Brad Daugherty vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Brad Daugherty, 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.

Brad Daugherty played 8 years in the NBA, 4 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Brad Daugherty had the first of his seasons in 1986-87, 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
	Brad Daugherty	Zion Williamson
Season	1986-87	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	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		%
Brad Daugherty	80	33.7	15.7	1.9	6.2	8.1	3.8	0.6	0.8	3.1	3.1	6.1	11.3	.538	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	5.0	.696
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		%
Brad Daugherty	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Brad Daugherty	Zion Williamson
Season	1987-88	2020-21
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Brad Daugherty	79	37.4	18.7	1.9	6.5	8.4	4.2	0.6	0.7	3.4	3.0	7.0	13.7	.510	0.0	0.0	.000	4.8	6.7	.716
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		%
Brad Daugherty	5	40.8	15.8	2.0	7.2	9.2	3.2	0.4	1.4	3.2	2.2	5.8	12.6	.460	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	6.2	.677
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Brad Daugherty	Zion Williamson
Season	1988-89	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Brad Daugherty	78	36.2	18.9	2.1	7.1	9.2	3.7	0.8	0.5	2.9	2.2	7.0	13.0	.538	0.0	0.0	.333	4.9	6.7	.737
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		%
Brad Daugherty	5	33.4	11.0	2.4	6.8	9.2	2.4	1.2	1.0	1.2	3.6	3.4	9.4	.362	0.0	0.2	.000	4.2	7.0	.600
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Brad Daugherty	Zion Williamson
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	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		%
Brad Daugherty	76	38.8	21.6	2.3	8.6	10.9	3.3	1.0	0.6	2.8	2.5	8.0	15.2	.524	0.0	0.0	.000	5.7	7.6	.751
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brad Daugherty	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Brad Daugherty	Zion Williamson
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brad Daugherty	73	36.2	21.5	2.6	7.8	10.4	3.6	0.9	1.1	2.5	2.6	7.9	13.8	.570	0.0	0.0	.000	5.7	7.3	.777
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brad Daugherty	17	40.4	21.5	2.2	8.1	10.2	3.4	0.6	1.0	2.2	2.8	7.3	13.8	.528	0.0	0.1	.000	6.9	8.5	.814
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Brad Daugherty	Zion Williamson
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Brad Daugherty	71	37.9	20.2	2.3	7.9	10.2	4.4	0.7	0.8	2.1	2.5	7.3	12.8	.571	0.0	0.0	.500	5.5	6.9	.795
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brad Daugherty	9	39.6	18.7	2.9	8.8	11.7	3.4	0.7	0.8	2.9	2.8	7.1	12.8	.557	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	5.6	.800
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-