Zion Williamson

Forward · New Orleans Pelicans · #1

PTS · 2026-2721.7

REB5.2

AST2.6

FG%62.2

Games11

Zion Williamson: season analysis

Zion Williamson is a 26-year-old forward for the New Orleans Pelicans, wearing number 1. Listed at 6-foot-6 and 284 pounds, Williamson has 7 years of NBA experience and played college basketball at Duke.

In 2026-27, Williamson is averaging 21.7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 32.7 minutes per game, starting all 11 games. The shooting line reads 62.2% from the field, 50.0% from three-point range and 77.9% from the free-throw line. That makes Williamson the team's leading scorer this season. Among the 378 players with at least five games this season, that scoring average ranks 29th in the NBA.

Compared with 2025-26 (21.0 points in 29.7 minutes per game), scoring is up by 0.7 points per game and playing time up by 3.0 minutes.

Before this season, Williamson played 6 NBA seasons and 276 games, averaging 23.9 points, 6.4 rebounds and 4.0 assists. The best scoring season so far was 2020-21 at 27.0 points per game.

Background

Williamson was drafted in 2019 by the New Orleans Pelicans franchise. Williamson has been with the New Orleans Pelicans since 2019. Nationality: United States. Honors include the ACC Athlete of the Year (2019); the Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year (2019); the Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year (2019); the Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year (2019); the John R. Wooden Award (2019); the Karl Malone Award (2019).

Background facts: Wikidata (CC0) · Zion Williamson on Wikipedia ↗

Profile

Team	New Orleans Pelicans
Position	Forward
Jersey	#1
Age	26
Born	July 6, 2000 · Salisbury, NC, USA
Height	6' 6" (1.98 m)
Weight	284 lbs (129 kg)
College	Duke
NBA experience	7 years
Salary	$42,166,510 (2026-27)

Pelicans teammates

Last 10 games

Date	Opponent	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
2026-11-11	vs BKN	L 111-145	30	29	4	2	0	1	2	8-14	1-1	12-14	-23
2026-11-08	@ LAC	L 123-139	31	25	4	2	0	0	2	9-9	0-0	7-9	0
2026-11-06	vs MIN	L 109-115	36	13	8	4	2	0	0	5-10	0-0	3-4	-2
2026-11-04	vs UTA	W 120-113	38	23	4	2	1	2	2	6-14	0-0	11-13	+7
2026-11-02	@ MEM	W 135-134	35	25	11	4	0	0	0	9-15	0-0	7-9	+3
2026-10-31	vs ATL	W 121-99	30	15	6	4	3	0	3	5-8	0-0	5-8	+22
2026-10-29	vs SAC	W 132-120	31	22	6	2	5	1	3	10-12	0-0	2-4	+5
2026-10-28	vs DEN	L 91-104	32	25	5	2	3	0	1	10-14	1-1	4-6	-15
2026-10-24	@ DEN	L 135-141	33	17	1	2	2	2	3	7-11	0-1	3-5	-1
2026-10-23	@ UTA	L 119-120	33	23	5	2	3	0	2	8-12	0-1	7-8	+1

Season-by-season averages

Season	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3P%	FT%	OR	DR	FG	3PT	FT
2026-27	new orleans pelicans	11	11	32.7	21.7	5.2	2.6	2.0	0.5	1.9	62.2	50.0	77.9	1.6	3.5	7.6-12.3	0.4-0.7	6.1-7.8
2025-26	new orleans pelicans	62	55	29.7	21.0	5.7	3.2	1.0	0.5	2.0	60.0	25.0	71.6	2.0	3.7	7.8-13.0	0.0-0.1	5.4-7.5
2024-25	new orleans pelicans	30	30	28.6	24.6	7.2	5.3	1.2	0.9	3.0	56.7	23.1	65.6	2.5	4.7	9.6-16.9	0.1-0.4	5.3-8.0
2023-24	new orleans pelicans	70	70	31.5	22.9	5.8	5.0	1.1	0.7	2.8	57.0	33.3	70.2	1.7	4.1	8.9-15.6	0.1-0.3	5.0-7.1
2022-23	new orleans pelicans	29	29	33.0	26.0	7.0	4.6	1.1	0.6	3.4	60.8	36.8	71.4	2.0	5.0	9.8-16.2	0.2-0.7	6.1-8.6
2020-21	new orleans pelicans	61	61	33.2	27.0	7.2	3.7	0.9	0.6	2.7	61.1	29.4	69.8	2.7	4.5	10.4-17.0	0.2-0.6	6.0-8.7
2019-20	new orleans pelicans	24	24	27.8	22.5	6.3	2.1	0.7	0.4	2.5	58.3	42.9	64.0	2.7	3.6	8.8-15.0	0.3-0.6	4.8-7.4

Profile, injury status and averages from ESPN's public NBA data, refreshed daily. MIN, PTS, REB… are per-game averages; OR/DR = offensive/defensive rebounds; FG, 3PT, FT = made-attempted per game.