O.J. Mayo vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and O.J. Mayo, 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.

O.J. Mayo played 8 years in the NBA, 4 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. O.J. Mayo had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8
Rookie Season
	O.J. Mayo	Zion Williamson
Season	2008-09	2019-20
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
O.J. Mayo	82	38.0	18.5	0.7	3.1	3.8	3.2	1.1	0.2	2.8	2.5	6.9	15.6	.438	1.8	4.6	.384	3.0	3.4	.879
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		%
O.J. Mayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	O.J. Mayo	Zion Williamson
Season	2009-10	2020-21
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
O.J. Mayo	82	38.0	17.5	0.7	3.0	3.8	3.0	1.2	0.2	2.1	2.1	6.6	14.4	.458	1.7	4.3	.383	2.6	3.2	.809
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		%
O.J. Mayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	O.J. Mayo	Zion Williamson
Season	2010-11	2022-23
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
O.J. Mayo	71	26.3	11.3	0.5	1.9	2.4	2.0	1.0	0.4	1.4	1.8	4.3	10.5	.407	1.4	3.7	.364	1.4	1.8	.756
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		%
O.J. Mayo	13	27.8	11.3	0.8	2.4	3.2	2.4	0.8	0.3	1.3	3.2	4.0	10.3	.388	1.5	3.8	.408	1.8	2.2	.793
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-