Jim Barnes vs. Jalen Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Williams and Jim Barnes, 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.

Jim Barnes played 7 years in the NBA, 5 more than Jalen Williams, who played 2. Jim Barnes had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, 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
Jim Barnes 7 3 1964-65 to 1970-71
Jalen Williams 2 1 2022-23 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Jim Barnes Jalen Williams
Season 1964-652022-23
Team New York KnicksOklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie First TeamAchievement All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid 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 %
Jim Barnes 75 34.5 15.5 - - 9.7 1.2 - - - 4.2 6.1 14.3 .424 - - - 3.3 5.1 .662
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 %
Jim Barnes ------- --- ----------
Jalen Williams ------- --- ----------

Season 2
Jim Barnes Jalen Williams
Season 1965-662023-24
Team New York Knicks, Baltimore BulletsOklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Bullets Lost West Div SemisThunder 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 %
Jim Barnes 73 30.0 12.4 - - 10.3 1.3 - - - 3.9 4.8 11.2 .425 - - - 2.9 4.2 .684
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 %
Jim Barnes 3 31.0 13.0 - - 9.3 1.0 - - - 5.0 5.3 10.7 .500 - - - 2.3 4.3 .538
Jalen Williams 10 37.7 18.7 1.3 5.5 6.8 5.4 1.7 0.5 1.9 2.1 7.5 16.0 .469 1.5 3.9 .385 2.2 2.7 .815

Season 3
Jim Barnes Jalen Williams
Season 1966-67-
Team Los Angeles Lakers-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Lakers Lost West Div 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 %
Jim Barnes 80 17.5 7.0 - - 5.6 0.6 - - - 3.3 2.7 6.2 .437 - - - 1.6 2.3 .684
Jalen Williams ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jim Barnes 3 16.7 6.3 - - 4.0 0.7 - - - 2.3 2.3 6.3 .368 - - - 1.7 1.7 1.000
Jalen Williams ------- --- ----------

Season 4
Jim Barnes Jalen Williams
Season 1967-68-
Team Los Angeles Lakers, Chicago Bulls-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Bulls Lost West Div 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 %
Jim Barnes 79 18.0 7.3 - - 5.3 0.7 - - - 3.3 2.8 6.3 .443 - - - 1.7 2.4 .696
Jalen Williams ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jim Barnes 5 11.4 1.2 - - 4.2 0.2 - - - 2.6 0.6 2.4 .250 - - - 0.0 0.0 -
Jalen Williams ------- --- ----------

Season 5
Jim Barnes Jalen Williams
Season 1968-69-
Team Chicago Bulls, Boston Celtics-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs NBA Champion 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 %
Jim Barnes 59 12.0 5.2 - - 3.8 0.5 - - - 2.1 1.9 4.4 .441 - - - 1.3 1.9 .676
Jalen Williams ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jim Barnes ------- --- ----------
Jalen Williams ------- --- ----------

Season 6
Jim Barnes Jalen Williams
Season 1969-70-
Team Boston Celtics-
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 %
Jim Barnes 77 13.6 5.9 - - 4.5 0.7 - - - 3.0 2.3 5.6 .410 - - - 1.2 1.7 .742
Jalen Williams ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jim Barnes ------- --- ----------
Jalen Williams ------- --- ----------

Season 7
Jim Barnes Jalen Williams
Season 1970-71-
Team Baltimore Bullets-
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 %
Jim Barnes 11 9.1 3.4 - - 1.5 0.7 - - - 2.1 1.4 2.5 .536 - - - 0.6 1.0 .636
Jalen Williams ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Jim Barnes ------- --- ----------
Jalen Williams ------- --- ----------
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