John Starks vs. Jalen Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Williams and John Starks, 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.

John Starks played 13 years in the NBA, 10 more than Jalen Williams, who played 3. John Starks had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, 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
	John Starks	Jalen Williams
Season	1988-89	2022-23
Team	Golden State Warriors	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
John Starks	36	8.8	4.1	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.0	1.4	3.5	.408	0.3	0.7	.385	0.9	1.4	.654
difference:	+39	+21.5	+10.0	+0.7	+2.7	+3.4	+2.5	+0.8	+0.4	-0.5	-1.5	+4.1	+7.1	+.113	+0.7	+2.0	+.029	+1.2	+1.1	+.158
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
* Neiher John Starks nor Jalen Williams played in the postseason in their season 1

Note: John Starks didn't play in 1989-90.

Season 3
	John Starks	Jalen Williams
Season	1991-92	2024-25
Team	New York Knicks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
John Starks	82	25.8	13.9	0.5	1.8	2.3	3.4	1.3	0.2	1.8	2.8	4.9	11.0	.449	1.1	3.3	.348	2.9	3.7	.778
difference:	+13	+6.6	+7.7	+0.4	+2.7	+3.0	+1.7	+0.3	+0.5	-0.4	-0.5	+3.3	+5.9	+.035	+0.7	+1.6	+.017	+0.5	+0.6	+.011
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		%
John Starks	12	24.6	12.1	0.6	1.9	2.5	3.2	1.4	0.0	1.8	3.8	3.8	10.3	.374	0.9	3.8	.239	3.5	4.3	.808
difference:	+11	+10.0	+9.3	+0.4	+2.6	+3.0	+1.6		+0.4		-1.6	+3.9	+6.9	+.075	+0.6	+1.2	+.065	+0.9	+1.3	+.019
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
* John Starks played 10 seasons more than Jalen Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 13, from 1993 to 2002—John Starks played in 7 Playoffs. In those 10 extra years over Jalen Williams, John Starks got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Sixth Man of the Year 1 All-Star Game