Nick Weatherspoon vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Nick Weatherspoon, 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.

Nick Weatherspoon played 7 years in the NBA, 3 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Nick Weatherspoon had the first of his seasons in 1973-74, 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
	Nick Weatherspoon	Zion Williamson
Season	1973-74	2019-20
Team	Capital Bullets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East 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		%
Nick Weatherspoon	65	18.7	7.6	2.0	4.1	6.1	0.6	0.7	0.2	-	2.8	3.1	7.4	.412	-	-	-	1.5	2.1	.691
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		%
Nick Weatherspoon	7	12.4	2.9	1.6	2.3	3.9	0.0	0.3	0.3	-	1.6	1.3	2.7	.474	-	-	-	0.3	0.7	.400
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Nick Weatherspoon	Zion Williamson
Season	1974-75	2020-21
Team	Washington Bullets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost NBA 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		%
Nick Weatherspoon	82	16.4	7.5	1.6	2.6	4.2	0.6	0.8	0.3	-	2.6	3.1	6.9	.456	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.746
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		%
Nick Weatherspoon	17	23.8	10.3	1.5	3.3	4.8	0.9	0.8	0.1	-	3.3	4.1	8.0	.515	-	-	-	2.1	2.5	.814
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Nick Weatherspoon	Zion Williamson
Season	1975-76	2022-23
Team	Washington Bullets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East 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		%
Nick Weatherspoon	64	16.9	8.3	1.3	3.0	4.3	0.9	0.7	0.3	-	2.7	3.4	7.2	.476	-	-	-	1.5	2.1	.701
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		%
Nick Weatherspoon	7	32.0	12.3	1.4	4.6	6.0	1.4	0.3	0.6	-	4.0	5.1	11.4	.450	-	-	-	2.0	3.6	.560
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-