Evan Mobley vs. Ivica Zubac Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ivica Zubac and Evan Mobley, 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.

Evan Mobley played 4 years in the NBA, 5 less than Ivica Zubac, who played 9. Evan Mobley had the first of his seasons in 2021-22, 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.

Rookie Season
	Evan Mobley	Ivica Zubac
Season	2021-22	2016-17
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Evan Mobley	69	33.8	15.0	2.1	6.2	8.3	2.5	0.8	1.7	1.9	2.1	6.1	12.0	.508	0.3	1.3	.250	2.4	3.7	.663
difference:	+31	+17.8	+7.5	+1.0	+3.1	+4.1	+1.7	+0.4	+0.8	-1.1	-0.4	+2.8	+5.7	+.021	+0.3	+1.2	+.250	+1.6	+2.4	+.010
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 Evan Mobley nor Ivica Zubac played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Evan Mobley	Ivica Zubac
Season	2022-23	2017-18
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Evan Mobley	79	34.4	16.2	2.4	6.6	9.0	2.8	0.8	1.5	1.8	2.8	6.6	12.0	.554	0.3	1.3	.216	2.6	3.8	.674
difference:	+36	+24.9	+12.5	+1.4	+4.8	+6.1	+2.2	+0.6	+1.2	-1.2	-1.7	+5.2	+9.2	+.054	+0.3	+1.3		+1.7	+2.6	+.091
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Evan Mobley	5	37.6	9.8	3.0	7.0	10.0	2.0	0.6	1.2	2.4	2.6	4.4	9.6	.458	0.0	0.2	.000	1.0	1.6	.625
Ivica Zubac	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Evan Mobley	Ivica Zubac
Season	2024-25	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Evan Mobley	71	30.5	18.5	2.3	7.0	9.3	3.2	0.9	1.6	2.0	2.0	7.1	12.8	.557	1.2	3.2	.370	3.1	4.3	.725
difference:	+1	+12.1	+10.2	+0.4	+2.2	+1.8	+2.1	+0.7	+0.7	-1.2	-0.3	+3.8	+7.5	+.056	+1.2	+3.2		+1.4	+2.0	+.022
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	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Evan Mobley	8	32.1	17.1	2.6	5.5	8.1	1.6	1.1	1.0	1.4	1.3	6.4	10.9	.586	1.8	3.9	.452	2.6	3.1	.840
difference:	+5	+7.5	+8.0	+0.2	+0.7	+0.9	+1.0	+0.9	+0.2	-0.5	-1.3	+3.0	+4.9	+.022	+1.8	+3.9		+0.3	+0.3	+.029
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

Additional Years
* Ivica Zubac played 5 seasons more than Evan Mobley in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 9, from 2021 to 2025—Ivica Zubac played in 4 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Evan Mobley, Ivica Zubac got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team