Lou Williams

Seasons 2005-06–2021-22 · 17 on record · Ht 6-2 · b. 1986

★ 3× Sixth Man

Player info

Position	PG
Number	#23 (also #3, #12, #6)
Team	Atlanta Hawks
Height	6-2
Weight	175 lb
Born	1986-10-27
High school	South Gwinnett
Drafted	2005 · Round 2, Pick 45 · Philadelphia 76ers
Seasons	2005-06–2021-22 (17)

Career averages

13.9 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 3.4 APG · 1123 games · .419 FG% · .351 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
2005-06	PHI	19	30	4.8	.442	.222	.615	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.0	1.9	9.0	.485
2006-07	PHI	20	61	11.3	.441	.324	.696	1.1	1.8	0.4	0.0	4.3	14.6	.521
2007-08	PHI	21	80	23.3	.424	.359	.783	2.1	3.2	1.0	0.2	11.5	16.7	.523
2008-09	PHI	22	81	23.7	.398	.286	.790	2.0	3.0	1.0	0.2	12.8	16.3	.513
2009-10	PHI	23	64	29.9	.470	.340	.824	2.9	4.2	1.3	0.2	14.0	18.2	.576
2010-11	PHI	24	75	23.3	.406	.348	.823	2.0	3.4	0.6	0.2	13.7	18.9	.540
2011-12	PHI	25	64	26.3	.407	.362	.812	2.4	3.5	0.8	0.3	14.9	20.2	.525
2012-13	ATL	26	39	28.7	.422	.367	.868	2.1	3.6	1.1	0.3	14.1	15.9	.555
2013-14	ATL	27	60	24.1	.400	.342	.849	2.1	3.5	0.8	0.1	10.4	14.2	.547
2014-15	TOR	28	80	25.2	.404	.340	.861	1.9	2.1	1.1	0.1	15.5	19.9	.564
2015-16	LAL	29	67	28.5	.408	.344	.830	2.5	2.5	0.9	0.3	15.3	17.7	.584
2016-17	2TM	30	81	24.6	.429	.365	.880	2.5	3.0	1.0	0.2	17.5	21.4	.593
	LAL	30	58	24.2	.444	.385	.884	2.3	3.2	1.1	0.2	18.6	23.9	.609
	HOU	30	23	25.7	.386	.318	.867	3.0	2.4	0.7	0.4	14.9	15.4	.547
2017-18	LAC	31	79	32.8	.435	.359	.880	2.5	5.3	1.1	0.2	22.6	20.2	.574
2018-19	LAC	32	75	26.6	.425	.361	.876	3.0	5.4	0.8	0.1	20.0	21.2	.554
2019-20	LAC	33	65	28.7	.418	.352	.861	3.1	5.6	0.7	0.2	18.2	17.3	.546
2020-21	2TM	34	66	21.6	.410	.399	.867	2.1	3.4	0.7	0.1	11.3	14.0	.519
	LAC	34	42	21.9	.421	.378	.866	2.1	3.4	0.9	0.1	12.1	15.7	.529
	ATL	34	24	21.0	.389	.444	.870	2.1	3.4	0.3	0.1	10.0	10.8	.498
2021-22	ATL	35	56	14.3	.391	.363	.859	1.6	1.9	0.5	0.1	6.3	12.1	.500

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2005-06	PHI	30	0	145	23	52	.442	2	9	8	13	19	10	5	0	13	56
2006-07	PHI	61	0	688	93	211	.441	12	37	64	92	70	110	22	1	46	262
2007-08	PHI	80	0	1,862	319	752	.424	55	153	227	290	167	253	81	13	125	920
2008-09	PHI	81	0	1,919	336	844	.398	63	220	304	385	165	242	85	14	151	1,039
2009-10	PHI	64	38	1,912	318	677	.470	70	206	192	233	187	268	80	15	106	898
2010-11	PHI	75	0	1,747	323	795	.406	88	253	293	356	149	252	47	17	102	1,027
2011-12	PHI	64	0	1,682	318	782	.407	83	229	237	292	155	221	53	18	71	956
2012-13	ATL	39	9	1,119	187	443	.422	72	196	105	121	80	139	44	10	74	551
2013-14	ATL	60	7	1,445	197	493	.400	79	231	152	179	124	210	45	4	92	625
2014-15	TOR	80	0	2,016	375	928	.404	152	447	340	395	151	164	88	10	101	1,242
2015-16	LAL	67	35	1,907	283	693	.408	110	320	352	424	169	167	62	19	107	1,028
2016-17	2TM	81	1	1,994	428	998	.429	163	446	402	457	202	239	80	20	160	1,421
	LAL	58	1	1,403	326	734	.444	122	317	304	344	132	183	65	11	120	1,078
	HOU	23	0	591	102	264	.386	41	129	98	113	70	56	15	9	40	343
2017-18	LAC	79	19	2,589	582	1,337	.435	186	518	432	491	198	417	85	19	234	1,782
2018-19	LAC	75	1	1,993	484	1,138	.425	105	291	425	485	222	402	57	11	181	1,498
2019-20	LAC	65	8	1,864	391	936	.418	111	315	292	339	201	365	43	12	182	1,185
2020-21	2TM	66	4	1,423	265	646	.410	69	173	150	173	138	225	47	6	108	749
	LAC	42	3	918	181	430	.421	45	119	103	119	88	144	39	4	66	510
	ATL	24	1	505	84	216	.389	24	54	47	54	50	81	8	2	42	239
2021-22	ATL	56	0	799	125	320	.391	37	102	67	78	87	105	28	3	43	354
Career		1123	—	—	5,047	12,045	.419	1457	4146	4042	4803	2484	3789	952	192	1896	15,593

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2005-06	PHI	30	4.8	5.7	12.9	.442	0.5	2.2	2.0	3.2	4.7	2.5	1.2	0.0	3.2	13.9
2006-07	PHI	61	11.3	4.9	11.0	.441	0.6	1.9	3.3	4.8	3.7	5.8	1.2	0.1	2.4	13.7
2007-08	PHI	80	23.3	6.2	14.5	.424	1.1	3.0	4.4	5.6	3.2	4.9	1.6	0.3	2.4	17.8
2008-09	PHI	81	23.7	6.3	15.8	.398	1.2	4.1	5.7	7.2	3.1	4.5	1.6	0.3	2.8	19.5
2009-10	PHI	64	29.9	6.0	12.7	.470	1.3	3.9	3.6	4.4	3.5	5.0	1.5	0.3	2.0	16.9
2010-11	PHI	75	23.3	6.7	16.4	.406	1.8	5.2	6.0	7.3	3.1	5.2	1.0	0.4	2.1	21.2
2011-12	PHI	64	26.3	6.8	16.7	.407	1.8	4.9	5.1	6.2	3.3	4.7	1.1	0.4	1.5	20.5
2012-13	ATL	39	28.7	6.0	14.3	.422	2.3	6.3	3.4	3.9	2.6	4.5	1.4	0.3	2.4	17.7
2013-14	ATL	60	24.1	4.9	12.3	.400	2.0	5.8	3.8	4.5	3.1	5.2	1.1	0.1	2.3	15.6
2014-15	TOR	80	25.2	6.7	16.6	.404	2.7	8.0	6.1	7.1	2.7	2.9	1.6	0.2	1.8	22.2
2015-16	LAL	67	28.5	5.3	13.1	.408	2.1	6.0	6.6	8.0	3.2	3.2	1.2	0.4	2.0	19.4
2016-17	2TM	81	24.6	7.7	18.0	.429	2.9	8.1	7.3	8.3	3.6	4.3	1.4	0.4	2.9	25.7
	LAL	58	24.2	8.4	18.8	.444	3.1	8.1	7.8	8.8	3.4	4.7	1.7	0.3	3.1	27.7
	HOU	23	25.7	6.2	16.1	.386	2.5	7.9	6.0	6.9	4.3	3.4	0.9	0.5	2.4	20.9
2017-18	LAC	79	32.8	8.1	18.6	.435	2.6	7.2	6.0	6.8	2.8	5.8	1.2	0.3	3.3	24.8
2018-19	LAC	75	26.6	8.7	20.6	.425	1.9	5.3	7.7	8.8	4.0	7.3	1.0	0.2	3.3	27.1
2019-20	LAC	65	28.7	7.6	18.1	.418	2.1	6.1	5.6	6.5	3.9	7.0	0.8	0.2	3.5	22.9
2020-21	2TM	66	21.6	6.7	16.3	.410	1.7	4.4	3.8	4.4	3.5	5.7	1.2	0.2	2.7	18.9
	LAC	42	21.9	7.1	16.9	.421	1.8	4.7	4.0	4.7	3.5	5.6	1.5	0.2	2.6	20.0
	ATL	24	21.0	6.0	15.4	.389	1.7	3.8	3.4	3.8	3.6	5.8	0.6	0.1	3.0	17.0
2021-22	ATL	56	14.3	5.6	14.4	.391	1.7	4.6	3.0	3.5	3.9	4.7	1.3	0.1	1.9	15.9

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Advanced stats

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
2005-06	PHI	30	145	9.0	.485	22.2	-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-.036	-4.9	-1.4	-6.3	-0.2
2006-07	PHI	61	688	14.6	.521	20.0	0.6	0.5	1.1	.078	+0.3	-0.7	-0.4	+0.3
2007-08	PHI	80	1,862	16.7	.523	24.3	2.5	1.8	4.4	.112	+1.3	+0.1	+1.4	+1.6
2008-09	PHI	81	1,919	16.3	.513	27.7	1.6	1.7	3.4	.085	+1.0	-0.5	+0.6	+1.3
2009-10	PHI	64	1,912	18.2	.576	21.1	4.1	1.1	5.2	.130	+1.9	-0.4	+1.6	+1.7
2010-11	PHI	75	1,747	18.9	.540	27.8	3.5	1.6	5.1	.141	+3.0	-0.7	+2.3	+1.9
2011-12	PHI	64	1,682	20.2	.525	27.4	3.9	2.2	6.1	.174	+3.7	+0.2	+4.0	+2.5
2012-13	ATL	39	1,119	15.9	.555	23.6	1.4	1.0	2.4	.103	+1.3	-0.3	+1.0	+0.9
2013-14	ATL	60	1,445	14.2	.547	20.9	1.6	1.0	2.6	.087	+0.2	-1.0	-0.8	+0.5
2014-15	TOR	80	2,016	19.9	.564	27.0	5.4	1.1	6.6	.157	+3.5	-0.9	+2.6	+2.3
2015-16	LAL	67	1,907	17.7	.584	22.8	4.5	0.3	4.7	.119	+2.4	-1.1	+1.3	+1.6
2016-17	2TM	81	1,994	21.4	.593	29.1	5.1	1.0	6.1	.148	+4.6	-0.7	+3.9	+3.0
	LAL	58	1,403	23.9	.609	30.6	4.3	0.6	4.9	.169	+6.2	-0.4	+5.8	+2.8
	HOU	23	591	15.4	.547	25.3	0.8	0.4	1.2	.096	+1.0	-1.5	-0.5	+0.2
2017-18	LAC	79	2,589	20.2	.574	29.8	5.5	1.2	6.7	.125	+4.2	-1.8	+2.3	+2.8
2018-19	LAC	75	1,993	21.2	.554	32.4	3.9	1.2	5.1	.123	+4.3	-2.1	+2.2	+2.1
2019-20	LAC	65	1,864	17.3	.546	28.4	2.3	1.8	4.1	.105	+2.2	-1.4	+0.7	+1.3
2020-21	2TM	66	1,423	14.0	.519	25.7	0.5	1.2	1.7	.056	-1.0	-1.5	-2.5	-0.2
	LAC	42	918	15.7	.529	26.5	0.7	0.9	1.6	.084	-0.5	-1.0	-1.5	+0.1
	ATL	24	505	10.8	.498	24.3	-0.2	0.2	0.0	.004	-1.8	-2.5	-4.3	-0.3
2021-22	ATL	56	799	12.1	.500	21.7	0.2	0.4	0.6	.034	-2.0	-1.4	-3.4	-0.3
Career		1123	—	—	—	—	—	—	65.8	—	—	—	—	+23.1

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Playoff stats

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
2007-08	6	21.8	12.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	.400	.222	.492
2008-09	6	24.3	9.7	2.5	2.8	0.5	0.2	.412	.375	.503
2010-11	5	25.4	10.8	1.6	3.0	1.0	0.0	.327	.300	.447
2011-12	13	27.1	11.5	2.1	3.0	1.0	0.0	.352	.167	.452
2013-14	7	18.4	8.3	2.3	1.1	1.0	0.1	.380	.312	.508
2014-15	4	25.2	12.8	1.8	1.2	1.5	0.0	.314	.190	.433
2016-17	11	24.2	12.5	2.7	1.3	0.6	0.1	.424	.308	.528
2018-19	6	28.7	21.7	2.8	7.7	0.8	0.2	.433	.333	.533
2019-20	6	26.5	16.0	3.3	4.3	0.5	0.0	.507	.333	.619
2020-21	25	17.8	8.4	1.9	2.7	0.8	0.1	.413	.298	.506
Career	89	22.8	11.4	2.2	2.8	0.8	0.1	.400	.276	.503

Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	618	12.7	2.0	3.2	358–260
Away	608	12.8	2.0	3.0	255–353
In wins	613	13.3	2.2	3.4	613–0
In losses	613	12.1	1.9	2.8	0–613

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	38	12.0	1.9	3.3	23–15
BOS Boston Celtics	46	13.1	2.0	3.4	19–27
BKN Brooklyn Nets	50	10.7	2.2	2.6	29–21
CHA Charlotte Hornets	32	11.4	2.2	3.5	18–14
CHI Chicago Bulls	48	10.8	1.9	3.0	24–24
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	47	13.1	2.1	3.1	25–22
DAL Dallas Mavericks	36	11.4	1.9	3.1	13–23
DEN Denver Nuggets	34	14.4	2.2	3.6	19–15
DET Detroit Pistons	44	12.4	2.1	3.2	19–25
GSW Golden State Warriors	42	14.7	2.3	3.2	16–26
HOU Houston Rockets	34	14.7	2.4	3.6	17–17
IND Indiana Pacers	48	11.5	1.8	2.6	25–23
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	28	7.6	1.3	2.1	14–14
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	29	14.6	2.2	3.7	16–13
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	40	14.6	1.9	3.4	22–18
MIA Miami Heat	49	11.7	1.7	3.0	20–29
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	45	11.7	1.9	2.8	27–18
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	36	14.3	2.4	4.1	20–16
NOP New Orleans Pelicans	27	14.6	2.1	3.4	12–15
NYK New York Knicks	44	12.9	2.1	3.5	27–17
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder	34	13.6	1.6	3.0	14–20
ORL Orlando Magic	48	12.7	2.1	2.7	24–24
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	21	16.1	2.4	3.5	10–11
PHX Phoenix Suns	40	16.0	2.6	3.2	22–18
POR Portland Trail Blazers	37	12.7	2.0	3.0	16–21
SAC Sacramento Kings	39	14.8	2.1	3.3	27–12
SAS San Antonio Spurs	38	11.3	1.8	2.9	14–24
TOR Toronto Raptors	42	10.1	1.8	2.7	17–25
UTA Utah Jazz	42	14.8	2.5	3.3	13–29
WAS Washington Wizards	53	12.7	1.6	2.6	30–23

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2021-22

Darker = a larger share of this player’s shots came from that range; the number is field-goal % from there.

Range	% of shots	FG%
At the rim (0-3 ft)	12%	.514
In the paint (3-10 ft)	16%	.392
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	24%	.372
Long two (16 ft-3P)	16%	.385
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	32%	.363

Average shot distance 15.3 ft · 0% of attempts were dunks · 37% of threes from the corner

Contract & salary

Nominal salaries; tracked coverage is limited to seasons in the current dataset.

Season	Salary
2005-06	$450,000
2006-07	$664,209
2007-08	$770,610
2008-09	$4,500,000
2009-10	$4,972,500
2010-11	$5,000,000
2011-12	$5,176,000
2012-13	$5,000,000
2013-14	$5,225,000
2014-15	$5,450,000
2015-16	$7,000,000
2016-17	$7,000,000
2017-18	$7,000,000
2018-19	$8,000,000
2019-20	$8,000,000
Career earnings	$74,208,319

Frequently asked questions

What team does Lou Williams play for?

Lou Williams plays PG for the Atlanta Hawks.

What are Lou Williams's career stats?

Lou Williams has averaged 13.9 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 3.4 APG over 17 seasons (2005-06–2021-22).

How much does Lou Williams make?

Lou Williams's salary is $8,000,000 for the 2019-20 season, with career earnings of about $74.2M.

How tall is Lou Williams?

Lou Williams is 6-2 (175 lb).

When was Lou Williams drafted?

Lou Williams was drafted in 2005, round 2, pick 45, by the Philadelphia 76ers.