Roger Brown vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Roger Brown, 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.

Roger Brown and Zion Williamson both played 4 years in the NBA. Roger Brown had the first of his seasons in 1972-73, 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
Rookie Season
	Roger Brown	Zion Williamson
Season	1972-73	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	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		%
Roger Brown	1	5.0	1.0	-	-	0	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	1.0	3.0	.333
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		%
Roger Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Roger Brown didn't play in 1973-74 and 1974-75.

Season 2
	Roger Brown	Zion Williamson
Season	1975-76	2020-21
Team	Detroit Pistons	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Roger Brown	29	15.7	2.5	1.6	2.9	4.5	0.4	0.2	0.9	-	2.6	1.0	2.5	.403	-	-	-	0.5	0.6	.778
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		%
Roger Brown	9	5.7	1.1	0.8	0.8	1.6	0.2	0.0	0.1	-	1.1	0.4	1.0	.444	-	-	-	0.2	0.4	.500
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Roger Brown	Zion Williamson
Season	1976-77	2022-23
Team	Detroit Pistons	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Roger Brown	43	7.5	1.4	0.7	1.4	2.1	0.3	0.3	0.4	-	1.6	0.5	1.3	.375	-	-	-	0.4	0.6	.692
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		%
Roger Brown	2	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.5	-	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Roger Brown didn't play in 1977-78 and 1978-79.