Campy Russell vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Campy Russell, 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.

Campy Russell played 9 years in the NBA, 5 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Campy Russell had the first of his seasons in 1974-75, 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: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9
Rookie Season
	Campy Russell	Zion Williamson
Season	1974-75	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Campy Russell	68	11.1	6.2	0.6	1.6	2.2	0.7	0.3	0.0	-	1.5	2.2	5.4	.411	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.752
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		%
Campy Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Campy Russell	Zion Williamson
Season	1975-76	2020-21
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 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		%
Campy Russell	82	23.9	15.0	1.6	2.6	4.2	1.3	0.8	0.1	-	2.8	5.9	12.2	.482	-	-	-	3.2	4.2	.773
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		%
Campy Russell	13	25.2	13.6	1.9	3.5	5.5	1.1	0.6	0.5	-	3.9	5.0	12.4	.404	-	-	-	3.6	4.2	.855
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Campy Russell	Zion Williamson
Season	1976-77	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Campy Russell	70	30.1	16.5	2.1	3.9	6.0	2.7	1.0	0.3	-	2.8	6.2	14.3	.434	-	-	-	4.1	5.3	.778
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		%
Campy Russell	3	33.3	17.7	3.3	5.3	8.7	3.3	1.0	0.3	-	3.3	7.0	18.0	.389	-	-	-	3.7	5.0	.733
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Campy Russell	Zion Williamson
Season	1978-79	-
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		%
Campy Russell	74	38.6	21.9	2.0	4.8	6.8	4.7	1.3	0.3	3.5	3.0	8.1	17.1	.476	-	-	-	5.6	7.1	.797
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Campy Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Campy Russell didn't play in 1982-83 and 1983-84.