John Paxson vs. Deron Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Deron Williams and John Paxson, 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 Paxson played 11 years in the NBA, 1 less than Deron Williams, who played 12. John Paxson had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, while Deron 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 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 Paxson	11	10	1983-84 to 1993-94
Deron Williams	12	9	2005-06 to 2016-17

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	John Paxson	Deron Williams
Season	1983-84	2005-06
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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		%
John Paxson	49	9.3	2.9	0.1	0.6	0.7	3.0	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.2	2.8	.445	0.1	0.4	.182	0.3	0.5	.615
Deron Williams	80	28.8	10.8	0.4	2.0	2.4	4.5	0.8	0.2	1.8	2.9	4.2	10.1	.421	1.1	2.7	.416	1.2	1.7	.704

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


Season 2
	John Paxson	Deron Williams
Season	1984-85	2006-07
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz 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		%
John Paxson	78	16.1	6.2	0.2	0.6	0.9	2.8	0.6	0.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	4.9	.509	0.1	0.4	.294	1.1	1.3	.840
Deron Williams	80	36.9	16.2	0.5	2.8	3.3	9.3	1.0	0.2	3.1	3.2	6.2	13.5	.456	1.0	3.2	.322	2.8	3.7	.767

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Paxson	5	22.8	10.2	0.0	1.0	1.0	4.2	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.8	4.2	8.4	.500	0.4	1.8	.222	1.4	1.8	.778
Deron Williams	17	38.6	19.2	0.5	3.8	4.3	8.6	1.5	0.2	4.0	2.9	7.2	15.9	.452	1.1	3.4	.333	3.8	4.8	.790


Season 3
	John Paxson	Deron Williams
Season	1985-86	2007-08
Team	Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West 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 Paxson	75	20.9	5.3	0.2	1.0	1.3	3.7	0.7	0.0	0.8	2.3	2.0	4.4	.466	0.2	0.7	.300	1.0	1.2	.804
Deron Williams	82	37.3	18.8	0.4	2.5	3.0	10.5	1.1	0.3	3.4	2.4	6.9	13.6	.507	1.0	2.6	.395	4.0	5.0	.803

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Paxson	3	26.7	9.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.7	1.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	2.3	5.0	.467	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	5.7	.765
Deron Williams	12	42.8	21.6	1.3	2.3	3.6	10.0	0.6	0.3	3.1	2.9	7.5	15.3	.492	2.3	4.7	.500	4.3	5.5	.773


Season 4
	John Paxson	Deron Williams
Season	1986-87	2008-09
Team	Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz 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		%
John Paxson	82	32.8	11.3	0.3	1.4	1.7	5.7	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.5	4.7	9.7	.487	0.6	1.7	.371	1.3	1.6	.809
Deron Williams	68	36.8	19.4	0.4	2.5	2.9	10.7	1.1	0.3	3.4	2.0	6.8	14.5	.471	1.0	3.3	.310	4.8	5.6	.849

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Paxson	3	29.0	8.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.7	0.7	0.0	1.7	3.0	3.7	7.3	.500	1.0	2.3	.429	0.3	0.3	1.000
Deron Williams	5	42.2	20.2	0.8	3.0	3.8	10.8	1.8	0.4	4.2	3.4	5.8	14.0	.414	1.8	5.0	.360	6.8	8.2	.829


Season 5
	John Paxson	Deron Williams
Season	1987-88	2009-10
Team	Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West 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 Paxson	81	23.3	7.9	0.2	1.1	1.3	3.7	0.6	0.0	0.8	1.9	3.5	7.2	.493	0.4	1.2	.347	0.4	0.6	.733
Deron Williams	76	36.9	18.7	0.7	3.3	4.0	10.5	1.3	0.2	3.3	2.7	6.5	13.9	.469	1.3	3.4	.371	4.4	5.5	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Paxson	10	16.5	4.6	0.0	0.4	0.4	3.0	0.1	0.1	0.5	2.4	2.0	5.3	.377	0.2	1.2	.167	0.4	0.4	1.000
Deron Williams	10	39.8	24.3	0.4	2.3	2.7	10.2	1.0	0.4	3.0	3.7	6.7	14.9	.450	2.0	5.1	.392	8.9	11.1	.802


Season 6
	John Paxson	Deron Williams
Season	1988-89	2010-11
Team	Chicago Bulls	Utah Jazz, New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 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		%
John Paxson	78	22.3	7.3	0.2	1.0	1.2	3.9	0.7	0.1	0.9	2.1	3.2	6.6	.480	0.6	1.7	.331	0.4	0.5	.861
Deron Williams	65	37.9	20.1	0.6	3.4	4.0	10.3	1.2	0.2	3.5	2.9	6.6	15.0	.439	1.6	4.9	.331	5.4	6.3	.845

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Paxson	16	18.9	5.8	0.1	0.5	0.6	2.1	0.8	0.0	0.9	2.2	2.3	4.9	.474	0.3	1.2	.263	0.9	1.0	.875
Deron Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	John Paxson	Deron Williams
Season	1989-90	2011-12
Team	Chicago Bulls	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 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		%
John Paxson	82	28.8	10.0	0.3	1.1	1.5	4.1	1.0	0.1	1.0	2.1	4.5	8.6	.516	0.4	1.1	.359	0.7	0.8	.824
Deron Williams	55	36.3	21.0	0.4	2.9	3.3	8.7	1.2	0.4	4.0	2.2	7.1	17.5	.407	2.1	6.2	.336	4.7	5.5	.843

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Paxson	15	26.3	6.1	0.1	1.3	1.5	3.6	0.6	0.0	1.0	2.8	2.5	5.8	.425	0.3	0.6	.444	0.9	0.9	1.000
Deron Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	John Paxson	Deron Williams
Season	1990-91	2012-13
Team	Chicago Bulls	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
John Paxson	82	24.0	8.7	0.2	0.9	1.1	3.6	0.8	0.0	0.8	1.7	3.9	7.0	.548	0.5	1.2	.438	0.4	0.5	.829
Deron Williams	78	36.4	18.9	0.4	2.6	3.0	7.7	1.0	0.4	2.8	2.5	6.3	14.4	.440	2.2	5.7	.378	4.1	4.7	.859

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Paxson	17	28.6	8.2	0.1	1.2	1.4	3.1	0.6	0.0	0.4	1.9	3.6	6.9	.530	0.1	0.8	.143	0.8	0.8	1.000
Deron Williams	7	41.7	20.6	0.1	3.0	3.1	8.4	1.0	0.6	3.0	2.4	6.4	15.1	.425	2.4	6.1	.395	5.3	6.4	.822


Season 9
	John Paxson	Deron Williams
Season	1991-92	2013-14
Team	Chicago Bulls	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nets 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 Paxson	79	24.6	7.0	0.3	0.9	1.2	3.1	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.8	3.3	6.2	.528	0.2	0.6	.273	0.4	0.5	.784
Deron Williams	64	32.2	14.3	0.2	2.4	2.6	6.1	1.5	0.2	2.2	2.3	5.0	11.2	.450	1.5	4.2	.366	2.7	3.4	.801

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Paxson	22	27.2	7.9	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.8	0.6	0.0	0.6	2.4	3.3	6.3	.525	0.5	1.2	.444	0.7	0.9	.842
Deron Williams	12	35.7	14.5	0.6	2.6	3.2	5.8	1.1	0.2	2.3	2.6	5.0	12.7	.395	1.5	4.4	.340	3.0	3.8	.800


Season 10
	John Paxson	Deron Williams
Season	1992-93	2014-15
Team	Chicago Bulls	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
John Paxson	59	17.5	4.2	0.2	0.7	0.8	2.3	0.6	0.0	0.5	1.7	1.8	3.9	.451	0.3	0.7	.463	0.3	0.3	.850
Deron Williams	68	31.1	13.0	0.4	3.1	3.5	6.6	0.9	0.3	2.3	2.3	4.4	11.3	.387	1.3	3.5	.367	3.0	3.5	.834

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Paxson	19	17.4	4.9	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.3	0.1	0.2	1.6	1.8	3.2	.583	0.8	1.3	.625	0.4	0.6	.727
Deron Williams	6	32.0	11.8	0.5	5.7	6.2	5.5	1.3	0.0	2.7	3.0	4.5	11.5	.391	1.8	4.3	.423	1.0	1.2	.857


Season 11
	John Paxson	Deron Williams
Season	1993-94	2015-16
Team	Chicago Bulls	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East 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		%
John Paxson	27	12.7	2.6	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.7	1.1	2.5	.441	0.3	0.8	.409	0.0	0.1	.500
Deron Williams	65	32.4	14.1	0.3	2.6	2.9	5.8	0.9	0.2	2.3	2.4	4.9	11.9	.414	1.5	4.3	.344	2.8	3.2	.869

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Paxson	9	6.4	0.7	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.8	.429	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Deron Williams	3	16.3	5.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	2.7	0.3	0.0	2.3	2.0	2.0	6.0	.333	1.0	2.3	.429	0.0	0.0	-


Season 12
	John Paxson	Deron Williams
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers 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 Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Deron Williams	64	25.9	11.0	0.2	2.1	2.3	5.6	0.5	0.1	2.2	2.2	4.1	9.4	.438	1.3	3.7	.363	1.4	1.7	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Paxson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Deron Williams	18	14.6	4.3	0.2	1.1	1.3	2.1	0.6	0.1	0.9	1.6	1.6	3.6	.438	0.7	1.7	.387	0.6	0.6	.909

John Paxson vs. Deron Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Deron Williams and John Paxson, 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