Hal Greer vs. Jalen Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Williams and Hal Greer, 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.

Hal Greer played 15 years in the NBA, 12 more than Jalen Williams, who played 3. Hal Greer had the first of his seasons in 1958-59, 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
	Hal Greer	Jalen Williams
Season	1958-59	2022-23
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Hal Greer	68	23.9	11.1	-	-	2.9	1.5	-	-	-	2.8	4.5	10.0	.454	-	-	-	2.0	2.6	.778
difference:	+7	+6.4	+3.0			+1.6	+1.8				-0.3	+1.0	+0.6	+.067				+0.1	+0.1	+.034
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		%
Hal Greer	9	30.8	11.6	-	-	5.2	2.2	-	-	-	3.9	4.3	10.3	.419	-	-	-	2.9	3.6	.813
Jalen Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Hal Greer	Jalen Williams
Season	1960-61	2024-25
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Hal Greer	79	35.0	19.6	-	-	5.8	3.8	-	-	-	3.1	7.9	17.5	.451	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.774
difference:	+10	+2.6	+2.0			+0.5	+1.3				-0.8	+0.3	+0.6	+.033				+0.5	+0.7	+.015
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		%
Hal Greer	8	29.0	14.4	-	-	4.1	2.4	-	-	-	4.0	5.1	13.3	.387	-	-	-	4.1	5.0	.825
difference:	+15	+5.6	+7.0			+1.4	+2.4				-1.8	+2.6	+3.9	+.062				+0.3	+0.6	+.036
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
* Hal Greer played 12 seasons more than Jalen Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 15, from 1962 to 1973—Hal Greer played in 10 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 12 extra years over Jalen Williams, Hal Greer got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	7 All-NBA Second Team 9 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP