Zion Williamson vs. Thaddeus Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Thaddeus Young and Zion Williamson, 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.

Zion Williamson played 4 years in the NBA, 13 less than Thaddeus Young, who played 17. Zion Williamson had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Thaddeus Young had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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
	Zion Williamson	Thaddeus Young
Season	2019-20	2007-08
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Thaddeus Young	74	21.0	8.2	1.6	2.6	4.2	0.8	1.0	0.1	0.9	1.7	3.6	6.6	.539	0.1	0.3	.316	1.0	1.4	.738
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	6	26.7	10.2	2.5	2.0	4.5	0.7	1.2	0.0	0.7	1.2	4.0	8.3	.480	0.2	0.8	.200	2.0	2.3	.857

Season 2
	Zion Williamson	Thaddeus Young
Season	2020-21	2008-09
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Thaddeus Young	75	34.4	15.3	1.9	3.2	5.0	1.1	1.3	0.3	1.6	2.2	6.3	12.8	.495	0.7	2.2	.341	1.9	2.5	.735
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	6	38.2	12.0	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.3	1.0	0.2	1.3	2.8	5.2	11.7	.443	0.8	2.0	.417	0.8	1.0	.833

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

Season 3
	Zion Williamson	Thaddeus Young
Season	2022-23	2009-10
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
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
Thaddeus Young	67	32.0	13.8	1.9	3.3	5.2	1.4	1.2	0.2	1.9	2.0	5.7	12.1	.470	0.7	2.1	.348	1.7	2.5	.691
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-