Ron Harper vs. Lou Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lou Williams and Ron Harper, 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.

Ron Harper played 15 years in the NBA, 2 less than Lou Williams, who played 17. Ron Harper had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, 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
	Ron Harper	Lou Williams
Season	1986-87	2005-06
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
Ron Harper	82	37.4	22.9	2.1	2.7	4.8	4.8	2.5	1.0	4.2	3.0	9.0	19.7	.455	0.2	1.1	.213	4.7	6.9	.684
difference:	+52	+32.6	+21.0	+2.0	+2.2	+4.2	+4.5	+2.3	+1.0	-3.8	-2.6	+8.2	+18.0	+.013	+0.1	+0.8	+.009	+4.4	+6.5	+.069
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
* Neiher Ron Harper nor Lou Williams played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 10
	Ron Harper	Lou Williams
Season	1995-96	2014-15
Team	Chicago Bulls	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Ron Harper	80	23.6	7.4	0.9	1.7	2.7	2.6	1.3	0.4	0.9	1.7	2.9	6.3	.467	0.4	1.3	.269	1.2	1.7	.705
difference:		+1.6	+8.1	+0.6	+0.1	+0.8	+0.5	+0.2	+0.3	-0.4	-0.4	+1.8	+5.3	+.063	+1.5	+4.3	+.071	+3.1	+3.2	+.156
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		%
Ron Harper	18	27.4	8.8	1.4	2.3	3.7	2.5	1.4	0.4	1.0	2.1	3.2	7.4	.425	0.8	2.6	.319	1.6	2.3	.690
difference:	+14	+1.9	+4.0	+0.9	+1.0	+1.9	+1.2	+0.1	+0.4	-0.2	-0.2	+0.8	+5.4	+.111	+0.2	+2.7	+.129	+2.2	+2.2	+.143
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 11
	Ron Harper	Lou Williams
Season	1996-97	2015-16
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	76	22.9	6.3	0.6	1.9	2.5	2.5	1.1	0.5	0.7	1.8	2.3	5.3	.436	0.9	2.5	.362	0.8	1.1	.707
difference:	+9	+5.6	+9.0	+0.1	+0.2			+0.2	+0.2	-0.9	-0.2	+1.9	+5.0	+.028	+0.7	+2.3	+.018	+4.5	+5.2	+.123
Lou Williams	67	28.5	15.3	0.5	2.1	2.5	2.5	0.9	0.3	1.6	1.6	4.2	10.3	.408	1.6	4.8	.344	5.3	6.3	.830
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	19	27.1	7.5	1.1	3.2	4.3	3.0	1.3	0.7	0.6	2.3	2.6	6.6	.400	1.1	3.2	.344	1.1	1.5	.750
Lou Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Ron Harper	Lou Williams
Season	1997-98	2016-17
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	82	27.9	9.3	1.3	2.2	3.5	2.9	1.3	0.6	1.1	2.2	3.6	8.1	.441	0.2	1.0	.190	2.0	2.6	.750
difference:	+1	+3.3	+8.2	+1.0		+1.0	+0.1	+0.3	+0.4	-0.9	-1.1	+1.7	+4.2	+.012	+1.8	+4.5	+.175	+3.0	+3.0	+.130
Lou Williams	81	24.6	17.5	0.3	2.2	2.5	3.0	1.0	0.2	2.0	1.1	5.3	12.3	.429	2.0	5.5	.365	5.0	5.6	.880
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ron Harper	21	26.9	6.7	1.0	2.6	3.7	2.3	1.0	0.9	0.9	2.0	2.7	5.8	.459	0.2	0.9	.263	1.1	1.9	.615
difference:	+10	+2.2	+5.8	+0.4	+0.5	+1.0	+1.0	+0.4	+0.8	-0.4	-0.5	+1.8	+4.9	+.035	+0.9	+2.6	+.045	+1.3	+0.7	+.282
Lou Williams	11	24.7	12.5	0.6	2.1	2.7	1.3	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.5	4.5	10.7	.424	1.1	3.5	.308	2.4	2.6	.897

Season 13
	Ron Harper	Lou Williams
Season	1998-99	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	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		%
Ron Harper	35	31.6	11.2	1.4	3.7	5.1	3.3	1.7	1.0	1.9	2.3	4.2	11.1	.377	0.8	2.4	.318	2.0	2.9	.703
difference:	+44	+1.2	+11.4	+0.9	+1.7	+2.6	+2.0	+0.6	+0.8	-1.1	-1.0	+3.2	+5.8	+.058	+1.6	+4.2	+.041	+3.5	+3.3	+.177
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 Ron Harper nor Lou Williams played in the postseason in their season 13

Season 14
	Ron Harper	Lou Williams
Season	1999-00	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Ron Harper	80	25.5	7.0	1.2	3.0	4.2	3.4	1.1	0.5	1.7	2.1	2.7	6.6	.399	0.4	1.3	.311	1.3	1.8	.680
difference:	+5	+1.1	+13.0	+0.7	+0.6	+1.2	+2.0	+0.3	+0.4	-0.7	-1.0	+3.8	+8.6	+.026	+1.0	+2.6	+.050	+4.4	+4.7	+.196
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		%
Ron Harper	23	27.9	8.6	1.3	2.4	3.7	3.2	1.0	0.6	1.2	2.7	3.4	7.9	.431	0.4	1.7	.231	1.4	2.0	.702
difference:	+17	+1.4	+13.1	+0.3	+0.6	+0.9	+4.5	+0.2	+0.4	-1.8	-0.4	+4.1	+9.4	+.002	+0.6	+1.3	+.102	+4.3	+4.8	+.127
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
	Ron Harper	Lou Williams
Season	2000-01	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	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		%
Ron Harper	47	24.2	6.5	1.0	2.6	3.5	2.4	0.8	0.5	1.3	1.5	2.7	5.8	.469	0.4	1.5	.264	0.7	1.0	.708
difference:	+18	+4.5	+11.7	+0.5		+0.4	+3.2	+0.1	+0.3	-1.5	-0.3	+3.3	+8.6	+.051	+1.3	+3.3	+.088	+3.8	+4.2	+.153
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		%
Ron Harper	6	7.3	2.2	0.2	1.2	1.3	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.8	1.7	.500	0.2	0.7	.250	0.3	0.5	.667
difference:	+7	+18.9	+10.6	+0.3	+1.4	+1.9	+3.5	+0.1		-1.4	-0.7	+4.0	+9.5	+.075	+0.7	+3.2	+.015	+2.0	+2.3	+.144
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