Jalen Rose vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Jalen Rose, 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.

Jalen Rose played 13 years in the NBA, 9 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Jalen Rose had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, 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
	Jalen Rose	Zion Williamson
Season	1994-95	2019-20
Team	Denver Nuggets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Jalen Rose	81	22.2	8.2	0.7	2.0	2.7	4.8	0.8	0.3	2.0	2.5	2.8	6.2	.454	0.4	1.4	.316	2.1	2.9	.739
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		%
Jalen Rose	3	33.0	10.0	1.3	2.3	3.7	6.0	1.0	0.7	3.0	3.0	4.3	9.3	.464	0.3	1.3	.250	1.0	1.7	.600
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Jalen Rose	Zion Williamson
Season	1995-96	2020-21
Team	Denver Nuggets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Jalen Rose	80	26.7	10.0	0.6	2.7	3.3	6.2	0.7	0.5	2.9	2.9	3.6	7.6	.480	0.4	1.4	.296	2.4	3.5	.690
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		%
Jalen Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Jalen Rose	Zion Williamson
Season	1996-97	2022-23
Team	Indiana Pacers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Jalen Rose	66	18.0	7.3	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.3	0.9	0.3	1.6	2.1	2.6	5.7	.456	0.3	1.1	.292	1.8	2.4	.750
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		%
Jalen Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Jalen Rose	Zion Williamson
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Jalen Rose	80	37.2	18.2	0.5	4.3	4.8	4.0	1.1	0.6	2.4	2.9	7.0	15.0	.471	1.0	2.5	.393	3.2	3.8	.827
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jalen Rose	23	42.0	20.8	0.4	4.0	4.4	3.4	0.7	0.5	2.2	3.1	7.4	17.0	.437	1.3	3.0	.429	4.7	5.8	.805
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-