Jusuf Nurkic vs. Lou Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lou Williams 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, 6 less than Lou Williams, who played 17. Jusuf Nurkic had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Lou Williams had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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	Lou Williams
Season	2014-15	2005-06
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
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:	+32	+13.0	+5.0	+1.9	+3.6	+5.6	+0.5	+0.6	+1.1	-1.0	-2.9	+2.0	+4.5	+.004	+0.1	+0.3		+1.1	+1.7	+.021
Lou Williams	30	4.8	1.9	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.7	.442	0.1	0.3	.222	0.3	0.4	.615
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Jusuf Nurkic nor Lou Williams played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 10
	Jusuf Nurkic	Lou Williams
Season	2023-24	2014-15
Team	Phoenix Suns	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+4	+2.1	+4.6	+2.6	+6.5	+9.1	+1.9		+1.0	-1.0	-2.0	+0.5	+3.3	+.106	+1.6	+4.4	+.096	+2.1	+1.5	+.221
Lou Williams	80	25.2	15.5	0.3	1.6	1.9	2.1	1.1	0.1	1.3	1.3	4.7	11.6	.404	1.9	5.6	.340	4.3	4.9	.861
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:		+0.5	+5.0	+2.8	+3.7	+6.5	+1.5		+1.5	-0.7	-1.5	+0.7	+6.3	+.186	+1.0	+4.8	+.190	+2.5	+1.7	+.378
Lou Williams	4	25.5	12.8	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.3	1.5	0.0	0.8	2.3	4.0	12.8	.314	1.0	5.3	.190	3.8	4.5	.833

Additional Years
* Lou Williams played 6 seasons more than Jusuf Nurkic in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 17, from 2017 to 2022—Lou Williams played in 4 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Jusuf Nurkic, Lou Williams got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 Sixth Man of the Year