Rafael Addison vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Rafael Addison, 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.

Rafael Addison played 6 years in the NBA, 2 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Rafael Addison had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, 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
Rookie Season
	Rafael Addison	Zion Williamson
Season	1986-87	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	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		%
Rafael Addison	62	11.5	5.8	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.2	2.4	5.3	.441	0.3	0.8	.320	0.8	1.0	.797
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		%
Rafael Addison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Rafael Addison didn't play in 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90 and 1990-91.

Season 2
	Rafael Addison	Zion Williamson
Season	1991-92	2020-21
Team	New Jersey Nets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Rafael Addison	76	15.5	5.8	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.9	0.4	0.4	0.6	1.4	2.5	5.7	.433	0.2	0.6	.286	0.7	1.0	.737
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		%
Rafael Addison	1	9.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	7.0	.286	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Rafael Addison	Zion Williamson
Season	1992-93	2022-23
Team	New Jersey Nets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Rafael Addison	68	17.1	6.3	0.7	1.3	1.9	0.8	0.3	0.2	0.9	1.8	2.7	6.0	.443	0.1	0.5	.206	0.8	1.0	.814
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		%
Rafael Addison	5	10.6	3.4	0.6	0.6	1.2	1.0	0.6	0.0	0.6	0.6	1.4	4.2	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.6	1.000
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Rafael Addison didn't play in 1993-94.