Jalen Brunson vs. Lou Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lou Williams and Jalen Brunson, 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.

Jalen Brunson played 7 years in the NBA, 10 less than Lou Williams, who played 17. Jalen Brunson had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, 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.

Season 6
	Jalen Brunson	Lou Williams
Season	2023-24	2010-11
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Jalen Brunson	77	35.4	28.7	0.6	3.1	3.6	6.7	0.9	0.2	2.4	1.9	10.3	21.4	.479	2.7	6.8	.401	5.5	6.5	.847
difference:	+2	+12.1	+15.0	+0.2	+1.5	+1.6	+3.3	+0.3		-1.0	-0.2	+6.0	+10.8	+.073	+1.5	+3.4	+.053	+1.6	+1.8	+.024
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		%
Jalen Brunson	13	39.8	32.4	0.6	2.7	3.3	7.5	0.8	0.2	2.7	2.0	11.6	26.2	.444	2.0	6.5	.310	7.2	9.2	.775
difference:	+8	+13.8	+21.6	+0.6	+1.1	+1.7	+4.5	+0.2	+0.2	-1.9	-0.8	+8.2	+15.8	+.117	+0.8	+2.5	+.010	+4.4	+5.4	+.038
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
	Jalen Brunson	Lou Williams
Season	2024-25	2011-12
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Clutch Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Jalen Brunson	65	35.4	26.0	0.4	2.5	2.9	7.3	0.9	0.1	2.5	2.1	9.0	18.5	.488	2.3	6.1	.383	5.7	6.9	.821
difference:	+1	+9.1	+11.1	+0.1	+0.5	+0.5	+3.8	+0.1	+0.2	-1.4	-0.7	+4.0	+6.3	+.081	+1.0	+2.5	+.021	+2.0	+2.3	+.009
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		%
Jalen Brunson	18	37.8	29.4	0.7	2.8	3.4	7.0	0.4	0.3	3.1	3.3	10.1	21.8	.461	2.7	7.4	.358	6.7	7.8	.851
difference:	+5	+10.3	+17.9	+0.5	+1.0	+1.3	+4.0	+0.6	+0.3	-1.9	-2.0	+6.3	+10.9	+.109	+2.1	+3.7	+.191	+3.5	+3.8	+.063
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

Additional Years
* Lou Williams played 10 seasons more than Jalen Brunson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 17, from 2013 to 2022—Lou Williams played in 6 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Jalen Brunson, Lou Williams got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 Sixth Man of the Year