Andrei Kirilenko vs. Jusuf Nurkic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jusuf Nurkic and Andrei Kirilenko, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Andrei Kirilenko played 13 years in the NBA, 3 more than Jusuf Nurkic, who played 10. Andrei Kirilenko had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Andrei Kirilenko	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2001-02	2014-15
Team	Utah Jazz	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Andrei Kirilenko	82	26.2	10.7	1.8	3.1	4.9	1.1	1.4	1.9	1.3	1.9	3.5	7.7	.450	0.3	1.2	.250	3.5	4.5	.768
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		%
Andrei Kirilenko	4	30.3	8.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	1.0	1.8	2.5	1.5	2.5	2.8	7.0	.393	0.0	1.0	.000	3.3	4.0	.813
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Andrei Kirilenko	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2003-04	2016-17
Team	Utah Jazz	Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Andrei Kirilenko	78	37.1	16.5	2.9	5.2	8.1	3.1	1.9	2.8	2.8	2.2	5.3	11.9	.443	0.9	2.6	.338	5.0	6.4	.790
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		%
Andrei Kirilenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Andrei Kirilenko	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2004-05	2017-18
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
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		%
Andrei Kirilenko	41	32.9	15.6	2.2	4.0	6.2	3.2	1.6	3.3	2.2	2.5	5.0	10.2	.493	0.6	1.9	.299	5.0	6.3	.784
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		%
Andrei Kirilenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Andrei Kirilenko	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2005-06	2018-19
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First 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		%
Andrei Kirilenko	69	37.7	15.3	2.3	5.7	8.0	4.3	1.5	3.2	2.9	2.3	4.9	10.6	.460	0.5	1.7	.308	5.0	7.2	.699
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		%
Andrei Kirilenko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Andrei Kirilenko didn't play in 2011-12.