Deandre Ayton vs. Monty Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Monty Williams and Deandre Ayton, 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

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.

Deandre Ayton played 6 years in the NBA, 3 less than Monty Williams, who played 9. Deandre Ayton had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Monty Williams had his rookie season in 1994-95. 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
Deandre Ayton	6	3	2018-19 to 2023-24
Monty Williams	9	6	1994-95 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Deandre Ayton	Monty Williams
Season	2018-19	1994-95
Team	Phoenix Suns	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Deandre Ayton	71	30.7	16.3	3.1	7.1	10.3	1.8	0.9	0.9	1.8	2.9	7.2	12.3	.585	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.7	.746
Monty Williams	41	12.3	3.3	1.0	1.4	2.4	1.2	0.5	0.1	1.0	2.1	1.5	3.2	.451	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.9	.447

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monty Williams	1	4.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Deandre Ayton	Monty Williams
Season	2019-20	1995-96
Team	Phoenix Suns	New York Knicks, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Deandre Ayton	38	32.5	18.2	3.9	7.6	11.5	1.9	0.7	1.5	2.1	3.1	8.2	14.9	.546	0.1	0.3	.231	1.8	2.3	.753
Monty Williams	31	5.9	2.2	0.6	0.6	1.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.6	0.8	0.9	2.2	.397	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.6	.700

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monty Williams	7	4.1	1.0	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.6	0.3	1.3	.222	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.9	.500


Season 3
	Deandre Ayton	Monty Williams
Season	2020-21	1996-97
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA 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		%
Deandre Ayton	69	30.7	14.4	3.3	7.2	10.5	1.4	0.6	1.2	1.5	2.8	6.2	10.0	.626	0.1	0.3	.200	1.9	2.5	.769
Monty Williams	65	20.7	9.0	1.5	1.7	3.2	1.4	0.8	0.8	1.8	2.5	3.6	7.1	.509	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.9	.645

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	22	36.4	15.8	3.0	8.8	11.8	1.1	0.8	1.1	1.3	2.9	7.0	10.6	.658	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.736
Monty Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Deandre Ayton	Monty Williams
Season	2021-22	1997-98
Team	Phoenix Suns	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs 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		%
Deandre Ayton	58	29.5	17.2	2.6	7.7	10.2	1.4	0.7	0.7	1.6	2.4	7.6	12.0	.634	0.1	0.3	.368	1.8	2.4	.746
Monty Williams	72	18.3	6.3	0.9	1.6	2.5	1.2	0.5	0.3	1.1	1.8	2.3	5.1	.448	0.0	0.0	.500	1.7	2.5	.670

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	13	30.5	17.9	2.5	6.4	8.9	1.7	0.4	0.8	1.5	2.6	8.1	12.6	.640	0.2	0.3	.500	1.6	2.5	.636
Monty Williams	5	5.8	2.4	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.4	1.0	1.6	.625	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.667


Season 5
	Deandre Ayton	Monty Williams
Season	2022-23	1998-99
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Deandre Ayton	67	30.4	18.0	2.6	7.4	10.0	1.7	0.6	0.8	1.8	2.8	7.8	13.2	.589	0.1	0.4	.292	2.3	3.0	.760
Monty Williams	1	6.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	10	31.9	13.4	2.9	6.8	9.7	1.0	0.6	0.7	1.7	3.5	6.1	11.1	.550	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.3	.522
Monty Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Deandre Ayton	Monty Williams
Season	2023-24	1999-00
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
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		%
Deandre Ayton	55	32.4	16.7	3.2	7.9	11.1	1.6	1.0	0.8	1.8	2.0	7.8	13.6	.570	0.0	0.2	.100	1.2	1.4	.823
Monty Williams	75	20.0	8.7	1.3	2.1	3.3	1.4	0.6	0.2	1.5	2.5	3.5	7.2	.489	0.0	0.1	.400	1.6	2.2	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monty Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Deandre Ayton	Monty Williams
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Magic 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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monty Williams	82	14.8	5.0	1.0	1.9	3.0	1.0	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.7	2.0	4.4	.445	0.0	0.2	.077	1.0	1.6	.639

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monty Williams	3	5.0	2.3	1.3	0.7	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.3	.750	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.333


Season 8
	Deandre Ayton	Monty Williams
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Magic 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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monty Williams	68	18.9	7.1	1.2	2.3	3.5	1.4	0.7	0.3	1.3	2.0	2.9	5.3	.547	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.0	.657

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monty Williams	4	23.3	8.5	1.8	3.8	5.5	2.3	0.8	0.0	1.3	2.0	3.5	6.8	.519	0.0	0.3	.000	1.5	2.5	.600


Season 9
	Deandre Ayton	Monty Williams
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	76ers Lost East 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		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monty Williams	21	13.1	4.4	0.6	1.6	2.1	1.2	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.6	1.6	3.8	.425	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.5	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Deandre Ayton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monty Williams	10	9.5	1.9	0.7	0.8	1.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.4	1.2	0.8	2.3	.348	0.0	0.1	.000	0.3	0.4	.750

Deandre Ayton vs. Monty Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Monty Williams and Deandre Ayton, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9