Jonathan Kuminga vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Jonathan Kuminga, 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.

Jonathan Kuminga played 4 years in the NBA, 1 less than Zion Williamson, who played 5. Jonathan Kuminga had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, 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
	Jonathan Kuminga	Zion Williamson
Season	2021-22	2019-20
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Jonathan Kuminga	70	16.9	9.3	0.8	2.6	3.3	0.9	0.4	0.3	1.1	2.1	3.4	6.6	.513	0.7	2.1	.336	1.9	2.7	.684
difference:	+46	+10.9	+13.2	+1.9	+1.0	+3.0	+1.2	+0.3	+0.1	-1.4	-0.3	+5.4	+8.4	+.070	+0.4	+1.5	+.093	+2.9	+4.7	+.044
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		%
Jonathan Kuminga	16	8.6	5.2	0.3	1.4	1.7	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.7	0.7	1.9	3.8	.500	0.2	0.8	.231	1.3	1.6	.769
Zion Williamson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Jonathan Kuminga	Zion Williamson
Season	2022-23	2020-21
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Jonathan Kuminga	67	20.8	9.9	1.0	2.4	3.4	1.9	0.6	0.5	1.4	2.3	3.9	7.4	.525	0.8	2.2	.370	1.3	2.1	.652
difference:	+6	+12.4	+17.1	+1.7	+2.1	+3.8	+1.8	+0.3	+0.1	-1.3	-0.1	+6.5	+9.6	+.086	+0.6	+1.6	+.076	+4.7	+6.6	+.046
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		%
Jonathan Kuminga	10	6.1	3.4	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.5	1.3	2.4	.542	0.3	0.7	.429	0.5	0.9	.556
Zion Williamson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Jonathan Kuminga	Zion Williamson
Season	2023-24	2022-23
Team	Golden State Warriors	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jonathan Kuminga	74	26.3	16.1	1.2	3.6	4.8	2.2	0.7	0.5	1.6	2.3	6.2	11.6	.529	0.7	2.2	.321	3.0	4.0	.746
difference:	+45	+6.7	+9.9	+0.8	+1.4	+2.2	+2.4	+0.4	+0.1	-1.8	-0.1	+3.6	+4.6	+.079	+0.5	+1.5	+.047	+3.1	+4.6	+.032
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
* Neiher Jonathan Kuminga nor Zion Williamson played in the postseason in their season 3