Jusuf Nurkic vs. Mel Payton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mel Payton 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, 8 more than Mel Payton, who played 2. Jusuf Nurkic had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Mel Payton had his rookie season in 1951-52. 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	Mel Payton
Season	2014-15	1951-52
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost East 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	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
Mel Payton	45	10.5	2.9	-	-	1.8	1.0	-	-	-	1.5	1.2	3.1	.386	-	-	-	0.5	0.6	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mel Payton	3	6.0	1.3	-	-	1.0	0.3	-	-	-	2.0	0.3	0.7	.500	-	-	-	0.7	0.7	1.000