Nickeil Alexander-Walker vs. Jalen Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Williams and Nickeil Alexander-Walker, 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.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker played 6 years in the NBA, 3 more than Jalen Williams, who played 3. Nickeil Alexander-Walker had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Jalen Williams
Season	2019-20	2022-23
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	47	12.6	5.7	0.2	1.6	1.8	1.9	0.4	0.2	1.1	1.2	2.1	5.7	.368	1.0	2.8	.346	0.5	0.8	.676
difference:	+28	+17.7	+8.4	+0.9	+1.8	+2.7	+1.4	+1.0	+0.3	-0.5	-1.3	+3.4	+4.9	+.153		+0.1	+.010	+1.6	+1.7	+.136
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 Nickeil Alexander-Walker nor Jalen Williams played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Jalen Williams
Season	2021-22	2024-25
Team	New Orleans Pelicans, Utah Jazz	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	65	22.6	10.6	0.6	2.3	2.9	2.4	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.6	3.9	10.5	.372	1.6	5.2	.311	1.2	1.7	.743
difference:	+4	+9.8	+11.0	+0.3	+2.2	+2.4	+2.7	+0.9	+0.3	-0.8	-0.7	+4.3	+6.4	+.112	+0.2	+0.3	+.054	+2.2	+2.6	+.046
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		%
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	1	5.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
difference:	+22	+29.6	+16.4	+1.0	+3.5	+4.5	+3.8	+0.4	+0.4	-1.8	-2.2	+5.7	+15.2	+.551	+1.5	+5.0		+3.4	+4.6	+.211
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