Vin Baker vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Vin Baker, 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.

Vin Baker played 13 years in the NBA, 9 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Vin Baker had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, 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
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Rookie Season
	Vin Baker	Zion Williamson
Season	1993-94	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
Vin Baker	82	31.2	13.5	3.4	4.2	7.6	2.0	0.7	1.4	2.0	2.8	5.3	10.6	.501	0.0	0.1	.200	2.9	5.0	.569
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		%
Vin Baker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Vin Baker	Zion Williamson
Season	1994-95	2020-21
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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		%
Vin Baker	82	41.0	17.7	3.5	6.8	10.3	3.6	1.0	1.4	2.7	3.4	7.2	15.0	.483	0.1	0.3	.292	3.1	5.3	.593
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		%
Vin Baker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Vin Baker	Zion Williamson
Season	1995-96	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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		%
Vin Baker	82	40.5	21.1	3.2	6.6	9.9	2.6	0.8	1.1	2.6	3.3	8.5	17.4	.489	0.1	0.6	.208	3.9	5.8	.670
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		%
Vin Baker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Vin Baker	Zion Williamson
Season	1996-97	2023-24
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	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		%
Vin Baker	78	40.5	21.0	3.4	6.9	10.3	2.7	1.0	1.4	3.1	3.5	8.1	16.0	.505	0.2	0.7	.278	4.6	6.7	.687
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vin Baker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Vin Baker	Zion Williamson
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vin Baker	82	35.9	19.2	3.5	4.5	8.0	1.9	1.1	1.0	2.1	3.4	7.7	14.2	.542	0.0	0.1	.143	3.8	6.4	.591
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Vin Baker	10	37.0	15.8	4.1	5.3	9.4	1.8	1.8	1.5	2.2	3.8	7.1	13.4	.530	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	3.8	.421
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-