Steve Hawes vs. Robert Williams III Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Robert Williams III and Steve Hawes, 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.

Steve Hawes played 10 years in the NBA, 4 more than Robert Williams III, who played 6. Steve Hawes had the first of his seasons in 1974-75, while Robert Williams III had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
Steve Hawes	10	7	1974-75 to 1983-84
Robert Williams III	6	5	2018-19 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Steve Hawes	Robert Williams III
Season	1974-75	2018-19
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Steve Hawes	55	16.3	5.9	1.5	3.5	5.0	1.6	0.7	0.7	-	1.8	2.5	5.1	.502	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.818
Robert Williams III	32	8.8	2.5	0.8	1.7	2.5	0.2	0.3	1.3	0.3	1.1	1.1	1.6	.706	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.600

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Hawes	8	16.0	5.5	0.4	3.3	3.6	1.6	0.4	0.4	-	1.4	2.3	4.8	.474	-	-	-	1.0	1.1	.889
Robert Williams III	3	4.3	1.3	0.3	2.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 2
	Steve Hawes	Robert Williams III
Season	1975-76	2019-20
Team	Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Steve Hawes	72	19.6	6.7	2.4	4.5	6.9	1.6	0.6	0.3	-	2.3	2.8	5.6	.494	-	-	-	1.2	1.7	.725
Robert Williams III	29	13.4	5.2	1.4	3.0	4.4	0.9	0.8	1.2	0.7	1.8	2.2	3.0	.727	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.647

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Hawes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Williams III	13	11.5	3.7	1.7	2.2	3.9	0.8	0.2	0.5	0.5	1.4	1.8	2.4	.742	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.5	.333


Season 3
	Steve Hawes	Robert Williams III
Season	1976-77	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Steve Hawes	44	21.5	8.2	1.8	4.2	5.9	1.4	0.8	0.5	-	3.2	3.3	6.9	.482	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.761
Robert Williams III	52	18.9	8.0	2.6	4.3	6.9	1.8	0.8	1.8	1.0	2.0	3.6	5.0	.721	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.4	.616

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Hawes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Williams III	3	15.3	6.3	2.7	2.3	5.0	0.7	0.3	3.0	0.3	2.3	3.0	4.7	.643	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.500


Season 4
	Steve Hawes	Robert Williams III
Season	1977-78	2021-22
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost NBA 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		%
Steve Hawes	75	31.0	12.7	2.4	6.8	9.2	2.5	1.0	0.8	2.0	3.1	5.2	11.4	.453	-	-	-	2.3	2.9	.818
Robert Williams III	61	29.6	10.0	3.9	5.7	9.6	2.0	0.9	2.2	1.0	2.2	4.4	6.0	.736	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.5	.722

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Hawes	2	35.5	8.0	1.5	7.0	8.5	4.0	0.5	1.0	3.0	2.5	3.5	9.0	.389	-	-	-	1.0	1.5	.667
Robert Williams III	17	23.2	7.7	2.5	3.6	6.2	1.0	0.7	2.2	0.6	2.0	3.1	4.6	.679	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	1.6	.893


Season 5
	Steve Hawes	Robert Williams III
Season	1978-79	2022-23
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Steve Hawes	81	27.2	10.5	2.3	5.0	7.3	2.3	1.0	0.6	1.8	3.3	4.6	9.3	.492	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.818
Robert Williams III	35	23.5	8.0	3.0	5.4	8.3	1.4	0.6	1.4	1.0	1.9	3.6	4.9	.747	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.2	.610

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Hawes	9	27.0	9.9	3.0	4.0	7.0	3.2	0.9	0.3	0.6	3.7	4.4	9.0	.494	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.750
Robert Williams III	20	20.9	7.7	1.8	4.2	6.0	1.0	0.5	1.3	0.8	2.2	3.4	4.3	.788	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.4	.679


Season 6
	Steve Hawes	Robert Williams III
Season	1979-80	2023-24
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Steve Hawes	82	22.6	9.3	1.8	4.2	6.0	1.8	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.5	3.7	7.4	.502	0.0	0.1	.375	1.8	2.2	.824
Robert Williams III	6	19.8	6.8	1.8	4.5	6.3	0.8	1.2	1.2	1.2	2.8	2.8	4.3	.654	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.5	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Hawes	5	29.8	10.4	2.6	4.4	7.0	2.4	1.8	0.2	1.6	4.4	3.6	8.2	.439	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	3.6	.889
Robert Williams III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Steve Hawes	Robert Williams III
Season	1980-81	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
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		%
Steve Hawes	74	31.2	12.0	2.2	5.4	7.6	2.3	1.0	0.4	2.2	3.9	4.5	8.6	.523	0.0	0.1	.250	3.0	3.8	.799
Robert Williams III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Hawes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Williams III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Steve Hawes	Robert Williams III
Season	1981-82	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Steve Hawes	49	26.9	9.3	1.8	4.7	6.5	2.9	0.7	0.7	1.8	3.2	3.6	7.6	.481	0.1	0.2	.400	2.0	2.6	.762
Robert Williams III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Hawes	1	12.0	7.0	3.0	2.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	5.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.0	.750
Robert Williams III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Steve Hawes	Robert Williams III
Season	1982-83	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Steve Hawes	77	18.4	5.2	1.1	3.6	4.7	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.4	2.5	2.1	5.1	.418	0.1	0.3	.238	0.9	1.2	.734
Robert Williams III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Hawes	2	17.5	6.0	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	4.0	2.5	5.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.667
Robert Williams III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Steve Hawes	Robert Williams III
Season	1983-84	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Steve Hawes	79	14.6	3.7	0.6	2.2	2.8	1.3	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.8	1.4	3.0	.481	0.0	0.1	.250	0.8	1.0	.782
Robert Williams III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Hawes	5	14.8	3.0	1.6	2.4	4.0	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.4	1.2	1.2	2.8	.429	0.2	0.4	.500	0.4	0.4	1.000
Robert Williams III	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Steve Hawes vs. Robert Williams III Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Robert Williams III and Steve Hawes, 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