Lauri Markkanen vs. Micheal Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Micheal Williams and Lauri Markkanen, 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.

Lauri Markkanen played 7 years in the NBA, 3 less than Micheal Williams, who played 10. Lauri Markkanen had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Micheal Williams had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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
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Rookie Season
	Lauri Markkanen	Micheal Williams
Season	2017-18	1988-89
Team	Chicago Bulls	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
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		%
Lauri Markkanen	68	29.7	15.2	1.2	6.3	7.5	1.2	0.6	0.6	1.2	1.5	5.5	12.7	.434	2.1	5.9	.362	2.1	2.4	.843
Micheal Williams	49	7.3	2.6	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.4	0.3	0.1	0.9	0.9	1.0	2.6	.364	0.0	0.2	.222	0.6	1.0	.660
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Micheal Williams	4	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	1.000

Season 4
	Lauri Markkanen	Micheal Williams
Season	2020-21	1991-92
Team	Chicago Bulls	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Lauri Markkanen	51	25.8	13.6	0.7	4.6	5.3	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.5	4.9	10.2	.480	2.3	5.8	.402	1.5	1.8	.826
Micheal Williams	79	34.8	15.0	0.9	2.6	3.6	8.2	2.9	0.3	3.0	3.3	5.1	10.4	.490	0.1	0.4	.242	4.7	5.4	.871
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Micheal Williams	3	35.3	16.7	0.3	2.3	2.7	8.0	3.0	0.0	2.3	4.0	6.0	14.3	.419	1.0	3.0	.333	3.7	5.0	.733

Season 6
	Lauri Markkanen	Micheal Williams
Season	2022-23	1993-94
Team	Utah Jazz	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
	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		%
Lauri Markkanen	66	34.4	25.6	2.0	6.7	8.6	1.9	0.6	0.6	1.9	2.1	8.7	17.3	.499	3.0	7.7	.391	5.3	6.0	.875
Micheal Williams	71	31.1	13.7	0.9	2.2	3.1	7.2	1.7	0.3	2.9	2.7	4.4	9.7	.457	0.1	0.6	.222	4.7	5.6	.839
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Micheal Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Micheal Williams didn't play in 1996-97.