John Lambert vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and John Lambert, 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.

John Lambert played 7 years in the NBA, 3 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. John Lambert had the first of his seasons in 1975-76, 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
Rookie Season
	John Lambert	Zion Williamson
Season	1975-76	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 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		%
John Lambert	54	6.2	2.3	0.7	1.2	1.9	0.3	0.1	0.2	-	1.0	0.9	2.0	.445	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	.676
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		%
John Lambert	6	5.7	2.0	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.3	-	1.2	0.8	2.2	.385	-	-	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	John Lambert	Zion Williamson
Season	1976-77	2020-21
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
John Lambert	63	8.8	2.5	1.0	1.5	2.4	0.5	0.3	0.3	-	1.2	1.1	2.5	.427	-	-	-	0.4	0.6	.694
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		%
John Lambert	3	6.3	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	-	1.3	0.7	1.3	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	John Lambert	Zion Williamson
Season	1977-78	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
John Lambert	76	14.1	4.1	1.6	2.6	4.3	0.5	0.4	0.7	0.8	2.2	1.9	4.4	.423	-	-	-	0.4	0.6	.563
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		%
John Lambert	2	9.5	1.5	1.0	3.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.5	1.5	.333	-	-	-	0.5	1.0	.500
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-