DeMarcus Cousins vs. Nikola Vucevic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Vucevic and DeMarcus Cousins, 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.

DeMarcus Cousins played 11 years in the NBA, 3 less than Nikola Vucevic, who played 14. DeMarcus Cousins had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, 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 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
DeMarcus Cousins	11	3	2010-11 to 2021-22
Nikola Vucevic	14	4	2011-12 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11


Rookie Season
	DeMarcus Cousins	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2010-11	2011-12
Team	Sacramento Kings	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	81	28.5	14.1	2.7	6.0	8.6	2.5	1.0	0.8	3.3	4.1	5.3	12.4	.430	0.0	0.2	.167	3.4	5.0	.687
difference:	+30	+12.6	+8.6	+1.0	+2.9	+3.8	+1.9	+0.6	+0.1	-2.7	-1.9	+2.7	+6.7	+.020	+0.1		+.208	+3.0	+4.3	+.158
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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	DeMarcus Cousins	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2011-12	2012-13
Team	Sacramento Kings	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeMarcus Cousins	64	30.5	18.1	4.1	6.8	11.0	1.6	1.5	1.2	2.7	4.0	7.0	15.6	.448	0.0	0.2	.143	4.1	5.8	.702
difference:	+13	+2.7	+5.0	+0.6	+1.6	+0.9	+0.3	+0.7	+0.2	-0.9	-1.2	+1.0	+4.1	+.071		+0.2		+3.0	+4.2	+.019
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	-	1.1	1.6	.683

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher DeMarcus Cousins nor Nikola Vucevic played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	DeMarcus Cousins	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2012-13	2013-14
Team	Sacramento Kings	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	75	30.5	17.1	3.0	7.0	9.9	2.7	1.4	0.7	3.0	3.6	6.4	13.8	.465	0.1	0.3	.182	4.2	5.6	.738
difference:	+18	+1.3	+2.9	+0.2	+0.7	+1.1	+0.9	+0.3	+0.1	-1.0	-0.6	+0.2	+1.6	+.042	+0.1	+0.3		+2.4	+3.2	+.028
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
* Neiher DeMarcus Cousins nor Nikola Vucevic played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	DeMarcus Cousins	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2013-14	2014-15
Team	Sacramento Kings	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	71	32.4	22.7	3.1	8.6	11.7	2.9	1.5	1.3	3.5	3.8	8.3	16.8	.496	0.0	0.1	.000	6.1	8.4	.726
difference:	+3	+1.8	+3.4	+0.1	+0.9	+0.8	+0.9	+0.8	+0.6	-1.5	-0.8	+0.2	+0.5	+.027			+.333	+3.9	+5.5	+.026
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
* Neiher DeMarcus Cousins nor Nikola Vucevic played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	DeMarcus Cousins	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2014-15	2015-16
Team	Sacramento Kings	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	59	34.1	24.1	3.1	9.5	12.7	3.6	1.5	1.7	4.3	4.1	8.4	18.1	.467	0.0	0.1	.250	7.2	9.2	.782
difference:	+6	+2.8	+5.9	+0.4	+3.3	+3.8	+0.8	+0.7	+0.6	-2.4	-1.4	+0.2	+2.0	+.043			+.028	+5.5	+6.9	+.029
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
* Neiher DeMarcus Cousins nor Nikola Vucevic played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	DeMarcus Cousins	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2015-16	2016-17
Team	Sacramento Kings	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	65	34.6	26.9	2.4	9.1	11.5	3.3	1.6	1.4	3.8	3.6	9.2	20.5	.451	1.1	3.2	.333	7.3	10.2	.718
difference:	+10	+5.8	+12.3	+0.1	+1.1	+1.1	+0.5	+0.6	+0.4	-2.2	-1.2	+2.8	+6.8	+.017	+0.8	+2.2	+.026	+5.9	+8.1	+.049
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
* Neiher DeMarcus Cousins nor Nikola Vucevic played in the postseason in their season 6


Season 7
	DeMarcus Cousins	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2016-17	2017-18
Team	Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Pelicans	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	72	34.2	27.0	2.1	8.9	11.0	4.6	1.4	1.3	3.7	3.9	9.0	19.9	.452	1.8	5.0	.361	7.2	9.3	.772
difference:	+15	+4.7	+10.5	+0.3	+1.5	+1.8	+1.2	+0.4	+0.2	-1.8	-1.4	+2.0	+5.2	+.023	+0.7	+1.4	+.047	+5.8	+7.7	+.047
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
* Neiher DeMarcus Cousins nor Nikola Vucevic played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	DeMarcus Cousins	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2017-18	2018-19
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	48	36.2	25.2	2.2	10.7	12.9	5.4	1.6	1.6	5.0	3.8	8.5	18.0	.470	2.2	6.1	.354	6.1	8.2	.746
difference:	+32	+4.8	+4.4	+0.6	+1.5	+0.9	+1.6	+0.6	+0.5	-3.0	-1.8	+0.3	+1.1	+.048	+1.1	+3.2	+.010	+3.9	+5.4	+.043
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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	DeMarcus Cousins	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2018-19	2019-20
Team	Golden State Warriors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	30	25.7	16.3	1.4	6.8	8.2	3.6	1.3	1.5	2.4	3.6	5.9	12.4	.480	0.9	3.2	.274	3.5	4.8	.736
difference:	+32	+6.5	+3.3	+0.9	+1.8	+2.7		+0.4	+0.7	-1.0	-1.4	+2.1	+4.3	+.003	+0.7	+1.5	+.065	+1.4	+2.1	+.048
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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	8	16.6	7.6	1.1	3.8	4.9	2.4	0.6	0.8	2.4	3.0	2.6	6.6	.396	0.4	1.5	.250	2.0	3.1	.640
difference:	+3	+20.4	+20.4	+0.7	+5.4	+6.1	+1.6	+0.2	+0.2	-0.2	-0.4	+8.6	+15.6	+.109	+3.2	+7.3	+.159		+0.9	+.269
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

Note: DeMarcus Cousins didn't play in 2019-20.


Season 10
	DeMarcus Cousins	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2020-21	2020-21
Team	Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers	Orlando Magic, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	41	17.4	8.9	1.3	5.1	6.4	1.9	0.8	0.6	1.6	2.6	3.2	7.4	.426	1.1	3.3	.348	1.4	2.0	.728
difference:	+29	+16.1	+14.5	+0.8	+4.5	+5.3	+1.9	+0.1	+0.1	-0.2	-0.6	+6.3	+12.5	+.051	+1.4	+3.0	+.052	+0.5	+0.2	+.112
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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	7	8.3	7.6	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.9	2.7	6.0	.452	0.6	1.4	.400	1.6	2.0	.786
Nikola Vucevic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	DeMarcus Cousins	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2021-22	2021-22
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls 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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	48	14.9	9.0	1.5	4.1	5.6	1.5	0.7	0.4	1.8	2.9	3.1	6.8	.460	0.8	2.5	.303	2.0	2.6	.760
difference:	+25	+18.2	+8.6	+0.4	+5.0	+5.4	+1.7	+0.3	+0.6	-0.1	-0.4	+4.4	+9.0	+.013	+0.6	+2.0	+.011	+0.7	+0.9
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		%
DeMarcus Cousins	5	11.4	10.6	0.6	2.8	3.4	1.2	0.6	0.2	1.4	1.8	3.8	5.8	.655	0.8	1.2	.667	2.2	3.0	.733
difference:		+24.8	+8.8	+2.2	+6.8	+9.0	+2.0	+0.2	+1.0	-0.2	-1.0	+4.2	+12.4	+.215	+1.8	+7.2	+.357	+1.4	+2.0	+.067
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

Additional Years

* Nikola Vucevic played 3 seasons more than DeMarcus Cousins in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 12 to 14, from 2023 to 2025—Nikola Vucevic didn't play in the postseason.

DeMarcus Cousins vs. Nikola Vucevic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Vucevic and DeMarcus Cousins, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years