Stephon Marbury vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Stephon Marbury, 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.

Stephon Marbury played 13 years in the NBA, 8 more than Zion Williamson, who played 5. Stephon Marbury had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, 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
	Stephon Marbury	Zion Williamson
Season	1996-97	2019-20
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Stephon Marbury	67	34.7	15.8	0.8	1.9	2.7	7.8	1.0	0.3	3.1	2.4	5.3	13.0	.408	1.5	4.3	.354	3.7	5.0	.727
difference:	+43	+6.9	+6.7	+1.9	+1.7	+3.6	+5.7	+0.3	+0.1	-0.6	-0.6	+3.5	+2.0	+.175	+1.2	+3.7	+.075	+1.1	+2.4	+.087
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		%
Stephon Marbury	3	39.3	21.3	0.7	3.3	4.0	7.7	0.7	0.0	3.0	3.0	8.7	21.7	.400	2.0	6.7	.300	2.0	3.3	.600
Zion Williamson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Stephon Marbury	Zion Williamson
Season	1997-98	2020-21
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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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	82	38.0	17.7	0.7	2.1	2.8	8.6	1.3	0.1	3.1	2.7	6.3	15.1	.415	1.2	3.7	.313	4.0	5.5	.731
difference:	+21	+4.8	+9.3	+2.0	+2.4	+4.4	+4.9	+0.4	+0.5	-0.4	-0.5	+4.1	+1.9	+.196	+1.0	+3.1	+.019	+2.0	+3.2	+.033
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		%
Stephon Marbury	5	42.0	13.8	1.0	2.2	3.2	7.6	2.4	0.0	3.6	3.2	4.4	14.4	.306	1.4	5.0	.280	3.6	4.6	.783
Zion Williamson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Stephon Marbury	Zion Williamson
Season	1998-99	2022-23
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, New Jersey Nets	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		%
Stephon Marbury	49	38.7	21.3	0.8	2.1	2.9	8.9	1.2	0.2	3.3	2.6	7.7	18.0	.428	1.3	4.0	.335	4.5	5.7	.799
difference:	+20	+5.7	+4.7	+1.2	+2.9	+4.1	+4.3	+0.1	+0.4	-0.1	-0.4	+2.1	+1.8	+.180	+1.1	+3.3	+.033	+1.6	+2.9	+.085
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 Stephon Marbury nor Zion Williamson played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Stephon Marbury	Zion Williamson
Season	1999-00	2023-24
Team	New Jersey Nets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	74	38.9	22.2	0.8	2.4	3.2	8.4	1.5	0.2	3.6	2.6	7.7	17.8	.432	0.9	3.1	.283	5.9	7.2	.813
difference:	+4	+7.4	+0.7	+0.9	+1.7	+2.6	+3.4	+0.4	+0.5	-0.8	-0.3	+1.2	+2.2	+.138	+0.8	+2.8	+.050	+0.9	+0.1	+.111
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
* Neiher Stephon Marbury nor Zion Williamson played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	Stephon Marbury	Zion Williamson
Season	2000-01	2024-25
Team	New Jersey Nets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Stephon Marbury	67	38.2	23.9	0.8	2.3	3.1	7.6	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.2	8.4	19.1	.441	1.6	5.0	.328	5.4	6.8	.790
difference:	+37	+9.6	+0.7	+1.7	+2.4	+4.1	+2.3		+0.8	-0.1	-0.5	+1.2	+2.2	+.126	+1.5	+4.6	+.097	+0.1	+1.2	+.134
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
* Neiher Stephon Marbury nor Zion Williamson played in the postseason in their season 5

Additional Years
* Stephon Marbury played 8 seasons more than Zion Williamson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 13, from 2002 to 2009—Stephon Marbury played in 3 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Zion Williamson, Stephon Marbury got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 All-Star Game