Juwan Howard vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Juwan Howard, 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.

Juwan Howard played 19 years in the NBA, 15 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Juwan Howard had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, 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
	Juwan Howard	Zion Williamson
Season	1994-95	2019-20
Team	Washington Bullets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Juwan Howard	65	36.1	17.0	2.8	5.6	8.4	2.5	0.8	0.2	2.6	3.6	7.0	14.3	.489	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.5	.664
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		%
Juwan Howard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Juwan Howard	Zion Williamson
Season	1995-96	2020-21
Team	Washington Bullets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	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		%
Juwan Howard	81	40.7	22.1	2.3	5.8	8.1	4.4	0.8	0.5	3.7	3.3	9.0	18.5	.489	0.0	0.2	.308	3.9	5.3	.749
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		%
Juwan Howard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Juwan Howard	Zion Williamson
Season	1996-97	2022-23
Team	Washington Bullets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Juwan Howard	82	40.5	19.1	2.5	5.5	8.0	3.8	1.1	0.3	3.0	3.2	7.8	16.0	.486	0.0	0.0	.000	3.6	4.7	.756
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		%
Juwan Howard	3	43.0	18.7	3.3	2.7	6.0	1.7	0.7	0.7	1.0	3.0	6.7	14.7	.455	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	6.0	.889
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 18
	Juwan Howard	Zion Williamson
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA 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		%
Juwan Howard	28	6.8	1.5	0.6	1.0	1.7	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.6	0.6	2.0	.309	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.800
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Juwan Howard	9	2.7	0.8	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.8	.286	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.750
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 19
	Juwan Howard	Zion Williamson
Season	2012-13	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA 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		%
Juwan Howard	7	7.3	3.0	0.0	1.1	1.1	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.3	1.4	2.7	.526	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.1	1.000
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Juwan Howard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-