Richard Jefferson vs. Lou Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lou Williams and Richard Jefferson, 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.

Richard Jefferson and Lou Williams both played 17 years in the NBA. Richard Jefferson had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, while Lou 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 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
	Richard Jefferson	Lou Williams
Season	2001-02	2005-06
Team	New Jersey Nets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Richard Jefferson	79	24.3	9.4	1.1	2.6	3.7	1.8	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.7	3.4	7.5	.457	0.2	0.7	.232	2.4	3.4	.713
difference:	+49	+19.5	+7.5	+1.0	+2.1	+3.1	+1.5	+0.6	+0.6	-1.0	-2.3	+2.6	+5.8	+.015	+0.1	+0.4	+.010	+2.1	+3.0	+.098
Lou Williams	30	4.8	1.9	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.7	.442	0.1	0.3	.222	0.3	0.4	.615
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	20	22.1	7.0	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.3	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.0	2.7	5.7	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	3.0	.550
Lou Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Richard Jefferson	Lou Williams
Season	2010-11	2014-15
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	81	30.4	11.0	0.7	3.2	3.8	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.1	2.0	3.8	7.9	.474	1.7	3.8	.440	1.8	2.4	.759
difference:	+1	+5.2	+4.5	+0.4	+1.6	+1.9	+0.8	+0.6	+0.3	-0.2	-0.7	+0.9	+3.7	+.070	+0.2	+1.8	+.100	+2.5	+2.5	+.102
Lou Williams	80	25.2	15.5	0.3	1.6	1.9	2.1	1.1	0.1	1.3	1.3	4.7	11.6	.404	1.9	5.6	.340	4.3	4.9	.861
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	6	29.3	6.5	0.3	3.8	4.2	0.8	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.2	2.0	5.2	.387	1.0	2.8	.353	1.5	1.8	.818
difference:	+2	+3.8	+6.3	+0.2	+2.5	+2.4	+0.5	+1.0	+0.5	-0.2	-0.1	+2.0	+7.6	+.073		+2.5	+.163	+2.3	+2.7	+.015
Lou Williams	4	25.5	12.8	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.3	1.5	0.0	0.8	2.3	4.0	12.8	.314	1.0	5.3	.190	3.8	4.5	.833

Season 13
	Richard Jefferson	Lou Williams
Season	2013-14	2017-18
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	82	27.0	10.1	0.2	2.5	2.7	1.6	0.7	0.2	1.1	2.0	3.6	8.0	.450	1.5	3.7	.409	1.5	2.0	.741
difference:	+3	+5.8	+12.5	+0.3	+0.5	+0.2	+3.7	+0.4		-1.9	-0.7	+3.8	+8.9	+.015	+0.9	+2.9	+.050	+4.0	+4.2	+.139
Lou Williams	79	32.8	22.6	0.5	2.0	2.5	5.3	1.1	0.2	3.0	1.3	7.4	16.9	.435	2.4	6.6	.359	5.5	6.2	.880
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Richard Jefferson nor Lou Williams played in the postseason in their season 13

Season 14
	Richard Jefferson	Lou Williams
Season	2014-15	2018-19
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	74	16.8	5.8	0.3	2.1	2.5	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.6	1.9	4.4	.444	0.9	2.1	.426	1.1	1.5	.684
difference:	+1	+9.8	+14.2	+0.2	+0.3	+0.5	+4.6	+0.4		-1.7	-0.5	+4.6	+10.8	+.019	+0.5	+1.8	+.065	+4.6	+5.0	+.192
Lou Williams	75	26.6	20.0	0.5	2.4	3.0	5.4	0.8	0.1	2.4	1.1	6.5	15.2	.425	1.4	3.9	.361	5.7	6.5	.876
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	4	12.8	3.8	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.8	2.3	1.3	3.5	.357	0.8	2.0	.375	0.5	0.5	1.000
difference:	+2	+16.5	+17.9	+1.0	+1.3	+2.3	+7.4	+0.3	+0.2	-2.2		+6.2	+13.8	+.076	+0.2	+1.0	+.042	+5.2	+6.3	+.171
Lou Williams	6	29.3	21.7	1.0	1.8	2.8	7.7	0.8	0.2	3.0	2.3	7.5	17.3	.433	1.0	3.0	.333	5.7	6.8	.829

Season 15
	Richard Jefferson	Lou Williams
Season	2015-16	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	74	17.9	5.5	0.2	1.5	1.7	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.6	1.7	1.9	4.2	.458	0.9	2.3	.382	0.8	1.2	.667
difference:	+9	+10.8	+12.7	+0.3	+1.1	+1.4	+4.8	+0.3		-2.2	-0.5	+4.1	+10.2	+.040	+0.8	+2.5	+.030	+3.7	+4.0	+.194
Lou Williams	65	28.7	18.2	0.5	2.6	3.1	5.6	0.7	0.2	2.8	1.2	6.0	14.4	.418	1.7	4.8	.352	4.5	5.2	.861
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Richard Jefferson	21	18.1	5.4	0.8	2.8	3.5	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.6	1.6	2.1	4.0	.524	0.5	1.3	.393	0.7	1.0	.750
difference:	+8	+8.1	+7.4	+0.3	+0.2	+0.3	+3.5	+0.3	+0.2	-1.0	-0.2	+2.7	+7.2	+.099	+0.4	+2.6	+.158	+1.6	+1.8	+.061
Lou Williams	13	26.2	12.8	0.5	2.6	3.2	4.2	0.8	0.2	1.6	1.4	4.8	11.2	.425	0.9	3.9	.235	2.3	2.8	.811