Mark Madsen vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Mark Madsen, 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.

Mark Madsen played 9 years in the NBA, 5 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Mark Madsen had the first of his seasons in 2000-01, 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
	Mark Madsen	Zion Williamson
Season	2000-01	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Mark Madsen	70	9.2	2.0	1.1	1.1	2.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.6	0.8	1.6	.487	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.4	0.5	.703
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		%
Mark Madsen	13	3.5	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.1	1.0	.077	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.600
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Mark Madsen	Zion Williamson
Season	2001-02	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Mark Madsen	59	11.0	2.8	1.5	1.2	2.7	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.8	1.1	2.5	.452	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.9	.648
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		%
Mark Madsen	7	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Mark Madsen	Zion Williamson
Season	2002-03	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 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		%
Mark Madsen	54	14.5	3.2	1.6	1.4	2.9	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.5	2.1	1.3	3.0	.423	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.1	.590
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		%
Mark Madsen	12	13.9	2.8	1.2	1.2	2.3	1.0	0.3	0.2	0.7	2.7	1.1	2.6	.419	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	1.3	.438
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-