Ronnie Lester vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Ronnie Lester, 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.

Ronnie Lester played 6 years in the NBA, 2 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Ronnie Lester had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, 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
	Ronnie Lester	Zion Williamson
Season	1980-81	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Ronnie Lester	8	10.4	3.8	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.9	0.3	0.0	1.1	0.6	1.3	3.0	.417	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.4	.909
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		%
Ronnie Lester	5	8.4	3.8	1.0	0.2	1.2	0.8	0.4	0.0	1.0	0.8	1.4	3.6	.389	0.0	0.2	.000	1.0	1.4	.714
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Ronnie Lester	Zion Williamson
Season	1981-82	2020-21
Team	Chicago Bulls	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		%
Ronnie Lester	75	30.0	11.6	1.0	1.8	2.8	4.8	1.1	0.2	2.5	2.1	4.4	8.8	.501	0.1	0.1	.500	2.8	3.4	.813
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		%
Ronnie Lester	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Ronnie Lester	Zion Williamson
Season	1982-83	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	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		%
Ronnie Lester	65	22.1	8.1	0.7	1.9	2.6	5.1	0.8	0.1	2.1	1.9	3.1	6.9	.453	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.725
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		%
Ronnie Lester	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Ronnie Lester	Zion Williamson
Season	1984-85	-
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		%
Ronnie Lester	32	8.7	2.8	0.1	0.7	0.8	2.5	0.5	0.1	1.0	0.8	1.1	2.6	.415	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.0	.677
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ronnie Lester	9	6.0	2.1	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.8	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.778
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-