Shellie McMillon vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Shellie McMillon, 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.

Shellie McMillon and Zion Williamson both played 4 years in the NBA. Shellie McMillon had the first of his seasons in 1958-59, 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
Rookie Season
	Shellie McMillon	Zion Williamson
Season	1958-59	2019-20
Team	Detroit Pistons	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West 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		%
Shellie McMillon	48	14.6	6.4	-	-	5.9	0.5	-	-	-	2.3	2.6	6.0	.439	-	-	-	1.1	2.2	.529
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		%
Shellie McMillon	3	18.0	6.3	-	-	4.7	0.0	-	-	-	5.3	2.3	7.7	.304	-	-	-	1.7	2.0	.833
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Shellie McMillon	Zion Williamson
Season	1959-60	2020-21
Team	Detroit Pistons	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West 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		%
Shellie McMillon	75	18.9	8.9	-	-	5.7	0.7	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	8.4	.426	-	-	-	1.8	2.7	.663
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		%
Shellie McMillon	2	23.5	10.0	-	-	8.0	1.0	-	-	-	2.5	4.0	10.5	.381	-	-	-	2.0	2.5	.800
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Shellie McMillon	Zion Williamson
Season	1960-61	2022-23
Team	Detroit Pistons	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West 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		%
Shellie McMillon	78	21.0	10.1	-	-	6.2	1.3	-	-	-	3.1	4.1	9.6	.428	-	-	-	1.8	2.6	.697
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		%
Shellie McMillon	4	16.8	9.8	-	-	2.3	1.8	-	-	-	4.0	3.3	6.8	.481	-	-	-	3.3	4.5	.722
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-