Metta World Peace vs. Wang Zhizhi Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Wang Zhizhi and Metta World Peace, 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.

Metta World Peace played 17 years in the NBA, 12 more than Wang Zhizhi, who played 5. Metta World Peace had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Wang Zhizhi had his rookie season in 2000-01. 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
	Metta World Peace	Wang Zhizhi
Season	1999-00	2000-01
Team	Chicago Bulls	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Metta World Peace	72	31.1	12.0	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.8	1.7	0.5	2.3	2.2	4.3	10.5	.407	0.8	2.7	.314	2.6	3.9	.674
Wang Zhizhi	5	7.6	4.8	0.2	1.2	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.6	1.6	3.8	.421	0.0	0.4	.000	1.6	2.0	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Metta World Peace	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wang Zhizhi	5	4.8	2.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.6	.375	0.2	0.4	.500	0.6	0.6	1.000

Season 4
	Metta World Peace	Wang Zhizhi
Season	2002-03	2003-04
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Clippers, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Metta World Peace	69	33.6	15.5	1.5	3.8	5.2	2.9	2.3	0.7	2.1	3.5	5.2	12.3	.428	1.0	3.1	.336	4.0	5.4	.736
Wang Zhizhi	16	7.1	2.9	0.3	0.9	1.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.1	2.9	.370	0.3	0.9	.286	0.6	0.6	.900
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Metta World Peace	6	42.2	19.0	1.8	4.0	5.8	2.2	2.5	1.0	2.7	4.2	5.8	15.0	.389	2.0	5.2	.387	5.3	6.7	.800
Wang Zhizhi	3	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 5
	Metta World Peace	Wang Zhizhi
Season	2003-04	2004-05
Team	Indiana Pacers	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Metta World Peace	73	37.2	18.3	1.4	3.9	5.3	3.7	2.1	0.7	2.8	2.7	6.4	15.2	.421	1.0	3.3	.310	4.4	6.0	.733
Wang Zhizhi	20	4.6	2.2	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.9	1.8	.472	0.1	0.2	.667	0.4	0.6	.583
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Metta World Peace	15	39.1	18.4	1.6	4.9	6.5	3.2	1.4	1.1	2.5	3.0	6.5	17.3	.378	1.3	4.4	.288	4.1	5.7	.718
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Metta World Peace	Wang Zhizhi
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Metta World Peace	56	39.4	17.6	1.3	3.8	5.1	3.6	2.2	0.7	2.3	2.9	6.3	15.5	.404	1.4	4.5	.308	3.7	5.4	.675
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Metta World Peace	5	39.6	17.4	1.6	3.4	5.0	3.0	1.6	0.8	1.0	3.0	6.2	16.2	.383	1.8	5.4	.333	3.2	4.6	.696
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Metta World Peace	Wang Zhizhi
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Metta World Peace	69	35.5	17.1	0.9	4.3	5.2	3.3	1.5	0.3	2.0	2.2	6.0	15.0	.401	2.2	5.6	.399	2.8	3.8	.748
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Metta World Peace	13	37.5	15.6	0.9	3.4	4.3	4.2	1.1	0.2	2.5	2.1	6.2	15.6	.394	1.8	6.4	.277	1.5	2.2	.714
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Metta World Peace	Wang Zhizhi
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
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		%
Metta World Peace	77	33.8	11.0	1.3	3.0	4.3	3.0	1.4	0.3	1.6	2.1	4.0	9.6	.414	1.4	3.8	.355	1.7	2.4	.688
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Metta World Peace	23	36.5	11.2	1.4	2.5	4.0	2.1	1.5	0.5	1.1	2.9	4.4	11.0	.398	1.5	5.1	.291	1.0	1.7	.579
Wang Zhizhi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Metta World Peace didn't play in 2014-15.