Paul Neumann vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Paul Neumann, 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.

Paul Neumann played 6 years in the NBA, 2 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Paul Neumann had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, 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
Rookie Season
	Paul Neumann	Zion Williamson
Season	1961-62	2019-20
Team	Syracuse Nationals	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Paul Neumann	79	17.3	6.0	-	-	2.5	2.2	-	-	-	2.6	2.2	5.1	.429	-	-	-	1.7	2.2	.773
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		%
Paul Neumann	5	24.8	5.6	-	-	3.4	2.8	-	-	-	2.6	2.4	5.8	.414	-	-	-	0.8	1.2	.667
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Paul Neumann	Zion Williamson
Season	1962-63	2020-21
Team	Syracuse Nationals	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Paul Neumann	80	19.8	8.2	-	-	2.5	2.8	-	-	-	2.8	3.0	6.3	.471	-	-	-	2.3	2.8	.815
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		%
Paul Neumann	4	16.3	4.0	-	-	3.5	2.3	-	-	-	2.8	2.0	4.5	.444	-	-	-	0.0	0.3	.000
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Paul Neumann	Zion Williamson
Season	1963-64	2022-23
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
Paul Neumann	74	26.7	11.6	-	-	3.3	3.9	-	-	-	2.9	4.4	9.9	.443	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.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		%
Paul Neumann	5	33.0	16.0	-	-	2.6	5.0	-	-	-	2.6	5.4	11.8	.458	-	-	-	5.2	6.2	.839
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-