Jusuf Nurkic vs. Bobby Portis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bobby Portis and Jusuf Nurkic, 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.

Jusuf Nurkic played 11 years in the NBA, 1 more than Bobby Portis, who played 10. Jusuf Nurkic had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Bobby Portis had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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
	Jusuf Nurkic	Bobby Portis
Season	2014-15	2015-16
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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		%
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	-	1.4	2.1	.636
difference:			+0.1		+0.6	+0.8		+0.4	+0.7	-0.5	-1.7	+0.2	+0.8	+.019	+0.3	+0.8		+0.6	+1.0	+.091
Bobby Portis	62	17.8	7.0	2.0	3.5	5.4	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.0	7.0	.427	0.3	0.8	.308	0.8	1.1	.727
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jusuf Nurkic nor Bobby Portis played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 6
	Jusuf Nurkic	Bobby Portis
Season	2019-20	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
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
difference:	+58	+10.8	+6.2	+1.0	+2.2	+3.2	+2.9	+0.6	+1.6	-1.6	-3.2	+2.1	+4.5	+.028	+0.8	+1.1	+.271	+3.1	+3.3	+.146
Bobby Portis	66	20.8	11.4	1.9	5.2	7.1	1.1	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.7	4.7	9.1	.523	1.1	2.4	.471	0.8	1.1	.740
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+15	+13.9	+5.4	+1.1	+4.2	+5.4	+3.0	+0.7	+0.2	-2.1	-2.6	+1.5	+3.8	+.025	+0.3	+0.4	+.073	+2.7	+3.3	+.063
Bobby Portis	20	18.3	8.8	1.7	3.4	5.0	0.6	0.7	0.4	0.5	1.6	3.5	7.6	.464	0.9	2.6	.346	0.9	1.3	.720

Season 10
	Jusuf Nurkic	Bobby Portis
Season	2023-24	2024-25
Team	Phoenix Suns	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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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		%
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
difference:	+27	+1.9	+3.0	+1.1	+1.5	+2.6	+1.9	+0.4	+0.6	-1.1	-1.4	+1.5	+3.8	+.044	+1.0	+2.4	+.121	+1.0	+1.9	+.196
Bobby Portis	49	25.4	13.9	1.8	6.6	8.4	2.1	0.7	0.5	1.2	1.9	5.7	12.1	.466	1.3	3.6	.365	1.2	1.5	.836
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+1	+5.6	+6.2	+1.7	+1.6	+0.1	+1.4	+1.1	+1.1	-0.3	-2.2	+2.7	+7.1	+.059	+2.0	+5.1	+.357	+1.3	+2.6	+.455
Bobby Portis	5	31.6	14.0	1.6	6.6	8.2	1.4	0.4	0.4	1.2	1.6	6.0	13.6	.441	2.0	5.6	.357	0.0	0.2	.000