Will Perdue vs. Zion Williamson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zion Williamson and Will Perdue, 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.

Will Perdue played 13 years in the NBA, 9 more than Zion Williamson, who played 4. Will Perdue had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, 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
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Rookie Season
	Will Perdue	Zion Williamson
Season	1988-89	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Will Perdue	30	6.3	2.2	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.5	1.3	1.0	2.4	.403	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.571
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		%
Will Perdue	3	7.3	4.7	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	2.0	3.0	.667	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	1.0	.667
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Will Perdue	Zion Williamson
Season	1989-90	2020-21
Team	Chicago Bulls	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Will Perdue	77	11.5	3.8	1.1	1.6	2.8	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.8	1.9	1.4	3.5	.414	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.4	.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		%
Will Perdue	13	6.0	3.1	0.5	0.9	1.5	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.3	1.0	1.0	2.2	.464	0.1	0.2	.500	1.0	1.4	.722
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Season 3
	Will Perdue	Zion Williamson
Season	1990-91	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Will Perdue	74	13.1	4.1	1.6	2.9	4.5	0.6	0.3	0.8	1.0	2.0	1.6	3.2	.494	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.5	.670
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		%
Will Perdue	17	11.6	4.1	1.9	1.9	3.8	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.8	2.4	1.7	3.1	.547	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.3	.545
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Will Perdue	Zion Williamson
Season	1991-92	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Will Perdue	77	13.1	4.5	1.4	2.6	4.1	1.0	0.2	0.6	0.9	1.7	2.0	3.6	.547	0.0	0.0	.500	0.6	1.2	.495
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		%
Will Perdue	18	8.7	2.5	1.0	1.2	2.2	0.5	0.2	0.6	0.7	1.9	1.0	2.1	.486	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	1.1	.450
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Will Perdue	Zion Williamson
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	72	13.9	4.7	1.4	2.6	4.0	1.0	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.9	1.9	3.4	.557	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.5	.604
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	13	7.8	1.9	1.2	1.2	2.3	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.6	1.4	0.8	1.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.500
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 11
	Will Perdue	Zion Williamson
Season	1998-99	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	37	12.0	2.4	0.9	2.8	3.7	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.7	1.0	1.6	.633	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.538
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Will Perdue	12	7.2	1.1	0.8	1.6	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3	1.7	0.5	0.9	.545	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.2	.500
Zion Williamson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-