Julius Randle vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Julius Randle, 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.

Julius Randle played 11 years in the NBA, 6 more than Zion Williamson, who played 5. Julius Randle had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, 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
	Julius Randle	Zion Williamson
Season	2014-15	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Julius Randle	1	14.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	2.0	.000
difference:	+23	+13.8	+20.5	+2.7	+3.6	+6.3	+2.1	+0.7	+0.4	-1.5	-0.8	+7.8	+12.0	+.250	+0.3	+0.6		+4.8	+5.4	+.640
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
* Neiher Julius Randle nor Zion Williamson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Julius Randle	Zion Williamson
Season	2015-16	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Julius Randle	81	28.2	11.3	2.1	8.1	10.2	1.8	0.7	0.4	1.8	3.0	4.4	10.3	.429	0.1	0.4	.278	2.4	3.3	.715
difference:	+20	+5.0	+15.7	+0.6	+3.6	+3.0	+1.9	+0.2	+0.2	-0.9	-0.8	+6.0	+6.7	+.182	+0.1	+0.2	+.016	+3.6	+5.4	+.017
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
* Neiher Julius Randle nor Zion Williamson played in the postseason in their season 2

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

Season 3
	Julius Randle	Zion Williamson
Season	2016-17	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	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		%
Julius Randle	74	28.8	13.2	2.0	6.6	8.6	3.6	0.7	0.5	2.3	3.4	5.1	10.4	.488	0.2	0.9	.270	2.8	3.8	.723
difference:	+45	+4.2	+12.8		+1.6	+1.6	+1.0	+0.4	+0.1	-1.1	-1.2	+4.7	+5.8	+.120		+0.2	+.098	+3.3	+4.8	+.009
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 Julius Randle nor Zion Williamson played in the postseason in their season 3

Additional Years
* Julius Randle played 6 seasons more than Zion Williamson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 11, from 2020 to 2025—Julius Randle played in 3 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Zion Williamson, Julius Randle got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Most Improved Player 3 All-Star Game