Jalen Green vs. Willie Naulls Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willie Naulls and Jalen Green, 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 Green played 3 years in the NBA, 7 less than Willie Naulls, who played 10. Jalen Green had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, while Willie Naulls had his rookie season in 1956-57. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jalen Green	Willie Naulls
Season	2021-22	1956-57
Team	Houston Rockets	St. Louis Hawks, New York Knicks
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		%
Jalen Green	67	31.9	17.3	0.5	2.9	3.4	2.6	0.7	0.3	2.0	1.5	6.1	14.2	.426	2.3	6.8	.343	2.8	3.5	.797
Willie Naulls	71	25.0	10.1	-	-	8.7	1.2	-	-	-	2.6	4.1	11.5	.357	-	-	-	1.9	2.7	.677
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willie Naulls	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Jalen Green	Willie Naulls
Season	2022-23	1957-58
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
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		%
Jalen Green	76	34.2	22.1	0.6	3.2	3.7	3.7	0.8	0.2	2.6	1.7	7.4	17.9	.416	2.5	7.3	.338	4.8	6.1	.786
Willie Naulls	68	34.8	18.1	-	-	11.8	1.4	-	-	-	3.2	6.9	17.5	.397	-	-	-	4.2	5.1	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willie Naulls	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Jalen Green	Willie Naulls
Season	-	1959-60
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willie Naulls	65	34.6	21.4	-	-	14.2	2.1	-	-	-	3.3	8.5	19.8	.428	-	-	-	4.4	5.3	.836
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willie Naulls	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Jalen Green	Willie Naulls
Season	-	1960-61
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willie Naulls	79	37.7	23.4	-	-	13.4	2.4	-	-	-	3.4	9.3	21.8	.428	-	-	-	4.7	5.8	.816
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willie Naulls	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Jalen Green	Willie Naulls
Season	-	1961-62
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willie Naulls	75	39.7	25.0	-	-	11.6	2.6	-	-	-	3.5	10.0	24.0	.415	-	-	-	5.1	6.1	.842
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willie Naulls	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Jalen Green	Willie Naulls
Season	-	1963-64
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willie Naulls	78	18.1	9.8	-	-	4.6	0.8	-	-	-	2.7	4.1	9.9	.417	-	-	-	1.6	2.0	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willie Naulls	10	16.7	9.1	-	-	4.6	0.8	-	-	-	3.1	3.7	9.5	.389	-	-	-	1.7	2.3	.739

Season 9
	Jalen Green	Willie Naulls
Season	-	1964-65
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willie Naulls	71	20.6	10.5	-	-	4.7	1.0	-	-	-	3.2	4.3	11.1	.384	-	-	-	2.0	2.5	.813
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willie Naulls	12	15.0	7.3	-	-	4.3	0.8	-	-	-	2.3	3.3	7.9	.411	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.667

Season 10
	Jalen Green	Willie Naulls
Season	-	1965-66
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willie Naulls	71	20.2	10.7	-	-	4.5	1.0	-	-	-	2.8	4.6	11.5	.402	-	-	-	1.5	1.8	.794
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willie Naulls	11	6.8	3.2	-	-	1.5	0.1	-	-	-	2.1	0.8	3.2	.257	-	-	-	1.5	1.9	.810