Eldridge Recasner vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Eldridge Recasner, 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.

Eldridge Recasner played 8 years in the NBA, 4 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Eldridge Recasner had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, while Zion Williamson had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
	Eldridge Recasner	Zion Williamson
Season	1994-95	2019-20
Team	Denver Nuggets	New Orleans Pelicans
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		%
Eldridge Recasner	3	4.3	2.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	2.0	.167	0.0	0.3	.000	1.3	1.3	1.000
Zion Williamson	24	27.8	22.5	2.7	3.6	6.3	2.1	0.7	0.4	2.5	1.8	8.8	15.0	.583	0.3	0.6	.429	4.8	7.4	.640
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eldridge Recasner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Eldridge Recasner	Zion Williamson
Season	1995-96	2020-21
Team	Houston Rockets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Eldridge Recasner	63	20.2	6.9	0.5	1.8	2.3	2.7	0.4	0.1	1.0	1.8	2.4	5.7	.415	1.3	3.0	.424	0.9	1.0	.864
Zion Williamson	61	33.2	27.0	2.7	4.5	7.2	3.7	0.9	0.6	2.7	2.2	10.4	17.0	.611	0.2	0.6	.294	6.0	8.7	.698
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eldridge Recasner	1	8.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Zion Williamson didn't play in 2021-22.

Season 3
	Eldridge Recasner	Zion Williamson
Season	1996-97	2022-23
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Eldridge Recasner	71	17.0	5.7	0.5	1.1	1.6	1.3	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.4	2.1	4.9	.423	0.8	2.0	.414	0.7	0.8	.879
Zion Williamson	29	33.0	26.0	2.0	5.0	7.0	4.6	1.1	0.6	3.4	2.2	9.8	16.2	.608	0.2	0.7	.368	6.1	8.6	.714
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eldridge Recasner	10	12.1	3.1	0.3	0.8	1.1	0.9	0.2	0.0	0.7	0.9	1.1	2.6	.423	0.4	1.1	.364	0.5	0.8	.625
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-