Kenny Sailors vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Kenny Sailors, 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.

Kenny Sailors played 5 years in the NBA, 1 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Kenny Sailors had the first of his seasons in 1946-47, 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
	Kenny Sailors	Zion Williamson
Season	1946-47	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Rebels	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Rebels Lost 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		%
Kenny Sailors	58	-	9.9	-	-	-	2.3	-	-	-	3.1	3.9	12.8	.309	-	-	-	2.1	3.4	.595
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		%
Kenny Sailors	2	-	7.5	-	-	-	2.0	-	-	-	4.0	3.0	8.0	.375	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.750
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Kenny Sailors	Zion Williamson
Season	1947-48	2020-21
Team	Chicago Stags, Philadelphia Warriors, Providence Steamrollers	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		%
Kenny Sailors	44	-	11.9	-	-	-	1.3	-	-	-	3.7	4.7	15.7	.300	-	-	-	2.5	3.6	.692
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		%
Kenny Sailors	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Kenny Sailors	Zion Williamson
Season	1948-49	2022-23
Team	Providence Steamrollers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	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		%
Kenny Sailors	57	-	15.8	-	-	-	3.7	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	15.9	.341	-	-	-	4.9	6.4	.766
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		%
Kenny Sailors	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-