Dwyane Wade vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Dwyane Wade, 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.

Dwyane Wade played 16 years in the NBA, 11 more than Zion Williamson, who played 5. Dwyane Wade had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, 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
	Dwyane Wade	Zion Williamson
Season	2003-04	2019-20
Team	Miami Heat	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Dwyane Wade	61	34.9	16.2	1.4	2.7	4.0	4.5	1.4	0.6	3.2	2.3	6.1	13.1	.465	0.3	0.9	.302	3.8	5.1	.747
difference:	+37	+7.1	+6.3	+1.3	+0.9	+2.3	+2.4	+0.7	+0.2	-0.7	-0.5	+2.7	+1.9	+.118		+0.3	+.127	+1.0	+2.3	+.107
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		%
Dwyane Wade	13	39.5	18.0	1.2	2.8	4.0	5.6	1.3	0.3	4.2	3.5	6.6	14.5	.455	0.2	0.6	.375	4.5	5.8	.787
Zion Williamson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Dwyane Wade	Zion Williamson
Season	2004-05	2020-21
Team	Miami Heat	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Dwyane Wade	77	38.6	24.1	1.4	3.7	5.2	6.8	1.6	1.1	4.2	3.0	8.2	17.1	.478	0.2	0.6	.289	7.5	9.9	.762
difference:	+16	+5.4	+2.9	+1.3	+0.8	+2.0	+3.1	+0.7	+0.5	-1.5	-0.8	+2.2	+0.1	+.133			+.005	+1.5	+1.2	+.064
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		%
Dwyane Wade	14	41.0	27.4	1.6	4.1	5.7	6.6	1.6	1.1	4.4	3.1	9.7	20.1	.484	0.1	0.7	.100	7.9	9.9	.799
Zion Williamson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Dwyane Wade	Zion Williamson
Season	2005-06	2022-23
Team	Miami Heat	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Dwyane Wade	75	38.6	27.2	1.4	4.3	5.7	6.7	1.9	0.8	3.6	2.9	9.3	18.8	.495	0.2	1.0	.171	8.4	10.7	.783
difference:	+46	+5.6	+1.2	+0.6	+0.7	+1.3	+2.1	+0.8	+0.2	-0.2	-0.7	+0.5	+2.6	+.113		+0.3	+.197	+2.3	+2.1	+.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		%
Dwyane Wade	23	41.7	28.4	1.2	4.7	5.9	5.7	2.2	1.1	3.9	3.1	9.5	19.2	.497	0.6	1.6	.378	8.8	10.9	.808
Zion Williamson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Dwyane Wade	Zion Williamson
Season	2006-07	2023-24
Team	Miami Heat	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dwyane Wade	51	37.9	27.4	1.0	3.7	4.7	7.5	2.1	1.2	4.2	2.3	9.3	18.9	.491	0.4	1.5	.266	8.5	10.5	.807
difference:	+19	+6.4	+4.5	+0.7	+0.4	+1.1	+2.5	+1.0	+0.5	-1.4		+0.4	+3.3	+.079	+0.3	+1.2	+.067	+3.5	+3.4	+.105
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		%
Dwyane Wade	4	40.5	23.5	1.8	3.0	4.8	6.3	1.3	0.5	5.8	3.3	9.0	21.0	.429	0.0	1.3	.000	5.5	8.0	.688
Zion Williamson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Dwyane Wade	Zion Williamson
Season	2007-08	2024-25
Team	Miami Heat	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dwyane Wade	51	38.3	24.6	0.9	3.3	4.2	6.9	1.7	0.7	4.4	2.7	8.6	18.4	.469	0.4	1.5	.286	6.9	9.2	.758
difference:	+21	+9.7		+1.6	+1.4	+3.0	+1.6	+0.5	+0.2	-1.4		+1.0	+1.5	+.098	+0.3	+1.1	+.055	+1.6	+1.2	+.102
Zion Williamson	30	28.6	24.6	2.5	4.7	7.2	5.3	1.2	0.9	3.0	2.7	9.6	16.9	.567	0.1	0.4	.231	5.3	8.0	.656
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dwyane Wade nor Zion Williamson played in the postseason in their season 5

Additional Years
* Dwyane Wade played 11 seasons more than Zion Williamson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 16, from 2009 to 2019—Dwyane Wade played in 9 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 11 extra years over Zion Williamson, Dwyane Wade got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Scoring Leader 9 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP