Bill Bradley vs. Nikola Vucevic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Vucevic and Bill Bradley, 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.

Bill Bradley played 10 years in the NBA, 3 less than Nikola Vucevic, who played 13. Bill Bradley had the first of his seasons in 1967-68, 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
Bill Bradley 10 8 1967-68 to 1976-77
Nikola Vucevic 13 4 2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Bill Bradley Nikola Vucevic
Season 1967-682011-12
Team New York KnicksPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Knicks Lost East Div Semis76ers 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 %
Bill Bradley 45 19.4 8.0 - - 2.5 3.0 - - - 3.1 3.2 7.6 .416 - - - 1.7 2.3 .731
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 %
Bill Bradley 6 10.7 5.5 - - 1.0 0.3 - - - 1.2 2.0 4.7 .429 - - - 1.5 2.2 .692
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

Bill Bradley Nikola Vucevic
Season 1968-692012-13
Team New York KnicksOrlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Knicks Lost East Div FinalsDid 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 %
Bill Bradley 82 29.4 12.4 - - 4.3 3.7 - - - 3.6 5.0 11.6 .429 - - - 2.5 3.1 .814
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 %
Bill Bradley 10 41.9 16.0 - - 7.3 4.0 - - - 3.8 6.5 14.1 .461 - - - 3.0 3.9 .769
Nikola Vucevic ------- --- ----------

Season 3

Bill Bradley Nikola Vucevic
Season 1969-702013-14
Team New York KnicksOrlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs NBA Champion NBA ChampionDid 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 %
Bill Bradley 67 31.3 14.5 - - 3.6 4.0 - - - 3.3 6.2 13.4 .460 - - - 2.2 2.6 .824
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 %
Bill Bradley 19 32.4 12.4 - - 3.8 3.2 - - - 3.1 5.3 12.3 .429 - - - 1.8 2.3 .814
Nikola Vucevic ------- --- ----------

Season 4

Bill Bradley Nikola Vucevic
Season 1970-712014-15
Team New York KnicksOrlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Knicks Lost East Conf FinalsDid 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 %
Bill Bradley 78 29.5 12.4 - - 3.3 3.6 - - - 3.1 5.3 11.7 .453 - - - 1.8 2.2 .823
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 %
Bill Bradley 12 30.7 10.5 - - 3.4 3.6 - - - 3.3 4.7 11.0 .424 - - - 1.2 1.6 .737
Nikola Vucevic ------- --- ----------

Season 5

Bill Bradley Nikola Vucevic
Season 1971-722015-16
Team New York KnicksOrlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Knicks Lost NBA FinalsDid 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 %
Bill Bradley 78 35.6 15.1 - - 3.2 4.0 - - - 3.3 6.5 13.9 .465 - - - 2.2 2.6 .849
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 %
Bill Bradley 16 37.1 16.2 - - 2.9 3.4 - - - 4.1 6.6 14.2 .467 - - - 2.9 3.5 .839
Nikola Vucevic ------- --- ----------

Season 6

Bill Bradley Nikola Vucevic
Season 1972-732016-17
Team New York KnicksOrlando Magic
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs NBA Champion NBA ChampionDid 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 %
Bill Bradley 82 36.6 16.1 - - 3.7 4.5 - - - 3.3 7.0 15.3 .459 - - - 2.1 2.4 .871
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 %
Bill Bradley 17 34.5 14.0 - - 3.4 2.6 - - - 3.5 5.8 13.0 .448 - - - 2.4 2.9 .800
Nikola Vucevic ------- --- ----------

Season 7

Bill Bradley Nikola Vucevic
Season 1973-742017-18
Team New York KnicksOrlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Knicks Lost East Conf FinalsDid 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 %
Bill Bradley 82 34.3 14.0 0.7 2.4 3.1 3.0 0.5 0.3 - 3.4 6.1 13.6 .451 - - - 1.8 2.0 .874
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 %
Bill Bradley 12 35.4 12.6 0.7 1.7 2.3 1.1 0.6 0.3 - 3.3 5.3 13.3 .396 - - - 2.1 2.4 .862
Nikola Vucevic ------- --- ----------

Season 8

Bill Bradley Nikola Vucevic
Season 1974-752018-19
Team New York KnicksOrlando Magic
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Knicks Lost East Conf 1st RdMagic 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 %
Bill Bradley 79 35.3 13.3 0.8 2.4 3.2 3.1 0.9 0.2 - 3.6 5.7 13.1 .436 - - - 1.8 2.1 .873
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 %
Bill Bradley 3 29.3 6.7 1.3 1.7 3.0 2.0 0.7 0.0 - 1.7 3.0 8.0 .375 - - - 0.7 0.7 1.000
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

Bill Bradley Nikola Vucevic
Season 1975-762019-20
Team New York KnicksOrlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayMagic 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 %
Bill Bradley 82 33.0 11.1 0.6 2.3 2.9 3.0 0.8 0.2 - 3.1 4.8 11.0 .433 - - - 1.6 1.8 .878
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 %
Bill Bradley ------- --- ----------
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

Bill Bradley Nikola Vucevic
Season 1976-772020-21
Team New York KnicksOrlando Magic, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Star Game
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid 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 %
Bill Bradley 67 15.3 4.3 0.4 1.1 1.5 1.9 0.4 0.1 - 1.8 1.9 4.1 .464 - - - 0.5 0.6 .810
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 %
Bill Bradley ------- --- ----------
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Season 11

Bill Bradley Nikola Vucevic
Season -2021-22
Team -Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs -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 %
Bill Bradley ------- --- ----------
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 %
Bill Bradley ------- --- ----------
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

Bill Bradley Nikola Vucevic
Season -2022-23
Team -Chicago Bulls
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 %
Bill Bradley ------- --- ----------
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 %
Bill Bradley ------- --- ----------
Nikola Vucevic ------- --- ----------

Season 13

Bill Bradley Nikola Vucevic
Season -2023-24
Team -Chicago Bulls
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 %
Bill Bradley ------- --- ----------
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 %
Bill Bradley ------- --- ----------
Nikola Vucevic ------- --- ----------