Jusuf Nurkic vs. Charlie Ward Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Charlie Ward and Jusuf Nurkic, 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.

Jusuf Nurkic played 10 years in the NBA, 1 less than Charlie Ward, who played 11. Jusuf Nurkic had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Charlie Ward had his rookie season in 1994-95. 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
Jusuf Nurkic	10	5	2014-15 to 2023-24
Charlie Ward	11	7	1994-95 to 2004-05

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11


Rookie Season
	Jusuf Nurkic	Charlie Ward
Season	2014-15	1994-95
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Jusuf Nurkic	62	17.8	6.9	2.0	4.1	6.2	0.8	0.8	1.1	1.4	3.3	2.8	6.2	.446	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.1	.636
Charlie Ward	10	4.4	1.6	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.7	0.4	1.9	.211	0.1	1.0	.100	0.7	1.0	.700

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charlie Ward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jusuf Nurkic	Charlie Ward
Season	2015-16	1995-96
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Jusuf Nurkic	32	17.1	8.2	2.0	3.4	5.5	1.3	0.8	1.4	1.7	2.8	3.2	7.6	.417	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	3.1	.616
Charlie Ward	62	12.7	3.9	0.5	1.2	1.6	2.1	0.9	0.1	1.3	1.6	1.4	3.5	.399	0.5	1.6	.333	0.6	0.9	.685

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charlie Ward	7	13.1	4.6	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.4	1.6	0.0	0.9	1.3	1.9	3.9	.481	0.4	1.7	.250	0.4	1.0	.429


Season 3
	Jusuf Nurkic	Charlie Ward
Season	2016-17	1996-97
Team	Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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		%
Jusuf Nurkic	65	21.4	10.2	2.4	4.8	7.2	1.9	0.8	1.1	2.2	2.5	4.2	8.2	.507	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	3.2	.571
Charlie Ward	79	22.3	5.2	0.6	2.2	2.8	4.1	1.1	0.2	1.9	2.4	1.7	4.3	.395	0.6	1.9	.312	1.2	1.6	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	1	17.0	2.0	0.0	11.0	11.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Charlie Ward	9	20.3	2.2	0.3	2.4	2.8	4.3	1.4	0.0	1.7	2.0	0.9	3.0	.296	0.1	1.0	.111	0.3	0.4	.750


Season 4
	Jusuf Nurkic	Charlie Ward
Season	2017-18	1997-98
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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		%
Jusuf Nurkic	79	26.4	14.3	2.4	6.6	9.0	1.8	0.8	1.4	2.3	3.1	6.1	12.0	.505	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.5	.630
Charlie Ward	82	28.3	7.8	0.4	3.0	3.3	5.7	1.8	0.5	2.1	2.4	2.9	6.3	.455	1.0	2.6	.377	1.1	1.4	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	4	23.5	11.8	3.0	5.0	8.0	1.0	1.5	1.3	0.8	3.5	4.8	9.8	.487	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	2.8	.818
Charlie Ward	10	26.2	6.6	0.3	2.5	2.8	6.0	2.0	0.2	1.7	2.4	2.3	5.5	.418	0.9	2.1	.429	1.1	1.6	.688


Season 5
	Jusuf Nurkic	Charlie Ward
Season	2018-19	1998-99
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Jusuf Nurkic	72	27.4	15.6	3.4	7.0	10.4	3.2	1.0	1.4	2.3	3.5	5.8	11.5	.508	0.0	0.4	.103	3.9	5.1	.773
Charlie Ward	50	31.1	7.6	0.5	3.0	3.4	5.4	2.1	0.2	2.6	2.1	2.7	6.7	.404	1.1	3.0	.356	1.1	1.6	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charlie Ward	20	24.7	4.6	0.6	1.7	2.3	3.8	1.8	0.2	1.2	2.3	1.7	4.7	.366	0.9	2.8	.321	0.3	0.4	.750


Season 6
	Jusuf Nurkic	Charlie Ward
Season	2019-20	1999-00
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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		%
Jusuf Nurkic	8	31.6	17.6	2.9	7.4	10.3	4.0	1.4	2.0	2.4	4.9	6.8	13.6	.495	0.3	1.3	.200	3.9	4.4	.886
Charlie Ward	72	27.6	7.3	0.3	2.9	3.2	4.2	1.3	0.2	1.4	2.4	2.6	6.2	.423	1.4	3.7	.386	0.7	0.8	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	5	32.2	14.2	2.8	7.6	10.4	3.6	1.4	0.2	2.6	4.2	5.0	11.4	.439	0.6	2.2	.273	3.6	4.6	.783
Charlie Ward	16	27.4	9.4	0.7	3.6	4.3	4.1	1.4	0.3	1.3	2.5	3.6	7.1	.504	1.3	3.3	.396	0.9	1.3	.714


Season 7
	Jusuf Nurkic	Charlie Ward
Season	2020-21	2000-01
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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		%
Jusuf Nurkic	37	23.8	11.5	2.3	6.6	9.0	3.4	1.0	1.1	2.0	2.8	4.6	9.0	.514	0.3	0.8	.400	1.9	3.1	.619
Charlie Ward	61	24.5	7.1	0.5	2.1	2.6	4.5	1.1	0.2	1.8	2.2	2.5	6.1	.416	1.1	2.9	.383	0.9	1.1	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	6	28.8	13.2	3.0	7.3	10.3	2.7	0.5	1.2	2.3	5.0	5.0	9.2	.545	0.2	0.8	.200	3.0	4.2	.720
Charlie Ward	5	17.2	5.0	0.4	1.0	1.4	1.4	0.4	0.0	1.6	1.6	1.6	5.4	.296	0.6	2.4	.250	1.2	1.2	1.000


Season 8
	Jusuf Nurkic	Charlie Ward
Season	2021-22	2001-02
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
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		%
Jusuf Nurkic	56	28.2	15.0	3.0	8.1	11.1	2.8	1.1	0.6	2.6	3.4	5.7	10.7	.535	0.3	1.0	.268	3.3	4.8	.690
Charlie Ward	63	16.8	5.2	0.2	1.8	2.0	3.2	1.1	0.2	1.2	1.6	1.8	4.8	.373	0.8	2.6	.323	0.7	0.9	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charlie Ward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Jusuf Nurkic	Charlie Ward
Season	2022-23	2002-03
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
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		%
Jusuf Nurkic	52	26.8	13.3	2.2	6.9	9.1	2.9	0.8	0.8	2.3	3.6	5.0	9.7	.519	0.8	2.3	.361	2.4	3.7	.661
Charlie Ward	66	22.2	7.2	0.4	2.3	2.7	4.6	1.2	0.2	1.4	2.2	2.5	6.3	.399	1.5	4.0	.378	0.6	0.8	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charlie Ward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Jusuf Nurkic	Charlie Ward
Season	2023-24	2003-04
Team	Phoenix Suns	New York Knicks, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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		%
Jusuf Nurkic	76	27.3	10.9	2.9	8.1	11.0	4.0	1.1	1.1	2.3	3.3	4.2	8.3	.510	0.3	1.2	.244	2.2	3.4	.640
Charlie Ward	71	17.6	6.0	0.2	1.9	2.0	3.0	0.9	0.2	1.4	1.5	2.3	5.5	.410	1.2	2.9	.408	0.3	0.4	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	4	26.0	7.8	3.3	5.0	8.3	2.8	1.5	1.5	1.5	3.8	3.3	6.5	.500	0.0	0.5	.000	1.3	2.8	.455
Charlie Ward	5	2.6	2.2	0.0	0.0	0	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.2	.667	0.6	0.6	1.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	Jusuf Nurkic	Charlie Ward
Season	-	2004-05
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		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charlie Ward	14	25.7	5.4	0.4	2.4	2.8	3.1	1.1	0.0	1.3	1.6	1.7	5.5	.312	1.1	3.6	.314	0.8	0.9	.846

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charlie Ward	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jusuf Nurkic vs. Charlie Ward Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Charlie Ward and Jusuf Nurkic, 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