Jeremy Lin vs. Buck Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Buck Williams and Jeremy Lin, 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.

Jeremy Lin played 9 years in the NBA, 8 less than Buck Williams, who played 17. Jeremy Lin had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Buck Williams had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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
	Jeremy Lin	Buck Williams
Season	2010-11	1981-82
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets 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		%
Jeremy Lin	29	9.8	2.6	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.4	1.1	0.3	0.6	1.1	1.0	2.5	.389	0.0	0.2	.200	0.7	0.9	.760
Buck Williams	82	34.5	15.5	4.2	8.0	12.3	1.3	1.0	1.0	2.9	3.5	6.3	10.7	.582	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	4.7	.624
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	2	39.5	17.5	5.5	5.0	10.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	2.0	3.5	7.0	13.0	.538	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	7.5	.467

Season 2
	Jeremy Lin	Buck Williams
Season	2011-12	1982-83
Team	New York Knicks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets 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		%
Jeremy Lin	35	26.9	14.6	0.5	2.5	3.1	6.2	1.6	0.3	3.6	2.2	4.9	10.9	.446	0.7	2.1	.320	4.2	5.2	.798
Buck Williams	82	36.1	17.0	4.5	8.1	12.5	1.5	1.1	1.3	3.0	3.3	6.5	11.1	.588	0.0	0.0	.000	4.0	6.4	.620
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	2	42.5	19.0	4.5	7.0	11.5	2.0	1.0	1.0	2.5	6.0	5.5	11.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	8.0	10.0	.800

Season 5
	Jeremy Lin	Buck Williams
Season	2014-15	1985-86
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets 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		%
Jeremy Lin	74	25.8	11.2	0.4	2.3	2.6	4.6	1.1	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.7	8.8	.424	0.9	2.4	.369	2.9	3.6	.795
Buck Williams	82	37.4	15.9	4.0	8.0	12.0	1.6	0.9	1.2	3.0	3.6	6.1	11.7	.523	0.0	0.0	.000	3.7	5.4	.676
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	3	42.0	20.7	4.0	6.3	10.3	0.7	2.0	0.3	2.0	5.0	7.0	9.7	.724	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	8.7	.769

Season 7
	Jeremy Lin	Buck Williams
Season	2016-17	1987-88
Team	Brooklyn Nets	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second 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		%
Jeremy Lin	36	24.5	14.5	0.3	3.4	3.8	5.1	1.2	0.4	2.4	2.2	4.9	11.1	.438	1.6	4.3	.372	3.2	3.9	.816
Buck Williams	70	37.7	18.3	4.3	7.7	11.9	1.6	1.0	0.6	2.7	3.8	6.7	11.9	.560	0.0	0.0	1.000	4.9	7.4	.668
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Jeremy Lin	Buck Williams
Season	2018-19	1989-90
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Trail Blazers 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		%
Jeremy Lin	74	19.4	9.6	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.1	0.6	0.2	1.7	1.9	3.2	7.3	.440	0.7	2.5	.294	2.4	2.8	.838
Buck Williams	82	34.2	13.6	3.0	6.7	9.8	1.4	0.8	0.5	2.0	3.5	5.0	9.2	.548	0.0	0.0	.000	3.5	5.0	.706
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	8	3.4	1.1	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.3	0.3	1.1	.222	0.1	0.3	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000
Buck Williams	21	37.0	13.0	3.2	6.0	9.2	1.9	0.6	0.3	2.0	3.5	4.8	9.5	.508	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.0	.676

Season 10
	Jeremy Lin	Buck Williams
Season	-	1990-91
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	80	32.3	11.7	2.8	6.6	9.4	1.2	0.6	0.6	1.7	3.1	4.5	7.4	.602	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.9	.705
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	16	35.8	10.3	3.3	5.6	8.9	0.9	0.6	0.3	1.5	3.4	4.1	8.1	.500	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.6	.603

Season 11
	Jeremy Lin	Buck Williams
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers 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		%
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	80	31.5	11.3	3.3	5.6	8.8	1.4	0.8	0.5	1.6	3.1	4.3	7.0	.604	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.7	.754
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Buck Williams	21	36.1	9.6	2.9	5.6	8.5	1.0	1.3	0.8	2.1	3.5	3.1	6.2	.508	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.3	.758