Rodney McCray vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Rodney McCray, 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.

Rodney McCray played 10 years in the NBA, 6 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Rodney McCray had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, 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
	Rodney McCray	Zion Williamson
Season	1983-84	2019-20
Team	Houston Rockets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First 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		%
Rodney McCray	79	26.3	10.8	2.2	3.5	5.7	2.2	0.7	0.7	1.5	2.6	4.2	8.5	.499	0.0	0.1	.250	2.3	3.2	.731
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		%
Rodney McCray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Rodney McCray	Zion Williamson
Season	1984-85	2020-21
Team	Houston Rockets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Rodney McCray	82	36.6	14.4	2.5	4.1	6.6	4.3	1.1	0.9	2.2	2.6	5.8	10.9	.535	0.0	0.1	.000	2.8	3.8	.738
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		%
Rodney McCray	5	36.2	10.6	1.8	4.2	6.0	2.2	1.2	0.2	2.6	3.4	3.8	6.8	.559	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.6	.652
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Rodney McCray	Zion Williamson
Season	1985-86	2022-23
Team	Houston Rockets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost NBA 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		%
Rodney McCray	82	31.8	10.3	1.9	4.4	6.3	3.6	0.6	0.7	1.6	2.4	4.1	7.7	.537	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	2.7	.770
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		%
Rodney McCray	20	41.8	13.0	1.2	4.8	5.9	6.3	0.9	1.0	1.9	2.3	5.4	10.1	.535	0.0	0.2	.000	2.2	2.9	.741
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Rodney McCray	Zion Williamson
Season	1986-87	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Rodney McCray	81	38.7	14.4	2.3	4.8	7.1	5.4	1.1	0.7	2.6	2.1	5.3	9.7	.552	0.0	0.1	.000	3.8	4.9	.779
Zion Williamson	70	31.5	22.9	1.7	4.1	5.8	5.0	1.1	0.7	2.8	2.3	8.9	15.6	.570	0.1	0.3	.333	5.0	7.1	.702
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rodney McCray	10	43.6	15.7	3.2	5.1	8.3	5.6	0.5	0.9	2.6	2.1	5.7	10.1	.564	0.0	0.2	.000	4.3	5.4	.796
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Rodney McCray	Zion Williamson
Season	1987-88	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Rodney McCray	81	33.2	12.4	2.9	4.9	7.8	3.3	0.7	0.6	1.8	2.0	4.4	9.2	.481	0.0	0.0	.000	3.6	4.5	.785
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rodney McCray	4	39.8	8.0	3.8	3.0	6.8	2.3	1.0	0.8	1.8	3.0	3.0	7.8	.387	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	3.0	.667
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Rodney McCray	Zion Williamson
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
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		%
Rodney McCray	64	15.9	3.5	0.8	1.6	2.5	1.3	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.5	1.4	3.2	.451	0.0	0.1	.400	0.6	0.8	.692
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rodney McCray	7	5.6	0.3	0.3	1.6	1.9	0.7	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.9	.167	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-