Shaquille O'Neal vs. Mark Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mark Williams and Shaquille O'Neal, 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.

Shaquille O'Neal played 19 years in the NBA, 16 more than Mark Williams, who played 3. Shaquille O'Neal had the first of his seasons in 1992-93, while Mark 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
	Shaquille O'Neal	Mark Williams
Season	1992-93	2022-23
Team	Orlando Magic	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Shaquille O'Neal	81	37.9	23.4	4.2	9.6	13.9	1.9	0.7	3.5	3.8	4.0	9.0	16.1	.562	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	8.9	.592
difference:	+38	+18.6	+14.4	+2.0	+4.7	+6.8	+1.5		+2.5	-2.9	-1.8	+5.3	+10.3	+.075				+3.7	+6.6	+.099
Mark Williams	43	19.3	9.0	2.2	4.9	7.1	0.4	0.7	1.0	0.9	2.2	3.7	5.8	.637	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.3	.691
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Shaquille O'Neal nor Mark Williams played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Shaquille O'Neal	Mark Williams
Season	1993-94	2023-24
Team	Orlando Magic	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Shaquille O'Neal	81	39.8	29.3	4.7	8.5	13.2	2.4	0.9	2.9	2.7	3.5	11.8	19.6	.599	0.0	0.0	-	5.8	10.5	.554
difference:	+62	+13.1	+16.6	+0.7	+2.8	+3.5	+1.2	+0.1	+1.8	-1.8	-0.9	+6.6	+11.7	+.050				+3.4	+7.1	+.165
Mark Williams	19	26.7	12.7	4.0	5.7	9.7	1.2	0.8	1.1	0.9	2.6	5.2	7.9	.649	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.4	.719
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaquille O'Neal	3	42.0	20.7	5.7	7.7	13.3	2.3	0.7	3.0	3.3	4.3	7.7	15.0	.511	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	11.3	.471
Mark Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Shaquille O'Neal	Mark Williams
Season	1994-95	2024-25
Team	Orlando Magic	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Shaquille O'Neal	79	37.0	29.3	4.2	7.3	11.4	2.7	0.9	2.4	2.6	3.3	11.8	20.2	.583	0.0	0.1	.000	5.8	10.8	.533
difference:	+35	+10.4	+14.0	+1.2	+0.1	+1.2	+0.2	+0.2	+1.2	-1.0	-0.9	+5.7	+10.0	+.021				+2.8	+7.1	+.271
Mark Williams	44	26.6	15.3	3.0	7.2	10.2	2.5	0.7	1.2	1.6	2.4	6.1	10.2	.604	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	3.7	.804
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shaquille O'Neal	21	38.3	25.7	4.5	7.4	11.9	3.3	0.9	1.9	3.5	4.0	9.3	16.1	.577	0.0	0.0	-	7.1	12.4	.571
Mark Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Shaquille O'Neal played 16 seasons more than Mark Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 19, from 1996 to 2011—Shaquille O'Neal played in 15 Playoffs and won 4 NBA Championships. In those 16 extra years over Mark Williams, Shaquille O'Neal got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 8 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Scoring Leader 12 All-Star Game 3 All-Star Game MVP