Greg Smith vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Greg Smith, 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.

Greg Smith played 8 years in the NBA, 4 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Greg Smith had the first of his seasons in 1968-69, 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
Rookie Season
	Greg Smith	Zion Williamson
Season	1968-69	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	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		%
Greg Smith	79	27.9	8.1	-	-	10.2	1.7	-	-	-	3.3	3.5	7.8	.450	-	-	-	1.2	2.0	.587
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		%
Greg Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Greg Smith	Zion Williamson
Season	1969-70	2020-21
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Greg Smith	82	28.9	9.8	-	-	8.7	1.9	-	-	-	3.7	4.1	8.1	.511	-	-	-	1.5	2.1	.718
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		%
Greg Smith	10	32.9	10.7	-	-	8.5	2.2	-	-	-	3.4	4.7	9.4	.500	-	-	-	1.3	2.2	.591
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Greg Smith	Zion Williamson
Season	1970-71	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Greg Smith	82	29.6	11.7	-	-	7.2	2.8	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	9.7	.512	-	-	-	1.7	2.6	.662
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		%
Greg Smith	14	32.4	11.6	-	-	8.6	2.6	-	-	-	3.2	5.0	9.1	.547	-	-	-	1.6	2.9	.550
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-