Shawn Kemp vs. Jason Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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, 2 more than Jason Williams, who played 12. Shawn Kemp had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, while Jason Williams had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Shawn Kemp	14	10	1989-90 to 2002-03
Jason Williams	12	8	1998-99 to 2010-11

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12


Rookie Season
	Shawn Kemp	Jason Williams
Season	1989-90	1998-99
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+31	+22.3	+6.3	+1.5	+0.3	+1.2	+5.7	+1.3	+0.9	-1.6	-0.7	+2.1	+7.1	+.105	+2.0	+6.4	+.143	+0.2	+0.1	+.016
Jason Williams	50	36.1	12.8	0.3	2.8	3.1	6.0	1.9	0.0	2.9	1.8	4.6	12.3	.374	2.0	6.5	.310	1.6	2.1	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Williams	5	33.0	10.0	0.4	3.2	3.6	4.0	1.6	0.2	2.6	3.0	3.2	9.0	.356	1.8	5.8	.310	1.8	1.8	1.000


Season 2
	Shawn Kemp	Jason Williams
Season	1990-91	1999-00
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Shawn Kemp	81	30.1	15.0	3.3	5.1	8.4	1.8	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.9	5.7	11.2	.508	0.0	0.1	.167	3.6	5.4	.661
difference:		+4.0	+2.7	+3.0	+2.5	+5.6	+5.5	+0.4	+1.4	-1.2	-2.2	+1.2	+0.8	+.135	+1.8	+6.1	+.120	+2.0	+3.3	+.092
Jason Williams	81	34.1	12.3	0.3	2.6	2.8	7.3	1.4	0.1	3.7	1.7	4.5	12.0	.373	1.8	6.2	.287	1.6	2.1	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	5	29.8	13.2	2.6	4.6	7.2	1.2	0.6	0.8	3.2	4.0	4.4	11.4	.386	0.0	0.2	.000	4.4	5.4	.815
difference:		+1.0	+2.8	+2.4	+3.2	+5.6	+1.2		+0.8	-1.6	-2.4	+0.8	+1.8	+.011	+1.6	+4.8	+.320	+2.8	+3.4	+.015
Jason Williams	5	28.8	10.4	0.2	1.4	1.6	2.4	0.6	0.0	1.6	1.6	3.6	9.6	.375	1.6	5.0	.320	1.6	2.0	.800


Season 3
	Shawn Kemp	Jason Williams
Season	1991-92	2000-01
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Kings Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+13	+1.4	+6.1	+3.9	+4.1	+8.0	+4.1	+0.1	+1.8	-0.3	-2.6	+2.1	+2.2	+.097	+1.3	+4.0		+3.4	+4.6	+.041
Jason Williams	77	29.7	9.4	0.2	2.2	2.4	5.4	1.2	0.1	2.1	1.5	3.6	9.0	.407	1.3	4.0	.315	0.8	1.0	.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:	+1	+14.0	+8.6	+5.2	+4.7	+9.9	+2.5	+0.4	+1.6	-0.4	-2.8	+2.0	+3.6	+.049	+1.4	+3.8		+5.9	+8.0	+.237
Jason Williams	8	23.6	8.8	0.0	2.3	2.3	2.9	1.0	0.0	2.6	1.8	3.3	7.6	.426	1.4	3.8	.367	0.9	0.9	1.000


Season 4
	Shawn Kemp	Jason Williams
Season	1992-93	2001-02
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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4th 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	78	33.1	17.8	3.7	7.0	10.7	2.0	1.5	1.9	2.8	4.2	6.6	13.4	.492	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	6.4	.712
difference:	+13	+1.3	+3.0	+3.4	+4.3	+7.7	+6.0	+0.2	+1.8	-0.5	-2.6	+0.8	+1.8	+.110	+2.0	+6.5	+.295	+3.4	+4.8	+.080
Jason Williams	65	34.4	14.8	0.3	2.7	3.0	8.0	1.7	0.1	3.3	1.6	5.8	15.2	.382	2.0	6.6	.295	1.2	1.6	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	19	34.9	16.5	4.2	5.8	10.0	2.6	1.5	2.1	2.8	4.1	5.8	11.3	.512	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	6.1	.809
Jason Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Shawn Kemp	Jason Williams
Season	1993-94	2002-03
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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5th 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	79	32.9	18.1	3.9	6.8	10.8	2.6	1.8	2.1	3.3	3.9	6.7	12.5	.538	0.0	0.1	.250	4.6	6.2	.741
difference:	+3	+1.2	+6.0	+3.6	+4.3	+8.0	+5.7	+0.6	+2.0	-1.1	-2.2	+2.3	+1.2	+.150	+1.9	+5.2	+.104	+3.2	+4.5	+.099
Jason Williams	76	31.7	12.1	0.3	2.5	2.8	8.3	1.2	0.1	2.2	1.7	4.4	11.3	.388	1.9	5.3	.354	1.4	1.7	.840

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	5	41.2	14.8	4.0	5.8	9.8	3.4	2.0	2.4	2.8	3.6	5.2	14.0	.371	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	6.6	.667
Jason Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Shawn Kemp	Jason Williams
Season	1994-95	2003-04
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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6th 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	82	32.7	18.7	3.9	7.0	10.9	1.8	1.2	1.5	3.2	4.1	6.6	12.2	.547	0.0	0.1	.286	5.3	7.1	.749
difference:	+10	+3.3	+7.8	+3.6	+5.3	+8.9	+5.0	+0.1	+1.4	-1.3	-2.8	+2.6	+2.3	+.140	+1.7	+5.0	+.044	+4.2	+5.7	+.088
Jason Williams	72	29.4	10.9	0.3	1.7	2.0	6.8	1.3	0.1	1.9	1.3	4.0	9.9	.407	1.7	5.1	.330	1.1	1.4	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	4	40.0	24.8	4.3	7.8	12.0	2.8	2.0	1.8	3.8	4.3	8.3	14.3	.579	0.3	0.3	1.000	8.0	9.8	.821
difference:		+7.7	+14.0	+4.0	+5.8	+9.7	+1.7	+1.5	+1.8	-2.0	-1.8	+4.5	+2.8	+.253	+1.2	+5.0	+.714	+6.2	+8.0	+.179
Jason Williams	4	32.3	10.8	0.3	2.0	2.3	4.5	0.5	0.0	1.8	2.5	3.8	11.5	.326	1.5	5.3	.286	1.8	1.8	1.000


Season 7
	Shawn Kemp	Jason Williams
Season	1995-96	2004-05
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost NBA Finals	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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7th 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	79	33.3	19.6	3.5	7.9	11.4	2.2	1.2	1.6	4.0	3.8	6.7	11.9	.561	0.1	0.2	.417	6.2	8.4	.742
difference:	+8	+5.8	+9.5	+3.2	+6.4	+9.7	+3.4	+0.1	+1.5	-2.2	-2.5	+3.0	+2.8	+.148	+1.4	+4.4	+.093	+5.1	+7.0	+.050
Jason Williams	71	27.5	10.1	0.3	1.5	1.7	5.6	1.1	0.1	1.8	1.3	3.7	9.1	.413	1.5	4.6	.324	1.1	1.4	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	20	36.0	20.9	3.3	7.1	10.4	1.5	1.2	2.0	4.0	4.2	7.4	12.9	.570	0.0	0.2	.000	6.2	7.8	.795
difference:	+16	+7.0	+3.9	+3.0	+5.1	+8.1	+3.8	+0.3	+2.0	-2.0	-2.4	+0.4	+0.4	+.042	+2.5	+5.1	+.476	+5.7	+7.3	+.205
Jason Williams	4	29.0	17.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	5.3	1.5	0.0	2.0	1.8	7.0	13.3	.528	2.5	5.3	.476	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 8
	Shawn Kemp	Jason Williams
Season	1996-97	2005-06
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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8th 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	34.0	18.7	3.4	6.6	10.0	1.9	1.5	1.0	3.5	4.0	6.5	12.7	.510	0.1	0.4	.364	5.6	7.5	.742
difference:	+22	+2.2	+6.4	+3.3	+4.3	+7.6	+3.0	+0.6	+0.9	-1.8	-2.3	+2.0	+2.4	+.068	+1.7	+4.5	+.008	+4.2	+5.8	+.125
Jason Williams	59	31.8	12.3	0.1	2.3	2.4	4.9	0.9	0.1	1.7	1.7	4.5	10.3	.442	1.8	4.9	.372	1.4	1.7	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	12	36.8	21.6	4.3	8.0	12.3	3.0	1.2	1.3	3.9	4.6	7.1	14.6	.486	0.2	0.8	.200	7.3	8.8	.829
difference:	+11	+7.0	+12.3	+4.2	+6.1	+10.3	+0.9	+0.5	+1.3	-2.3	-2.8	+3.8	+6.6	+.081	+0.9	+3.3	+.074	+5.6	+6.8	+.015
Jason Williams	23	29.8	9.3	0.1	1.9	2.0	3.9	0.7	0.0	1.6	1.8	3.3	8.0	.405	1.1	4.1	.274	1.7	2.0	.844


Season 9
	Shawn Kemp	Jason Williams
Season	1997-98	2006-07
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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9th 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	80	34.6	18.0	2.7	6.6	9.3	2.5	1.4	1.1	3.4	3.9	6.5	14.6	.445	0.0	0.1	.250	5.1	7.0	.727
difference:	+19	+4.0	+7.1	+2.4	+4.6	+7.0	+2.8	+0.4	+1.1	-1.8	-2.8	+2.6	+5.3	+.032	+1.6	+4.7	+.089	+3.6	+5.3	+.186
Jason Williams	61	30.6	10.9	0.3	2.0	2.3	5.3	1.0	0.0	1.6	1.1	3.9	9.3	.413	1.6	4.8	.339	1.5	1.7	.913

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	4	38.0	26.0	4.0	6.3	10.3	2.0	1.3	1.0	4.0	3.0	8.3	17.8	.465	0.0	0.0	-	9.5	11.3	.844
difference:		+10.0	+20.2	+4.0	+4.3	+8.3	+1.5		+0.7	-3.2	-1.7	+6.5	+10.8	+.215	+1.3	+4.3		+8.5	+10.0	+.044
Jason Williams	4	28.0	5.8	0.0	2.0	2.0	3.5	1.3	0.3	0.8	1.3	1.8	7.0	.250	1.3	4.3	.294	1.0	1.3	.800


Season 10
	Shawn Kemp	Jason Williams
Season	1998-99	2007-08
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Shawn Kemp	42	35.1	20.5	3.1	6.1	9.2	2.4	1.1	1.1	3.0	3.8	6.6	13.7	.482	0.0	0.0	-	7.3	9.3	.789
difference:	+25	+7.0	+11.7	+2.9	+4.3	+7.3	+2.2	+0.1	+1.0	-1.6	-2.4	+3.5	+5.5	+.098	+1.4	+4.1		+6.3	+8.1	+.074
Jason Williams	67	28.1	8.8	0.2	1.8	1.9	4.6	1.2	0.1	1.4	1.4	3.1	8.2	.384	1.4	4.1	.353	1.0	1.2	.863

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Shawn Kemp nor Jason Williams played in the postseason in their season 10

Note: Jason Williams didn't play in 2008-09.


Season 11
	Shawn Kemp	Jason Williams
Season	1999-00	2009-10
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
Shawn Kemp	82	30.4	17.8	2.8	6.0	8.8	1.7	1.2	1.2	3.5	4.5	5.9	14.1	.417	0.0	0.1	.333	6.0	7.7	.776
difference:		+9.6	+11.8	+2.7	+4.5	+7.3	+1.9	+0.6	+1.2	-2.4	-3.7	+3.6	+8.9	+.027	+1.0	+2.6	+.047	+5.6	+7.2	+.020
Jason Williams	82	20.8	6.0	0.1	1.5	1.5	3.6	0.6	0.0	1.1	0.8	2.3	5.2	.444	1.0	2.7	.380	0.4	0.5	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Williams	14	13.7	2.6	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.6	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.6	0.9	2.7	.342	0.4	1.7	.250	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 12
	Shawn Kemp	Jason Williams
Season	2000-01	2010-11
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Orlando Magic, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Shawn Kemp	68	15.9	6.5	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.0	0.7	0.3	1.5	2.7	2.5	6.1	.407	0.1	0.2	.364	1.5	1.9	.771
difference:	+41	+5.0	+4.5	+0.8	+1.9	+2.7	+0.9	+0.3	+0.3	-0.8	-2.4	+1.7	+3.6	+.079	+0.3	+1.2	+.101	+1.5	+1.9
Jason Williams	27	10.9	2.0	0.1	1.0	1.1	1.9	0.4	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.8	2.5	.328	0.4	1.4	.263	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Shawn Kemp nor Jason Williams played in the postseason in their season 12

Additional Years

* Shawn Kemp played 2 seasons more than Jason Williams in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 13 to 14, from 2002 to 2003—Shawn Kemp played in two Playoffs.

Shawn Kemp vs. Jason Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years