Dick Barnett vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Dick Barnett, 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.

Dick Barnett played 14 years in the NBA, 10 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Dick Barnett had the first of his seasons in 1959-60, 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
	Dick Barnett	Zion Williamson
Season	1959-60	2019-20
Team	Syracuse Nationals	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Dick Barnett	57	21.7	12.4	-	-	2.7	2.8	-	-	-	1.7	5.1	12.3	.412	-	-	-	2.2	3.2	.711
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		%
Dick Barnett	3	21.3	10.0	-	-	4.7	1.3	-	-	-	1.3	4.0	12.7	.316	-	-	-	2.0	2.3	.857
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Dick Barnett	Zion Williamson
Season	1960-61	2020-21
Team	Syracuse Nationals	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East 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		%
Dick Barnett	78	26.5	16.9	-	-	3.6	2.8	-	-	-	2.2	6.9	15.3	.452	-	-	-	3.1	4.3	.712
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		%
Dick Barnett	8	28.3	15.5	-	-	4.5	1.5	-	-	-	3.1	6.1	14.0	.438	-	-	-	3.3	4.5	.722
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Dick Barnett didn't play in 1961-62.

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

Season 3
	Dick Barnett	Zion Williamson
Season	1962-63	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Dick Barnett	80	31.8	18.0	-	-	3.0	2.8	-	-	-	2.4	6.8	14.5	.471	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	.815
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		%
Dick Barnett	13	28.5	16.8	-	-	2.9	1.6	-	-	-	2.7	5.5	11.6	.470	-	-	-	5.9	7.5	.794
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Dick Barnett	Zion Williamson
Season	1967-68	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Dick Barnett	81	30.7	18.0	-	-	2.9	3.0	-	-	-	2.7	6.9	14.3	.482	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	.780
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Barnett	6	35.2	23.8	-	-	4.5	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	10.2	19.5	.521	-	-	-	3.5	4.8	.724
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Dick Barnett	Zion Williamson
Season	1969-70	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
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		%
Dick Barnett	82	33.8	14.9	-	-	2.7	3.6	-	-	-	2.7	6.0	12.7	.475	-	-	-	2.8	4.0	.714
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Barnett	19	37.6	16.9	-	-	2.1	3.4	-	-	-	3.4	6.9	14.7	.468	-	-	-	3.1	4.0	.776
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 13
	Dick Barnett	Zion Williamson
Season	1972-73	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
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		%
Dick Barnett	51	10.1	3.8	-	-	0.8	1.0	-	-	-	1.0	1.7	4.4	.389	-	-	-	0.3	0.6	.533
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dick Barnett	4	4.3	1.5	-	-	0	0.5	-	-	-	1.3	0.8	1.5	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-