Tree Rollins vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Tree Rollins, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Tree Rollins played 18 years in the NBA, 14 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Tree Rollins had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Tree Rollins	18	15	1977-78 to 1994-95
Zion Williamson	4	0	2019-20 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	Tree Rollins	Zion Williamson
Season	1977-78	2019-20
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Tree Rollins	80	22.4	7.6	2.2	4.7	6.9	1.0	0.7	2.7	1.5	4.1	3.2	6.5	.487	-	-	-	1.3	1.9	.703
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		%
Tree Rollins	2	25.5	8.0	1.5	3.0	4.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	1.5	4.0	3.5	6.0	.583	-	-	-	1.0	4.0	.250
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Tree Rollins	Zion Williamson
Season	1978-79	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Tree Rollins	81	23.5	8.4	2.7	4.6	7.3	0.6	0.6	3.1	1.1	4.0	3.7	6.9	.535	-	-	-	1.1	1.7	.631
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		%
Tree Rollins	9	23.6	5.7	2.1	5.8	7.9	0.6	0.3	2.7	1.6	3.2	2.3	5.7	.412	-	-	-	1.0	1.4	.692
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 3
	Tree Rollins	Zion Williamson
Season	1979-80	2022-23
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks 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		%
Tree Rollins	82	25.9	8.9	3.5	6.0	9.4	0.9	0.7	3.0	1.2	3.9	3.5	6.3	.558	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.7	.714
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		%
Tree Rollins	5	26.8	8.4	3.6	4.0	7.6	0.6	0.4	2.8	1.2	5.0	3.6	6.2	.581	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.0	.600
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Tree Rollins	Zion Williamson
Season	1980-81	2023-24
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
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		%
Tree Rollins	40	26.1	7.0	2.6	4.6	7.2	0.9	0.7	2.9	1.4	3.8	2.9	5.3	.552	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.4	.807
Zion Williamson	70	31.5	22.9	1.7	4.1	5.8	5.0	1.1	0.7	2.8	2.3	8.9	15.6	.570	0.1	0.3	.333	5.0	7.1	.702

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Tree Rollins	Zion Williamson
Season	1981-82	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	79	25.5	6.1	2.1	5.6	7.7	0.7	0.4	2.8	1.0	3.6	2.6	4.4	.584	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.6	.612
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	2	32.5	3.5	2.5	1.5	4.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	2.5	4.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.0	.750
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Tree Rollins	Zion Williamson
Season	1982-83	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	80	30.9	7.8	2.6	6.7	9.3	0.9	0.6	4.3	1.2	3.7	3.3	6.4	.510	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.7	.726
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	3	39.3	9.7	3.3	6.7	10.0	1.0	0.3	3.3	2.0	4.0	4.3	9.0	.481	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	3.0	.333
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Tree Rollins	Zion Williamson
Season	1983-84	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	77	30.5	8.6	2.6	5.1	7.7	0.8	0.5	3.6	1.3	3.9	3.6	6.9	.518	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.5	.621
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	5	30.4	5.0	2.0	4.8	6.8	0.2	0.4	2.0	2.2	4.6	2.0	5.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.6	.625
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Tree Rollins	Zion Williamson
Season	1984-85	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Tree Rollins	70	25.0	6.3	1.6	4.7	6.3	0.7	0.5	2.4	1.1	3.0	2.7	4.8	.549	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.720
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Tree Rollins	Zion Williamson
Season	1985-86	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	74	24.1	5.6	1.8	4.4	6.2	0.6	0.5	2.3	1.2	3.2	2.3	4.7	.499	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.2	.767
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	9	27.6	6.6	2.0	6.7	8.7	0.3	0.2	1.7	1.3	3.6	2.9	5.2	.553	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.636
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Tree Rollins	Zion Williamson
Season	1986-87	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	75	23.5	5.4	2.1	4.4	6.5	0.3	0.6	1.9	0.8	3.2	2.3	4.2	.546	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.724
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	9	24.6	4.4	2.1	3.8	5.9	0.3	0.3	1.8	0.8	3.7	1.7	3.1	.536	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.6	.714
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Tree Rollins	Zion Williamson
Season	1987-88	-
Team	Atlanta Hawks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	76	23.2	4.4	1.9	4.2	6.0	0.3	0.4	1.7	0.7	3.0	1.8	3.4	.512	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.1	.875
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	12	27.8	4.4	1.9	4.0	5.9	0.5	0.8	1.6	0.4	3.8	1.7	3.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.3	.867
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Tree Rollins	Zion Williamson
Season	1988-89	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	60	9.7	2.3	0.6	1.7	2.3	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.4	1.5	1.0	2.3	.449	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.3	.632
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	5	14.8	3.0	1.0	2.2	3.2	0.2	0.6	1.4	0.2	2.0	1.2	1.6	.750	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.600
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Tree Rollins	Zion Williamson
Season	1989-90	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	48	14.0	2.6	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.5	0.3	1.1	0.7	1.7	1.2	2.6	.456	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.3	.688
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	3	12.7	2.7	0.0	2.7	2.7	0.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	2.3	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.750
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Tree Rollins	Zion Williamson
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	37	5.5	1.0	0.4	0.8	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.4	0.9	0.4	0.9	.424	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.571
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	6	5.3	0.7	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Tree Rollins	Zion Williamson
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Tree Rollins	59	11.8	2.0	1.0	1.9	2.9	0.3	0.2	1.1	0.3	1.4	0.8	1.5	.535	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.5	.867
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Tree Rollins	Zion Williamson
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	42	5.9	0.7	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.2	1.0	0.3	1.0	.268	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.3	.750
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	6	2.7	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Tree Rollins	Zion Williamson
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Orlando Magic	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	45	8.5	1.7	0.7	1.4	2.1	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.3	1.2	0.6	1.2	.547	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.600
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	3	9.7	1.3	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	3.0	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 18
	Tree Rollins	Zion Williamson
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Orlando Magic	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	51	9.4	1.2	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.2	0.1	0.7	0.5	1.2	0.4	0.8	.476	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.677
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	14	5.8	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.3	1.4	0.2	0.4	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.3	.250
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tree Rollins vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Tree Rollins, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17

Season 18