Bryon Russell vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Bryon Russell, 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.

Bryon Russell played 13 years in the NBA, 9 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Bryon Russell had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, 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
	Bryon Russell	Zion Williamson
Season	1993-94	2019-20
Team	Utah Jazz	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 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		%
Bryon Russell	67	16.7	5.0	0.9	1.8	2.7	0.8	1.0	0.3	0.8	2.1	2.0	4.2	.484	0.0	0.3	.091	0.9	1.5	.614
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		%
Bryon Russell	6	6.0	2.7	0.7	0.8	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.7	.400	0.3	0.5	.667	1.0	1.0	1.000
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Bryon Russell	Zion Williamson
Season	1994-95	2020-21
Team	Utah Jazz	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Bryon Russell	63	13.7	4.5	0.7	1.5	2.2	0.5	0.8	0.2	0.7	1.6	1.7	3.8	.437	0.2	0.7	.295	1.0	1.5	.667
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		%
Bryon Russell	2	6.5	5.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	3.5	.571	1.0	2.0	.500	0.5	1.0	.500
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Bryon Russell	Zion Williamson
Season	1995-96	2022-23
Team	Utah Jazz	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 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		%
Bryon Russell	59	9.8	2.9	0.5	1.1	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.1	0.9	2.4	.394	0.2	0.7	.350	0.8	1.1	.716
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		%
Bryon Russell	18	25.5	9.6	0.9	3.2	4.2	1.2	1.3	0.5	0.6	2.3	3.2	6.9	.468	1.4	2.9	.472	1.7	2.1	.816
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-