Herb Williams vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young and Herb Williams, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Herb Williams played 18 years in the NBA, 12 more than Trae Young, who played 6. Herb Williams had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, while Trae Young had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Herb Williams	18	8	1981-82 to 1998-99
Trae Young	6	3	2018-19 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	Herb Williams	Trae Young
Season	1981-82	2018-19
Team	Indiana Pacers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Herb Williams	82	27.8	11.5	2.1	5.2	7.4	1.7	0.6	2.2	1.7	2.4	5.0	10.4	.477	0.0	0.1	.286	1.5	2.3	.670
Trae Young	81	30.9	19.1	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	3.8	1.7	6.5	15.5	.418	1.9	6.0	.324	4.2	5.1	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Herb Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Herb Williams	Trae Young
Season	1982-83	2019-20
Team	Indiana Pacers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Herb Williams	78	32.2	16.9	1.9	5.5	7.5	3.4	0.7	2.2	2.9	2.9	7.4	14.9	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.8	.705
Trae Young	60	35.3	29.6	0.5	3.7	4.3	9.3	1.1	0.1	4.8	1.7	9.1	20.8	.437	3.4	9.5	.361	8.0	9.3	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Herb Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Herb Williams	Trae Young
Season	1983-84	2020-21
Team	Indiana Pacers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Herb Williams	69	33.0	14.9	2.2	5.8	8.0	3.1	0.9	1.6	3.0	2.8	6.0	12.5	.478	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.3	.702
Trae Young	63	33.7	25.3	0.6	3.3	3.9	9.4	0.8	0.2	4.1	1.8	7.7	17.7	.438	2.2	6.3	.343	7.7	8.7	.886

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Herb Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	16	37.7	28.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	9.5	1.3	0.0	4.0	2.2	9.4	22.4	.418	2.8	9.0	.313	7.3	8.4	.866


Season 4
	Herb Williams	Trae Young
Season	1984-85	2021-22
Team	Indiana Pacers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Herb Williams	75	34.1	18.3	2.1	6.4	8.5	3.4	0.7	1.8	3.5	2.9	7.7	16.1	.475	0.0	0.1	.111	3.0	4.5	.657
Trae Young	76	34.9	28.4	0.7	3.1	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	4.0	1.7	9.4	20.3	.460	3.1	8.0	.382	6.6	7.3	.904

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Herb Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	5	37.2	15.4	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	0.6	0.0	6.2	2.6	4.4	13.8	.319	1.4	7.6	.184	5.2	6.6	.788


Season 5
	Herb Williams	Trae Young
Season	1985-86	2022-23
Team	Indiana Pacers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Herb Williams	78	35.5	19.9	2.2	6.9	9.1	2.2	0.6	2.4	2.7	3.1	8.0	16.3	.492	0.0	0.2	.083	3.8	5.2	.730
Trae Young	73	34.8	26.2	0.8	2.2	3.0	10.2	1.1	0.1	4.1	1.4	8.2	19.0	.429	2.1	6.3	.335	7.8	8.8	.886

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Herb Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	6	38.3	29.2	0.8	2.8	3.7	10.2	1.7	0.7	4.0	1.8	10.0	24.8	.403	3.0	9.0	.333	6.2	7.2	.860


Season 6
	Herb Williams	Trae Young
Season	1986-87	2023-24
Team	Indiana Pacers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Herb Williams	74	34.1	14.9	1.9	5.4	7.3	2.4	0.8	1.3	2.0	3.4	6.1	12.7	.480	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	3.6	.740
Trae Young	54	36.0	25.7	0.4	2.3	2.8	10.8	1.3	0.2	4.4	2.0	8.0	18.7	.430	3.2	8.7	.373	6.4	7.5	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Herb Williams	4	33.5	11.8	0.8	4.3	5.0	1.8	0.0	0.3	2.8	3.0	5.0	8.5	.588	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.3	.538
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Herb Williams	Trae Young
Season	1987-88	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Herb Williams	75	26.2	10.0	1.5	4.7	6.3	1.3	0.5	1.9	1.6	3.3	4.1	9.8	.425	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.3	.737
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Herb Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Herb Williams	Trae Young
Season	1988-89	-
Team	Indiana Pacers, Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Herb Williams	76	32.5	10.2	1.8	6.0	7.8	1.6	0.6	1.8	2.0	3.1	4.2	9.7	.436	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.6	.686
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Herb Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Herb Williams	Trae Young
Season	1989-90	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Herb Williams	81	27.1	8.6	0.9	3.9	4.8	1.5	0.6	1.3	1.3	3.0	3.6	8.2	.444	0.0	0.1	.222	1.3	2.0	.679
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Herb Williams	3	27.0	13.7	1.3	3.0	4.3	1.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	5.3	4.7	7.7	.609	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	5.3	.813
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Herb Williams	Trae Young
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Herb Williams	60	30.5	12.5	1.4	4.5	6.0	1.6	0.5	1.5	1.9	3.3	5.5	10.9	.507	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.2	.638
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Herb Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Herb Williams	Trae Young
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Dallas Mavericks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Herb Williams	75	27.2	11.5	1.4	4.6	6.1	1.3	0.5	1.3	1.5	2.5	4.9	11.3	.431	0.0	0.1	.167	1.7	2.3	.725
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Herb Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Herb Williams	Trae Young
Season	1992-93	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Herb Williams	55	10.4	2.9	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.4	1.4	1.3	3.2	.411	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.667
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Herb Williams	7	9.9	2.0	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.3	1.9	0.7	2.0	.357	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.6	1.000
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Herb Williams	Trae Young
Season	1993-94	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Herb Williams	70	11.1	3.3	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.6	1.5	1.5	3.3	.442	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.6	.643
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Herb Williams	19	6.7	1.5	0.5	0.5	1.1	0.2	0.2	0.6	0.4	1.0	0.7	1.6	.419	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.2	.667
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Herb Williams	Trae Young
Season	1994-95	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Herb Williams	56	13.3	3.3	0.4	1.9	2.4	0.5	0.2	0.8	0.7	1.9	1.5	3.2	.456	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.622
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Herb Williams	8	6.9	1.0	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.0	0.6	0.6	0.1	1.6	0.4	1.6	.231	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Herb Williams	Trae Young
Season	1995-96	-
Team	New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors, New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Herb Williams	44	13.0	3.1	0.3	1.7	2.0	0.6	0.3	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.4	3.5	.408	0.0	0.1	.250	0.3	0.5	.650
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Herb Williams	5	6.6	1.8	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.6	1.0	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.750
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Herb Williams	Trae Young
Season	1996-97	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Herb Williams	21	8.8	1.9	0.4	1.0	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.9	2.2	.391	0.0	0.0	.000	0.1	0.2	.750
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Herb Williams	3	7.3	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Herb Williams	Trae Young
Season	1997-98	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Herb Williams	27	6.6	1.4	0.2	0.9	1.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.3	0.7	1.6	.419	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.3	.125
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Herb Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 18
	Herb Williams	Trae Young
Season	1998-99	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Herb Williams	6	5.7	1.7	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Herb Williams	8	1.9	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.1	0.6	.200	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Herb Williams vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young and Herb Williams, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17

Season 18