Gordon Hayward vs. Jalen Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Williams and Gordon Hayward, 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.

Gordon Hayward played 14 years in the NBA, 10 more than Jalen Williams, who played 4. Gordon Hayward had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, 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
	Gordon Hayward	Jalen Williams
Season	2010-11	2022-23
Team	Utah Jazz	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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		%
Gordon Hayward	72	16.9	5.4	0.6	1.4	1.9	1.1	0.4	0.3	1.0	1.5	2.0	4.1	.485	0.5	1.0	.473	1.0	1.3	.711
difference:	+3	+13.4	+8.7	+0.5	+2.0	+2.6	+2.2	+1.0	+0.2	-0.6	-1.0	+3.5	+6.5	+.036	+0.5	+1.7	+.117	+1.1	+1.2	+.101
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
* Neiher Gordon Hayward nor Jalen Williams played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Gordon Hayward	Jalen Williams
Season	2012-13	2024-25
Team	Utah Jazz	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		%
Gordon Hayward	72	29.2	14.1	0.7	2.4	3.1	3.0	0.8	0.5	1.7	1.7	4.7	10.7	.435	1.4	3.4	.415	3.4	4.1	.827
difference:	+3	+3.2	+7.5	+0.2	+2.1	+2.2	+2.1	+0.8	+0.2	-0.5	-0.6	+3.5	+6.2	+.049	+0.4	+1.5	+.050		+0.2	+.038
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		%
Gordon Hayward	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
* Gordon Hayward played 10 seasons more than Jalen Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 14, from 2015 to 2024—Gordon Hayward played in 4 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Jalen Williams, Gordon Hayward got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game