	8.2	15.7	.521	0.6	2.3	.272	5.9	7.7	.770
difference:	+1	+11.9	+10.1	+1.4	+5.4	+6.8	+2.4	+0.6	+1.7	-1.0	-1.5	+4.1	+5.3	+.123	+0.2	+0.4	+.014	+2.1	+2.9	+.020
Lou Williams	81	23.7	12.8	0.4	1.6	2.0	3.0	1.0	0.2	1.9	1.6	4.1	10.4	.398	0.8	2.7	.286	3.8	4.8	.790
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	6	40.5	24.8	1.7	7.8	9.5	4.0	2.2	1.7	3.3	3.5	10.0	18.7	.536	0.7	1.7	.400	4.2	7.7	.543
difference:		+15.7	+15.1	+1.4	+5.6	+7.0	+1.2	+1.7	+1.5	-1.3	-1.8	+6.5	+10.2	+.124	+0.3	+1.0	+.025	+2.5	+5.2	+.124
Lou Williams	6	24.8	9.7	0.3	2.2	2.5	2.8	0.5	0.2	2.0	1.7	3.5	8.5	.412	1.0	2.7	.375	1.7	2.5	.667

Season 5
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Lou Williams
Season	2017-18	2009-10
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	75	36.7	26.9	2.1	8.0	10.0	4.8	1.5	1.4	3.0	3.1	9.9	18.7	.529	0.6	1.9	.307	6.5	8.5	.760
difference:	+11	+6.8	+12.9	+1.7	+5.5	+7.1	+0.6	+0.2	+1.2	-1.3	-1.4	+4.9	+8.1	+.059	+0.5	+1.3	+.033	+3.5	+4.9	+.064
Lou Williams	64	29.9	14.0	0.4	2.5	2.9	4.2	1.3	0.2	1.7	1.7	5.0	10.6	.470	1.1	3.2	.340	3.0	3.6	.824
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	7	40.0	25.7	1.1	8.4	9.6	6.3	1.4	0.9	2.4	4.0	9.9	17.3	.570	0.6	2.0	.286	5.4	7.9	.691
Lou Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Lou Williams
Season	2018-19	2010-11
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	76ers Lost East 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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	72	32.8	27.7	2.2	10.3	12.5	5.9	1.3	1.5	3.7	3.2	10.0	17.3	.578	0.7	2.8	.256	6.9	9.5	.729
difference:	+3	+9.5	+14.0	+1.8	+8.7	+10.5	+2.5	+0.7	+1.3	-2.3	-1.5	+5.7	+6.7	+.172	+0.5	+0.6	+.092	+3.0	+4.8	+.094
Lou Williams	75	23.3	13.7	0.4	1.6	2.0	3.4	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.7	4.3	10.6	.406	1.2	3.4	.348	3.9	4.7	.823
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	15	34.3	25.5	2.4	9.8	12.2	4.9	1.2	2.0	3.3	3.2	8.6	17.4	.494	1.2	3.7	.327	7.1	11.2	.637
difference:	+10	+8.3	+14.7	+2.4	+8.2	+10.6	+1.9	+0.2	+2.0	-2.5	-2.0	+5.2	+7.0	+.167		+0.3	+.027	+4.3	+7.4	+.100
Lou Williams	5	26.0	10.8	0.0	1.6	1.6	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.8	1.2	3.4	10.4	.327	1.2	4.0	.300	2.8	3.8	.737

Season 7
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Lou Williams
Season	2019-20	2011-12
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	63	30.4	29.5	2.2	11.4	13.6	5.6	1.0	1.0	3.7	3.1	10.9	19.7	.553	1.4	4.7	.304	6.3	10.0	.633
difference:	+1	+4.1	+14.6	+1.7	+9.4	+11.2	+2.1	+0.2	+0.7	-2.6	-1.7	+5.9	+7.5	+.146	+0.1	+1.1	+.058	+2.6	+5.4	+.179
Lou Williams	64	26.3	14.9	0.5	2.0	2.4	3.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	1.4	5.0	12.2	.407	1.3	3.6	.362	3.7	4.6	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	9	30.8	26.7	3.0	10.8	13.8	5.7	0.7	0.9	3.3	3.4	10.0	17.9	.559	1.4	4.4	.325	5.2	9.0	.580
difference:	+4	+3.3	+15.2	+2.8	+9.0	+11.7	+2.7	+0.3	+0.9	-2.1	-2.1	+6.2	+7.0	+.207	+0.8	+0.7	+.158	+2.0	+5.0	+.208
Lou Williams	13	27.5	11.5	0.2	1.8	2.1	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.2	1.3	3.8	10.9	.352	0.6	3.7	.167	3.2	4.0	.788

Season 8
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Lou Williams
Season	2020-21	2012-13
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	61	33.0	28.1	1.6	9.4	11.0	5.9	1.2	1.2	3.4	2.8	10.3	18.0	.569	1.1	3.6	.303	6.5	9.5	.685
difference:	+22	+4.3	+14.0	+1.4	+7.6	+8.9	+2.3	+0.1	+0.9	-1.5	-1.4	+5.5	+6.6	+.147	+0.7	+1.4	+.064	+3.8	+6.4	+.183
Lou Williams	39	28.7	14.1	0.2	1.8	2.1	3.6	1.1	0.3	1.9	1.4	4.8	11.4	.422	1.8	5.0	.367	2.7	3.1	.868
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	21	38.1	30.2	2.8	10.0	12.8	5.1	1.0	1.2	3.0	2.9	11.9	20.9	.569	0.6	3.3	.186	5.8	9.8	.587
Lou Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Lou Williams
Season	2021-22	2013-14
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Hawks 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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	67	32.9	29.9	2.0	9.6	11.6	5.8	1.1	1.4	3.3	3.2	10.3	18.6	.553	1.1	3.6	.293	8.3	11.4	.722
difference:	+7	+8.8	+19.5	+1.8	+7.7	+9.5	+2.3	+0.3	+1.3	-1.8	-2.1	+7.0	+10.4	+.153	+0.2	+0.3	+.049	+5.8	+8.4	+.127
Lou Williams	60	24.1	10.4	0.2	1.9	2.1	3.5	0.8	0.1	1.5	1.1	3.3	8.2	.400	1.3	3.9	.342	2.5	3.0	.849
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	12	37.3	31.7	2.2	12.0	14.2	6.8	0.7	1.3	4.5	3.6	11.7	23.8	.491	0.8	3.4	.220	7.6	11.2	.679
difference:	+5	+18.3	+23.4	+2.2	+9.7	+11.9	+5.7	+0.3	+1.2	-2.6	-2.2	+9.0	+16.7	+.111	+0.1	+1.1	+.093	+5.5	+8.9	+.259
Lou Williams	7	19.0	8.3	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.1	1.0	0.1	1.9	1.4	2.7	7.1	.380	0.7	2.3	.313	2.1	2.3	.938

Season 10
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Lou Williams
Season	2022-23	2014-15
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	63	32.1	31.1	2.2	9.6	11.8	5.7	0.8	0.8	3.9	3.1	11.2	20.3	.553	0.7	2.7	.275	7.9	12.3	.645
difference:	+17	+6.9	+15.6	+1.9	+8.0	+9.9	+3.6	+0.3	+0.7	-2.6	-1.8	+6.5	+8.7	+.149	+1.2	+2.9	+.065	+3.6	+7.4	+.216
Lou Williams	80	25.2	15.5	0.3	1.6	1.9	2.1	1.1	0.1	1.3	1.3	4.7	11.6	.404	1.9	5.6	.340	4.3	4.9	.861
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	3	30.3	23.3	2.7	8.3	11.0	5.3	0.3	0.7	4.7	3.0	9.3	17.7	.528	0.0	1.0	.000	4.7	10.3	.452
difference:	+1	+4.8	+10.5	+2.2	+7.0	+9.2	+4.0	+1.2	+0.7	-3.9	-0.7	+5.3	+4.9	+.214	+1.0	+4.3	+.190	+0.9	+5.8	+.381
Lou Williams	4	25.5	12.8	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.3	1.5	0.0	0.8	2.3	4.0	12.8	.314	1.0	5.3	.190	3.8	4.5	.833

Season 11
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Lou Williams
Season	2023-24	2015-16
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	73	35.2	30.4	2.7	8.8	11.5	6.5	1.2	1.1	3.4	2.9	11.5	18.8	.611	0.5	1.7	.274	7.0	10.7	.657
difference:	+6	+6.7	+15.1	+2.2	+6.7	+9.0	+4.0	+0.3	+0.8	-1.8	-1.3	+7.3	+8.5	+.203	+1.1	+3.1	+.070	+1.7	+4.4	+.173
Lou Williams	67	28.5	15.3	0.5	2.1	2.5	2.5	0.9	0.3	1.6	1.6	4.2	10.3	.408	1.6	4.8	.344	5.3	6.3	.830
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Giannis Antetokounmpo nor Lou Williams played in the postseason in their season 11

Season 12
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Lou Williams
Season	2024-25	2016-17
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Cup MVP	-
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	67	34.2	30.4	2.2	9.7	11.9	6.5	0.9	1.2	3.1	2.3	11.8	19.7	.601	0.2	0.9	.222	6.5	10.6	.617
difference:	+14	+9.6	+12.9	+1.9	+7.5	+9.4	+3.5	+0.1	+1.0	-1.1	-1.2	+6.5	+7.4	+.172	+1.8	+4.6	+.143	+1.5	+5.0	+.263
Lou Williams	81	24.6	17.5	0.3	2.2	2.5	3.0	1.0	0.2	2.0	1.1	5.3	12.3	.429	2.0	5.5	.365	5.0	5.6	.880
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	5	37.6	33.0	3.8	11.6	15.4	6.6	1.0	1.0	4.6	2.4	12.0	19.8	.606	0.2	1.0	.200	8.8	12.6	.698
difference:	+6	+12.9	+20.5	+3.2	+9.5	+12.7	+5.3	+0.4	+0.9	-3.3	-0.9	+7.5	+9.1	+.182	+0.9	+2.5	+.108	+6.4	+10.0	+.199
Lou Williams	11	24.7	12.5	0.6	2.1	2.7	1.3	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.5	4.5	10.7	.424	1.1	3.5	.308	2.4	2.6	.897

Additional Years
* Lou Williams played 5 seasons more than Giannis Antetokounmpo in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 17, from 2018 to 2022—Lou Williams played in 3 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Giannis Antetokounmpo, Lou Williams got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Sixth Man of the Year