Alex Hannum vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Alex Hannum, 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.

Alex Hannum played 8 years in the NBA, 4 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Alex Hannum had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, 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
	Alex Hannum	Zion Williamson
Season	1949-50	2019-20
Team	Syracuse Nationals	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nationals 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		%
Alex Hannum	64	-	7.5	-	-	-	2.0	-	-	-	4.1	2.8	7.6	.363	-	-	-	2.0	2.9	.688
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		%
Alex Hannum	11	-	8.5	-	-	-	0.9	-	-	-	4.5	3.5	7.8	.442	-	-	-	1.5	3.1	.500
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Alex Hannum	Zion Williamson
Season	1950-51	2020-21
Team	Syracuse Nationals	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Alex Hannum	63	-	7.5	-	-	4.8	1.9	-	-	-	4.3	2.9	7.8	.368	-	-	-	1.7	3.1	.543
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		%
Alex Hannum	7	-	6.0	-	-	6.7	2.4	-	-	-	5.3	2.4	5.6	.436	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.800
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Alex Hannum	Zion Williamson
Season	1951-52	2022-23
Team	Baltimore Bullets (1st), Rochester Royals	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div 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		%
Alex Hannum	66	22.8	6.6	-	-	5.1	2.0	-	-	-	4.1	2.6	7.0	.368	-	-	-	1.5	2.1	.710
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		%
Alex Hannum	6	24.3	6.7	-	-	4.3	1.3	-	-	-	5.0	2.7	7.0	.381	-	-	-	1.3	2.2	.615
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-