Carmelo Anthony vs. Jusuf Nurkic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jusuf Nurkic and Carmelo Anthony, 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.

Carmelo Anthony played 19 years in the NBA, 8 more than Jusuf Nurkic, who played 11. Carmelo Anthony had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Carmelo Anthony	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2003-04	2014-15
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	82	36.5	21.0	2.2	3.8	6.1	2.8	1.2	0.5	3.0	2.7	7.6	17.9	.426	0.8	2.6	.322	5.0	6.4	.777
difference:	+20	+18.7	+14.1	+0.2	+0.3	+0.1	+2.0	+0.4	+0.6	-1.6	-0.6	+4.8	+11.7	+.020	+0.8	+2.6		+3.6	+4.3	+.141
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	-	1.4	2.1	.636
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	4	36.3	15.0	1.8	6.5	8.3	2.8	1.3	0.0	4.3	2.8	5.3	16.0	.328	0.5	2.8	.182	4.0	5.0	.800
Jusuf Nurkic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Carmelo Anthony	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2005-06	2016-17
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	80	36.8	26.5	1.5	3.4	4.9	2.7	1.1	0.5	2.7	2.9	9.5	19.7	.481	0.5	1.9	.243	7.2	8.9	.808
difference:	+15	+15.4	+16.3	+0.9	+1.4	+2.3	+0.8	+0.3	+0.6	-0.5	-0.4	+5.3	+11.5	+.026	+0.5	+1.9		+5.4	+5.7	+.237
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	-	1.8	3.2	.571
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	38.6	21.0	2.4	4.2	6.6	2.8	0.8	0.2	3.0	4.0	6.6	19.8	.333	0.0	0.8	.000	7.8	10.4	.750
difference:	+4	+21.6	+19.0	+2.4	+6.8	+4.4	+1.2	+0.8	+0.8		-3.0	+5.6	+16.8			+0.2		+7.8	+10.4
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
	Carmelo Anthony	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2006-07	2017-18
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	65	38.2	28.9	2.2	3.8	6.0	3.8	1.2	0.4	3.6	3.1	10.6	22.4	.476	0.6	2.3	.268	7.1	8.7	.808
difference:	+14	+11.8	+14.6	+0.2	+2.8	+3.0	+2.0	+0.4	+1.0	-1.3		+4.5	+10.4	+.029	+0.6	+2.2	+.268	+4.9	+5.2	+.178
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		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	42.0	26.8	3.6	5.0	8.6	1.2	1.0	0.0	3.8	2.4	9.4	19.6	.480	1.8	3.6	.500	6.2	7.8	.795
difference:	+1	+18.5	+15.0	+0.6		+0.6	+0.2	+0.5	+1.3	-3.0	-1.1	+4.6	+9.8	+.007	+1.8	+3.6		+3.9	+5.0	+.023
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
	Carmelo Anthony	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2007-08	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	77	36.4	25.7	2.3	5.1	7.4	3.4	1.3	0.5	3.3	3.3	9.5	19.2	.492	0.8	2.1	.354	6.0	7.7	.786
difference:	+5	+9.0	+10.1	+1.1	+1.9	+3.0	+0.2	+0.3	+0.9	-1.0	-0.2	+3.7	+7.7	+.016	+0.8	+1.7	+.251	+2.1	+2.6	+.013
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		%
Carmelo Anthony	4	36.5	22.5	4.8	4.8	9.5	2.0	0.5	0.3	3.0	4.3	8.0	22.0	.364	0.5	2.0	.250	6.0	7.3	.828
Jusuf Nurkic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Carmelo Anthony	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2008-09	2019-20
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	66	34.5	22.8	1.6	5.2	6.8	3.4	1.1	0.4	3.0	3.0	8.1	18.3	.443	1.0	2.6	.371	5.6	7.1	.793
difference:	+58	+2.9	+5.2	+1.3	+2.2	+3.5	+0.6	+0.3	+1.6	-0.6	-1.9	+1.3	+4.7	+.052	+0.7	+1.3	+.171	+1.7	+2.7	+.093
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		%
Carmelo Anthony	16	38.3	27.2	1.6	4.2	5.8	4.1	1.8	0.6	2.3	3.8	9.1	20.1	.453	1.5	4.1	.364	7.4	9.0	.826
difference:	+11	+6.1	+13.0	+1.2	+3.4	+4.6	+0.5	+0.4	+0.4	-0.3	-0.4	+4.1	+8.7	+.014	+0.9	+1.9	+.091	+3.8	+4.4	+.043
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
	Carmelo Anthony	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2009-10	2020-21
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	69	38.2	28.2	2.2	4.4	6.6	3.2	1.3	0.4	3.0	3.3	10.0	21.8	.458	0.9	2.7	.316	7.4	8.9	.830
difference:	+32	+14.4	+16.7	+0.1	+2.2	+2.4	+0.2	+0.3	+0.7	-1.0	-0.5	+5.4	+12.8	+.056	+0.6	+1.9	+.084	+5.5	+5.8	+.211
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		%
Carmelo Anthony	6	42.3	30.7	2.3	6.2	8.5	3.3	2.0	0.5	3.5	4.3	10.7	23.0	.464	1.0	3.2	.316	8.3	9.5	.877
difference:		+13.5	+17.5	+0.7	+1.1	+1.8	+0.6	+1.5	+0.7	-1.2	-0.7	+5.7	+13.8	+.081	+0.8	+2.4	+.116	+5.3	+5.3	+.157
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
	Carmelo Anthony	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2010-11	2021-22
Team	Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	77	35.7	25.6	1.5	5.8	7.3	2.9	0.9	0.6	2.7	2.9	8.9	19.5	.455	1.2	3.3	.378	6.6	7.9	.838
difference:	+21	+7.5	+10.6	+1.5	+2.3	+3.8	+0.1	+0.2		-0.1	-0.5	+3.2	+8.8	+.080	+0.9	+2.3	+.110	+3.3	+3.1	+.148
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		%
Carmelo Anthony	4	39.0	26.0	3.3	7.0	10.3	4.8	1.3	0.8	3.3	4.0	8.3	22.0	.375	2.3	6.5	.346	7.3	8.5	.853
Jusuf Nurkic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Carmelo Anthony	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2011-12	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	55	34.1	22.6	1.6	4.7	6.3	3.6	1.1	0.4	2.6	2.8	8.0	18.6	.430	1.2	3.7	.335	5.4	6.7	.804
difference:	+3	+7.3	+9.3	+0.6	+2.2	+2.8	+0.7	+0.3	+0.4	-0.3	-0.8	+3.0	+8.9	+.089	+0.4	+1.4	+.026	+3.0	+3.0	+.143
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		%
Carmelo Anthony	5	40.8	27.8	2.6	5.6	8.2	2.2	1.2	0.2	2.8	4.2	10.4	24.8	.419	0.8	3.6	.222	6.2	8.2	.756
Jusuf Nurkic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Carmelo Anthony	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2012-13	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	67	37.0	28.7	2.0	4.9	6.9	2.6	0.8	0.5	2.6	3.1	10.0	22.2	.449	2.3	6.2	.379	6.3	7.6	.830
difference:	+9	+9.7	+17.8	+0.9	+3.2	+4.1	+1.4	+0.3	+0.6	-0.3	-0.2	+5.8	+13.9	+.061	+2.0	+5.0	+.135	+4.1	+4.2	+.190
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		%
Carmelo Anthony	12	40.1	28.8	0.9	5.7	6.6	1.6	1.1	0.2	2.6	3.8	10.5	25.8	.406	1.4	4.8	.298	6.4	7.3	.885
difference:	+8	+14.1	+21.0	+2.4	+0.7	+1.7	+1.2	+0.4	+1.3	-1.1		+7.2	+19.3	+.094	+1.4	+4.3	+.298	+5.1	+4.5	+.430
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

Season 11
	Carmelo Anthony	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2013-14	2024-25
Team	New York Knicks	Phoenix Suns, Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	77	38.7	27.4	1.9	6.2	8.1	3.1	1.2	0.7	2.6	2.9	9.6	21.3	.452	2.2	5.4	.402	6.0	7.0	.848
difference:	+26	+17.9	+18.5	+0.2	+0.1	+0.3	+0.8	+0.4		-0.7	-0.4	+6.3	+14.4	+.025	+1.6	+3.3	+.097	+4.3	+4.5	+.184
Jusuf Nurkic	51	20.8	8.9	1.7	6.1	7.8	2.3	0.8	0.7	1.9	2.5	3.3	6.9	.477	0.6	2.1	.305	1.7	2.5	.664
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Carmelo Anthony nor Jusuf Nurkic played in the postseason in their season 11

Additional Years
* Carmelo Anthony played 8 seasons more than Jusuf Nurkic in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 19, from 2015 to 2022—Carmelo Anthony played in 3 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Jusuf Nurkic, Carmelo Anthony got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-Star Game