Jarred Vanderbilt vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Jarred Vanderbilt, 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.

Jarred Vanderbilt played 6 years in the NBA, 2 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Jarred Vanderbilt had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6
Rookie Season
	Jarred Vanderbilt	Zion Williamson
Season	2018-19	2019-20
Team	Denver Nuggets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Jarred Vanderbilt	17	4.1	1.4	0.4	0.9	1.4	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.1	.474	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.6	.600
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		%
Jarred Vanderbilt	3	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Jarred Vanderbilt	Zion Williamson
Season	2019-20	2020-21
Team	Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves	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		%
Jarred Vanderbilt	11	4.3	1.1	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.7	.625	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.2	1.000
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		%
Jarred Vanderbilt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Jarred Vanderbilt	Zion Williamson
Season	2020-21	2022-23
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	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		%
Jarred Vanderbilt	64	17.8	5.4	1.8	3.9	5.8	1.2	1.0	0.7	0.8	1.9	2.2	3.7	.606	0.0	0.1	.200	0.9	1.6	.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		%
Jarred Vanderbilt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Jarred Vanderbilt	Zion Williamson
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-
Others	In-Season Tournament Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarred Vanderbilt	29	20.0	5.2	1.4	3.3	4.8	1.2	1.2	0.2	1.0	1.5	2.0	3.9	.518	0.3	0.9	.296	0.8	1.2	.667
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jarred Vanderbilt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-