Caron Butler vs. Nikola Vucevic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Vucevic and Caron Butler, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Caron Butler played 14 years in the NBA, 1 more than Nikola Vucevic, who played 13. Caron Butler had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, while Nikola Vucevic had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
Caron Butler	14	7	2002-03 to 2015-16
Nikola Vucevic	13	4	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Caron Butler	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2002-03	2011-12
Team	Miami Heat	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Caron Butler	78	36.6	15.4	1.7	3.4	5.1	2.7	1.8	0.4	2.5	2.9	5.5	13.2	.416	0.4	1.4	.318	4.0	4.8	.824
Nikola Vucevic	51	15.9	5.5	1.7	3.1	4.8	0.6	0.4	0.7	0.6	2.2	2.6	5.7	.450	0.1	0.2	.375	0.4	0.7	.529

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Vucevic	1	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500


Season 2
	Caron Butler	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2003-04	2012-13
Team	Miami Heat	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
Caron Butler	68	29.9	9.2	1.4	3.4	4.8	1.9	1.1	0.2	1.3	2.4	3.5	9.3	.380	0.1	0.6	.238	2.0	2.6	.756
Nikola Vucevic	77	33.2	13.1	3.5	8.4	11.9	1.9	0.8	1.0	1.8	2.8	6.0	11.5	.519	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.6	.683

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	13	39.2	12.8	1.4	7.1	8.5	2.4	2.2	0.5	1.8	3.5	4.5	11.8	.386	0.2	0.8	.182	3.6	4.4	.825
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Caron Butler	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2004-05	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Orlando Magic
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		%
Caron Butler	77	35.7	15.5	1.9	3.9	5.8	1.9	1.4	0.3	1.6	2.8	5.7	12.9	.445	0.5	1.6	.304	3.6	4.1	.862
Nikola Vucevic	57	31.8	14.2	3.2	7.7	11.0	1.8	1.1	0.8	2.0	3.0	6.2	12.2	.507	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Caron Butler	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2005-06	2014-15
Team	Washington Wizards	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards 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		%
Caron Butler	75	36.1	17.6	1.5	4.7	6.2	2.5	1.7	0.2	2.3	3.2	6.6	14.5	.455	0.5	1.6	.342	3.9	4.4	.870
Nikola Vucevic	74	34.2	19.3	3.2	7.7	10.9	2.0	0.7	0.7	2.0	3.0	8.5	16.3	.523	0.0	0.1	.333	2.2	2.9	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	6	43.7	18.5	2.7	7.8	10.5	2.7	2.0	0.7	2.3	5.2	7.0	16.8	.416	0.5	2.3	.214	4.0	4.8	.828
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Caron Butler	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2006-07	2015-16
Team	Washington Wizards	Orlando Magic
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		%
Caron Butler	63	39.3	19.1	2.3	5.1	7.4	3.7	2.1	0.3	2.9	3.0	7.2	15.5	.463	0.3	1.1	.250	4.5	5.2	.863
Nikola Vucevic	65	31.3	18.2	2.7	6.2	8.9	2.8	0.8	1.1	1.9	2.7	8.2	16.1	.510	0.0	0.1	.222	1.7	2.3	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Caron Butler	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2007-08	2016-17
Team	Washington Wizards	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Wizards 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		%
Caron Butler	58	39.9	20.3	1.6	5.1	6.7	4.9	2.2	0.3	2.6	2.8	7.6	16.3	.466	1.1	3.2	.357	4.1	4.5	.901
Nikola Vucevic	75	28.8	14.6	2.3	8.0	10.4	2.8	1.0	1.0	1.6	2.4	6.4	13.7	.468	0.3	1.0	.307	1.4	2.1	.669

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	6	41.0	18.7	1.7	4.0	5.7	3.8	1.8	0.2	2.7	3.2	6.7	14.5	.460	0.8	3.5	.238	4.5	5.2	.871
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Caron Butler	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2008-09	2017-18
Team	Washington Wizards	Orlando Magic
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		%
Caron Butler	67	38.6	20.8	1.8	4.4	6.2	4.3	1.6	0.3	3.1	2.5	7.3	16.2	.453	1.0	3.1	.310	5.1	6.0	.858
Nikola Vucevic	57	29.5	16.5	1.8	7.4	9.2	3.4	1.0	1.1	1.9	2.5	7.0	14.7	.475	1.1	3.6	.314	1.4	1.6	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Caron Butler	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2009-10	2018-19
Team	Washington Wizards, Dallas Mavericks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Caron Butler	74	37.6	16.3	1.4	4.8	6.2	2.1	1.6	0.3	2.2	2.6	6.1	14.2	.428	0.6	2.0	.290	3.6	4.3	.838
Nikola Vucevic	80	31.4	20.8	2.8	9.2	12.0	3.8	1.0	1.1	2.0	2.0	8.8	16.9	.518	1.1	2.9	.364	2.2	2.8	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	6	33.7	19.7	0.5	5.3	5.8	1.3	1.5	0.8	2.5	2.7	7.2	16.5	.434	1.2	3.8	.304	4.2	4.5	.926
Nikola Vucevic	5	29.4	11.2	1.8	6.2	8.0	3.0	0.4	1.0	2.6	2.4	4.2	11.6	.362	0.6	2.6	.231	2.2	2.8	.786


Season 9
	Caron Butler	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2010-11	2019-20
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Caron Butler	29	29.9	15.0	0.8	3.3	4.1	1.6	1.0	0.3	1.7	2.0	5.9	13.0	.450	1.0	2.2	.431	2.3	3.0	.773
Nikola Vucevic	62	32.2	19.6	2.3	8.6	10.9	3.6	0.9	0.8	1.4	2.2	8.0	16.7	.477	1.6	4.7	.339	2.1	2.7	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Vucevic	5	37.0	28.0	1.8	9.2	11.0	4.0	0.8	0.6	2.6	2.6	11.2	22.2	.505	3.6	8.8	.409	2.0	2.2	.909


Season 10
	Caron Butler	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2011-12	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Orlando Magic, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West 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		%
Caron Butler	63	29.7	12.0	0.7	3.0	3.7	1.2	0.8	0.1	1.2	2.0	4.6	11.2	.407	1.5	4.1	.358	1.4	1.7	.813
Nikola Vucevic	70	33.5	23.4	2.1	9.6	11.7	3.8	0.9	0.7	1.8	2.0	9.5	19.9	.477	2.5	6.3	.400	1.9	2.2	.840

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	10	26.8	8.6	0.4	2.6	3.0	1.0	0.6	0.2	1.6	2.2	3.3	9.2	.359	0.8	3.1	.258	1.2	1.6	.750
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Caron Butler	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2012-13	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls 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		%
Caron Butler	78	24.1	10.4	0.5	2.3	2.9	1.0	0.7	0.1	0.9	1.8	3.9	9.2	.424	1.6	4.2	.388	1.0	1.2	.833
Nikola Vucevic	73	33.1	17.6	1.9	9.1	11.0	3.2	1.0	1.0	1.9	2.5	7.5	15.8	.473	1.4	4.5	.314	1.3	1.7	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	6	22.7	8.5	0.2	2.5	2.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	1.8	3.7	7.7	.478	0.7	2.7	.250	0.5	0.5	1.000
Nikola Vucevic	5	36.2	19.4	2.8	9.6	12.4	3.2	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.8	8.0	18.2	.440	2.6	8.4	.310	0.8	1.0	.800


Season 12
	Caron Butler	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2013-14	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Oklahoma City Thunder	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West 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		%
Caron Butler	56	25.3	10.5	0.4	3.7	4.1	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.1	3.8	9.6	.394	1.8	4.4	.394	1.1	1.3	.840
Nikola Vucevic	82	33.5	17.6	1.9	9.1	11.0	3.2	0.7	0.7	1.7	2.2	7.3	14.0	.520	1.5	4.2	.349	1.6	1.9	.835

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	18	23.3	6.3	0.6	2.6	3.2	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.8	1.9	6.0	.324	1.2	3.3	.356	1.2	1.6	.786
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Caron Butler	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2014-15	2023-24
Team	Detroit Pistons	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Caron Butler	78	20.8	5.9	0.3	2.2	2.5	1.0	0.6	0.1	0.6	1.5	2.1	5.1	.407	1.1	2.8	.379	0.7	0.8	.902
Nikola Vucevic	76	34.3	18.0	2.8	7.8	10.5	3.3	0.7	0.8	1.6	2.5	7.7	15.9	.484	1.2	4.1	.294	1.4	1.7	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Caron Butler	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Sacramento Kings	-
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		%
Caron Butler	17	10.4	3.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.6	0.5	0.1	0.2	1.1	1.5	3.5	.424	0.2	1.1	.167	0.6	0.7	.833
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Caron Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Caron Butler vs. Nikola Vucevic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Vucevic and Caron Butler, 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