Jusuf Nurkic vs. David Wesley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Wesley 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, 4 less than David Wesley, who played 14. Jusuf Nurkic had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while David Wesley had his rookie season in 1993-94. 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
David Wesley	14	8	1993-94 to 2006-07

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jusuf Nurkic	David Wesley
Season	2014-15	1993-94
Team	Denver Nuggets	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets 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	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
David Wesley	60	9.0	3.1	0.2	0.6	0.7	2.1	0.6	0.1	0.9	0.8	1.1	2.9	.368	0.2	0.8	.234	0.7	0.9	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wesley	3	6.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.7	0.0	1.3	0.0	1.0	2.3	.429	0.3	1.3	.250	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 2
	Jusuf Nurkic	David Wesley
Season	2015-16	1994-95
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
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	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
David Wesley	51	27.1	7.4	0.6	1.7	2.3	5.2	1.6	0.2	1.7	2.8	2.5	6.1	.409	1.0	2.3	.429	1.4	1.8	.755

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


Season 3
	Jusuf Nurkic	David Wesley
Season	2016-17	1995-96
Team	Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
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
David Wesley	82	25.7	12.3	0.8	2.4	3.2	4.8	1.2	0.1	1.9	2.5	4.1	9.0	.459	1.4	3.3	.426	2.6	3.5	.753

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	-
David Wesley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Jusuf Nurkic	David Wesley
Season	2017-18	1996-97
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
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
David Wesley	74	40.4	16.8	0.9	2.7	3.6	7.3	2.2	0.2	2.9	3.0	6.2	13.2	.468	1.4	3.9	.360	3.0	3.9	.781

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
David Wesley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Jusuf Nurkic	David Wesley
Season	2018-19	1997-98
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets 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	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
David Wesley	81	35.1	13.0	0.6	2.0	2.6	6.5	1.7	0.4	2.8	2.8	4.7	10.7	.443	0.7	2.1	.347	2.8	3.6	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wesley	9	31.8	10.0	0.6	1.4	2.0	6.7	0.8	0.0	2.1	2.8	3.7	9.2	.398	1.0	2.3	.429	1.7	2.3	.714


Season 6
	Jusuf Nurkic	David Wesley
Season	2019-20	1998-99
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
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
David Wesley	50	37.0	14.1	0.5	2.8	3.2	6.4	2.0	0.2	2.8	2.6	4.9	10.9	.446	1.2	3.4	.359	3.2	3.8	.832

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
David Wesley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Jusuf Nurkic	David Wesley
Season	2020-21	1999-00
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hornets 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
David Wesley	82	33.7	13.6	0.5	2.3	2.7	5.6	1.3	0.1	1.9	2.3	5.0	11.6	.426	1.1	3.0	.355	2.6	3.4	.778

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
David Wesley	4	37.8	11.0	0.8	2.3	3.0	4.8	2.0	0.0	1.5	4.3	4.0	12.0	.333	0.8	2.5	.300	2.3	2.3	1.000


Season 8
	Jusuf Nurkic	David Wesley
Season	2021-22	2000-01
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets 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	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
David Wesley	82	37.9	17.2	0.8	2.0	2.7	4.4	1.6	0.2	2.1	2.7	6.4	15.1	.422	1.2	3.1	.376	3.3	4.1	.799

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wesley	10	39.4	17.0	0.4	2.6	3.0	3.9	1.6	0.1	1.4	2.8	6.3	13.4	.470	1.3	3.3	.394	3.1	4.1	.756


Season 9
	Jusuf Nurkic	David Wesley
Season	2022-23	2001-02
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets 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	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
David Wesley	67	37.1	14.2	0.7	1.5	2.1	3.5	1.1	0.2	1.8	2.2	5.4	13.6	.400	1.3	3.8	.332	2.1	2.8	.734

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wesley	9	41.8	15.8	0.3	1.6	1.9	3.4	1.1	0.2	2.3	3.3	5.8	14.3	.403	1.9	4.2	.447	2.3	2.6	.913


Season 10
	Jusuf Nurkic	David Wesley
Season	2023-24	2002-03
Team	Phoenix Suns	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hornets 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	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
David Wesley	73	37.1	16.7	0.5	1.9	2.4	3.4	1.5	0.1	1.8	2.4	6.2	14.2	.433	1.8	4.3	.424	2.5	3.2	.781

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
David Wesley	6	31.0	13.2	0.2	1.0	1.2	2.2	0.8	0.2	2.5	3.8	4.8	12.0	.403	2.3	5.7	.412	1.2	1.2	1.000


Season 11
	Jusuf Nurkic	David Wesley
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hornets 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wesley	61	32.8	14.0	0.5	1.7	2.2	2.9	1.2	0.2	1.6	2.4	5.1	13.1	.389	1.5	4.7	.323	2.2	3.0	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wesley	7	34.7	10.6	0.1	2.1	2.3	2.4	0.7	0.0	2.3	3.0	3.4	10.6	.324	1.6	4.3	.367	2.1	3.0	.714


Season 12
	Jusuf Nurkic	David Wesley
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	New Orleans Hornets, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Rockets Lost West 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wesley	80	34.7	11.9	0.5	2.4	2.9	3.3	1.2	0.1	1.4	2.7	4.2	10.5	.398	1.5	3.9	.375	2.0	2.4	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wesley	7	40.0	8.1	0.6	2.4	3.0	3.3	1.3	0.1	1.3	2.9	2.7	7.7	.352	1.4	3.0	.476	1.3	1.9	.692


Season 13
	Jusuf Nurkic	David Wesley
Season	-	2005-06
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wesley	71	33.4	9.9	0.3	2.2	2.5	2.9	0.8	0.1	1.7	3.0	3.2	7.9	.403	1.4	3.8	.365	2.1	2.6	.807

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


Season 14
	Jusuf Nurkic	David Wesley
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Wesley	35	10.1	2.1	0.1	0.9	1.0	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.9	0.6	2.1	.293	0.3	1.1	.237	0.6	0.8	.714

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

Jusuf Nurkic vs. David Wesley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Wesley 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

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14