Clifford Robinson vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Clifford Robinson, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Clifford Robinson played 18 years in the NBA, 14 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Clifford Robinson had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Clifford Robinson	18	17	1989-90 to 2006-07
Zion Williamson	4	0	2019-20 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	Clifford Robinson	Zion Williamson
Season	1989-90	2019-20
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Clifford Robinson	82	19.1	9.1	1.3	2.4	3.8	0.9	0.6	0.6	1.6	2.8	3.6	9.2	.397	0.1	0.5	.273	1.7	3.1	.550
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		%
Clifford Robinson	21	18.6	6.5	1.5	2.6	4.1	1.1	0.9	1.1	1.2	3.4	2.6	7.2	.358	0.0	0.2	.000	1.4	2.5	.558
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Clifford Robinson	Zion Williamson
Season	1990-91	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Clifford Robinson	82	23.7	11.7	1.5	2.8	4.3	1.8	1.0	0.9	1.6	3.2	4.5	9.8	.463	0.1	0.2	.316	2.5	3.8	.653
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		%
Clifford Robinson	16	22.1	10.3	1.5	2.4	3.9	1.1	0.4	1.0	1.6	2.9	3.9	7.3	.538	0.1	0.2	.333	2.4	4.3	.551
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 3
	Clifford Robinson	Zion Williamson
Season	1991-92	2022-23
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Clifford Robinson	82	25.9	12.4	1.7	3.4	5.1	1.7	1.0	1.3	1.9	3.3	4.9	10.4	.466	0.0	0.1	.091	2.7	4.0	.664
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		%
Clifford Robinson	21	24.9	10.8	1.2	3.0	4.2	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.3	4.0	4.3	9.4	.462	0.0	0.3	.167	2.1	3.7	.571
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Clifford Robinson	Zion Williamson
Season	1992-93	2023-24
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Clifford Robinson	82	31.4	19.1	2.0	4.6	6.6	2.2	1.2	2.0	2.1	3.5	7.7	16.3	.473	0.2	0.9	.247	3.5	5.1	.690
Zion Williamson	70	31.5	22.9	1.7	4.1	5.8	5.0	1.1	0.7	2.8	2.3	8.9	15.6	.570	0.1	0.3	.333	5.0	7.1	.702

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clifford Robinson	4	32.8	10.3	2.5	1.8	4.3	1.5	1.5	1.8	2.0	4.3	4.0	15.3	.262	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	5.5	.409
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Clifford Robinson	Zion Williamson
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Clifford Robinson	82	34.8	20.1	2.0	4.7	6.7	1.9	1.4	1.4	2.1	3.2	7.8	17.1	.457	0.2	0.6	.245	4.3	5.6	.765
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clifford Robinson	4	37.3	16.3	2.8	3.5	6.3	2.5	0.8	1.5	2.8	3.3	7.0	17.0	.412	0.5	2.3	.222	1.8	2.0	.875
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Clifford Robinson	Zion Williamson
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Clifford Robinson	75	36.3	21.3	2.0	3.6	5.6	2.6	1.1	1.1	2.1	3.2	8.0	17.6	.452	1.9	5.1	.371	3.5	5.1	.694
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clifford Robinson	3	39.7	15.7	2.3	4.0	6.3	2.7	0.7	0.3	2.7	4.3	5.7	15.7	.362	1.3	5.7	.235	3.0	5.3	.563
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Clifford Robinson	Zion Williamson
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Clifford Robinson	78	38.2	21.1	1.6	4.1	5.7	2.4	1.1	0.9	2.5	3.2	7.1	16.7	.423	2.3	6.0	.378	4.6	6.9	.664
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clifford Robinson	5	36.2	15.2	0.8	2.8	3.6	1.6	1.4	1.0	3.2	3.8	4.2	12.2	.344	1.2	4.6	.261	5.6	7.4	.757
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Clifford Robinson	Zion Williamson
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Clifford Robinson	81	38.0	15.1	1.1	2.9	4.0	3.2	1.2	0.8	2.1	3.1	5.5	12.9	.426	1.5	4.3	.346	2.7	3.8	.696
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clifford Robinson	4	40.3	12.0	3.0	3.8	6.8	3.0	0.5	1.0	2.5	3.3	4.3	11.8	.362	0.8	4.0	.188	2.8	4.0	.688
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Clifford Robinson	Zion Williamson
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Clifford Robinson	80	29.5	14.2	1.9	3.2	5.1	2.1	1.2	1.1	1.8	3.1	5.4	11.2	.479	0.3	1.1	.321	3.1	4.5	.689
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clifford Robinson	4	23.0	6.3	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.8	0.8	0.5	1.3	4.8	2.3	8.3	.273	0.0	0.3	.000	1.8	2.3	.778
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Clifford Robinson	Zion Williamson
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Clifford Robinson	50	34.8	16.4	1.4	3.2	4.5	2.6	1.5	1.2	1.8	3.1	6.0	12.6	.475	1.2	2.8	.417	3.3	4.7	.697
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clifford Robinson	3	39.0	15.7	2.3	3.0	5.3	2.7	2.0	0.3	2.3	4.0	6.3	13.3	.475	0.7	3.0	.222	2.3	3.7	.636
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Clifford Robinson	Zion Williamson
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clifford Robinson	80	35.5	18.5	1.3	3.2	4.5	2.8	1.1	0.8	2.1	3.0	6.6	14.3	.464	1.5	4.1	.370	3.7	4.8	.782
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clifford Robinson	9	37.0	17.6	2.0	4.0	6.0	2.1	1.2	0.8	2.0	3.9	6.2	16.1	.386	1.4	4.4	.325	3.7	5.0	.733
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Clifford Robinson	Zion Williamson
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West 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		%
Clifford Robinson	82	33.5	16.4	1.3	2.8	4.1	2.9	1.1	1.0	2.3	3.1	6.1	14.5	.422	1.1	3.0	.361	3.1	4.4	.709
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clifford Robinson	4	28.3	15.0	1.5	2.5	4.0	1.0	1.5	0.5	2.3	3.5	5.3	12.5	.420	1.0	4.0	.250	3.5	5.5	.636
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Clifford Robinson	Zion Williamson
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clifford Robinson	80	35.7	14.6	1.0	3.8	4.8	2.5	1.1	1.2	1.9	3.0	5.7	13.4	.425	1.4	3.8	.378	1.8	2.6	.694
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clifford Robinson	10	40.8	13.2	0.5	2.5	3.0	2.9	1.8	1.9	2.1	2.8	4.5	12.4	.363	1.8	5.3	.340	2.4	3.0	.800
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Clifford Robinson	Zion Williamson
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clifford Robinson	81	34.9	12.2	1.0	2.9	3.9	3.3	1.1	1.1	2.0	3.2	4.6	11.5	.398	1.1	3.2	.336	2.0	2.9	.676
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clifford Robinson	17	30.8	9.3	0.8	1.9	2.7	2.9	0.9	0.8	1.6	3.6	3.4	9.4	.358	1.3	3.5	.373	1.3	2.2	.595
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Clifford Robinson	Zion Williamson
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Clifford Robinson	82	34.7	11.8	0.7	3.3	3.9	3.3	0.8	0.9	2.1	2.9	4.5	11.5	.387	1.4	3.8	.357	1.5	2.1	.711
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clifford Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Clifford Robinson	Zion Williamson
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Golden State Warriors, New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Clifford Robinson	71	23.8	7.5	0.8	2.2	2.9	1.5	0.9	0.7	0.9	2.5	2.8	7.4	.386	0.9	2.7	.347	0.9	1.4	.639
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clifford Robinson	4	17.8	7.0	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.0	5.0	2.8	6.8	.407	1.0	3.5	.286	0.5	0.5	1.000
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Clifford Robinson	Zion Williamson
Season	2005-06	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clifford Robinson	80	23.3	6.9	0.7	2.7	3.3	1.1	0.6	0.5	0.8	2.6	2.7	6.4	.427	0.8	2.2	.343	0.7	1.0	.658
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clifford Robinson	8	24.8	4.5	0.3	3.0	3.3	0.6	1.1	0.4	1.3	3.5	1.6	4.9	.333	0.8	2.4	.316	0.5	0.6	.800
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 18
	Clifford Robinson	Zion Williamson
Season	2006-07	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clifford Robinson	50	19.1	4.1	0.6	1.8	2.4	1.0	0.2	0.5	0.6	2.0	1.6	4.4	.372	0.5	1.3	.379	0.3	0.7	.444
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Clifford Robinson	4	5.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.5	.167	0.3	0.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Clifford Robinson vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Clifford Robinson, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17

Season 18