Jim Baechtold vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Jim Baechtold, 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.

Jim Baechtold played 5 years in the NBA, 1 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Jim Baechtold had the first of his seasons in 1952-53, 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
Rookie Season
	Jim Baechtold	Zion Williamson
Season	1952-53	2019-20
Team	Baltimore Bullets (1st)	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bullets (1st) 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		%
Jim Baechtold	64	29.6	10.3	-	-	3.4	2.4	-	-	-	3.2	3.8	9.7	.390	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	.738
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		%
Jim Baechtold	2	43.0	19.0	-	-	4.0	5.5	-	-	-	4.5	8.0	15.0	.533	-	-	-	3.0	5.5	.545
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Jim Baechtold	Zion Williamson
Season	1953-54	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost E Div Round Robin	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		%
Jim Baechtold	70	23.2	6.8	-	-	2.6	1.7	-	-	-	2.8	2.4	6.6	.366	-	-	-	1.9	2.5	.757
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		%
Jim Baechtold	4	26.5	8.8	-	-	2.5	2.8	-	-	-	4.8	3.0	7.3	.414	-	-	-	2.8	3.3	.846
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Jim Baechtold	Zion Williamson
Season	1954-55	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Jim Baechtold	72	35.2	13.9	-	-	4.3	3.0	-	-	-	2.8	5.0	12.5	.403	-	-	-	3.9	4.7	.823
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		%
Jim Baechtold	3	38.3	16.0	-	-	4.7	4.7	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	15.0	.378	-	-	-	4.7	5.0	.933
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-