Josh Richardson vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Josh Richardson, 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.

Josh Richardson played 9 years in the NBA, 5 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Josh Richardson had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, 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
	Josh Richardson	Zion Williamson
Season	2015-16	2019-20
Team	Miami Heat	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Josh Richardson	52	21.3	6.6	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.4	0.7	0.5	0.7	2.1	2.4	5.2	.452	1.0	2.2	.461	0.8	1.2	.667
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		%
Josh Richardson	14	27.6	6.6	0.7	2.9	3.6	1.6	0.4	0.9	0.9	2.6	2.4	6.4	.371	1.2	3.3	.370	0.7	1.0	.714
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Josh Richardson	Zion Williamson
Season	2016-17	2020-21
Team	Miami Heat	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Josh Richardson	53	30.5	10.2	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.6	1.1	0.7	1.2	2.5	3.8	9.7	.394	1.4	4.3	.330	1.1	1.5	.779
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		%
Josh Richardson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Josh Richardson	Zion Williamson
Season	2017-18	2022-23
Team	Miami Heat	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Josh Richardson	81	33.2	12.9	0.9	2.7	3.5	2.9	1.5	0.9	1.7	2.5	4.9	10.9	.451	1.6	4.1	.378	1.5	1.8	.845
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		%
Josh Richardson	5	26.0	8.4	0.8	2.2	3.0	2.8	2.2	1.0	1.0	3.4	3.0	8.0	.375	1.2	3.8	.316	1.2	1.4	.857
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-