Oscar Robertson vs. Jalen Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Williams and Oscar Robertson, 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.

Oscar Robertson played 14 years in the NBA, 11 more than Jalen Williams, who played 3. Oscar Robertson had the first of his seasons in 1960-61, 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
	Oscar Robertson	Jalen Williams
Season	1960-61	2022-23
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rookie of the Year	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game MVP	-
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		%
Oscar Robertson	71	42.7	30.5	-	-	10.1	9.7	-	-	-	3.1	10.6	22.5	.473	-	-	-	9.2	11.2	.822
difference:	+4	+12.4	+16.4			+5.6	+6.4				-0.6	+5.1	+11.9	+.048				+7.1	+8.7	+.010
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 Oscar Robertson nor Jalen Williams played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Oscar Robertson	Jalen Williams
Season	1961-62	2023-24
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div Semis	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Oscar Robertson	79	44.3	30.8	-	-	12.5	11.4	-	-	-	3.3	11.0	22.9	.478	-	-	-	8.9	11.0	.803
difference:	+8	+13.0	+11.7			+8.5	+6.9				-0.8	+3.5	+8.9	+.062				+6.4	+7.9	+.011
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	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Oscar Robertson	4	46.3	28.8	-	-	11.0	11.0	-	-	-	4.5	10.5	20.3	.519	-	-	-	7.8	9.8	.795
difference:	+6	+8.6	+10.1			+4.2	+5.6				-2.4	+3.0	+4.3	+.050				+5.6	+7.1	+.020
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
	Oscar Robertson	Jalen Williams
Season	1962-63	2024-25
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Oscar Robertson	80	44.0	28.3	-	-	10.4	9.5	-	-	-	3.7	10.3	19.9	.518	-	-	-	7.7	9.5	.810
difference:	+11	+11.6	+6.7			+5.1	+4.4				-1.4	+2.1	+3.0	+.034				+4.3	+5.2	+.021
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		%
Oscar Robertson	12	47.5	31.8	-	-	13.0	9.0	-	-	-	3.4	10.3	22.0	.470	-	-	-	11.1	12.8	.864
difference:	+11	+12.9	+10.4			+7.5	+4.2				-1.2	+2.6	+4.8	+.021				+6.7	+7.2	+.075
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
* Oscar Robertson played 11 seasons more than Jalen Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 14, from 1964 to 1974—Oscar Robertson played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 11 extra years over Jalen Williams, Oscar Robertson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 6 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 4 Assists Leader 9 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP