Cedric Ceballos vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Cedric Ceballos, 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.

Cedric Ceballos played 11 years in the NBA, 7 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Cedric Ceballos had the first of his seasons in 1990-91, 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
	Cedric Ceballos	Zion Williamson
Season	1990-91	2019-20
Team	Phoenix Suns	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Cedric Ceballos	63	11.6	8.2	1.2	1.2	2.4	0.6	0.3	0.1	1.1	1.1	3.2	6.7	.487	0.0	0.1	.167	1.7	2.6	.663
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		%
Cedric Ceballos	3	8.0	5.3	1.0	0.7	1.7	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.3	4.0	.583	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	2.0	.333
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Cedric Ceballos	Zion Williamson
Season	1991-92	2020-21
Team	Phoenix Suns	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Cedric Ceballos	64	11.3	7.2	0.9	1.4	2.4	0.8	0.3	0.2	1.1	0.8	2.8	5.7	.482	0.0	0.1	.167	1.7	2.3	.736
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		%
Cedric Ceballos	8	23.5	13.5	2.5	3.9	6.4	1.5	0.8	0.8	1.4	1.8	5.5	10.0	.550	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.8	.667
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Cedric Ceballos	Zion Williamson
Season	1992-93	2022-23
Team	Phoenix Suns	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA 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		%
Cedric Ceballos	74	21.7	12.8	2.3	3.2	5.5	1.0	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.4	5.1	8.9	.576	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.5	.725
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		%
Cedric Ceballos	16	11.6	6.0	0.8	1.5	2.3	0.8	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.8	2.5	4.4	.571	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.727
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Cedric Ceballos	Zion Williamson
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards	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		%
Cedric Ceballos	58	35.0	21.7	2.9	5.1	8.0	1.8	1.0	0.3	2.5	2.3	8.6	16.8	.509	1.0	2.5	.397	3.6	5.0	.716
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cedric Ceballos	10	34.0	14.2	1.1	5.0	6.1	1.8	1.2	0.7	2.1	2.1	4.8	12.6	.381	1.8	5.0	.360	2.8	3.8	.737
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-