Jusuf Nurkic vs. Kurt Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kurt Thomas 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.

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.

Jusuf Nurkic played 10 years in the NBA, 8 less than Kurt Thomas, who played 18. Jusuf Nurkic had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Kurt Thomas had his rookie season in 1995-96. 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
Jusuf Nurkic	10	5	2014-15 to 2023-24
Kurt Thomas	18	11	1995-96 to 2012-13

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	Jusuf Nurkic	Kurt Thomas
Season	2014-15	1995-96
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat Lost East 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		%
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
Kurt Thomas	74	22.4	9.0	1.6	4.3	5.9	0.6	0.6	0.5	1.3	3.7	3.7	7.4	.501	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.4	.663

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	3	20.0	4.0	1.3	4.0	5.3	1.0	0.7	0.3	1.7	4.3	1.3	3.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.3	1.000


Season 2
	Jusuf Nurkic	Kurt Thomas
Season	2015-16	1996-97
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
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	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
Kurt Thomas	18	20.8	6.3	1.7	4.2	5.9	0.5	0.7	0.5	1.4	3.7	2.2	5.8	.371	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.761

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


Season 3
	Jusuf Nurkic	Kurt Thomas
Season	2016-17	1997-98
Team	Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
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
Kurt Thomas	5	14.6	7.4	1.6	3.2	4.8	0.6	0.2	0.0	2.0	3.8	3.4	9.0	.378	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.6	1.000

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	-
Kurt Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Jusuf Nurkic	Kurt Thomas
Season	2017-18	1998-99
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost NBA 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
Kurt Thomas	50	23.6	8.1	1.6	4.1	5.7	1.1	0.9	0.3	1.5	3.2	3.4	7.4	.462	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.2	.611

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
Kurt Thomas	20	21.1	5.3	1.9	3.6	5.5	0.4	0.8	0.6	1.0	3.8	2.3	5.9	.381	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.696


Season 5
	Jusuf Nurkic	Kurt Thomas
Season	2018-19	1999-00
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf 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	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
Kurt Thomas	80	24.6	8.0	1.8	4.5	6.3	1.0	0.6	0.5	1.3	3.5	3.4	6.7	.505	0.0	0.0	.333	1.3	1.6	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	16	15.7	4.3	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.9	2.8	1.9	3.8	.508	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.700


Season 6
	Jusuf Nurkic	Kurt Thomas
Season	2019-20	2000-01
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East 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		%
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
Kurt Thomas	77	27.6	10.4	2.2	4.5	6.7	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.3	3.7	4.1	8.0	.511	0.0	0.0	.333	2.2	2.7	.814

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
Kurt Thomas	5	37.2	14.4	3.4	7.8	11.2	1.8	0.4	1.0	1.8	5.2	5.0	9.4	.532	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	6.2	.710


Season 7
	Jusuf Nurkic	Kurt Thomas
Season	2020-21	2001-02
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
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
Kurt Thomas	82	33.8	13.9	2.6	6.5	9.1	1.1	0.9	1.0	1.9	4.2	5.6	11.4	.494	0.0	0.1	.167	2.6	3.2	.815

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
Kurt Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Jusuf Nurkic	Kurt Thomas
Season	2021-22	2002-03
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
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
Kurt Thomas	81	31.8	14.0	2.0	5.9	7.9	2.0	1.0	1.2	1.7	4.2	6.1	12.7	.483	0.0	0.0	.667	1.7	2.3	.750

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


Season 9
	Jusuf Nurkic	Kurt Thomas
Season	2022-23	2003-04
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East 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		%
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
Kurt Thomas	80	31.9	11.1	1.8	6.5	8.3	1.9	0.7	1.0	1.7	3.7	4.9	10.4	.473	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.6	.835

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	4	35.3	12.8	2.3	9.3	11.5	1.5	1.8	0.8	2.5	4.3	5.3	12.3	.429	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.0	.750


Season 10
	Jusuf Nurkic	Kurt Thomas
Season	2023-24	2004-05
Team	Phoenix Suns	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
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
Kurt Thomas	80	35.7	11.5	2.1	8.3	10.4	2.0	0.9	1.0	1.2	3.9	5.3	11.3	.471	0.0	0.1	.500	0.8	1.1	.786

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
Kurt Thomas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Jusuf Nurkic	Kurt Thomas
Season	-	2005-06
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Suns Lost West Conf 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	53	26.6	8.6	1.9	5.9	7.8	1.1	0.4	1.0	1.1	3.6	3.6	7.4	.486	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.7	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	1	6.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500


Season 12
	Jusuf Nurkic	Kurt Thomas
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Suns Lost West Conf 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	67	18.0	4.6	1.3	4.4	5.7	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	2.3	1.9	3.9	.486	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.1	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	11	19.3	7.5	1.0	3.9	4.9	1.1	0.5	0.8	0.8	2.3	3.1	5.9	.523	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.5	.882


Season 13
	Jusuf Nurkic	Kurt Thomas
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs Lost West Conf 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	70	22.6	6.3	1.9	5.4	7.2	1.0	0.8	0.8	0.7	2.7	2.8	5.7	.492	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.1	.663

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	17	15.8	4.1	1.5	3.4	4.9	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.8	2.7	1.9	4.1	.457	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.714


Season 14
	Jusuf Nurkic	Kurt Thomas
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	79	17.8	4.3	1.7	3.4	5.1	0.8	0.4	0.7	0.5	2.2	1.9	3.8	.503	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.6	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	5	16.0	2.6	0.8	3.8	4.6	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.8	2.6	1.0	2.2	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.750


Season 15
	Jusuf Nurkic	Kurt Thomas
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	70	15.0	3.0	1.2	3.0	4.2	0.7	0.4	0.7	0.7	2.3	1.4	3.0	.476	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	7	28.4	5.4	1.7	6.1	7.9	1.6	0.4	0.6	1.1	3.7	2.4	5.0	.486	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.7	.800


Season 16
	Jusuf Nurkic	Kurt Thomas
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bulls Lost East Conf 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	52	22.7	4.1	1.4	4.3	5.8	1.2	0.6	0.8	0.8	3.2	1.8	3.6	.511	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.4	0.6	.625

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	7	10.6	2.9	1.3	1.4	2.7	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.7	1.4	2.6	.556	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 17
	Jusuf Nurkic	Kurt Thomas
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
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		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	53	15.2	3.0	0.7	2.8	3.5	0.9	0.5	0.6	0.6	2.3	1.4	3.0	.465	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.700

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


Season 18
	Jusuf Nurkic	Kurt Thomas
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	New York Knicks
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		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kurt Thomas	39	10.1	2.5	0.6	1.7	2.3	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.2	1.3	1.2	2.1	.542	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.2	0.3	.462

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

Jusuf Nurkic vs. Kurt Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kurt Thomas 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.

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

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17

Season 18