Jusuf Nurkic vs. Domantas Sabonis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Domantas Sabonis 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 12 years in the NBA, 2 more than Domantas Sabonis, who played 10. Jusuf Nurkic had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Domantas Sabonis 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
	Jusuf Nurkic	Domantas Sabonis
Season	2014-15	2016-17
Team	Denver Nuggets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+19	+2.3	+1.0	+1.4	+1.1	+2.6	+0.2	+0.3	+0.7	-0.4	-0.8	+0.4	+0.3	+.047	+0.6	+2.0		+0.9	+1.3	+.021
Domantas Sabonis	81	20.1	5.9	0.6	3.0	3.6	1.0	0.5	0.4	1.0	2.5	2.4	5.9	.399	0.6	2.0	.321	0.5	0.8	.657
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Domantas Sabonis	2	3.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000

Season 4
	Jusuf Nurkic	Domantas Sabonis
Season	2017-18	2019-20
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+17	+8.4	+4.2	+0.6	+2.8	+3.4	+3.2		+0.9	-0.4		+1.3	+1.7	+.035	+0.3	+1.0	+.254	+1.3	+1.3	+.093
Domantas Sabonis	62	34.8	18.5	3.0	9.4	12.4	5.0	0.8	0.5	2.7	3.1	7.4	13.7	.540	0.3	1.1	.254	3.5	4.8	.723
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
Domantas Sabonis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Jusuf Nurkic	Domantas Sabonis
Season	2018-19	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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5th 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	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
difference:	+10	+8.6	+4.7	+1.0	+2.5	+1.6	+3.5	+0.2	+0.9	-1.1	-0.2	+2.0	+3.1	+.027	+0.8	+2.2	+.218		+0.2	+.041
Domantas Sabonis	62	36.0	20.3	2.4	9.5	12.0	6.7	1.2	0.5	3.4	3.3	7.8	14.6	.535	0.8	2.6	.321	3.9	5.3	.732
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jusuf Nurkic nor Domantas Sabonis played in the postseason in their season 5

Season 7
	Jusuf Nurkic	Domantas Sabonis
Season	2020-21	2022-23
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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7th 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	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
difference:	+42	+10.8	+7.6	+0.9	+2.5	+3.3	+3.9	+0.2	+0.6	-0.9	-0.7	+2.7	+2.9	+.101	+0.1	+0.3	+.027	+2.2	+2.4	+.123
Domantas Sabonis	79	34.6	19.1	3.2	9.1	12.3	7.3	0.8	0.5	2.9	3.5	7.3	11.9	.615	0.4	1.1	.373	4.1	5.5	.742
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
difference:	+1	+5.9	+3.2	+1.4	+0.7	+0.7	+2.0	+0.9	+0.3	-1.4	-1.0	+2.0	+4.9	+.050	+0.1	+0.1		+0.7	+0.2	+.149
Domantas Sabonis	7	34.7	16.4	4.4	6.6	11.0	4.7	1.4	0.9	3.7	4.0	7.0	14.1	.495	0.1	0.7	.200	2.3	4.0	.571

Season 8
	Jusuf Nurkic	Domantas Sabonis
Season	2021-22	2023-24
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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8th 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	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
difference:	+26	+7.5	+4.4	+0.6	+2.0	+2.6	+5.4	+0.2		-0.7	-0.4	+2.0	+2.3	+.059	+0.1	+0.1	+.111	+0.3	+0.3	+.014
Domantas Sabonis	82	35.7	19.4	3.6	10.1	13.7	8.2	0.9	0.6	3.3	3.0	7.7	13.0	.594	0.4	1.1	.379	3.6	5.1	.704
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jusuf Nurkic nor Domantas Sabonis played in the postseason in their season 8

Season 9
	Jusuf Nurkic	Domantas Sabonis
Season	2022-23	2024-25
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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9th 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	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
difference:	+18	+7.9	+5.8	+1.6	+3.2	+4.8	+3.1	+0.1	+0.4	-0.6	-0.3	+2.5	+3.1	+.071	+0.1	+0.1	+.056	+0.7	+0.4	+.093
Domantas Sabonis	70	34.7	19.1	3.8	10.1	13.9	6.0	0.7	0.4	2.9	3.3	7.5	12.8	.590	0.9	2.2	.417	3.1	4.1	.754
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jusuf Nurkic nor Domantas Sabonis played in the postseason in their season 9