John Crotty vs. Jusuf Nurkic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jusuf Nurkic and John Crotty, 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.

John Crotty played 11 years in the NBA, 1 more than Jusuf Nurkic, who played 10. John Crotty had the first of his seasons in 1992-93, while Jusuf Nurkic had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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
John Crotty	11	7	1992-93 to 2002-03
Jusuf Nurkic	10	5	2014-15 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	John Crotty	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	1992-93	2014-15
Team	Utah Jazz	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
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		%
John Crotty	40	6.1	2.6	0.1	0.3	0.4	1.4	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.7	0.9	1.8	.514	0.1	0.4	.143	0.7	1.0	.684
Jusuf Nurkic	62	17.8	6.9	2.0	4.1	6.2	0.8	0.8	1.1	1.4	3.3	2.8	6.2	.446	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.1	.636

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Crotty	1	3.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	John Crotty	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	1993-94	2015-16
Team	Utah Jazz	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
John Crotty	45	7.0	2.9	0.2	0.4	0.7	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.8	1.0	2.2	.455	0.2	0.5	.458	0.7	0.8	.861
Jusuf Nurkic	32	17.1	8.2	2.0	3.4	5.5	1.3	0.8	1.4	1.7	2.8	3.2	7.6	.417	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	3.1	.616

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Crotty	8	4.8	1.5	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.8	0.5	1.4	.364	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	0.3	1.000
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	John Crotty	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	1994-95	2016-17
Team	Utah Jazz	Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
John Crotty	80	12.7	3.7	0.3	0.9	1.2	2.6	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.3	1.2	2.9	.403	0.1	0.5	.306	1.2	1.5	.810
Jusuf Nurkic	65	21.4	10.2	2.4	4.8	7.2	1.9	0.8	1.1	2.2	2.5	4.2	8.2	.507	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	3.2	.571

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Crotty	3	8.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	0	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.7	.600
Jusuf Nurkic	1	17.0	2.0	0.0	11.0	11.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 4
	John Crotty	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	1995-96	2017-18
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
John Crotty	58	10.6	3.0	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.8	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.0	0.9	2.0	.447	0.1	0.5	.296	1.1	1.2	.861
Jusuf Nurkic	79	26.4	14.3	2.4	6.6	9.0	1.8	0.8	1.4	2.3	3.1	6.1	12.0	.505	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.5	.630

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Crotty	2	4.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Jusuf Nurkic	4	23.5	11.8	3.0	5.0	8.0	1.0	1.5	1.3	0.8	3.5	4.8	9.8	.487	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	2.8	.818


Season 5
	John Crotty	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	1996-97	2018-19
Team	Miami Heat	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat 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		%
John Crotty	48	13.7	4.8	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.1	0.4	0.0	0.9	1.6	1.6	3.2	.513	0.4	1.0	.408	1.1	1.3	.844
Jusuf Nurkic	72	27.4	15.6	3.4	7.0	10.4	3.2	1.0	1.4	2.3	3.5	5.8	11.5	.508	0.0	0.4	.103	3.9	5.1	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Crotty	15	8.4	2.5	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.0	0.9	2.2	.394	0.3	0.8	.417	0.4	0.5	.857
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	John Crotty	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	1997-98	2019-20
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
John Crotty	26	14.6	3.7	0.2	1.1	1.2	2.4	0.4	0.0	1.6	1.1	1.1	3.5	.322	0.2	0.8	.300	1.2	1.3	.941
Jusuf Nurkic	8	31.6	17.6	2.9	7.4	10.3	4.0	1.4	2.0	2.4	4.9	6.8	13.6	.495	0.3	1.3	.200	3.9	4.4	.886

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Crotty	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jusuf Nurkic	5	32.2	14.2	2.8	7.6	10.4	3.6	1.4	0.2	2.6	4.2	5.0	11.4	.439	0.6	2.2	.273	3.6	4.6	.783


Season 7
	John Crotty	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	1998-99	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Seattle Supersonics	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
John Crotty	27	14.1	5.9	0.3	0.9	1.1	2.3	0.4	0.0	1.2	1.1	1.9	4.6	.411	0.5	1.3	.389	1.6	1.9	.860
Jusuf Nurkic	37	23.8	11.5	2.3	6.6	9.0	3.4	1.0	1.1	2.0	2.8	4.6	9.0	.514	0.3	0.8	.400	1.9	3.1	.619

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Crotty	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jusuf Nurkic	6	28.8	13.2	3.0	7.3	10.3	2.7	0.5	1.2	2.3	5.0	5.0	9.2	.545	0.2	0.8	.200	3.0	4.2	.720


Season 8
	John Crotty	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	1999-00	2021-22
Team	Detroit Pistons	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
John Crotty	69	13.6	4.7	0.2	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.5	1.5	3.6	.422	0.5	1.2	.413	1.2	1.3	.860
Jusuf Nurkic	56	28.2	15.0	3.0	8.1	11.1	2.8	1.1	0.6	2.6	3.4	5.7	10.7	.535	0.3	1.0	.268	3.3	4.8	.690

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Crotty	3	17.0	2.0	0.0	1.3	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.3	1.3	0.7	3.3	.200	0.0	1.0	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	John Crotty	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2000-01	2022-23
Team	Utah Jazz	Portland Trail Blazers
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		%
John Crotty	31	8.5	2.1	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.1	0.2	0.0	0.6	1.0	0.7	2.1	.338	0.1	0.2	.571	0.5	0.6	.895
Jusuf Nurkic	52	26.8	13.3	2.2	6.9	9.1	2.9	0.8	0.8	2.3	3.6	5.0	9.7	.519	0.8	2.3	.361	2.4	3.7	.661

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Crotty	4	4.5	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.8	1.000
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	John Crotty	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2001-02	2023-24
Team	Utah Jazz	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
John Crotty	41	19.6	6.9	0.4	1.4	1.8	3.4	0.5	0.0	1.2	1.9	2.4	5.1	.471	0.8	1.7	.449	1.4	1.6	.864
Jusuf Nurkic	76	27.3	10.9	2.9	8.1	11.0	4.0	1.1	1.1	2.3	3.3	4.2	8.3	.510	0.3	1.2	.244	2.2	3.4	.640

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Crotty	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jusuf Nurkic	4	26.0	7.8	3.3	5.0	8.3	2.8	1.5	1.5	1.5	3.8	3.3	6.5	.500	0.0	0.5	.000	1.3	2.8	.455


Season 11
	John Crotty	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2002-03	-
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		%
John Crotty	12	15.0	3.4	0.1	1.2	1.3	2.4	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.3	1.2	3.4	.341	0.3	1.1	.308	0.8	1.3	.600
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
John Crotty	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

John Crotty vs. Jusuf Nurkic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jusuf Nurkic and John Crotty, 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