Mark Pope vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Mark Pope, 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.

Mark Pope played 6 years in the NBA, 2 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Mark Pope had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, 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
Rookie Season
	Mark Pope	Zion Williamson
Season	1997-98	2019-20
Team	Indiana Pacers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 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		%
Mark Pope	28	6.9	1.4	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.4	1.3	0.5	1.5	.341	0.0	0.1	.333	0.4	0.6	.588
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		%
Mark Pope	7	5.9	1.3	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.1	0.6	0.9	.667	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.1	1.000
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Mark Pope	Zion Williamson
Season	1998-99	2020-21
Team	Indiana Pacers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Mark Pope	4	6.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.5	0.3	1.8	.143	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.3	.000
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		%
Mark Pope	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Mark Pope didn't play in 1999-00.

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

Season 3
	Mark Pope	Zion Williamson
Season	2000-01	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 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		%
Mark Pope	63	15.0	2.4	0.9	1.4	2.3	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.3	2.2	1.0	2.3	.437	0.1	0.4	.208	0.3	0.6	.629
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		%
Mark Pope	6	7.3	1.7	0.8	1.2	2.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.8	1.7	.500	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Mark Pope didn't play in 2002-03.