Eric Leckner vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Eric Leckner, 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.

Eric Leckner played 8 years in the NBA, 4 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Eric Leckner had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, 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
	Eric Leckner	Zion Williamson
Season	1988-89	2019-20
Team	Utah Jazz	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Eric Leckner	75	10.4	4.3	0.6	2.0	2.7	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.9	2.3	1.6	2.9	.545	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.5	.699
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		%
Eric Leckner	3	3.3	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.7	0.3	1.3	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Eric Leckner	Zion Williamson
Season	1989-90	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		%
Eric Leckner	77	9.9	4.3	0.6	1.9	2.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.8	2.0	1.6	2.9	.563	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.4	.743
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		%
Eric Leckner	3	9.3	6.0	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.7	2.0	3.3	.600	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.7	3.0	.556
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Eric Leckner	Zion Williamson
Season	1990-91	2022-23
Team	Sacramento Kings, Charlotte Hornets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Eric Leckner	72	15.6	4.5	1.1	3.0	4.1	0.5	0.2	0.3	1.0	2.7	1.8	4.1	.446	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.5	.559
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		%
Eric Leckner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Eric Leckner didn't play in 1992-93.