Jeff Hornacek vs. Jalen Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Williams and Jeff Hornacek, 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.

Jeff Hornacek played 14 years in the NBA, 11 more than Jalen Williams, who played 3. Jeff Hornacek had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, 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
	Jeff Hornacek	Jalen Williams
Season	1986-87	2022-23
Team	Phoenix Suns	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Jeff Hornacek	80	19.5	5.3	0.5	1.8	2.3	4.5	0.9	0.1	1.9	1.6	2.0	4.4	.454	0.2	0.5	.279	1.2	1.5	.777
difference:	+5	+10.8	+8.8	+0.6	+1.6	+2.2	+1.2	+0.5	+0.4	-0.3	-0.9	+3.5	+6.2	+.067	+0.8	+2.2	+.077	+0.9	+1.0	+.035
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
* Neiher Jeff Hornacek nor Jalen Williams played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Jeff Hornacek	Jalen Williams
Season	1988-89	2024-25
Team	Phoenix Suns	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 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		%
Jeff Hornacek	78	31.9	13.5	1.0	2.4	3.4	6.0	1.7	0.1	1.4	2.4	5.6	11.4	.495	0.3	1.0	.333	1.9	2.3	.826
difference:	+9	+0.5	+8.1	+0.1	+2.1	+1.9	+0.9	+0.1	+0.6	-0.8	-0.1	+2.6	+5.5	+.011	+1.5	+3.9	+.032	+1.5	+2.0	+.037
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		%
Jeff Hornacek	12	31.2	14.1	2.1	3.7	5.8	5.2	1.3	0.3	1.5	2.8	6.2	12.4	.497	0.0	0.6	.000	1.8	2.1	.840
difference:	+11	+3.4	+7.3	+1.1	+0.8	+0.3	+0.4	+0.1	+0.1	-0.3	-0.6	+1.5	+4.8	+.048	+1.5	+4.4	+.304	+2.6	+3.5	+.051
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
* Jeff Hornacek played 11 seasons more than Jalen Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 14, from 1990 to 2000—Jeff Hornacek played in 10 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Jalen Williams, Jeff Hornacek got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game