Shawn Kemp vs. Jalen Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Williams and Shawn Kemp, 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.

Shawn Kemp played 14 years in the NBA, 11 more than Jalen Williams, who played 3. Shawn Kemp had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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
	Shawn Kemp	Jalen Williams
Season	1989-90	2022-23
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Oklahoma City Thunder
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		%
Shawn Kemp	81	13.8	6.5	1.8	2.5	4.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.5	2.5	5.2	.479	0.0	0.1	.167	1.4	2.0	.736
difference:	+6	+16.5	+7.6	+0.7	+0.9	+0.2	+3.0	+0.8	+0.4	-0.3		+3.0	+5.4	+.042	+1.0	+2.6	+.189	+0.7	+0.5	+.076
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 Shawn Kemp nor Jalen Williams played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Shawn Kemp	Jalen Williams
Season	1991-92	2024-25
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Shawn Kemp	64	28.3	15.5	4.1	6.3	10.4	1.3	1.1	1.9	2.4	4.1	5.7	11.2	.504	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.6	.748
difference:	+5	+4.1	+6.1	+3.2	+1.8	+5.1	+3.8	+0.5	+1.2	-0.2	-1.8	+2.5	+5.7	+.020	+1.8	+4.9		+0.8	+1.3	+.041
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		%
Shawn Kemp	9	37.6	17.4	5.2	7.0	12.2	0.4	0.6	1.6	3.0	4.6	5.3	11.2	.475	0.0	0.0	-	6.8	8.9	.763
difference:	+14	+3.0	+4.0	+4.2	+2.5	+6.7	+4.4	+0.8	+1.2	-1.2	-2.4	+2.4	+6.0	+.026	+1.5	+5.0		+2.4	+3.3	+.026
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
* Shawn Kemp played 11 seasons more than Jalen Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 14, from 1993 to 2003—Shawn Kemp played in 8 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Jalen Williams, Shawn Kemp got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Second Team 6 All-Star Game