Bradley Beal vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Bradley Beal, 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.

Bradley Beal played 13 years in the NBA, 8 more than Zion Williamson, who played 5. Bradley Beal had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Bradley Beal	Zion Williamson
Season	2012-13	2019-20
Team	Washington Wizards	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	56	31.2	13.9	0.8	3.0	3.8	2.4	0.9	0.5	1.6	2.0	5.0	12.3	.410	1.6	4.2	.386	2.2	2.8	.786
difference:	+32	+3.4	+8.6	+1.9	+0.6	+2.5	+0.3	+0.2	+0.1	-0.9	-0.2	+3.8	+2.7	+.173	+1.3	+3.6	+.043	+2.6	+4.6	+.146
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
* Neiher Bradley Beal nor Zion Williamson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Bradley Beal	Zion Williamson
Season	2013-14	2020-21
Team	Washington Wizards	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	73	34.7	17.1	0.7	3.0	3.7	3.3	1.0	0.2	1.8	2.1	6.6	15.7	.419	1.9	4.7	.402	2.0	2.6	.788
difference:	+12	+1.5	+9.9	+2.0	+1.5	+3.5	+0.4	+0.1	+0.4	-0.9	-0.1	+3.8	+1.3	+.192	+1.7	+4.1	+.108	+4.0	+6.1	+.090
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		%
Bradley Beal	11	41.6	19.2	1.4	3.6	5.0	4.5	1.6	0.6	2.1	2.8	6.8	16.1	.424	2.0	4.8	.415	3.5	4.5	.796
Zion Williamson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Bradley Beal	Zion Williamson
Season	2014-15	2022-23
Team	Washington Wizards	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bradley Beal	63	33.4	15.3	0.9	2.9	3.8	3.1	1.2	0.3	2.0	2.2	5.8	13.5	.427	1.7	4.1	.409	2.1	2.6	.783
difference:	+34	+0.4	+10.7	+1.1	+2.1	+3.2	+1.5	+0.1	+0.3	-1.4		+4.0	+2.7	+.181	+1.5	+3.4	+.041	+4.0	+6.0	+.069
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		%
Bradley Beal	10	41.8	23.4	1.4	4.1	5.5	4.6	1.6	0.7	2.6	1.9	8.1	20.0	.405	2.3	6.3	.365	4.9	5.9	.831
Zion Williamson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Bradley Beal played 8 seasons more than Zion Williamson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 13, from 2018 to 2025—Bradley Beal played in 3 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Zion Williamson, Bradley Beal got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 3 All-Star Game