Carmelo Anthony vs. Toni Kukoc Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Toni Kukoc 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, 6 more than Toni Kukoc, who played 13. Carmelo Anthony had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Toni Kukoc 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 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	Toni Kukoc
Season	2003-04	1993-94
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+7	+12.4	+10.1	+0.9	+1.1	+2.1	+0.6	+0.1	+0.1	-0.8	-1.1	+3.4	+8.2	+.005	+0.4	+1.0	+.051	+2.9	+3.6	+.034
Toni Kukoc	75	24.1	10.9	1.3	2.7	4.0	3.4	1.1	0.4	2.2	1.6	4.2	9.7	.431	0.4	1.6	.271	2.1	2.8	.743
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
difference:	+6	+16.9	+5.7	+0.7	+3.6	+4.3	+0.8	+0.8	+0.3	-2.6	-1.3	+2.3	+9.3	+.120	+0.3	+0.9	+.239	+1.5	+1.6	+.065
Toni Kukoc	10	19.4	9.3	1.1	2.9	4.0	3.6	0.5	0.3	1.7	1.5	3.0	6.7	.448	0.8	1.9	.421	2.5	3.4	.735

Season 3
	Carmelo Anthony	Toni Kukoc
Season	2005-06	1995-96
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+1	+10.8	+13.4	+0.1	+0.8	+0.9	+0.8	+0.3	+0.2	-1.3	-1.0	+4.7	+10.0	+.009	+0.6	+0.8	+.160	+4.7	+5.6	+.036
Toni Kukoc	81	26.0	13.1	1.4	2.6	4.0	3.5	0.8	0.3	1.4	1.9	4.8	9.7	.490	1.1	2.7	.403	2.5	3.3	.772
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:	+10	+9.3	+10.2	+1.1	+1.3	+2.4	+1.1	+0.1	+0.1	-1.3	-1.8	+2.7	+9.7	+.058	+0.9	+3.7	+.191	+5.7	+7.9	+.088
Toni Kukoc	15	29.3	10.8	1.3	2.9	4.2	3.9	0.9	0.3	1.7	2.2	3.9	10.1	.391	0.9	4.5	.191	2.1	2.5	.838

Season 4
	Carmelo Anthony	Toni Kukoc
Season	2006-07	1996-97
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+8	+10.0	+15.7	+0.6	+0.9	+1.4	+0.7	+0.1	+0.1	-2.0	-1.4	+5.6	+11.8	+.005	+0.3	+0.3	+.063	+4.7	+5.6	+.038
Toni Kukoc	57	28.2	13.2	1.6	2.9	4.6	4.5	1.1	0.5	1.6	1.7	5.0	10.6	.471	0.9	2.6	.331	2.4	3.1	.770
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:	+14	+19.7	+18.9	+2.9	+2.8	+5.8	+1.6	+0.3	+0.2	-2.9	-0.8	+7.0	+13.0	+.120	+0.8	+0.8	+.142	+4.0	+4.7	+.088
Toni Kukoc	19	22.3	7.9	0.7	2.2	2.8	2.8	0.7	0.2	0.9	1.6	2.4	6.6	.360	1.0	2.8	.358	2.2	3.1	.707

Season 5
	Carmelo Anthony	Toni Kukoc
Season	2007-08	1997-98
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+3	+6.2	+12.4	+0.7	+2.3	+3.0	+0.8	+0.3		-1.2	-1.3	+4.3	+7.8	+.037	+0.1	+0.3	+.008	+3.9	+4.7	+.078
Toni Kukoc	74	30.2	13.3	1.6	2.8	4.4	4.2	1.0	0.5	2.1	2.0	5.2	11.4	.455	0.9	2.4	.362	2.1	3.0	.708
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
difference:	+17	+6.2	+9.4	+3.7	+2.1	+5.6	+0.9	+0.7	+0.2	-1.7	-1.6	+3.0	+11.6	+.122	+0.6	+0.9	+.127	+4.1	+4.3	+.183
Toni Kukoc	21	30.3	13.1	1.1	2.7	3.9	2.9	1.2	0.5	1.3	2.7	5.0	10.4	.486	1.1	2.9	.377	1.9	3.0	.645

Season 6
	Carmelo Anthony	Toni Kukoc
Season	2008-09	1998-99
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+22	+3.1	+4.0	+0.1	+0.4	+0.2	+1.9		+0.1	-0.2	-1.1	+0.9	+1.3	+.023	+0.1	+0.5	+.086	+2.0	+2.2	+.053
Toni Kukoc	44	37.6	18.8	1.5	5.6	7.0	5.3	1.1	0.3	2.8	1.9	7.2	17.0	.420	0.9	3.1	.285	3.6	4.9	.740
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
Toni Kukoc	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Carmelo Anthony	Toni Kukoc
Season	2009-10	1999-00
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+13	+6.3	+13.4	+0.9	+0.9	+1.7	+1.5	+0.1	+0.1	-0.4	-1.3	+4.7	+8.8	+.050	+0.1	+0.3	+.054	+4.0	+4.2	+.105
Toni Kukoc	56	31.9	14.8	1.3	3.5	4.9	4.7	1.4	0.5	2.6	2.0	5.3	13.0	.408	0.8	3.0	.262	3.4	4.7	.725
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:	+4	+16.5	+21.4	+1.6	+3.2	+4.8	+1.6	+1.0	+0.2	-2.0	-1.7	+7.1	+13.7	+.077	+0.1	+0.2	+.008	+7.3	+7.8	+.289
Toni Kukoc	10	25.8	9.3	0.7	3.0	3.7	1.7	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.6	3.6	9.3	.387	1.1	3.4	.324	1.0	1.7	.588

Season 8
	Carmelo Anthony	Toni Kukoc
Season	2010-11	2000-01
Team	Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers, Atlanta Hawks
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:	+12	+11.1	+14.5	+0.5	+2.8	+3.3	+0.2	+0.2	+0.4	-1.0	-1.4	+4.7	+10.5	+.018	+0.1	+0.9	+.068	+5.0	+5.4	+.207
Toni Kukoc	65	24.6	11.1	1.0	3.0	4.0	3.1	0.7	0.2	1.7	1.5	4.2	9.0	.473	1.1	2.4	.446	1.6	2.5	.631
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
Toni Kukoc	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Carmelo Anthony	Toni Kukoc
Season	2011-12	2001-02
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
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:	+4	+8.8	+12.7	+0.9	+1.7	+2.6		+0.3	+0.1	-0.7	-1.3	+4.4	+10.1	+.011	+0.3	+0.8	+.025	+3.6	+4.1	+.092
Toni Kukoc	59	25.3	9.9	0.7	3.0	3.7	3.6	0.8	0.3	1.9	1.5	3.6	8.5	.419	0.9	2.9	.310	1.8	2.6	.712
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
Toni Kukoc	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Carmelo Anthony	Toni Kukoc
Season	2012-13	2002-03
Team	New York Knicks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Bucks Lost East 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:	+4	+10.0	+17.1	+0.9	+1.7	+2.7	+1.1	+0.5		-0.7	-1.0	+6.0	+13.0	+.017	+0.8	+2.0	+.018	+4.1	+4.5	+.124
Toni Kukoc	63	27.0	11.6	1.1	3.2	4.2	3.7	1.3	0.5	1.9	2.1	4.0	9.2	.432	1.5	4.2	.361	2.2	3.1	.706
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:	+6	+9.3	+14.0	+0.1	+2.5	+2.4	+2.1	+1.1		-0.8	-1.8	+5.2	+15.0	+.086	+0.4		+.081	+4.1	+4.0	+.185
Toni Kukoc	6	30.8	14.8	1.0	3.2	4.2	3.7	2.2	0.2	1.8	2.0	5.3	10.8	.492	1.8	4.8	.379	2.3	3.3	.700

Season 11
	Carmelo Anthony	Toni Kukoc
Season	2013-14	2003-04
Team	New York Knicks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+4	+17.9	+19.0	+1.1	+3.3	+4.4	+0.4	+0.4	+0.4	-1.1	-1.4	+6.7	+14.4	+.035	+1.5	+3.1	+.110	+4.0	+4.3	+.119
Toni Kukoc	73	20.8	8.4	0.8	2.9	3.7	2.7	0.8	0.3	1.5	1.5	2.9	6.9	.417	0.7	2.3	.292	2.0	2.7	.729
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Toni Kukoc	5	21.0	8.4	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.8	0.6	0.4	1.2	2.2	3.4	6.8	.500	0.8	2.4	.333	0.8	1.6	.500

Season 12
	Carmelo Anthony	Toni Kukoc
Season	2014-15	2004-05
Team	New York Knicks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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12th 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	40	35.7	24.2	1.8	4.8	6.6	3.1	1.0	0.4	2.2	2.2	9.0	20.2	.444	1.5	4.5	.341	4.7	5.9	.797
difference:	+13	+15.0	+18.6	+1.2	+2.4	+3.6	+0.1	+0.3	+0.2	-1.0	-0.9	+7.0	+15.4	+.034	+0.7	+2.3	+.021	+3.9	+4.7	+.076
Toni Kukoc	53	20.7	5.6	0.6	2.4	3.0	3.0	0.7	0.2	1.2	1.3	2.0	4.8	.410	0.8	2.2	.362	0.8	1.2	.721
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Carmelo Anthony nor Toni Kukoc played in the postseason in their season 12

Season 13
	Carmelo Anthony	Toni Kukoc
Season	2015-16	2005-06
Team	New York Knicks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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13th 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	72	35.1	21.8	1.4	6.4	7.7	4.2	0.9	0.5	2.4	2.5	7.9	18.2	.434	1.5	4.3	.339	4.6	5.6	.829
difference:	+7	+19.4	+16.9	+1.0	+4.5	+5.4	+2.1	+0.4	+0.2	-1.4	-1.2	+6.1	+13.6	+.045	+0.8	+2.0	+.033	+4.0	+4.7	+.115
Toni Kukoc	65	15.7	4.9	0.4	1.9	2.3	2.1	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.8	4.6	.389	0.7	2.3	.306	0.6	0.9	.714
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Carmelo Anthony	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Toni Kukoc	3	17.7	7.3	0.0	1.7	1.7	3.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.7	2.7	4.7	.571	1.7	2.7	.625	0.3	0.7	.500

Additional Years
* Carmelo Anthony played 6 seasons more than Toni Kukoc in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 14 to 19, from 2017 to 2022—Carmelo Anthony played in 3 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Toni Kukoc, Carmelo Anthony got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game