Joakim Noah vs. Lou Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lou Williams and Joakim Noah, 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.

Joakim Noah played 13 years in the NBA, 4 less than Lou Williams, who played 17. Joakim Noah had the first of his seasons in 2007-08, while Lou 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.

Season 4
	Joakim Noah	Lou Williams
Season	2010-11	2008-09
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	48	32.8	11.7	3.8	6.6	10.4	2.2	1.0	1.5	1.9	3.3	4.4	8.4	.525	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.9	.739
difference:	+33	+9.1	+1.1	+3.4	+5.0	+8.4	+0.8		+1.3		-1.7	+0.3	+2.0	+.127	+0.8	+2.7		+0.9	+0.9	+.051
Lou Williams	81	23.7	12.8	0.4	1.6	2.0	3.0	1.0	0.2	1.9	1.6	4.1	10.4	.398	0.8	2.7	.286	3.8	4.8	.790
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	16	33.1	8.7	4.3	5.9	10.2	2.5	1.0	2.1	1.2	3.9	3.2	7.8	.411	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.2	.725
difference:	+10	+8.3	+1.0	+4.0	+3.7	+7.7	+0.3	+0.5	+1.9	-0.8	-2.2	+0.3	+0.7	+.001	+1.0	+2.7		+0.6	+0.7	+.058
Lou Williams	6	24.8	9.7	0.3	2.2	2.5	2.8	0.5	0.2	2.0	1.7	3.5	8.5	.412	1.0	2.7	.375	1.7	2.5	.667

Season 6
	Joakim Noah	Lou Williams
Season	2012-13	2010-11
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	66	36.8	11.9	3.9	7.2	11.1	4.0	1.2	2.1	2.7	2.8	4.6	9.5	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	3.6	.751
difference:	+9	+13.5	+1.8	+3.5	+5.6	+9.1	+0.6	+0.6	+1.9	-1.3	-1.1	+0.3	+1.1	+.075	+1.2	+3.3	+.348	+1.2	+1.1	+.072
Lou Williams	75	23.3	13.7	0.4	1.6	2.0	3.4	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.7	4.3	10.6	.406	1.2	3.4	.348	3.9	4.7	.823
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	12	34.1	10.8	4.3	5.3	9.6	2.3	0.8	2.2	2.0	3.6	4.3	9.9	.437	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.3	.641
difference:	+7	+8.1		+4.3	+3.7	+8.0	+0.7	+0.2	+2.2	-1.2	-2.4	+0.9	+0.5	+.110	+1.2	+4.0		+0.7	+0.5	+.096
Lou Williams	5	26.0	10.8	0.0	1.6	1.6	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.8	1.2	3.4	10.4	.327	1.2	4.0	.300	2.8	3.8	.737

Season 7
	Joakim Noah	Lou Williams
Season	2013-14	2011-12
Team	Chicago Bulls	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	80	35.3	12.6	3.5	7.7	11.3	5.4	1.2	1.5	2.4	3.1	4.8	10.0	.475	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	4.2	.737
difference:	+16	+9.0	+2.3	+3.0	+5.7	+8.9	+1.9	+0.4	+1.2	-1.3	-1.7	+0.2	+2.2	+.068	+1.3	+3.6		+0.6	+0.4	+.075
Lou Williams	64	26.3	14.9	0.5	2.0	2.4	3.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	1.4	5.0	12.2	.407	1.3	3.6	.362	3.7	4.6	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	5	42.0	10.4	3.0	9.8	12.8	4.6	1.0	1.4	3.8	3.8	4.2	8.2	.512	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.4	.588
difference:	+8	+14.5	+1.1	+2.8	+8.0	+10.7	+1.6		+1.4	-2.6	-2.5	+0.4	+2.7	+.160	+0.6	+3.7		+1.2	+0.6	+.200
Lou Williams	13	27.5	11.5	0.2	1.8	2.1	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.2	1.3	3.8	10.9	.352	0.6	3.7	.167	3.2	4.0	.788

Season 10
	Joakim Noah	Lou Williams
Season	2016-17	2014-15
Team	New York Knicks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	46	22.1	5.0	3.5	5.2	8.8	2.2	0.7	0.8	1.3	2.8	2.2	4.4	.490	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.7	.436
difference:	+34	+3.1	+10.5	+3.2	+3.6	+6.9	+0.1	+0.4	+0.7		-1.5	+2.5	+7.2	+.086	+1.9	+5.6		+3.6	+3.2	+.425
Lou Williams	80	25.2	15.5	0.3	1.6	1.9	2.1	1.1	0.1	1.3	1.3	4.7	11.6	.404	1.9	5.6	.340	4.3	4.9	.861
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lou Williams	4	25.5	12.8	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.3	1.5	0.0	0.8	2.3	4.0	12.8	.314	1.0	5.3	.190	3.8	4.5	.833

Season 13
	Joakim Noah	Lou Williams
Season	2019-20	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	5	10.0	2.8	1.0	2.2	3.2	1.4	0.2	0.2	1.2	1.8	0.8	1.6	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.6	.750
difference:	+74	+22.8	+19.8	+0.5	+0.2	+0.7	+3.9	+0.9		-1.8	-0.5	+6.6	+15.3	+.065	+2.4	+6.6		+4.3	+4.6	+.130
Lou Williams	79	32.8	22.6	0.5	2.0	2.5	5.3	1.1	0.2	3.0	1.3	7.4	16.9	.435	2.4	6.6	.359	5.5	6.2	.880
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joakim Noah	2	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Lou Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Lou Williams played 4 seasons more than Joakim Noah in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 14 to 17, from 2019 to 2022—Lou Williams played in 3 Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over Joakim Noah, Lou Williams got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Sixth Man of the Year