Andrew Bynum vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Andrew Bynum, 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.

Andrew Bynum played 8 years in the NBA, 4 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Andrew Bynum had the first of his seasons in 2005-06, 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
	Andrew Bynum	Zion Williamson
Season	2005-06	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Andrew Bynum	46	7.3	1.6	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.4	1.2	0.7	1.8	.402	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.6	.296
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		%
Andrew Bynum	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Andrew Bynum	Zion Williamson
Season	2006-07	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Andrew Bynum	82	21.9	7.8	1.7	4.2	5.9	1.1	0.1	1.6	1.4	3.0	3.0	5.4	.558	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.6	.668
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		%
Andrew Bynum	5	11.0	4.0	1.6	3.0	4.6	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.4	1.6	3.0	.533	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	2.0	.400
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Andrew Bynum	Zion Williamson
Season	2007-08	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	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		%
Andrew Bynum	35	28.8	13.1	3.0	7.2	10.2	1.7	0.3	2.1	1.5	2.8	5.4	8.5	.636	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.4	.695
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		%
Andrew Bynum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Andrew Bynum	Zion Williamson
Season	2008-09	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Andrew Bynum	50	28.9	14.3	2.7	5.2	8.0	1.4	0.4	1.8	1.7	3.1	5.6	10.0	.560	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.3	.707
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		%
Andrew Bynum	23	17.4	6.3	1.4	2.3	3.7	0.4	0.3	0.9	0.8	3.3	2.5	5.5	.457	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.9	.651
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Andrew Bynum	Zion Williamson
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Bynum	65	30.4	15.0	2.7	5.6	8.3	1.0	0.5	1.4	1.8	3.0	6.0	10.6	.570	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	4.0	.739
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Bynum	23	24.4	8.6	2.6	4.3	6.9	0.5	0.3	1.6	0.9	2.7	3.5	6.5	.537	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.4	.679
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Andrew Bynum	Zion Williamson
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Andrew Bynum	60	35.2	18.7	3.2	8.6	11.8	1.4	0.5	1.9	2.5	1.7	7.4	13.3	.558	0.0	0.1	.200	3.9	5.6	.692
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Andrew Bynum	12	37.6	16.7	3.8	7.3	11.1	1.5	0.4	3.1	1.3	1.8	6.1	12.8	.477	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	5.8	.783
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Andrew Bynum didn't play in 2012-13.