Danilo Gallinari vs. Ivica Zubac Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ivica Zubac and Danilo Gallinari, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Danilo Gallinari played 14 years in the NBA, 5 more than Ivica Zubac, who played 9. Danilo Gallinari had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Ivica Zubac had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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.

Their Careers

Player
Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Danilo Gallinari 14 7 2008-09 to 2023-24
Ivica Zubac 9 6 2016-17 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season

Danilo Gallinari Ivica Zubac
Season 2008-092016-17
Team New York KnicksLos Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Danilo Gallinari 28 14.7 6.1 0.5 1.5 2.0 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.5 1.7 2.0 4.5 .448 1.1 2.6 .444 0.9 1.0 .963
difference:+10+1.3+1.4+0.6+1.6+2.2+0.3+0.1+0.8-0.3+1.3+1.8+.081+1.1+2.5+.444+0.1+0.3+.310
Ivica Zubac 38 16.0 7.5 1.1 3.1 4.2 0.8 0.4 0.9 0.8 1.7 3.3 6.3 .529 0.0 0.1 .000 0.8 1.3 .653
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Danilo Gallinari nor Ivica Zubac played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2

Danilo Gallinari Ivica Zubac
Season 2009-102017-18
Team New York KnicksLos Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Danilo Gallinari 81 33.9 15.1 0.8 4.1 4.9 1.7 0.9 0.7 1.4 2.4 4.8 11.4 .423 2.3 6.0 .381 3.1 3.8 .818
difference:+38+24.4+11.4+0.2+2.3+2.0+1.1+0.7+0.4-0.8-1.3+3.4+8.6+.077+2.3+6.0+2.2+2.6+.053
Ivica Zubac 43 9.5 3.7 1.0 1.8 2.9 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.6 1.1 1.4 2.8 .500 0.0 0.0 - 0.9 1.2 .765
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Danilo Gallinari nor Ivica Zubac played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3

Danilo Gallinari Ivica Zubac
Season 2010-112018-19
Team New York Knicks, Denver NuggetsLos Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st RdClippers 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 TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Danilo Gallinari 62 33.9 15.6 1.0 4.0 4.9 1.7 0.8 0.4 1.3 2.3 4.3 10.3 .414 1.7 4.7 .352 5.4 6.3 .862
difference:+3+16.3+6.7+0.9+0.2+1.2+0.6+0.6+0.5-0.1+0.7+3.9+.145+1.7+4.7+3.7+4.2+.060
Ivica Zubac 59 17.6 8.9 1.9 4.2 6.1 1.1 0.2 0.9 1.2 2.3 3.6 6.4 .559 0.0 0.0 - 1.7 2.1 .802
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Danilo Gallinari 5 29.6 12.0 0.2 3.2 3.4 2.0 0.8 0.0 1.4 3.4 3.8 8.8 .432 1.4 3.0 .467 3.0 4.2 .714
difference:+1+19.8+7.0+2.6+0.4+2.1+1.7+0.3+0.5-0.4-2.1+1.5+4.3+.068+1.4+3.0+2.5+3.4+.047
Ivica Zubac 4 9.8 5.0 2.8 2.8 5.5 0.3 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.3 2.3 4.5 .500 0.0 0.0 - 0.5 0.8 .667

Season 4

Danilo Gallinari Ivica Zubac
Season 2011-122019-20
Team Denver NuggetsLos Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st RdClippers Lost West Conf Semis
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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Danilo Gallinari 43 31.4 14.6 0.7 4.0 4.7 2.7 1.0 0.5 1.6 2.0 4.5 10.8 .414 1.4 4.3 .328 4.2 4.9 .871
difference:+29+13.0+6.3+2.0+0.8+2.8+1.6+0.8+0.4-0.8-0.3+1.2+5.5+.199+1.4+4.3+2.5+2.6+.124
Ivica Zubac 72 18.4 8.3 2.7 4.8 7.5 1.1 0.2 0.9 0.8 2.3 3.3 5.3 .613 0.0 0.0 - 1.7 2.3 .747
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Danilo Gallinari 7 31.7 13.4 1.3 3.9 5.1 2.4 0.7 0.6 1.3 2.1 4.9 13.4 .362 0.6 3.3 .174 3.1 3.4 .917
difference:+6+7.1+4.3+1.1+0.9+2.1+1.8+0.5+0.2-0.4-0.5+1.5+7.4+.202+0.6+3.3+0.8+0.6+.106
Ivica Zubac 13 24.6 9.1 2.4 4.8 7.2 0.6 0.2 0.8 0.9 2.6 3.4 6.0 .564 0.0 0.0 - 2.3 2.8 .811

Season 5

Danilo Gallinari Ivica Zubac
Season 2012-132020-21
Team Denver NuggetsLos Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayClippers Lost West Conf Finals
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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Danilo Gallinari 71 32.5 16.2 0.9 4.3 5.2 2.5 0.9 0.5 1.6 1.8 5.1 12.3 .418 1.9 5.1 .373 4.0 4.9 .822
difference:+1+10.2+7.2+1.7+0.3+2.0+1.2+0.6+0.4-0.5-0.8+1.5+6.8+.234+1.9+5.0+.123+2.1+2.5+.033
Ivica Zubac 72 22.3 9.0 2.6 4.6 7.2 1.3 0.3 0.9 1.1 2.6 3.6 5.5 .652 0.0 0.1 .250 1.9 2.4 .789
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Danilo Gallinari DNP------ --- ----------
Ivica Zubac 17 17.7 6.3 2.5 3.3 5.8 0.4 0.1 0.7 0.9 1.9 2.0 3.4 .596 0.0 0.0 - 2.3 2.9 .796

Note: Danilo Gallinari didn't play in 2013-14.

Season 6

Danilo Gallinari Ivica Zubac
Season 2014-152021-22
Team Denver NuggetsLos Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Danilo Gallinari 59 24.2 12.4 0.5 3.2 3.7 1.4 0.8 0.3 1.0 1.6 3.9 9.6 .401 1.8 5.1 .355 2.9 3.2 .895
difference:+17+0.2+2.1+2.4+2.4+4.8+0.2+0.3+0.7-0.5-1.1+0.2+3.1+.225+1.8+5.1+0.7+0.2+.168
Ivica Zubac 76 24.4 10.3 2.9 5.6 8.5 1.6 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.7 4.1 6.5 .626 0.0 0.0 - 2.2 3.0 .727
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Danilo Gallinari nor Ivica Zubac played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7

Danilo Gallinari Ivica Zubac
Season 2015-162022-23
Team Denver NuggetsLos Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayClippers 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 TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Danilo Gallinari 53 34.7 19.5 1.0 4.3 5.3 2.5 0.8 0.4 1.5 1.6 5.4 13.2 .410 1.6 4.5 .364 7.1 8.2 .868
difference:+23+6.1+8.7+2.1+2.5+4.6+1.5+0.4+0.9-1.3+1.1+6.4+.224+1.6+4.5+4.9+5.1+.171
Ivica Zubac 76 28.6 10.8 3.1 6.8 9.9 1.0 0.4 1.3 1.5 2.9 4.3 6.8 .634 0.0 0.0 - 2.2 3.1 .697
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Danilo Gallinari DNP------ --- ----------
Ivica Zubac 5 26.0 9.2 3.2 6.4 9.6 0.6 0.6 0.2 2.2 1.6 3.4 6.0 .567 0.0 0.0 - 2.4 3.2 .750

Season 8

Danilo Gallinari Ivica Zubac
Season 2016-172023-24
Team Denver NuggetsLos Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayClippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Danilo Gallinari 63 33.9 18.2 0.6 4.5 5.2 2.1 0.6 0.2 1.3 1.5 5.3 11.9 .447 2.0 5.1 .389 5.5 6.1 .902
difference:+5+7.5+6.5+2.3+1.8+4.0+0.7+0.3+1.0-0.1-1.1+0.3+4.3+.202+2.0+5.1+3.7+3.7+.179
Ivica Zubac 68 26.4 11.7 2.9 6.3 9.2 1.4 0.3 1.2 1.2 2.6 5.0 7.6 .649 0.0 0.0 - 1.8 2.4 .723
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Danilo Gallinari DNP------ --- ----------
Ivica Zubac 6 32.0 16.2 3.0 6.3 9.3 1.0 0.8 0.5 1.3 3.5 7.0 11.7 .600 0.0 0.0 - 2.2 3.3 .650

Season 9

Danilo Gallinari Ivica Zubac
Season 2017-182024-25
Team Los Angeles ClippersLos Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards -Achievement All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs Did Not PlayClippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Danilo Gallinari 21 32.0 15.3 0.4 4.4 4.8 2.0 0.6 0.5 1.2 1.4 4.9 12.2 .398 1.7 5.3 .324 3.9 4.1 .931
difference:+59+0.8+1.5+3.4+4.5+7.8+0.7+0.1+0.6-0.4-0.7+2.5+0.4+.230+1.7+5.3+1.9+1.1+.270
Ivica Zubac 80 32.8 16.8 3.8 8.9 12.6 2.7 0.7 1.1 1.6 2.1 7.4 11.8 .628 0.0 0.0 - 2.0 3.0 .661
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF FGM / A% 3PM / A% FTM / A%
Danilo Gallinari DNP------ --- ----------
Ivica Zubac 7 36.6 17.4 3.9 6.3 10.1 2.3 0.7 1.0 1.6 2.7 7.7 11.7 .659 0.0 0.0 - 2.0 3.7 .538

Additional Years

* Danilo Gallinari played 5 seasons more than Ivica Zubac in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 10 to 14, from 2019 to 2024—Danilo Gallinari played in 5 Playoffs.