Obi Toppin vs. Jalen Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Williams and Obi Toppin, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Obi Toppin played 6 years in the NBA, 2 more than Jalen Williams, who played 4. Obi Toppin had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, 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.

Their Careers

Player
Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Obi Toppin 6 4 2020-21 to 2025-26
Jalen Williams 4 2 2022-23 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Obi Toppin Jalen Williams
Season 2020-212022-23
Team New York KnicksOklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs Knicks Lost East Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Obi Toppin 62 11.0 4.1 0.4 1.8 2.2 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.9 1.7 3.4 .498 0.4 1.4 .306 0.3 0.4 .731
difference:+13+19.3+10.0+0.7+1.6+2.3+2.8+1.1+0.3-1.2-1.6+3.8+7.2+.023+0.6+1.3+.050+1.8+2.1+.081
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
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Obi Toppin 5 13.0 6.4 0.8 1.8 2.6 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.6 1.2 2.4 4.6 .522 0.6 1.8 .333 1.0 1.2 .833
Jalen Williams DNP------ --- ----------

Season 2

Obi Toppin Jalen Williams
Season 2021-222023-24
Team New York KnicksOklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayThunder Lost West Conf Semis
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Obi Toppin 72 17.1 9.0 1.0 2.8 3.7 1.1 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.4 3.5 6.6 .531 0.7 2.3 .308 1.3 1.7 .758
difference:+1+14.2+10.1+0.5+0.7+0.3+3.4+0.8+0.1-0.9-1.1+4.0+7.4+.009+0.8+1.1+.119+1.2+1.4+.056
Jalen Williams 71 31.3 19.1 0.5 3.5 4.0 4.5 1.1 0.6 1.7 2.5 7.5 14.0 .540 1.5 3.4 .427 2.5 3.1 .814
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Obi Toppin DNP------ --- ----------
Jalen Williams 10 37.7 18.7 1.3 5.5 6.8 5.4 1.7 0.5 1.9 2.1 7.5 16.0 .469 1.5 3.9 .385 2.2 2.7 .815

Season 3

Obi Toppin Jalen Williams
Season 2022-232024-25
Team New York KnicksOklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-NBA Third Team
-Achievement All-Defensive Second Team
-Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Knicks Lost East Conf SemisNBA Champion NBA Champion
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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Obi Toppin 67 15.7 7.4 0.4 2.4 2.8 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.6 1.0 2.8 6.3 .446 1.3 3.7 .344 0.6 0.7 .809
difference:+2+16.7+14.2+0.5+2.1+2.5+4.1+1.3+0.5-1.6-1.3+5.4+10.6+.038+0.5+1.2+.021+2.8+3.6+.020
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 TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Obi Toppin 11 15.9 7.0 0.9 2.6 3.5 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.7 1.1 2.7 6.4 .429 1.2 3.9 .302 0.4 0.5 .800
difference:+12+18.7+14.4+0.1+1.9+2.0+4.2+0.7+0.1-1.1-1.1+5.0+10.8+.020+0.3+1.1+.002+4.0+5.1+.011
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

Season 4

Obi Toppin Jalen Williams
Season 2023-242025-26
Team Indiana PacersOklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Pacers Lost East Conf FinalsDid Not Play
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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Obi Toppin 82 21.1 10.3 1.0 2.9 3.9 1.6 0.6 0.5 0.8 1.7 4.0 7.1 .573 1.2 3.1 .403 0.9 1.2 .770
difference:+73+7.9+7.3+0.4+1.7+1.2+3.7+1.1+0.2-1.0-0.4+2.6+7.3+.119+0.1+0.3+.003+2.4+2.4+.168
Jalen Williams 9 29.0 17.6 0.6 4.6 5.1 5.3 1.7 0.7 1.8 2.1 6.6 14.4 .454 1.1 2.8 .400 3.3 3.6 .938
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Obi Toppin 17 20.2 10.9 0.6 3.8 4.4 1.7 0.4 0.4 0.8 1.2 4.3 7.9 .541 1.2 3.3 .357 1.1 1.5 .760
Jalen Williams DNP------ --- ----------

Additional Years

* Obi Toppin played 2 seasons more than Jalen Williams in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 5 to 6, from 2025 to 2026—Obi Toppin played in one postseason.