Yves Missi vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Yves Missi, 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.

Yves Missi played 1 year in the NBA, 4 less than Zion Williamson, who played 5. Yves Missi had his first NBA Season in 2024-25, 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
	Yves Missi	Zion Williamson
Season	2024-25	2019-20
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	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		%
Yves Missi	73	26.8	9.1	3.5	4.7	8.2	1.4	0.5	1.3	1.1	2.0	3.7	6.7	.547	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.8	.623
difference:	+49	+1.0	+13.4	+0.8	+1.1	+1.9	+0.7	+0.2	+0.9	-1.4	-0.2	+5.1	+8.3	+.036	+0.3	+0.6		+3.1	+4.6	+.017
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 Yves Missi nor Zion Williamson played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* Zion Williamson played 4 seasons more than Yves Missi in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 5, from 2021 to 2025—Zion Williamson didn't play in the postseason. In those 4 extra years over Yves Missi, Zion Williamson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game