Tony Allen vs. Jason Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Williams and Tony Allen, 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.

Tony Allen played 14 years in the NBA, 2 more than Jason Williams, who played 12. Tony Allen had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, 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.

Rookie Season
	Tony Allen	Jason Williams
Season	2004-05	1998-99
Team	Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tony Allen	77	16.4	6.4	1.1	1.8	2.9	0.8	1.0	0.3	1.0	2.0	2.4	5.0	.475	0.2	0.4	.387	1.5	2.0	.737
difference:	+27	+19.7	+6.4	+0.8	+1.0	+0.2	+5.2	+0.9	+0.3	-1.9	-0.2	+2.2	+7.3	+.101	+1.8	+6.1	+.077	+0.1	+0.1	+.015
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		%
Tony Allen	7	12.4	2.7	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.7	2.4	1.1	2.6	.444	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.0	.429
difference:	+2	+20.6	+7.3	+0.2	+2.1	+1.9	+3.7	+1.2	+0.1	-1.9	-0.6	+2.1	+6.4	+.088	+1.8	+5.8		+1.4	+0.8	+.571
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 4
	Tony Allen	Jason Williams
Season	2007-08	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tony Allen	75	18.3	6.6	0.5	1.8	2.2	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.2	2.3	5.2	.434	0.2	0.8	.316	1.8	2.4	.762
difference:	+10	+16.1	+8.2	+0.2	+0.9	+0.8	+6.5	+0.9	+0.2	-1.8	-0.6	+3.5	+10.0	+.052	+1.8	+5.8	+.021	+0.6	+0.8	+.030
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		%
Tony Allen	15	4.3	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.6	1.1	.563	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.3	.400
Jason Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Tony Allen	Jason Williams
Season	2010-11	2004-05
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tony Allen	72	20.8	8.9	1.0	1.7	2.7	1.4	1.8	0.6	1.2	2.2	3.5	6.8	.510	0.1	0.3	.174	1.9	2.5	.753
difference:	+1	+6.7	+1.2	+0.7	+0.2	+1.0	+4.2	+0.7	+0.5	-0.6	-0.9	+0.2	+2.3	+.097	+1.4	+4.3	+.150	+0.8	+1.1	+.039
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		%
Tony Allen	13	26.9	8.8	1.2	1.8	2.9	1.5	1.9	0.4	1.8	3.3	3.3	7.8	.426	0.1	0.5	.143	2.1	3.2	.659
difference:	+9	+2.1	+8.2	+0.9	+0.2	+0.6	+3.8	+0.4	+0.4	-0.2	-1.5	+3.7	+5.5	+.102	+2.4	+4.8	+.333	+1.6	+2.7	+.341
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
	Tony Allen	Jason Williams
Season	2011-12	2005-06
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tony Allen	58	26.3	9.8	1.7	2.3	4.0	1.4	1.8	0.6	1.6	2.4	3.6	7.7	.469	0.1	0.4	.308	2.4	3.0	.800
difference:	+1	+5.5	+2.5	+1.6		+1.6	+3.5	+0.9	+0.5	-0.1	-0.7	+0.9	+2.6	+.027	+1.7	+4.5	+.064	+1.0	+1.3	+.067
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		%
Tony Allen	7	24.3	6.9	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.7	1.3	1.0	1.4	3.0	2.6	6.4	.400	0.0	0.7	.000	1.7	2.4	.706
difference:	+16	+5.5	+2.4	+1.0	+0.1	+1.1	+3.2	+0.6	+1.0	-0.2	-1.2	+0.7	+1.6	+.005	+1.1	+3.4	+.274		+0.4	+.138
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
	Tony Allen	Jason Williams
Season	2012-13	2006-07
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Tony Allen	79	26.7	8.9	1.5	3.1	4.6	1.2	1.5	0.6	1.2	2.7	3.6	8.1	.445	0.0	0.3	.125	1.7	2.4	.717
difference:	+18	+3.9	+2.0	+1.2	+1.1	+2.3	+4.1	+0.5	+0.6	-0.4	-1.6	+0.3	+1.2	+.032	+1.6	+4.5	+.214	+0.2	+0.7	+.196
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		%
Tony Allen	15	28.1	10.3	2.5	3.6	6.1	1.8	2.0	0.3	1.3	3.2	3.6	8.3	.432	0.1	0.5	.250	2.9	3.9	.759
difference:	+11	+0.1	+4.5	+2.5	+1.6	+4.1	+1.7	+0.7		-0.5	-1.9	+1.8	+1.3	+.182	+1.2	+3.8	+.044	+1.9	+2.6	+.041
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

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

Season 11
	Tony Allen	Jason Williams
Season	2014-15	2009-10
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Tony Allen	63	26.2	8.6	1.6	2.8	4.4	1.4	2.0	0.5	1.4	2.6	3.6	7.2	.495	0.2	0.5	.345	1.3	2.0	.627
difference:	+19	+5.4	+2.6	+1.5	+1.3	+2.9	+2.2	+1.4	+0.5	-0.3	-1.8	+1.3	+2.0	+.051	+0.8	+2.2	+.035	+0.9	+1.5	+.129
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		%
Tony Allen	10	27.9	6.6	1.4	3.8	5.2	1.5	2.4	1.1	1.3	2.7	2.8	5.7	.491	0.1	0.7	.143	0.9	1.2	.750
difference:	+4	+14.2	+4.0	+1.2	+3.2	+4.4	+0.1	+2.1	+1.1	-0.9	-2.1	+1.9	+3.0	+.149	+0.3	+1.0	+.107	+0.5	+0.8	+.250
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
	Tony Allen	Jason Williams
Season	2015-16	2010-11
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Orlando Magic, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tony Allen	64	25.3	8.4	1.6	3.0	4.6	1.1	1.7	0.3	1.2	2.7	3.4	7.3	.458	0.2	0.7	.357	1.4	2.2	.652
difference:	+37	+14.4	+6.4	+1.5	+2.0	+3.5	+0.8	+1.3	+0.3	-0.5	-2.4	+2.6	+4.8	+.130	+0.2	+0.7	+.094	+1.4	+2.2
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Allen	4	23.5	7.5	1.5	1.3	2.8	0.8	1.3	0.5	1.5	2.8	2.5	8.3	.303	0.3	1.8	.143	2.3	3.3	.692
Jason Williams	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Tony Allen played 2 seasons more than Jason Williams in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 14, from 2017 to 2018—Tony Allen didn't play in the postseason. In those 2 extra years over Jason Williams, Tony Allen got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team