Dale Ellis vs. Jason Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Williams and Dale Ellis, 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.

Dale Ellis played 17 years in the NBA, 5 more than Jason Williams, who played 12. Dale Ellis had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, 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 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Dale Ellis	17	10	1983-84 to 1999-00
Jason Williams	12	8	1998-99 to 2010-11

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dale Ellis	Jason Williams
Season	1983-84	1998-99
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	67	15.8	8.2	1.6	2.1	3.7	0.8	0.6	0.1	1.2	1.8	3.4	7.4	.456	0.2	0.4	.414	1.3	1.8	.719
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		%
Dale Ellis	8	22.3	7.4	2.4	2.9	5.3	0.5	1.3	0.3	0.6	2.1	3.3	10.0	.325	0.1	1.5	.083	0.8	1.0	.750
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
	Dale Ellis	Jason Williams
Season	1984-85	1999-00
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	72	18.3	9.3	1.4	1.9	3.3	0.8	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.8	3.8	8.4	.454	0.6	1.5	.385	1.1	1.4	.740
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		%
Dale Ellis	4	17.0	5.8	1.0	0.8	1.8	0.8	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.8	2.5	5.8	.435	0.5	1.3	.400	0.3	0.5	.500
Jason Williams	5	29.0	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
	Dale Ellis	Jason Williams
Season	1985-86	2000-01
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Kings 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		%
Dale Ellis	72	15.1	7.1	1.2	1.1	2.3	0.5	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.1	2.7	6.5	.411	0.9	2.4	.364	0.8	1.1	.720
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		%
Dale Ellis	7	9.6	4.3	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.3	3.1	.409	1.0	1.7	.583	0.7	0.7	1.000
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
	Dale Ellis	Jason Williams
Season	1986-87	2001-02
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Dale Ellis	82	37.5	24.9	2.3	3.2	5.5	2.9	1.3	0.4	2.9	3.3	9.6	18.5	.516	1.0	2.9	.358	4.7	6.0	.787
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		%
Dale Ellis	14	37.9	25.2	2.6	3.8	6.4	2.6	0.7	0.4	2.4	3.9	10.6	21.7	.487	0.9	2.6	.361	3.1	3.9	.815
Jason Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Dale Ellis	Jason Williams
Season	1987-88	2002-03
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Dale Ellis	75	37.2	25.8	2.2	2.3	4.5	2.6	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.9	10.2	20.3	.503	1.4	3.5	.413	4.0	5.3	.767
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		%
Dale Ellis	5	34.4	20.8	2.2	2.4	4.6	3.0	0.6	0.4	2.4	3.4	8.0	16.6	.482	0.6	2.4	.250	4.2	5.8	.724
Jason Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Dale Ellis	Jason Williams
Season	1988-89	2003-04
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	82	38.9	27.5	1.9	2.3	4.2	2.0	1.3	0.3	2.7	2.4	10.5	20.9	.501	2.0	4.1	.478	4.6	5.6	.816
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		%
Dale Ellis	8	38.0	22.9	1.8	2.3	4.0	1.3	1.4	0.1	2.6	2.4	9.0	20.0	.450	1.9	4.6	.405	3.0	4.1	.727
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
	Dale Ellis	Jason Williams
Season	1989-90	2004-05
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	55	37.0	23.5	1.6	2.7	4.3	2.0	1.1	0.1	2.2	2.3	9.1	18.4	.497	1.7	4.7	.375	3.5	4.3	.818
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		%
Dale Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Dale Ellis	Jason Williams
Season	1990-91	2005-06
Team	Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	51	27.9	16.8	1.3	2.1	3.4	1.9	1.0	0.2	1.6	2.2	6.7	14.1	.474	1.1	3.1	.363	2.4	3.3	.723
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		%
Dale Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Dale Ellis	Jason Williams
Season	1991-92	2006-07
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	81	27.0	15.7	1.1	2.0	3.1	1.3	0.7	0.2	1.5	1.9	6.0	12.8	.469	1.7	4.1	.419	2.0	2.6	.774
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		%
Dale Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Dale Ellis	Jason Williams
Season	1992-93	2007-08
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Dale Ellis	82	33.3	16.7	1.0	2.8	3.8	1.3	1.0	0.2	1.4	2.2	6.6	13.3	.499	1.5	3.6	.401	1.9	2.4	.797
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	10	30.5	12.5	0.9	2.6	3.5	1.1	0.4	0.0	1.0	2.5	5.1	11.3	.451	1.0	3.2	.313	1.3	1.6	.813
Jason Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	Dale Ellis	Jason Williams
Season	1993-94	2009-10
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	77	33.6	15.2	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.0	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.8	6.2	12.6	.494	1.7	4.3	.395	1.1	1.4	.776
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		%
Dale Ellis	4	28.5	10.5	0.8	1.8	2.5	0.3	0.8	0.0	1.0	1.5	4.3	10.8	.395	1.3	4.3	.294	0.8	1.3	.600
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
	Dale Ellis	Jason Williams
Season	1994-95	2010-11
Team	Denver Nuggets	Orlando Magic, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Dale Ellis	81	24.6	11.3	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.7	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.8	4.3	9.6	.453	1.3	3.2	.403	1.4	1.6	.866
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		%
Dale Ellis	3	24.3	12.0	2.0	2.7	4.7	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.7	2.0	3.3	9.3	.357	1.3	4.3	.308	4.0	4.3	.923
Jason Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Dale Ellis	Jason Williams
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Dale Ellis	81	32.4	14.9	1.1	2.8	3.9	1.7	0.7	0.1	1.2	2.4	5.7	11.8	.479	1.9	4.5	.412	1.7	2.2	.760
Jason Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Dale Ellis	Jason Williams
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Dale Ellis	82	35.9	16.6	1.2	2.4	3.6	2.0	0.7	0.1	1.8	2.2	5.8	14.0	.414	2.3	6.4	.364	2.6	3.2	.817
Jason Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Dale Ellis	Jason Williams
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Dale Ellis	79	24.5	11.8	0.6	1.7	2.3	1.1	0.8	0.1	0.9	1.6	4.4	8.9	.497	1.6	3.5	.464	1.4	1.8	.782
Jason Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	10	17.2	5.6	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.2	1.0	2.0	5.3	.377	1.1	2.6	.423	0.5	0.6	.833
Jason Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Dale Ellis	Jason Williams
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Dale Ellis	48	25.7	10.3	0.5	1.9	2.4	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.6	3.6	8.2	.441	2.0	4.5	.433	1.1	1.5	.757
Jason Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Dale Ellis	Jason Williams
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Charlotte Hornets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Dale Ellis	42	13.4	4.2	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.1	1.6	3.8	.415	0.9	2.4	.370	0.2	0.3	.692
Jason Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dale Ellis vs. Jason Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Williams and Dale Ellis, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17