Ed Nealy vs. Jalen Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Williams and Ed Nealy, 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.

Ed Nealy played 10 years in the NBA, 8 more than Jalen Williams, who played 2. Ed Nealy had the first of his seasons in 1982-83, while Jalen Williams had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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
Ed Nealy	10	6	1982-83 to 1992-93
Jalen Williams	2	1	2022-23 to 2023-24

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


Rookie Season
	Ed Nealy	Jalen Williams
Season	1982-83	2022-23
Team	Kansas City Kings	Oklahoma City Thunder
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		%
Ed Nealy	82	20.0	4.4	2.1	3.8	5.9	0.8	0.8	0.1	0.6	3.0	1.8	3.0	.595	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.614
Jalen Williams	75	30.3	14.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	3.3	1.4	0.5	1.6	2.5	5.5	10.6	.521	1.0	2.7	.356	2.1	2.5	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ed Nealy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Ed Nealy	Jalen Williams
Season	1983-84	2023-24
Team	Kansas City Kings	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Thunder TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ed Nealy	71	13.5	2.5	1.0	2.1	3.1	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.9	0.9	1.8	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.8	.800
Jalen Williams	71	31.3	19.1	0.5	3.5	4.0	4.5	1.1	0.6	1.7	2.5	7.5	14.0	.540	1.5	3.4	.427	2.5	3.1	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ed Nealy	2	9.5	3.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Jalen Williams	9	37.8	18.3	1.2	5.3	6.6	5.1	1.7	0.4	2.1	2.2	7.4	16.0	.465	1.3	3.8	.353	2.1	2.7	.792


Season 3
	Ed Nealy	Jalen Williams
Season	1984-85	-
Team	Kansas City Kings	-
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		%
Ed Nealy	22	10.2	2.8	0.7	1.3	2.0	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.5	1.2	1.2	2.0	.591	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.9	.526
Jalen Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ed Nealy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Ed Nealy didn't play in 1985-86.


Season 4
	Ed Nealy	Jalen Williams
Season	1986-87	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
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		%
Ed Nealy	60	16.3	3.7	1.6	3.1	4.7	1.4	0.7	0.2	0.6	2.4	1.4	3.2	.438	0.1	0.5	.129	0.9	1.2	.739
Jalen Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ed Nealy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Ed Nealy	Jalen Williams
Season	1987-88	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Ed Nealy	68	12.3	2.1	1.2	2.1	3.3	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.4	1.4	0.7	1.6	.459	0.0	0.0	.500	0.6	0.9	.651
Jalen Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ed Nealy	2	18.0	2.0	1.5	2.0	3.5	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	3.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jalen Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Ed Nealy	Jalen Williams
Season	1988-89	-
Team	Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Ed Nealy	43	6.0	0.7	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.3	0.8	.361	0.0	0.0	.000	0.1	0.2	.444
Jalen Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ed Nealy	4	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jalen Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Ed Nealy	Jalen Williams
Season	1989-90	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls 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		%
Ed Nealy	46	10.9	2.3	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.4	1.5	0.8	1.5	.529	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.9	.732
Jalen Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ed Nealy	15	15.2	3.1	1.1	2.4	3.5	0.3	0.7	0.1	0.5	3.0	1.1	2.4	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.4	.619
Jalen Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Ed Nealy	Jalen Williams
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Ed Nealy	55	10.4	2.2	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.8	0.8	1.8	.464	0.1	0.3	.313	0.5	0.7	.737
Jalen Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ed Nealy	2	10.0	1.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	0.5	2.5	.200	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Jalen Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Ed Nealy	Jalen Williams
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Ed Nealy	52	9.7	3.1	0.5	1.7	2.1	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.9	1.2	2.3	.512	0.4	1.0	.400	0.3	0.5	.667
Jalen Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ed Nealy	8	8.4	2.9	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.9	2.3	.389	0.6	1.6	.385	0.5	0.5	1.000
Jalen Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Ed Nealy	Jalen Williams
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Ed Nealy	41	7.5	1.7	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.6	1.7	.377	0.2	0.7	.296	0.2	0.3	.750
Jalen Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ed Nealy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Ed Nealy vs. Jalen Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Williams and Ed Nealy, 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

Season 10