Ersan Ilyasova vs. Richard Jefferson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Richard Jefferson and Ersan Ilyasova, 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.

Ersan Ilyasova played 13 years in the NBA, 4 less than Richard Jefferson, who played 17. Ersan Ilyasova had the first of his seasons in 2006-07, while Richard Jefferson had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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
Ersan Ilyasova	13	8	2006-07 to 2020-21
Richard Jefferson	17	12	2001-02 to 2017-18

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Ersan Ilyasova	Richard Jefferson
Season	2006-07	2001-02
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	66	14.7	6.1	0.9	2.0	2.9	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.8	2.2	2.1	5.5	.383	0.8	2.2	.365	1.1	1.3	.787
Richard Jefferson	79	24.3	9.4	1.1	2.6	3.7	1.8	0.8	0.6	1.4	2.7	3.4	7.5	.457	0.2	0.7	.232	2.4	3.4	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	20	22.1	7.0	0.8	3.8	4.6	1.3	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.0	2.7	5.7	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	3.0	.550

Note: Ersan Ilyasova didn't play in 2007-08 and 2008-09.


Season 2
	Ersan Ilyasova	Richard Jefferson
Season	2009-10	2002-03
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	81	23.4	10.4	1.9	4.4	6.4	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.9	3.1	4.0	9.0	.443	1.0	3.0	.336	1.4	2.0	.715
Richard Jefferson	80	36.0	15.5	1.9	4.6	6.4	2.5	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.7	5.7	11.4	.501	0.1	0.3	.250	4.1	5.5	.743

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	7	22.4	9.7	3.0	4.6	7.6	0.4	0.7	0.1	1.4	2.0	3.4	7.1	.480	0.7	2.0	.357	2.1	2.6	.833
Richard Jefferson	20	35.7	14.1	1.5	4.9	6.4	2.4	0.8	0.2	2.3	3.4	5.5	11.6	.476	0.0	0.2	.000	3.1	4.3	.718


Season 3
	Ersan Ilyasova	Richard Jefferson
Season	2010-11	2003-04
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets 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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	60	25.1	9.5	1.8	4.3	6.1	0.9	0.9	0.4	1.1	2.7	3.7	8.5	.436	0.6	2.0	.298	1.6	1.7	.894
Richard Jefferson	82	38.2	18.5	1.3	4.3	5.7	3.8	1.1	0.3	2.4	2.7	6.8	13.6	.498	0.6	1.6	.364	4.4	5.7	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	11	41.6	19.8	1.3	5.0	6.3	3.8	1.3	0.7	3.9	3.2	6.0	14.4	.418	0.8	3.0	.273	7.0	9.8	.713


Season 4
	Ersan Ilyasova	Richard Jefferson
Season	2011-12	2004-05
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets 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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	60	27.6	13.0	3.3	5.6	8.8	1.2	0.7	0.7	1.3	2.2	4.9	10.0	.492	0.9	1.9	.455	2.4	3.1	.781
Richard Jefferson	33	41.1	22.2	1.5	5.8	7.3	4.0	1.0	0.5	4.0	3.3	7.2	17.1	.422	0.9	2.7	.337	6.9	8.2	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	4	35.5	15.8	2.0	3.5	5.5	2.3	0.8	0.0	2.0	3.5	5.0	12.5	.400	0.5	2.5	.200	5.3	7.8	.677


Season 5
	Ersan Ilyasova	Richard Jefferson
Season	2012-13	2005-06
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nets 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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	73	27.6	13.2	2.1	5.0	7.1	1.6	0.9	0.5	1.0	2.5	5.1	11.0	.462	1.3	2.9	.444	1.7	2.2	.796
Richard Jefferson	78	39.2	19.5	1.2	5.6	6.8	3.8	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.5	6.3	12.9	.493	0.8	2.4	.319	6.0	7.4	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	4	29.3	11.5	2.5	4.8	7.3	1.8	1.3	0.3	1.5	2.0	5.0	11.5	.435	1.0	2.5	.400	0.5	0.5	1.000
Richard Jefferson	11	39.7	22.2	0.6	3.5	4.1	4.1	0.9	0.4	2.7	2.9	8.2	15.0	.545	1.1	2.6	.414	4.7	5.7	.825


Season 6
	Ersan Ilyasova	Richard Jefferson
Season	2013-14	2006-07
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets 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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	55	26.9	11.2	1.9	4.3	6.2	1.3	0.8	0.1	1.1	2.5	4.3	10.5	.409	0.7	2.4	.282	1.9	2.4	.823
Richard Jefferson	55	35.6	16.3	0.9	3.5	4.4	2.7	0.6	0.1	2.2	2.2	5.5	12.1	.456	0.9	2.6	.359	4.3	5.9	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	12	40.8	19.7	0.3	5.3	5.6	2.3	0.8	0.4	2.3	2.0	6.8	14.0	.482	1.1	3.3	.325	5.1	5.5	.924


Season 7
	Ersan Ilyasova	Richard Jefferson
Season	2014-15	2007-08
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	58	22.7	11.5	1.4	3.4	4.8	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.8	2.6	4.5	9.6	.472	1.3	3.3	.389	1.2	1.8	.645
Richard Jefferson	82	39.0	22.6	1.1	3.0	4.2	3.1	0.9	0.3	2.4	2.7	7.5	16.2	.466	0.9	2.6	.362	6.6	8.3	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	6	23.7	8.7	1.0	2.8	3.8	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.8	1.7	3.3	10.2	.328	0.8	3.8	.217	1.2	1.7	.700
Richard Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Ersan Ilyasova	Richard Jefferson
Season	2015-16	2008-09
Team	Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	74	25.4	10.4	1.9	3.5	5.4	0.9	0.7	0.4	1.0	2.3	3.8	8.9	.424	1.3	3.5	.371	1.5	2.1	.721
Richard Jefferson	82	35.8	19.6	0.7	3.9	4.6	2.4	0.8	0.2	2.0	3.1	6.5	14.9	.439	1.4	3.6	.397	5.1	6.3	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Ersan Ilyasova	Richard Jefferson
Season	2016-17	2009-10
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder, Philadelphia 76ers, Atlanta Hawks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	82	26.1	13.1	1.4	4.5	5.9	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.6	4.7	10.9	.431	1.7	4.9	.353	2.0	2.5	.778
Richard Jefferson	81	31.1	12.3	0.7	3.7	4.4	2.0	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.2	4.5	9.6	.467	0.7	2.3	.316	2.6	3.5	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	6	15.0	4.0	2.3	2.8	5.2	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.8	1.2	1.3	3.8	.348	0.2	0.8	.200	1.2	1.5	.778
Richard Jefferson	10	33.4	9.4	0.8	4.5	5.3	1.8	0.6	0.6	1.5	2.0	3.4	7.0	.486	0.1	0.5	.200	2.5	3.3	.758


Season 10
	Ersan Ilyasova	Richard Jefferson
Season	2017-18	2010-11
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	69	25.1	10.9	1.7	4.2	5.9	1.3	0.9	0.4	1.0	2.3	4.0	8.9	.452	1.3	3.7	.360	1.5	2.0	.778
Richard Jefferson	81	30.4	11.0	0.7	3.2	3.8	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.1	2.0	3.8	7.9	.474	1.7	3.8	.440	1.8	2.4	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	10	23.3	9.3	2.6	5.0	7.6	1.3	0.7	0.4	1.0	2.5	3.6	8.4	.429	0.9	3.1	.290	1.2	2.1	.571
Richard Jefferson	6	29.3	6.5	0.3	3.8	4.2	0.8	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.2	2.0	5.2	.387	1.0	2.8	.353	1.5	1.8	.818


Season 11
	Ersan Ilyasova	Richard Jefferson
Season	2018-19	2011-12
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	San Antonio Spurs, Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	67	18.4	6.8	1.4	3.1	4.5	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.7	2.6	2.5	5.7	.438	0.9	2.4	.363	0.9	1.1	.824
Richard Jefferson	63	27.7	9.2	0.4	3.1	3.5	1.4	0.6	0.3	0.8	1.9	3.2	7.7	.416	1.8	4.3	.420	0.9	1.3	.694

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	15	18.1	6.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.4	0.7	0.4	0.5	2.7	2.3	5.4	.432	0.8	2.7	.300	1.3	1.7	.800
Richard Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Ersan Ilyasova	Richard Jefferson
Season	2019-20	2012-13
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	63	15.7	6.6	1.0	3.8	4.8	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.5	1.5	2.3	5.0	.466	0.8	2.2	.365	1.1	1.4	.828
Richard Jefferson	56	10.1	3.1	0.1	1.4	1.5	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.8	1.1	2.4	.456	0.3	0.8	.311	0.7	0.9	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	3	7.7	3.0	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.3	1.7	.200	0.7	0.7	1.000
Richard Jefferson	7	5.6	1.9	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.6	1.3	.444	0.3	0.4	.667	0.4	1.3	.333


Season 13
	Ersan Ilyasova	Richard Jefferson
Season	2020-21	2013-14
Team	Utah Jazz	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	17	8.7	3.8	0.4	1.3	1.7	0.2	0.6	0.2	0.5	1.7	1.2	3.2	.389	1.1	2.4	.439	0.3	0.3	1.000
Richard Jefferson	82	27.0	10.1	0.2	2.5	2.7	1.6	0.7	0.2	1.1	2.0	3.6	8.0	.450	1.5	3.7	.409	1.5	2.0	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	1	3.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	1.0	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000
Richard Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Ersan Ilyasova	Richard Jefferson
Season	-	2014-15
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	74	16.8	5.8	0.3	2.1	2.5	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.6	1.9	4.4	.444	0.9	2.1	.426	1.1	1.5	.684

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	4	12.8	3.8	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.8	2.3	1.3	3.5	.357	0.8	2.0	.375	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 15
	Ersan Ilyasova	Richard Jefferson
Season	-	2015-16
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	74	17.9	5.5	0.2	1.5	1.7	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.6	1.7	1.9	4.2	.458	0.9	2.3	.382	0.8	1.2	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	21	18.1	5.4	0.8	2.8	3.5	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.6	1.6	2.1	4.0	.524	0.5	1.3	.393	0.7	1.0	.750


Season 16
	Ersan Ilyasova	Richard Jefferson
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	79	20.4	5.7	0.4	2.2	2.6	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.9	1.9	4.3	.446	0.8	2.4	.333	1.0	1.4	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	14	12.8	3.9	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.6	2.1	1.1	2.7	.421	0.4	1.4	.263	1.3	2.0	.643


Season 17
	Ersan Ilyasova	Richard Jefferson
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Denver Nuggets
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		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	20	8.2	1.5	0.1	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.6	0.6	1.4	.444	0.1	0.4	.286	0.2	0.4	.571

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ersan Ilyasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Jefferson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Ersan Ilyasova vs. Richard Jefferson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Richard Jefferson and Ersan Ilyasova, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17