Johnny Moore vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Johnny Moore, 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.

Johnny Moore played 9 years in the NBA, 5 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Johnny Moore had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, 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
	Johnny Moore	Zion Williamson
Season	1980-81	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Johnny Moore	82	19.2	7.4	0.7	1.7	2.4	4.5	1.5	0.3	1.9	2.2	3.0	6.3	.479	0.0	0.2	.053	1.3	2.1	.610
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		%
Johnny Moore	7	17.7	6.0	1.1	0.7	1.9	3.9	1.4	0.1	1.1	2.0	2.6	5.3	.486	0.0	0.4	.000	0.9	1.1	.750
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Johnny Moore	Zion Williamson
Season	1981-82	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	Assists Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Johnny Moore	79	29.0	9.4	0.8	2.7	3.5	9.6	2.1	0.2	2.2	3.2	3.9	8.4	.463	0.0	0.3	.048	1.5	2.3	.670
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		%
Johnny Moore	9	32.4	10.4	1.0	2.4	3.4	10.3	1.7	0.7	1.7	4.2	4.3	9.1	.476	0.0	0.3	.000	1.8	3.0	.593
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Johnny Moore	Zion Williamson
Season	1982-83	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Johnny Moore	77	33.1	12.2	0.8	2.8	3.6	9.8	2.5	0.4	2.9	3.2	5.1	10.9	.468	0.1	0.3	.227	1.9	2.6	.744
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		%
Johnny Moore	11	37.6	22.5	0.7	3.5	4.3	14.6	2.5	0.3	2.5	3.7	9.5	17.9	.533	0.8	1.5	.529	2.5	3.2	.800
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Johnny Moore didn't play in 1988-89.