Rui Hachimura vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Rui Hachimura, 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.

Rui Hachimura played 6 years in the NBA, 1 more than Zion Williamson, who played 5. Rui Hachimura 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
	Rui Hachimura	Zion Williamson
Season	2019-20	2019-20
Team	Washington Wizards	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Rui Hachimura	48	30.1	13.5	1.6	4.5	6.1	1.8	0.8	0.2	1.1	2.2	5.3	11.4	.466	0.5	1.8	.287	2.4	2.9	.829
difference:	+24	+2.3	+9.0	+1.1	+0.9	+0.2	+0.3	+0.1	+0.2	-1.4	-0.4	+3.5	+3.6	+.117	+0.2	+1.2	+.142	+2.4	+4.5	+.189
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 Rui Hachimura nor Zion Williamson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Rui Hachimura	Zion Williamson
Season	2020-21	2020-21
Team	Washington Wizards	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Rui Hachimura	57	31.5	13.8	0.9	4.6	5.5	1.4	0.8	0.1	1.2	2.1	5.4	11.4	.478	0.8	2.4	.328	2.2	2.8	.770
difference:	+4	+1.7	+13.2	+1.8	+0.1	+1.7	+2.3	+0.1	+0.5	-1.5	-0.1	+5.0	+5.6	+.133	+0.6	+1.8	+.034	+3.8	+5.9	+.072
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		%
Rui Hachimura	5	34.6	14.8	1.0	6.2	7.2	1.0	0.4	0.2	1.0	3.6	5.8	9.4	.617	1.8	3.0	.600	1.4	2.4	.583
Zion Williamson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Rui Hachimura	Zion Williamson
Season	2021-22	2022-23
Team	Washington Wizards	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Rui Hachimura	42	22.5	11.3	0.6	3.2	3.8	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.3	4.5	9.1	.491	1.3	2.9	.447	1.1	1.6	.697
difference:	+13	+10.5	+14.7	+1.4	+1.8	+3.2	+3.5	+0.6	+0.4	-2.6	-0.9	+5.3	+7.1	+.117	+1.1	+2.2	+.079	+5.0	+7.0	+.017
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
* Neiher Rui Hachimura nor Zion Williamson played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 5
	Rui Hachimura	Zion Williamson
Season	2023-24	2024-25
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play
Others	NBA Cup Champion	-

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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		%
Rui Hachimura	68	26.9	13.6	0.9	3.5	4.3	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.7	1.5	5.3	9.9	.537	1.4	3.4	.422	1.5	2.0	.739
difference:	+38	+1.7	+11.0	+1.6	+1.2	+2.9	+4.1	+0.6	+0.5	-2.3	-1.2	+4.3	+7.0	+.030	+1.3	+3.0	+.191	+3.8	+6.0	+.083
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		%
Rui Hachimura	5	30.4	7.8	1.2	2.6	3.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.6	3.0	7.6	.395	1.0	2.8	.357	0.8	1.6	.500
Zion Williamson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-