John Gianelli vs. Robert Williams III Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Robert Williams III and John Gianelli, 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.

John Gianelli played 8 years in the NBA, 2 more than Robert Williams III, who played 6. John Gianelli had the first of his seasons in 1972-73, while Robert Williams III had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
John Gianelli	8	4	1972-73 to 1979-80
Robert Williams III	6	5	2018-19 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	John Gianelli	Robert Williams III
Season	1972-73	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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		%
John Gianelli	52	9.9	3.5	-	-	2.9	0.5	-	-	-	1.4	1.5	3.4	.451	-	-	-	0.4	0.6	.697
Robert Williams III	32	8.8	2.5	0.8	1.7	2.5	0.2	0.3	1.3	0.3	1.1	1.1	1.6	.706	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.600

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Gianelli	7	7.9	3.6	-	-	1.9	0.1	-	-	-	0.9	1.6	2.9	.550	-	-	-	0.4	1.0	.429
Robert Williams III	3	4.3	1.3	0.3	2.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 2
	John Gianelli	Robert Williams III
Season	1973-74	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Celtics 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		%
John Gianelli	70	20.3	7.3	1.6	3.3	4.9	1.1	0.3	0.6	-	2.3	3.0	6.2	.479	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.760
Robert Williams III	29	13.4	5.2	1.4	3.0	4.4	0.9	0.8	1.2	0.7	1.8	2.2	3.0	.727	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.647

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Gianelli	12	28.2	7.3	3.3	4.1	7.3	1.9	0.3	0.5	-	3.4	2.9	7.2	.407	-	-	-	1.5	2.1	.720
Robert Williams III	13	11.5	3.7	1.7	2.2	3.9	0.8	0.2	0.5	0.5	1.4	1.8	2.4	.742	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.5	.333


Season 3
	John Gianelli	Robert Williams III
Season	1974-75	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
John Gianelli	80	35.0	10.3	2.7	5.9	8.6	2.0	0.5	1.5	-	3.3	4.3	9.1	.472	-	-	-	1.7	2.4	.692
Robert Williams III	52	18.9	8.0	2.6	4.3	6.9	1.8	0.8	1.8	1.0	2.0	3.6	5.0	.721	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.4	.616

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Gianelli	3	31.0	8.3	1.7	3.0	4.7	0.7	0.0	1.3	-	3.3	3.7	8.0	.458	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Robert Williams III	3	15.3	6.3	2.7	2.3	5.0	0.7	0.3	3.0	0.3	2.3	3.0	4.7	.643	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500


Season 4
	John Gianelli	Robert Williams III
Season	1975-76	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
John Gianelli	82	28.4	9.3	2.3	4.5	6.7	1.4	0.3	0.8	-	2.4	4.0	8.4	.473	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.713
Robert Williams III	61	29.6	10.0	3.9	5.7	9.6	2.0	0.9	2.2	1.0	2.2	4.4	6.0	.736	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.5	.722

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Gianelli	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Williams III	17	23.2	7.7	2.5	3.6	6.2	1.0	0.7	2.2	0.6	2.0	3.1	4.6	.679	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	1.6	.893


Season 5
	John Gianelli	Robert Williams III
Season	1976-77	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks, Buffalo Braves	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
John Gianelli	76	25.2	7.9	2.0	4.2	6.3	1.1	0.5	1.3	-	2.3	3.4	7.6	.444	-	-	-	1.2	1.6	.720
Robert Williams III	35	23.5	8.0	3.0	5.4	8.3	1.4	0.6	1.4	1.0	1.9	3.6	4.9	.747	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.2	.610

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Gianelli	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Williams III	20	20.9	7.7	1.8	4.2	6.0	1.0	0.5	1.3	0.8	2.2	3.4	4.3	.788	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.4	.679


Season 6
	John Gianelli	Robert Williams III
Season	1977-78	2023-24
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost West Conf 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		%
John Gianelli	82	28.4	8.5	2.0	4.2	6.2	2.3	0.7	1.1	1.8	2.3	3.7	7.7	.488	-	-	-	1.0	1.5	.642
Robert Williams III	6	19.8	6.8	1.8	4.5	6.3	0.8	1.2	1.2	1.2	2.8	2.8	4.3	.654	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.5	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Gianelli	9	32.2	7.8	1.8	4.7	6.4	1.6	0.9	1.2	1.4	2.7	2.8	6.6	.424	-	-	-	2.2	2.9	.769
Robert Williams III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	John Gianelli	Robert Williams III
Season	1978-79	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
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		%
John Gianelli	82	25.1	7.1	1.5	3.5	5.0	2.0	0.5	0.7	1.3	2.4	3.1	6.4	.486	-	-	-	0.9	1.2	.706
Robert Williams III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Gianelli	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Williams III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	John Gianelli	Robert Williams III
Season	1979-80	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
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		%
John Gianelli	17	16.8	3.2	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.0	0.4	0.4	1.3	1.5	1.4	3.9	.348	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.9	.563
Robert Williams III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Gianelli	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Williams III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

John Gianelli vs. Robert Williams III Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Robert Williams III and John Gianelli, 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