Jamal Mashburn vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Jamal Mashburn, 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.

Jamal Mashburn played 11 years in the NBA, 7 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Jamal Mashburn 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
	Jamal Mashburn	Zion Williamson
Season	1993-94	2019-20
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Jamal Mashburn	79	36.7	19.2	1.4	3.1	4.5	3.4	1.1	0.2	3.1	2.6	7.1	17.5	.406	1.1	3.8	.284	3.9	5.5	.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		%
Jamal Mashburn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Jamal Mashburn	Zion Williamson
Season	1994-95	2020-21
Team	Dallas Mavericks	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		%
Jamal Mashburn	80	37.3	24.1	1.5	2.7	4.1	3.7	1.0	0.1	2.9	2.4	8.5	19.6	.436	1.4	4.3	.328	5.6	7.6	.739
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		%
Jamal Mashburn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Jamal Mashburn	Zion Williamson
Season	1995-96	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks	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		%
Jamal Mashburn	18	37.2	23.4	2.1	3.3	5.4	2.8	0.8	0.2	3.1	2.2	8.1	21.3	.379	1.9	5.7	.343	5.4	7.4	.729
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		%
Jamal Mashburn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Jamal Mashburn	Zion Williamson
Season	2002-03	-
Team	New Orleans Hornets	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
Jamal Mashburn	82	40.5	21.6	0.8	5.3	6.1	5.6	1.0	0.2	2.8	2.4	8.2	19.3	.422	1.5	3.7	.389	3.8	4.5	.848
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jamal Mashburn	4	40.5	24.8	0.0	3.5	3.5	5.3	1.0	0.3	2.5	1.0	8.5	19.8	.430	1.5	3.8	.400	6.3	8.8	.714
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-