Jusuf Nurkic vs. Thaddeus Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Thaddeus Young 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 / Games against each other

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, 7 less than Thaddeus Young, who played 17. Jusuf Nurkic had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Thaddeus Young had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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
Thaddeus Young	17	10	2007-08 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jusuf Nurkic	Thaddeus Young
Season	2014-15	2007-08
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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
Thaddeus Young	74	21.0	8.2	1.6	2.6	4.2	0.8	1.0	0.1	0.9	1.7	3.6	6.6	.539	0.1	0.3	.316	1.0	1.4	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	6	26.7	10.2	2.5	2.0	4.5	0.7	1.2	0.0	0.7	1.2	4.0	8.3	.480	0.2	0.8	.200	2.0	2.3	.857


Season 2
	Jusuf Nurkic	Thaddeus Young
Season	2015-16	2008-09
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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	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
Thaddeus Young	75	34.4	15.3	1.9	3.2	5.0	1.1	1.3	0.3	1.6	2.2	6.3	12.8	.495	0.7	2.2	.341	1.9	2.5	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	6	38.2	12.0	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.3	1.0	0.2	1.3	2.8	5.2	11.7	.443	0.8	2.0	.417	0.8	1.0	.833


Season 3
	Jusuf Nurkic	Thaddeus Young
Season	2016-17	2009-10
Team	Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
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
Thaddeus Young	67	32.0	13.8	1.9	3.3	5.2	1.4	1.2	0.2	1.9	2.0	5.7	12.1	.470	0.7	2.1	.348	1.7	2.5	.691

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	-
Thaddeus Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Jusuf Nurkic	Thaddeus Young
Season	2017-18	2010-11
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers 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	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
Thaddeus Young	82	26.0	12.7	1.9	3.4	5.3	1.0	1.1	0.3	1.2	2.1	5.6	10.3	.541	0.1	0.3	.273	1.5	2.1	.707

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
Thaddeus Young	5	25.4	11.4	3.4	2.4	5.8	0.8	0.8	0.2	1.4	2.6	5.0	12.0	.417	0.0	0.2	.000	1.4	2.4	.583


Season 5
	Jusuf Nurkic	Thaddeus Young
Season	2018-19	2011-12
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East 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	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
Thaddeus Young	63	27.9	12.8	2.2	3.0	5.2	1.2	1.0	0.7	0.9	2.0	5.5	10.9	.507	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.3	.771

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	13	21.3	7.7	1.9	3.3	5.2	1.2	0.5	0.5	1.2	1.9	3.0	7.0	.429	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.4	.710


Season 6
	Jusuf Nurkic	Thaddeus Young
Season	2019-20	2012-13
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
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	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
Thaddeus Young	76	34.6	14.8	2.4	5.1	7.5	1.6	1.8	0.7	1.2	2.5	6.7	12.6	.531	0.0	0.1	.125	1.4	2.5	.574

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
Thaddeus Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Jusuf Nurkic	Thaddeus Young
Season	2020-21	2013-14
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Philadelphia 76ers
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
Thaddeus Young	79	34.4	17.9	2.1	3.9	6.0	2.3	2.1	0.5	2.1	2.7	7.4	16.2	.454	1.1	3.7	.308	2.1	2.9	.712

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
Thaddeus Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Jusuf Nurkic	Thaddeus Young
Season	2021-22	2014-15
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Minnesota Timberwolves, Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets 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	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
Thaddeus Young	76	32.0	14.1	1.7	3.7	5.4	2.3	1.6	0.3	1.5	2.3	5.9	12.7	.466	0.5	1.5	.330	1.7	2.6	.655

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	6	31.7	10.5	2.8	4.3	7.2	2.7	0.8	0.2	2.3	2.5	4.8	11.0	.439	0.0	0.7	.000	0.8	2.0	.417


Season 9
	Jusuf Nurkic	Thaddeus Young
Season	2022-23	2015-16
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Brooklyn Nets
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	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
Thaddeus Young	73	33.0	15.1	2.4	6.6	9.0	1.9	1.5	0.5	1.9	2.5	6.8	13.2	.514	0.1	0.4	.233	1.4	2.2	.644

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


Season 10
	Jusuf Nurkic	Thaddeus Young
Season	2023-24	2016-17
Team	Phoenix Suns	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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	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
Thaddeus Young	74	30.2	11.0	1.8	4.3	6.1	1.6	1.5	0.4	1.3	1.8	4.9	9.3	.527	0.6	1.6	.381	0.6	1.2	.523

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
Thaddeus Young	4	35.0	12.0	5.5	3.5	9.0	2.5	2.0	0.3	1.5	2.8	5.3	9.8	.538	0.3	1.0	.250	1.3	2.5	.500


Season 11
	Jusuf Nurkic	Thaddeus Young
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	81	32.2	11.8	2.3	4.0	6.3	1.9	1.7	0.4	1.3	2.2	5.2	10.7	.487	0.7	2.2	.320	0.7	1.1	.598

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	7	33.9	11.3	3.1	4.6	7.7	1.4	1.7	0.9	1.0	3.1	5.1	8.6	.600	0.3	1.0	.286	0.7	1.9	.385


Season 12
	Jusuf Nurkic	Thaddeus Young
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Pacers 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	81	30.7	12.6	2.4	4.1	6.5	2.5	1.5	0.4	1.5	2.4	5.5	10.4	.527	0.6	1.8	.349	1.1	1.7	.644

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	4	32.5	10.5	2.3	4.8	7.0	3.8	2.8	0.8	1.3	2.5	4.5	10.5	.429	0.5	2.0	.250	1.0	1.8	.571


Season 13
	Jusuf Nurkic	Thaddeus Young
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	64	24.9	10.3	1.5	3.5	4.9	1.8	1.4	0.4	1.6	2.1	4.2	9.4	.448	1.2	3.5	.356	0.7	1.1	.583

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


Season 14
	Jusuf Nurkic	Thaddeus Young
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	68	24.3	12.1	2.5	3.8	6.2	4.3	1.1	0.6	2.0	2.2	5.4	9.7	.559	0.2	0.7	.267	1.0	1.7	.628

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


Season 15
	Jusuf Nurkic	Thaddeus Young
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Raptors 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	52	16.3	6.2	1.5	2.5	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.3	1.0	1.6	2.7	5.2	.518	0.3	0.9	.354	0.4	0.9	.469

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	6	14.5	3.3	1.2	1.8	3.0	1.7	0.8	0.2	0.5	1.3	1.5	3.0	.500	0.2	1.2	.143	0.2	0.7	.250


Season 16
	Jusuf Nurkic	Thaddeus Young
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Toronto Raptors
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	54	14.7	4.4	1.3	1.8	3.1	1.4	1.0	0.1	0.8	1.6	2.0	3.7	.545	0.1	0.6	.176	0.3	0.5	.692

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


Season 17
	Jusuf Nurkic	Thaddeus Young
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Toronto Raptors, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Suns 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	33	13.3	4.2	1.4	1.7	3.1	1.7	0.7	0.2	0.5	1.5	2.0	3.3	.602	0.0	0.2	.143	0.2	0.5	.400

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thaddeus Young	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Jusuf Nurkic vs. Thaddeus Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Thaddeus Young 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