Tamar Slay vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Tamar Slay, 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.

Tamar Slay played 3 years in the NBA, 1 less than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Tamar Slay had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, 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
	Tamar Slay	Zion Williamson
Season	2002-03	2019-20
Team	New Jersey Nets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Tamar Slay	36	7.6	2.6	0.2	0.6	0.9	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.9	1.1	2.9	.379	0.2	0.7	.280	0.2	0.3	.700
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		%
Tamar Slay	6	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.7	.250	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.0	0.0	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Tamar Slay	Zion Williamson
Season	2003-04	2020-21
Team	New Jersey Nets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Tamar Slay	22	7.5	2.4	0.5	0.7	1.1	0.6	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.9	1.0	2.7	.350	0.2	0.5	.333	0.3	0.6	.500
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		%
Tamar Slay	6	1.8	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.8	.200	0.0	0.2	.000	0.3	0.3	1.000
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Tamar Slay	Zion Williamson
Season	2004-05	2022-23
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	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		%
Tamar Slay	8	9.8	3.5	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.4	0.6	0.0	1.0	2.5	1.6	4.9	.333	0.3	1.5	.167	0.0	0.3	.000
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		%
Tamar Slay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-