Jeff Cook vs. Enes Kanter Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Enes Kanter and Jeff Cook, 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

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.

Jeff Cook played 8 years in the NBA, 3 less than Enes Kanter, who played 11. Jeff Cook had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, while Enes Kanter 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 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
Jeff Cook	8	5	1979-80 to 1987-88
Enes Kanter	11	6	2011-12 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jeff Cook	Enes Kanter
Season	1979-80	2011-12
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz 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		%
Jeff Cook	66	13.7	5.5	1.4	2.3	3.7	1.3	0.4	0.3	1.1	1.5	2.0	4.2	.469	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.0	.806
Enes Kanter	66	13.2	4.6	1.6	2.6	4.2	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.3	1.8	3.6	.496	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.6	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Cook	7	14.0	7.7	0.7	2.3	3.0	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.7	1.4	2.3	3.4	.667	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	3.7	.846
Enes Kanter	4	10.8	3.5	2.0	2.0	4.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.8	1.8	4.0	.438	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.3	.000


Season 2
	Jeff Cook	Enes Kanter
Season	1980-81	2012-13
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Jeff Cook	79	27.7	8.5	2.2	3.8	5.9	2.5	1.0	0.7	1.8	3.0	3.6	7.8	.464	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.0	.645
Enes Kanter	70	15.4	7.2	1.9	2.4	4.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	1.4	1.7	2.9	5.4	.544	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.3	1.7	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Cook	7	29.4	9.3	2.4	4.3	6.7	1.6	0.1	0.0	1.4	4.1	3.6	7.7	.463	0.1	0.1	1.000	2.0	2.7	.737
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Jeff Cook	Enes Kanter
Season	1981-82	2013-14
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Jeff Cook	76	17.1	5.1	1.5	2.5	4.0	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.1	2.3	2.0	4.7	.422	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.8	.664
Enes Kanter	80	26.7	12.3	2.8	4.7	7.5	0.9	0.4	0.5	1.8	2.9	5.2	10.7	.491	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.6	.730

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Cook	7	6.4	1.1	0.9	0.4	1.3	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.6	1.1	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Jeff Cook	Enes Kanter
Season	1982-83	2014-15
Team	Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers	Utah Jazz, Oklahoma City Thunder
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		%
Jeff Cook	75	17.8	5.0	1.6	2.9	4.5	1.4	0.5	0.4	1.4	2.4	2.0	4.1	.487	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.4	.760
Enes Kanter	75	28.5	15.5	3.7	5.3	8.9	0.7	0.5	0.4	1.9	2.5	6.4	12.4	.519	0.2	0.6	.356	2.4	3.1	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Cook	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Jeff Cook	Enes Kanter
Season	1983-84	2015-16
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf 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		%
Jeff Cook	81	24.1	5.8	2.1	3.8	6.0	1.5	0.8	0.6	1.1	3.5	2.3	4.8	.486	0.0	0.0	.500	1.2	1.6	.723
Enes Kanter	82	21.0	12.7	3.0	5.1	8.1	0.4	0.3	0.4	1.4	2.0	5.0	8.8	.576	0.1	0.3	.476	2.4	3.1	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Cook	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Enes Kanter	18	17.9	9.4	2.6	3.6	6.2	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	2.2	3.6	6.6	.551	0.1	0.8	.143	2.1	2.5	.844


Season 6
	Jeff Cook	Enes Kanter
Season	1984-85	2016-17
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, San Antonio Spurs	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Thunder 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		%
Jeff Cook	72	17.9	4.5	1.7	2.7	4.4	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.7	2.8	1.9	3.9	.495	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.9	.734
Enes Kanter	72	21.3	14.3	2.7	4.0	6.7	0.9	0.4	0.5	1.7	2.1	5.6	10.2	.545	0.1	0.5	.132	3.1	4.0	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Cook	5	19.6	7.0	1.2	4.6	5.8	0.8	1.0	1.2	1.2	4.6	1.8	3.6	.500	0.0	0.2	.000	3.4	5.0	.680
Enes Kanter	5	9.0	4.8	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.4	1.6	2.0	5.2	.385	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.8	1.000


Season 7
	Jeff Cook	Enes Kanter
Season	1985-86	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
Jeff Cook	36	10.4	2.5	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.4	1.8	0.9	2.0	.425	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.2	.643
Enes Kanter	71	25.8	14.1	3.8	7.1	11.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	1.7	2.6	5.9	10.0	.592	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	2.6	.848

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Cook	4	5.3	1.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	1.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.750
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Jeff Cook didn't play in 1986-87.


Season 8
	Jeff Cook	Enes Kanter
Season	1987-88	2018-19
Team	Phoenix Suns	New York Knicks, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 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		%
Jeff Cook	33	10.9	1.5	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.9	0.4	1.8	.237	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.8	.821
Enes Kanter	67	24.5	13.7	3.8	6.0	9.8	1.7	0.5	0.4	1.8	2.5	5.6	10.2	.549	0.1	0.5	.294	2.3	2.9	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Cook	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Enes Kanter	16	28.8	11.4	3.3	6.4	9.6	1.2	0.7	0.6	1.6	2.3	4.7	9.1	.514	0.1	0.3	.250	1.9	2.6	.756


Season 9
	Jeff Cook	Enes Kanter
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Jeff Cook	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Enes Kanter	58	16.9	8.1	2.8	4.6	7.4	1.0	0.4	0.7	1.0	1.7	3.4	6.0	.572	0.0	0.1	.143	1.2	1.7	.707

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Cook	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Enes Kanter	11	9.3	4.5	1.7	2.2	3.9	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.7	2.0	3.8	.524	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.5	0.9	.500


Season 10
	Jeff Cook	Enes Kanter
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers 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		%
Jeff Cook	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Enes Kanter	72	24.4	11.2	3.9	7.1	11.0	1.2	0.5	0.7	1.1	2.3	4.7	7.8	.604	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.3	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Cook	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Enes Kanter	5	11.2	2.0	1.2	1.4	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.6	1.8	0.8	1.6	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 11
	Jeff Cook	Enes Kanter
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Boston Celtics
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		%
Jeff Cook	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Enes Kanter	35	11.7	3.7	1.7	2.8	4.6	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	1.2	1.5	2.8	.526	0.1	0.1	.400	0.7	0.8	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Cook	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Enes Kanter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Jeff Cook vs. Enes Kanter Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Enes Kanter and Jeff Cook, 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