Willie Norwood vs. Deron Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Deron Williams and Willie Norwood, 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.

Willie Norwood played 7 years in the NBA, 5 less than Deron Williams, who played 12. Willie Norwood had the first of his seasons in 1971-72, while Deron 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12
Rookie Season
	Willie Norwood	Deron Williams
Season	1971-72	2005-06
Team	Detroit Pistons	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Norwood	78	16.3	7.5	-	-	4.1	0.6	-	-	-	2.9	2.8	5.6	.505	-	-	-	1.8	2.8	.651
Deron Williams	80	28.8	10.8	0.4	2.0	2.4	4.5	0.8	0.2	1.8	2.9	4.2	10.1	.421	1.1	2.7	.416	1.2	1.7	.704
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Norwood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Deron Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Willie Norwood	Deron Williams
Season	1973-74	2007-08
Team	Detroit Pistons	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Norwood	74	15.9	8.0	1.3	1.8	3.1	0.8	0.8	0.1	-	2.1	3.3	6.5	.510	-	-	-	1.3	1.9	.664
Deron Williams	82	37.3	18.8	0.4	2.5	3.0	10.5	1.1	0.3	3.4	2.4	6.9	13.6	.507	1.0	2.6	.395	4.0	5.0	.803
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Norwood	5	6.2	3.6	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.2	-	1.4	1.4	2.2	.636	-	-	-	0.8	0.8	1.000
Deron Williams	12	42.8	21.6	1.3	2.3	3.6	10.0	0.6	0.3	3.1	2.9	7.5	15.3	.492	2.3	4.7	.500	4.3	5.5	.773

Season 5
	Willie Norwood	Deron Williams
Season	1975-76	2009-10
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Norwood	64	15.7	6.9	1.4	2.2	3.6	0.9	0.7	0.1	-	2.2	2.3	4.7	.485	-	-	-	2.4	3.2	.749
Deron Williams	76	36.9	18.7	0.7	3.3	4.0	10.5	1.3	0.2	3.3	2.7	6.5	13.9	.469	1.3	3.4	.371	4.4	5.5	.801
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Norwood	6	35.8	9.8	3.3	3.0	6.3	1.3	1.2	0.2	-	4.2	4.0	9.7	.414	-	-	-	1.8	3.0	.611
Deron Williams	10	39.8	24.3	0.4	2.3	2.7	10.2	1.0	0.4	3.0	3.7	6.7	14.9	.450	2.0	5.1	.392	8.9	11.1	.802

Season 6
	Willie Norwood	Deron Williams
Season	1976-77	2010-11
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Utah Jazz, New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Norwood	76	21.7	7.7	1.7	2.2	3.8	1.3	0.8	0.1	-	2.5	2.8	6.1	.469	-	-	-	2.0	2.7	.733
Deron Williams	65	37.9	20.1	0.6	3.4	4.0	10.3	1.2	0.2	3.5	2.9	6.6	15.0	.439	1.6	4.9	.331	5.4	6.3	.845
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Norwood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Deron Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Willie Norwood	Deron Williams
Season	1977-78	2011-12
Team	Detroit Pistons, Portland Trail Blazers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Norwood	35	17.5	5.7	1.4	2.0	3.4	0.9	0.9	0.1	1.6	2.9	2.1	5.2	.409	-	-	-	1.4	2.1	.667
Deron Williams	55	36.3	21.0	0.4	2.9	3.3	8.7	1.2	0.4	4.0	2.2	7.1	17.5	.407	2.1	6.2	.336	4.7	5.5	.843
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Willie Norwood	3	14.7	5.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	3.7	2.3	4.0	.583	-	-	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
Deron Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-