Jalen Williams vs. Deron Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Deron Williams and Jalen 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.

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 Williams played 3 years in the NBA, 9 less than Deron Williams, who played 12. Jalen Williams had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Deron 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.

Rookie Season
	Jalen Williams	Deron Williams
Season	2022-23	2005-06
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
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
difference:	+5	+1.5	+3.3	+0.7	+1.4	+2.1	+1.2	+0.6	+0.3	-0.2	-0.4	+1.3	+0.5	+.100	+0.1		+.060	+0.9	+0.8	+.108
Deron Williams	80	28.8	10.8	0.4	2.0	2.4	4.5	0.8	0.2	1.8	2.9	4.2	10.1	.421	1.1	2.7	.416	1.2	1.7	.704
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jalen Williams nor Deron Williams played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Jalen Williams	Deron Williams
Season	2024-25	2007-08
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+13	+4.9	+2.8	+0.5	+2.0	+2.3	+5.4	+0.5	+0.4	-1.2	-0.1	+1.3	+3.3	+.023	+0.8	+2.3	+.030	+0.6	+0.7	+.014
Deron Williams	82	37.3	18.8	0.4	2.5	3.0	10.5	1.1	0.3	3.4	2.4	6.9	13.6	.507	1.0	2.6	.395	4.0	5.0	.803
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+11	+8.2	+0.2	+0.3	+2.2	+1.9	+5.2	+0.8	+0.1	-1.3	-0.7	+0.2	+1.9	+.043	+0.8	+0.3	+.196	+0.1	+0.1	+.016
Deron Williams	12	42.8	21.6	1.3	2.3	3.6	10.0	0.6	0.3	3.1	2.9	7.5	15.3	.492	2.3	4.7	.500	4.3	5.5	.773

Additional Years
* Deron Williams played 9 seasons more than Jalen Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 12, from 2009 to 2017—Deron Williams played in 7 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Jalen Williams, Deron Williams got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Star Game