Jusuf Nurkic vs. Jalen Suggs Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Suggs 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, 7 more than Jalen Suggs, who played 4. Jusuf Nurkic had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Jalen Suggs had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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	Jalen Suggs
Season	2014-15	2021-22
Team	Denver Nuggets	Orlando Magic
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:	+14	+9.4	+4.9	+1.5	+1.1	+2.6	+3.6	+0.4	+0.7	-1.6	-0.3	+1.3	+5.2	+.085	+0.9	+4.1		+1.2	+1.3	+.137
Jalen Suggs	48	27.2	11.8	0.5	3.0	3.6	4.4	1.2	0.4	3.0	3.0	4.1	11.4	.361	0.9	4.1	.214	2.6	3.4	.773
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jusuf Nurkic nor Jalen Suggs played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Jusuf Nurkic	Jalen Suggs
Season	2016-17	2023-24
Team	Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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3rd 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	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	-	1.8	3.2	.571
difference:	+10	+5.6	+2.4	+1.8	+2.4	+4.1	+0.8	+0.6	+0.5	-0.4	-0.2	+0.3	+1.3	+.036	+2.0	+5.1		+0.2	+1.1	+.185
Jalen Suggs	75	27.0	12.6	0.6	2.4	3.1	2.7	1.4	0.6	1.8	2.7	4.5	9.5	.471	2.0	5.1	.397	1.6	2.1	.756
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	-
difference:	+6	+16.1	+12.7	+1.6	+7.4	+5.9	+0.7	+1.3	+0.6	-0.1	-1.6	+3.7	+8.7	+.069	+2.0	+5.9	+.292	+3.3	+4.3
Jalen Suggs	7	33.1	14.7	1.6	3.6	5.1	3.3	1.3	0.4	2.9	2.6	4.7	11.7	.402	2.0	6.9	.292	3.3	4.3	.767