Naz Reid vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Naz Reid, 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.

Naz Reid played 7 years in the NBA, 1 more than Zion Williamson, who played 6. Naz Reid had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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
	Naz Reid	Zion Williamson
Season	2019-20	2019-20
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	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		%
Naz Reid	30	16.5	9.0	1.1	3.0	4.1	1.2	0.6	0.7	0.7	2.8	3.3	8.1	.412	1.1	3.2	.330	1.2	1.8	.698
difference:	+6	+11.3	+13.5	+1.6	+0.6	+2.2	+0.9	+0.1	+0.3	-1.8	-1.0	+5.5	+6.9	+.171	+0.8	+2.6	+.099	+3.6	+5.6	+.058
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 Naz Reid nor Zion Williamson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Naz Reid	Zion Williamson
Season	2020-21	2020-21
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	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		%
Naz Reid	70	19.2	11.2	1.2	3.4	4.6	1.0	0.5	1.1	1.0	2.6	4.3	8.3	.523	0.9	2.5	.351	1.6	2.4	.693
difference:	+9	+14.0	+15.8	+1.5	+1.1	+2.6	+2.7	+0.4	+0.5	-1.7	-0.4	+6.1	+8.7	+.088	+0.7	+1.9	+.057	+4.4	+6.3	+.005
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 Naz Reid nor Zion Williamson played in the postseason in their season 2

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

Season 3
	Naz Reid	Zion Williamson
Season	2021-22	2022-23
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Naz Reid	77	15.8	8.3	1.3	2.6	3.9	0.9	0.5	0.9	1.1	2.2	3.0	6.2	.489	0.7	2.2	.343	1.5	1.9	.765
difference:	+48	+17.2	+17.7	+0.7	+2.4	+3.1	+3.7	+0.6	+0.3	-2.3		+6.8	+10.0	+.119	+0.5	+1.5	+.025	+4.6	+6.7	+.051
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		%
Naz Reid	5	10.8	4.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	0.0	0.2	1.2	1.0	2.8	1.4	3.4	.412	0.6	1.4	.429	1.4	1.4	1.000
Zion Williamson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Naz Reid	Zion Williamson
Season	2023-24	2024-25
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Naz Reid	81	24.2	13.5	0.9	4.3	5.2	1.3	0.8	0.9	1.4	2.1	5.0	10.5	.477	2.1	5.0	.414	1.3	1.8	.736
difference:	+51	+4.4	+11.1	+1.6	+0.4	+2.0	+4.0	+0.4		-1.6	-0.6	+4.6	+6.4	+.090	+2.0	+4.6	+.183	+4.0	+6.2	+.080
Zion Williamson	30	28.6	24.6	2.5	4.7	7.2	5.3	1.2	0.9	3.0	2.7	9.6	16.9	.567	0.1	0.4	.231	5.3	8.0	.656
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Naz Reid	16	22.6	11.1	0.6	3.1	3.7	1.0	0.5	0.8	0.9	2.0	4.1	8.9	.458	1.6	4.3	.362	1.4	1.9	.710
Zion Williamson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-