Morris Peterson vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Morris Peterson, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Morris Peterson played 11 years in the NBA, 7 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Morris Peterson 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.

Their Careers

Player		 Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Morris Peterson 11 5 2000-01 to 2010-11
Zion Williamson 4 0 2019-20 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Morris Peterson Zion Williamson
Season 2000-012019-20
Team Toronto RaptorsNew Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie First TeamAchievement All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs Raptors Lost East Conf SemisDid 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 %
Morris Peterson 80 22.6 9.3 1.4 1.8 3.2 1.3 0.8 0.3 1.0 2.1 3.6 8.4 .431 0.8 2.1 .382 1.3 1.8 .717
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 %
Morris Peterson 8 13.6 5.4 0.3 1.3 1.5 1.9 0.8 0.0 0.8 1.3 2.3 4.4 .514 0.5 1.1 .444 0.4 0.5 .750
Zion Williamson ------- --- ----------

Season 2
Morris Peterson Zion Williamson
Season 2001-022020-21
Team Toronto RaptorsNew Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Raptors Lost East Conf 1st RdDid 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 %
Morris Peterson 63 31.6 14.0 1.4 2.1 3.5 2.4 1.2 0.2 1.4 2.8 5.3 12.2 .438 1.3 3.7 .364 2.0 2.7 .751
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 %
Morris Peterson 5 31.0 9.2 0.6 2.2 2.8 2.2 1.0 0.6 1.4 3.4 3.6 9.8 .367 0.4 3.4 .118 1.6 2.0 .800
Zion Williamson ------- --- ----------

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

Season 3
Morris Peterson Zion Williamson
Season 2002-032022-23
Team Toronto RaptorsNew Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid 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 %
Morris Peterson 82 36.0 14.1 1.2 3.2 4.4 2.3 1.1 0.4 1.6 2.8 5.1 13.1 .392 1.4 4.2 .337 2.4 3.0 .789
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 %
Morris Peterson ------- --- ----------
Zion Williamson ------- --- ----------

Season 4
Morris Peterson Zion Williamson
Season 2003-042023-24
Team Toronto RaptorsNew Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid 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 %
Morris Peterson 82 26.2 8.3 0.4 2.8 3.2 1.4 1.1 0.2 0.8 2.5 2.9 7.2 .405 1.5 4.1 .371 0.9 1.1 .809
Zion Williamson 70 31.5 22.9 1.7 4.1 5.8 5.0 1.1 0.7 2.8 2.3 8.9 15.6 .570 0.1 0.3 .333 5.0 7.1 .702
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Morris Peterson ------- --- ----------
Zion Williamson ------- --- ----------

Season 5
Morris Peterson Zion Williamson
Season 2004-05-
Team Toronto Raptors-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs 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 %
Morris Peterson 82 30.6 12.5 0.9 3.3 4.1 2.1 1.1 0.2 1.1 2.7 4.3 10.3 .420 1.6 4.1 .385 2.3 2.8 .832
Zion Williamson ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Morris Peterson ------- --- ----------
Zion Williamson ------- --- ----------

Season 6
Morris Peterson Zion Williamson
Season 2005-06-
Team Toronto Raptors-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs 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 %
Morris Peterson 82 38.3 16.8 0.8 3.9 4.6 2.3 1.3 0.2 1.5 2.7 5.8 13.4 .436 2.2 5.5 .395 2.9 3.6 .820
Zion Williamson ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Morris Peterson ------- --- ----------
Zion Williamson ------- --- ----------

Season 7
Morris Peterson Zion Williamson
Season 2006-07-
Team Toronto Raptors-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd-
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Morris Peterson 71 21.3 8.9 0.5 2.9 3.3 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.7 1.8 3.1 7.3 .429 1.5 4.2 .359 1.2 1.7 .683
Zion Williamson ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Morris Peterson 6 30.5 6.8 0.8 3.7 4.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.0 3.3 2.5 4.8 .517 1.0 2.0 .500 0.8 1.0 .833
Zion Williamson ------- --- ----------

Season 8
Morris Peterson Zion Williamson
Season 2007-08-
Team New Orleans Hornets-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Hornets Lost West Conf Semis-
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Morris Peterson 76 23.6 8.0 0.5 2.2 2.7 0.9 0.6 0.1 0.5 1.6 2.8 6.8 .417 1.5 3.8 .394 0.9 1.1 .765
Zion Williamson ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Morris Peterson 12 23.1 7.2 0.3 2.3 2.6 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.4 2.4 2.8 5.7 .485 1.3 2.8 .471 0.3 0.5 .667
Zion Williamson ------- --- ----------

Season 9
Morris Peterson Zion Williamson
Season 2008-09-
Team New Orleans Hornets-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Hornets Lost West Conf 1st Rd-
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Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Morris Peterson 43 12.0 4.4 0.3 1.7 2.0 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.3 1.2 1.7 4.3 .399 0.8 2.0 .388 0.3 0.4 .632
Zion Williamson ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Morris Peterson 2 10.5 3.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.5 2.5 .200 0.5 1.5 .333 1.5 2.0 .750
Zion Williamson ------- --- ----------

Season 10
Morris Peterson Zion Williamson
Season 2009-10-
Team New Orleans Hornets-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs 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 %
Morris Peterson 46 21.2 7.1 0.4 2.4 2.7 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.6 1.8 2.5 6.5 .385 1.3 3.7 .363 0.7 1.2 .611
Zion Williamson ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Morris Peterson ------- --- ----------
Zion Williamson ------- --- ----------

Season 11
Morris Peterson Zion Williamson
Season 2010-11-
Team Oklahoma City Thunder-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs 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 %
Morris Peterson 4 5.8 1.0 0.0 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.5 1.3 .400 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.0 -
Zion Williamson ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Morris Peterson ------- --- ----------
Zion Williamson ------- --- ----------
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