Lamar Odom vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Lamar Odom, 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.

Lamar Odom played 14 years in the NBA, 9 more than Zion Williamson, who played 5. Lamar Odom had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, 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
	Lamar Odom	Zion Williamson
Season	1999-00	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
Lamar Odom	76	36.4	16.6	2.1	5.7	7.8	4.2	1.2	1.3	3.4	3.8	5.9	13.5	.438	0.8	2.2	.360	4.0	5.5	.719
difference:	+52	+8.6	+5.9	+0.6	+2.1	+1.5	+2.1	+0.5	+0.9	-0.9	-2.0	+2.9	+1.5	+.145	+0.5	+1.6	+.069	+0.8	+1.9	+.079
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 Lamar Odom nor Zion Williamson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Lamar Odom	Zion Williamson
Season	2000-01	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	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		%
Lamar Odom	76	37.3	17.2	1.4	6.3	7.8	5.2	1.0	1.6	3.5	3.1	6.3	13.8	.460	1.1	3.3	.316	3.4	5.1	.679
difference:	+15	+4.1	+9.8	+1.3	+1.8	+0.6	+1.5	+0.1	+1.0	-0.8	-0.9	+4.1	+3.2	+.151	+0.9	+2.7	+.022	+2.6	+3.6	+.019
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 Lamar Odom nor Zion Williamson played in the postseason in their season 2

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

Season 3
	Lamar Odom	Zion Williamson
Season	2001-02	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	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		%
Lamar Odom	29	34.4	13.1	1.1	5.0	6.1	5.9	0.8	1.2	3.3	3.1	5.2	12.4	.419	0.6	2.9	.190	2.1	3.2	.656
difference:		+1.4	+12.9	+0.9		+0.9	+1.3	+0.3	+0.6	-0.1	-0.9	+4.6	+3.8	+.189	+0.4	+2.2	+.178	+4.0	+5.4	+.058
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 Lamar Odom nor Zion Williamson played in the postseason in their season 3

Additional Years
* Lamar Odom played 9 seasons more than Zion Williamson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 14, from 2005 to 2013—Lamar Odom played in 7 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 9 extra years over Zion Williamson, Lamar Odom got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Sixth Man of the Year