Jim Washington vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Jim Washington, 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.

Jim Washington played 11 years in the NBA, 7 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Jim Washington had the first of his seasons in 1965-66, 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: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11
Rookie Season
	Jim Washington	Zion Williamson
Season	1965-66	2019-20
Team	St. Louis Hawks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Jim Washington	65	17.0	5.9	-	-	5.4	0.7	-	-	-	2.7	2.4	6.0	.402	-	-	-	1.0	1.8	.567
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		%
Jim Washington	4	1.5	1.0	-	-	0.8	0.0	-	-	-	0.5	0.5	1.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Jim Washington	Zion Williamson
Season	1966-67	2020-21
Team	Chicago Bulls	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost West Div 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		%
Jim Washington	77	19.2	7.7	-	-	6.1	0.7	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	7.8	.417	-	-	-	1.1	2.1	.553
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		%
Jim Washington	3	12.7	8.0	-	-	3.3	0.7	-	-	-	2.7	3.3	7.3	.455	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.800
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Jim Washington	Zion Williamson
Season	1967-68	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost West Div 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		%
Jim Washington	82	30.8	12.5	-	-	10.1	1.4	-	-	-	2.8	5.1	11.2	.457	-	-	-	2.3	3.3	.682
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		%
Jim Washington	5	41.0	17.2	-	-	15.0	2.0	-	-	-	3.0	7.6	17.0	.447	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-