Jaren Jackson vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Jaren Jackson, 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.

Jaren Jackson played 12 years in the NBA, 8 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Jaren Jackson had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, 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: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12
Rookie Season
	Jaren Jackson	Zion Williamson
Season	1989-90	2019-20
Team	New Jersey Nets	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		%
Jaren Jackson	28	5.7	2.4	0.6	0.3	0.9	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.6	0.6	0.9	2.5	.362	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.8	.810
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		%
Jaren Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Jaren Jackson didn't play in 1990-91.

Season 2
	Jaren Jackson	Zion Williamson
Season	1991-92	2020-21
Team	Golden State Warriors	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		%
Jaren Jackson	5	10.8	5.2	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.4	2.2	4.6	.478	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.667
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		%
Jaren Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Jaren Jackson	Zion Williamson
Season	1992-93	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
Jaren Jackson	34	10.3	3.9	0.6	0.6	1.1	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.3	1.6	3.8	.414	0.1	0.1	.400	0.7	0.8	.852
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		%
Jaren Jackson	4	7.0	2.5	1.0	0.3	1.3	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.5	1.3	3.3	.385	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Jaren Jackson	Zion Williamson
Season	1998-99	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
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		%
Jaren Jackson	47	18.3	6.4	0.4	1.7	2.1	1.0	0.9	0.2	0.8	1.3	2.3	6.0	.380	1.1	3.1	.361	0.7	0.8	.821
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaren Jackson	17	20.5	8.2	0.4	2.1	2.4	1.1	0.8	0.0	1.2	1.9	2.9	7.7	.382	1.8	5.1	.360	0.5	0.8	.692
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-