Jusuf Nurkic vs. Bobby Wanzer Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bobby Wanzer 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 10 years in the NBA, 1 more than Bobby Wanzer, who played 9. Jusuf Nurkic had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Bobby Wanzer had his rookie season in 1948-49. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jusuf Nurkic	Bobby Wanzer
Season	2014-15	1948-49
Team	Denver Nuggets	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost West Div 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		%
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
Bobby Wanzer	60	-	10.2	-	-	-	3.1	-	-	-	2.2	3.4	8.9	.379	-	-	-	3.5	4.2	.823
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Wanzer	4	-	9.5	-	-	-	2.3	-	-	-	2.3	3.3	10.3	.317	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.706

Season 3
	Jusuf Nurkic	Bobby Wanzer
Season	2016-17	1950-51
Team	Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Bobby Wanzer	68	-	10.8	-	-	3.4	2.7	-	-	-	1.9	3.7	9.2	.401	-	-	-	3.4	4.0	.850
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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	-
Bobby Wanzer	14	-	12.5	-	-	5.1	4.2	-	-	-	3.2	4.1	8.6	.471	-	-	-	4.4	4.8	.910

Season 4
	Jusuf Nurkic	Bobby Wanzer
Season	2017-18	1951-52
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Royals Lost West Div 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		%
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
Bobby Wanzer	66	37.8	15.7	-	-	5.0	4.0	-	-	-	3.0	5.0	11.7	.425	-	-	-	5.7	6.3	.904
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bobby Wanzer	6	41.5	18.8	-	-	6.3	3.2	-	-	-	3.8	5.5	12.8	.429	-	-	-	7.8	8.2	.959

Season 5
	Jusuf Nurkic	Bobby Wanzer
Season	2018-19	1952-53
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost West Div 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		%
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
Bobby Wanzer	70	36.8	14.6	-	-	5.0	3.6	-	-	-	2.9	4.5	12.4	.367	-	-	-	5.5	6.8	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Wanzer	3	38.7	17.0	-	-	7.0	3.0	-	-	-	4.3	4.7	12.3	.378	-	-	-	7.7	9.0	.852

Season 6
	Jusuf Nurkic	Bobby Wanzer
Season	2019-20	1953-54
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Royals Lost West Div 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		%
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
Bobby Wanzer	72	35.3	13.3	-	-	5.4	3.5	-	-	-	2.4	4.5	11.6	.386	-	-	-	4.4	5.9	.734
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
Bobby Wanzer	6	40.8	16.0	-	-	5.8	4.3	-	-	-	3.0	5.0	12.3	.405	-	-	-	6.0	7.3	.818

Season 7
	Jusuf Nurkic	Bobby Wanzer
Season	2020-21	1954-55
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Royals Lost West Div 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		%
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
Bobby Wanzer	72	33.0	13.1	-	-	5.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.3	4.5	11.4	.395	-	-	-	4.1	5.2	.786
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Bobby Wanzer	3	33.3	18.0	-	-	7.0	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	5.3	11.7	.457	-	-	-	7.3	8.0	.917

Season 8
	Jusuf Nurkic	Bobby Wanzer
Season	2021-22	1955-56
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
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
Bobby Wanzer	72	27.5	10.4	-	-	3.8	3.1	-	-	-	2.1	3.4	9.0	.376	-	-	-	3.6	5.0	.719
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Wanzer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-