Cliff Hagan vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Cliff Hagan, 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.

Cliff Hagan played 10 years in the NBA, 6 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Cliff Hagan had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, 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
	Cliff Hagan	Zion Williamson
Season	1956-57	2019-20
Team	St. Louis Hawks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Cliff Hagan	67	14.5	5.5	-	-	3.7	1.3	-	-	-	2.5	2.0	5.5	.361	-	-	-	1.5	2.2	.690
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		%
Cliff Hagan	10	31.9	17.0	-	-	11.2	2.8	-	-	-	4.7	6.2	14.3	.434	-	-	-	4.6	6.3	.730
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Cliff Hagan	Zion Williamson
Season	1957-58	2020-21
Team	St. Louis Hawks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
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		%
Cliff Hagan	70	31.3	19.9	-	-	10.1	2.5	-	-	-	3.8	7.2	16.2	.443	-	-	-	5.5	7.2	.768
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		%
Cliff Hagan	11	38.0	27.7	-	-	10.5	3.4	-	-	-	4.4	10.1	20.1	.502	-	-	-	7.5	9.0	.838
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Cliff Hagan	Zion Williamson
Season	1958-59	2022-23
Team	St. Louis Hawks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Cliff Hagan	72	37.5	23.7	-	-	10.9	3.4	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	19.7	.456	-	-	-	5.8	7.4	.774
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		%
Cliff Hagan	6	43.2	28.5	-	-	12.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	20.5	.512	-	-	-	7.5	9.0	.833
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Cliff Hagan	Zion Williamson
Season	1959-60	2023-24
Team	St. Louis Hawks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Cliff Hagan	75	37.3	24.8	-	-	10.7	4.0	-	-	-	3.6	9.6	20.7	.464	-	-	-	5.6	7.0	.803
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		%
Cliff Hagan	14	38.9	24.2	-	-	9.9	3.9	-	-	-	3.9	8.9	21.1	.422	-	-	-	6.4	7.8	.817
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Cliff Hagan	Zion Williamson
Season	1960-61	-
Team	St. Louis Hawks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost NBA 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		%
Cliff Hagan	77	35.1	22.1	-	-	9.3	4.9	-	-	-	3.7	8.6	19.4	.444	-	-	-	5.0	6.1	.820
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Hagan	12	37.9	22.0	-	-	9.8	4.5	-	-	-	3.8	8.7	19.6	.443	-	-	-	4.7	5.8	.812
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Cliff Hagan	Zion Williamson
Season	1961-62	-
Team	St. Louis Hawks	-
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		%
Cliff Hagan	77	36.2	22.9	-	-	8.2	4.8	-	-	-	3.7	9.1	19.4	.470	-	-	-	4.7	5.7	.825
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Cliff Hagan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-