Jerry West vs. Scott Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Scott Williams and Jerry West, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Jerry West played 14 years in the NBA, 1 less than Scott Williams, who played 15. Jerry West had the first of his seasons in 1960-61, while Scott Williams had his rookie season in 1990-91. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Jerry West	14	13	1960-61 to 1973-74
Scott Williams	15	8	1990-91 to 2004-05

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jerry West	Scott Williams
Season	1960-61	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Jerry West	79	35.4	17.6	-	-	7.7	4.2	-	-	-	2.7	6.7	16.0	.419	-	-	-	4.2	6.3	.666
Scott Williams	51	6.6	2.5	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	.510	0.0	0.0	.500	0.4	0.5	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry West	12	38.4	22.9	-	-	8.7	5.3	-	-	-	3.3	8.3	16.8	.490	-	-	-	6.4	8.8	.726
Scott Williams	12	6.0	1.9	0.3	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.3	1.3	0.5	1.1	.462	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.7	.550


Season 2
	Jerry West	Scott Williams
Season	1961-62	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Jerry West	75	41.2	30.8	-	-	7.9	5.4	-	-	-	2.3	10.7	23.9	.445	-	-	-	9.5	12.3	.769
Scott Williams	63	11.0	3.4	1.4	2.5	3.9	0.8	0.2	0.6	0.6	1.9	1.3	2.7	.483	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.2	.649

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry West	13	42.8	31.5	-	-	6.8	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	11.1	23.8	.465	-	-	-	9.3	11.5	.807
Scott Williams	22	14.6	4.0	1.5	2.8	4.3	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.7	3.0	1.5	3.2	.486	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.3	.714


Season 3
	Jerry West	Scott Williams
Season	1962-63	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Jerry West	55	39.3	27.1	-	-	7.0	5.6	-	-	-	2.7	10.2	22.1	.461	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.778
Scott Williams	71	19.3	5.9	2.4	4.0	6.4	1.0	0.8	0.9	1.0	3.2	2.3	5.0	.466	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	1.8	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry West	13	41.4	27.8	-	-	8.2	4.7	-	-	-	2.6	11.1	22.0	.503	-	-	-	5.7	7.7	.740
Scott Williams	19	20.8	5.5	2.1	3.7	5.8	1.4	0.4	0.9	1.3	3.1	2.3	4.6	.506	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.5	.552


Season 4
	Jerry West	Scott Williams
Season	1963-64	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry West	72	40.4	28.7	-	-	6.0	5.6	-	-	-	2.8	10.3	21.2	.484	-	-	-	8.1	9.8	.832
Scott Williams	38	16.8	7.6	1.8	2.9	4.8	1.0	0.4	0.6	1.2	2.9	3.0	6.2	.483	0.0	0.1	.200	1.6	2.6	.612

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry West	5	41.2	31.2	-	-	7.2	3.4	-	-	-	4.0	11.4	23.0	.496	-	-	-	8.4	10.6	.792
Scott Williams	10	15.1	6.3	1.5	2.4	3.9	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.9	2.3	2.4	5.7	.421	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.714


Season 5
	Jerry West	Scott Williams
Season	1964-65	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Jerry West	74	41.4	31.0	-	-	6.0	4.9	-	-	-	3.0	11.1	22.4	.497	-	-	-	8.8	10.7	.821
Scott Williams	77	23.1	6.4	2.2	4.1	6.3	0.8	0.9	0.5	1.1	3.1	2.7	5.6	.475	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.4	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry West	11	42.7	40.6	-	-	5.7	5.3	-	-	-	3.4	14.1	31.9	.442	-	-	-	12.5	14.0	.890
Scott Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Jerry West	Scott Williams
Season	1965-66	1995-96
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Jerry West	79	40.7	31.3	-	-	7.1	6.1	-	-	-	3.1	10.4	21.9	.473	-	-	-	10.6	12.4	.860
Scott Williams	13	14.8	3.1	1.0	2.5	3.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6	2.1	1.2	2.2	.517	0.0	0.2	.000	0.8	0.9	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry West	14	44.2	34.2	-	-	6.3	5.6	-	-	-	2.9	13.2	25.5	.518	-	-	-	7.8	8.9	.872
Scott Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Jerry West	Scott Williams
Season	1966-67	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Jerry West	66	40.5	28.7	-	-	5.9	6.8	-	-	-	2.4	9.8	21.0	.464	-	-	-	9.1	10.4	.878
Scott Williams	62	21.2	5.8	2.5	3.9	6.4	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	3.3	2.6	5.1	.509	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.9	.691

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry West	1	1.0	0.0	-	-	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Scott Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Jerry West	Scott Williams
Season	1967-68	1997-98
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Jerry West	51	37.6	26.3	-	-	5.8	6.1	-	-	-	3.0	9.3	18.2	.514	-	-	-	7.7	9.5	.811
Scott Williams	58	13.8	4.1	1.5	2.1	3.6	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.5	2.3	1.6	3.7	.437	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.1	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry West	15	41.5	30.8	-	-	5.4	5.5	-	-	-	3.1	11.0	20.9	.527	-	-	-	8.8	11.3	.781
Scott Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Jerry West	Scott Williams
Season	1968-69	1998-99
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Jerry West	61	39.2	25.9	-	-	4.3	6.9	-	-	-	2.6	8.9	19.0	.471	-	-	-	8.0	9.8	.821
Scott Williams	7	6.6	2.0	0.4	1.6	2.0	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.6	1.3	0.7	2.4	.294	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.571

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry West	18	42.1	30.9	-	-	3.9	7.5	-	-	-	2.9	10.9	23.5	.463	-	-	-	9.1	11.3	.804
Scott Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Jerry West	Scott Williams
Season	1969-70	1999-00
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Bucks 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		%
Jerry West	74	42.0	31.2	-	-	4.6	7.5	-	-	-	2.2	11.2	22.6	.497	-	-	-	8.7	10.6	.824
Scott Williams	68	21.9	7.6	2.6	4.0	6.6	0.4	0.6	1.0	1.0	3.4	3.1	6.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.9	.729

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry West	18	46.1	31.2	-	-	3.7	8.4	-	-	-	3.1	10.9	23.2	.469	-	-	-	9.4	11.8	.802
Scott Williams	5	18.6	10.2	1.8	3.8	5.6	0.4	0.4	1.0	0.8	3.2	4.6	7.2	.639	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.2	.833


Season 11
	Jerry West	Scott Williams
Season	1970-71	2000-01
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Jerry West	69	41.2	26.9	-	-	4.6	9.5	-	-	-	2.6	9.7	19.6	.494	-	-	-	7.6	9.1	.832
Scott Williams	66	19.3	6.1	1.5	4.0	5.5	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.6	2.7	2.6	5.5	.474	0.0	0.1	.250	0.9	1.1	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Williams	17	22.2	7.9	2.6	4.5	7.2	0.7	0.6	1.4	0.7	3.4	3.5	7.1	.492	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.6	.571


Season 12
	Jerry West	Scott Williams
Season	1971-72	2001-02
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Jerry West	77	38.6	25.8	-	-	4.2	9.7	-	-	-	2.7	9.5	20.0	.477	-	-	-	6.7	8.2	.814
Scott Williams	41	18.0	4.9	2.0	3.1	5.1	0.3	0.4	0.8	0.9	2.4	2.1	5.3	.396	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.0	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry West	15	40.5	22.9	-	-	4.9	8.9	-	-	-	2.6	8.5	22.7	.376	-	-	-	5.9	7.1	.830
Scott Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Jerry West	Scott Williams
Season	1972-73	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Suns Lost West 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		%
Jerry West	69	35.7	22.8	-	-	4.2	8.8	-	-	-	2.0	9.0	18.7	.479	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.805
Scott Williams	69	12.6	4.0	1.0	1.8	2.8	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.5	2.3	1.7	4.2	.411	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.6	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry West	17	37.5	23.6	-	-	4.5	7.8	-	-	-	2.9	8.9	19.8	.449	-	-	-	5.8	7.5	.780
Scott Williams	6	14.0	4.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.2	0.7	0.5	0.2	2.8	1.8	5.3	.344	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000


Season 14
	Jerry West	Scott Williams
Season	1973-74	2003-04
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Jerry West	31	31.2	20.3	1.0	2.8	3.7	6.6	2.6	0.7	-	2.6	7.5	16.7	.447	-	-	-	5.3	6.4	.833
Scott Williams	43	12.3	4.6	0.9	2.2	3.1	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	2.2	2.1	4.3	.484	0.0	0.1	.667	0.4	0.6	.593

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry West	1	14.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	9.0	.222	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Scott Williams	3	3.7	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 15
	Jerry West	Scott Williams
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Jerry West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Williams	19	8.0	1.7	0.8	0.8	1.6	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.3	1.6	0.6	2.2	.293	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.6	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jerry West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jerry West vs. Scott Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Scott Williams and Jerry West, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15