Wally Walker vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Wally Walker, 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.

Wally Walker played 8 years in the NBA, 4 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Wally Walker had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, 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
	Wally Walker	Zion Williamson
Season	1976-77	2019-20
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Wally Walker	66	9.5	5.2	0.7	1.0	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	4.6	.449	-	-	-	1.0	1.5	.670
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		%
Wally Walker	10	8.3	4.3	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.3	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	3.6	.556	-	-	-	0.3	0.7	.429
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Wally Walker	Zion Williamson
Season	1977-78	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Seattle Supersonics	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost NBA 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		%
Wally Walker	77	14.3	6.3	1.1	1.7	2.8	1.0	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.8	2.6	6.0	.443	-	-	-	1.0	1.6	.625
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		%
Wally Walker	20	13.1	4.7	1.0	0.9	1.9	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.9	2.6	1.8	4.3	.424	-	-	-	1.1	1.3	.808
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Wally Walker	Zion Williamson
Season	1978-79	2022-23
Team	Seattle Supersonics	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Wally Walker	60	16.2	6.6	1.1	1.9	3.0	1.2	0.2	0.4	1.1	2.1	2.8	5.7	.490	-	-	-	1.0	1.6	.604
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		%
Wally Walker	13	6.5	1.1	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.5	0.5	1.2	.375	-	-	-	0.2	0.3	.500
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-