George King vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and George King, 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.

George King played 6 years in the NBA, 2 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. George King had the first of his seasons in 1951-52, 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
Rookie Season
	George King	Zion Williamson
Season	1951-52	2019-20
Team	Syracuse Nationals	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
George King	66	28.6	10.0	-	-	4.2	3.7	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	8.8	.406	-	-	-	2.8	4.0	.712
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		%
George King	6	34.5	9.5	-	-	4.8	3.5	-	-	-	2.8	3.2	9.0	.352	-	-	-	3.2	4.7	.679
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	George King	Zion Williamson
Season	1952-53	2020-21
Team	Syracuse Nationals	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
George King	71	35.5	11.2	-	-	4.0	5.1	-	-	-	3.4	3.6	8.9	.402	-	-	-	4.0	6.2	.643
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		%
George King	2	33.5	11.0	-	-	2.5	4.5	-	-	-	6.0	3.0	6.5	.462	-	-	-	5.0	6.0	.833
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	George King	Zion Williamson
Season	1953-54	2022-23
Team	Syracuse Nationals	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals 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		%
George King	72	32.9	11.3	-	-	3.7	3.8	-	-	-	2.5	3.9	10.3	.376	-	-	-	3.6	5.7	.627
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		%
George King	10	28.6	8.8	-	-	2.2	2.1	-	-	-	3.0	2.5	6.2	.403	-	-	-	3.8	6.3	.603
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	George King	Zion Williamson
Season	1954-55	2023-24
Team	Syracuse Nationals	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
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		%
George King	67	30.1	8.9	-	-	3.4	4.9	-	-	-	2.2	3.4	9.0	.377	-	-	-	2.1	3.4	.611
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		%
George King	11	33.7	11.5	-	-	3.7	5.6	-	-	-	3.0	4.2	10.6	.393	-	-	-	3.2	5.0	.636
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: George King didn't play in 1956-57.