Smush Parker vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Smush Parker, 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.

Smush Parker played 5 years in the NBA, 1 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Smush Parker had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, 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
	Smush Parker	Zion Williamson
Season	2002-03	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	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		%
Smush Parker	66	16.7	6.2	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.5	0.7	0.2	2.0	1.6	2.1	5.1	.402	0.6	1.8	.322	1.5	1.8	.831
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		%
Smush Parker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Smush Parker didn't play in 2003-04.

Season 2
	Smush Parker	Zion Williamson
Season	2004-05	2020-21
Team	Detroit Pistons, Phoenix Suns	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Smush Parker	16	9.0	3.0	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.9	0.3	0.0	1.2	1.0	1.1	2.7	.419	0.2	0.8	.231	0.6	0.8	.692
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		%
Smush Parker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Smush Parker	Zion Williamson
Season	2005-06	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Smush Parker	82	33.8	11.5	0.5	2.9	3.3	3.7	1.7	0.2	1.8	2.6	4.2	9.5	.447	1.5	4.0	.366	1.5	2.2	.694
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		%
Smush Parker	7	36.9	8.9	1.3	1.7	3.0	1.6	2.1	0.1	1.7	3.4	3.4	10.3	.333	0.6	3.7	.154	1.4	1.4	1.000
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-