Nicolas Claxton vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Nicolas Claxton, 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.

Nicolas Claxton played 5 years in the NBA, 1 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Nicolas Claxton had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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
	Nicolas Claxton	Zion Williamson
Season	2019-20	2019-20
Team	Brooklyn Nets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Nicolas Claxton	15	12.5	4.4	1.3	1.7	2.9	1.1	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.9	1.8	3.2	.563	0.1	0.5	.143	0.7	1.4	.524
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		%
Nicolas Claxton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Nicolas Claxton	Zion Williamson
Season	2020-21	2020-21
Team	Brooklyn Nets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Nicolas Claxton	32	18.6	6.6	1.3	3.8	5.2	0.9	0.7	1.3	0.6	2.1	2.8	4.5	.621	0.0	0.2	.200	1.0	2.0	.484
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		%
Nicolas Claxton	12	10.8	2.5	1.2	1.6	2.8	0.6	0.3	1.0	0.3	1.7	1.2	2.4	.483	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.3	.667
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Nicolas Claxton	Zion Williamson
Season	2021-22	2022-23
Team	Brooklyn Nets	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Nicolas Claxton	47	20.7	8.7	1.9	3.7	5.6	0.9	0.5	1.1	0.8	2.3	3.8	5.6	.674	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	2.0	.581
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		%
Nicolas Claxton	4	24.5	10.5	1.8	4.5	6.3	1.5	1.3	2.3	0.5	1.5	4.8	6.0	.792	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	5.5	.182
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-