Allen Leavell vs. Jusuf Nurkic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jusuf Nurkic and Allen Leavell, 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.

Allen Leavell and Jusuf Nurkic both played 10 years in the NBA. Allen Leavell had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, while Jusuf Nurkic had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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
Allen Leavell	10	8	1979-80 to 1988-89
Jusuf Nurkic	10	5	2014-15 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Allen Leavell	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	1979-80	2014-15
Team	Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Allen Leavell	77	27.6	10.9	0.7	1.6	2.4	5.4	1.6	0.4	2.7	2.6	4.3	8.5	.503	0.0	0.2	.158	2.3	2.9	.814
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Leavell	7	21.3	5.6	0.3	1.4	1.7	3.4	0.9	0.0	0.9	1.7	1.4	5.4	.263	0.0	0.6	.000	2.7	3.0	.905
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Allen Leavell	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	1980-81	2015-16
Team	Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost NBA 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		%
Allen Leavell	79	21.3	8.1	0.4	1.3	1.7	4.9	1.2	0.2	2.4	2.0	3.3	6.9	.471	0.0	0.2	.118	1.6	1.9	.832
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Leavell	17	12.8	4.4	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.6	1.1	0.2	1.2	1.5	1.8	4.5	.390	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.0	.882
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Allen Leavell	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	1981-82	2016-17
Team	Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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		%
Allen Leavell	79	27.2	10.9	0.6	1.5	2.1	5.8	1.9	0.2	1.9	2.3	4.7	10.0	.467	0.1	0.4	.290	1.5	1.7	.852
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Leavell	3	31.0	14.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	3.3	1.3	0.3	1.7	3.0	6.7	15.7	.426	0.0	0.3	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000
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	-


Season 4
	Allen Leavell	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	1982-83	2017-18
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Allen Leavell	79	32.9	14.8	0.8	1.7	2.5	6.7	2.1	0.2	2.5	2.7	5.6	13.4	.415	0.5	2.2	.240	3.1	3.8	.832
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Leavell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 5
	Allen Leavell	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	1983-84	2018-19
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
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		%
Allen Leavell	82	24.5	11.5	0.4	1.0	1.4	5.6	1.3	0.1	2.2	2.4	4.3	8.9	.477	0.1	0.9	.155	2.9	3.5	.832
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

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


Season 6
	Allen Leavell	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	1984-85	2019-20
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers 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		%
Allen Leavell	42	12.8	5.4	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.4	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.5	2.1	5.0	.421	0.2	0.9	.216	1.0	1.4	.772
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Leavell	5	3.2	1.2	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.2	.333	0.0	0.4	.000	0.4	0.4	1.000
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


Season 7
	Allen Leavell	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	1985-86	2020-21
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost NBA Finals	Trail Blazers 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		%
Allen Leavell	74	16.1	7.9	0.1	0.8	0.9	3.2	0.8	0.1	1.2	1.7	2.9	6.2	.463	0.3	0.9	.358	1.8	2.1	.854
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Leavell	15	11.3	5.0	0.2	0.8	1.0	2.7	0.6	0.0	0.6	0.8	1.6	5.3	.300	0.5	1.0	.467	1.3	1.5	.870
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


Season 8
	Allen Leavell	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	1986-87	2021-22
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Allen Leavell	53	22.2	7.8	0.3	0.9	1.2	4.2	1.0	0.2	1.2	2.4	2.8	6.8	.411	0.3	1.1	.316	1.9	2.2	.840
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Leavell	10	38.4	14.1	0.6	1.9	2.5	7.2	1.9	0.3	2.8	4.2	4.4	10.7	.411	0.4	1.6	.250	4.9	6.0	.817
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Allen Leavell	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	1987-88	2022-23
Team	Houston Rockets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Allen Leavell	80	26.9	10.2	0.3	1.6	1.9	5.1	1.6	0.1	1.6	2.0	3.6	8.3	.437	0.2	1.1	.216	2.7	3.1	.869
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Leavell	4	9.5	5.0	0.0	0.8	0.8	2.3	0.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	1.8	4.8	.368	0.5	1.5	.333	1.0	1.0	1.000
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Allen Leavell	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	1988-89	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns 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		%
Allen Leavell	55	11.4	3.3	0.2	0.7	1.0	2.3	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	3.4	.346	0.1	0.7	.122	0.8	1.1	.733
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Allen Leavell	2	2.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
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

Allen Leavell vs. Jusuf Nurkic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jusuf Nurkic and Allen Leavell, 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