Jimmy Butler vs. Jalen Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Williams and Jimmy Butler, 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.

Jimmy Butler played 15 years in the NBA, 12 more than Jalen Williams, who played 3. Jimmy Butler had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, 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
	Jimmy Butler	Jalen Williams
Season	2011-12	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jimmy Butler	42	8.5	2.6	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.9	.405	0.0	0.3	.182	1.0	1.3	.768
difference:	+33	+21.8	+11.5	+0.6	+2.6	+3.2	+3.0	+1.1	+0.4	-1.3	-2.0	+4.7	+8.7	+.116	+1.0	+2.4	+.174	+1.1	+1.2	+.044
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jimmy Butler	3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jalen Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Jimmy Butler	Jalen Williams
Season	2013-14	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jimmy Butler	67	38.7	13.1	1.3	3.6	4.9	2.6	1.9	0.5	1.5	1.6	4.1	10.3	.397	1.0	3.6	.283	3.9	5.0	.769
difference:	+2	+6.3	+8.5	+0.4	+0.9	+0.4	+2.5	+0.3	+0.2	-0.7	-0.7	+4.1	+6.6	+.087	+0.8	+1.3	+.082	+0.5	+0.7	+.020
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		%
Jimmy Butler	5	43.6	13.6	1.2	4.0	5.2	2.2	1.2	0.0	0.6	2.6	4.4	11.4	.386	1.2	4.0	.300	3.6	4.6	.783
difference:	+18	+9.0	+7.8	+0.2	+0.5	+0.3	+2.6	+0.2	+0.4	-1.2	-0.4	+3.3	+5.8	+.063	+0.3	+1.0	+.004	+0.8	+1.0	+.006
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
* Jimmy Butler played 12 seasons more than Jalen Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 15, from 2015 to 2026—Jimmy Butler played in 9 Playoffs. In those 12 extra years over Jalen Williams, Jimmy Butler got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Most Improved Player 1 Steals Leader 6 All-Star Game