Kristaps Porzingis vs. Nikola Vucevic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Vucevic and Kristaps Porzingis, 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.

Kristaps Porzingis played 9 years in the NBA, 5 less than Nikola Vucevic, who played 14. Kristaps Porzingis had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Nikola Vucevic had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
	Kristaps Porzingis	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2015-16	2011-12
Team	New York Knicks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Kristaps Porzingis	72	28.4	14.3	1.8	5.5	7.3	1.3	0.7	1.9	1.7	2.8	5.2	12.3	.421	1.1	3.4	.333	2.8	3.3	.838
difference:	+21	+12.5	+8.8	+0.1	+2.4	+2.5	+0.7	+0.3	+1.2	-1.1	-0.6	+2.6	+6.6	+.029	+1.0	+3.2	+.042	+2.4	+2.6	+.309
Nikola Vucevic	51	15.9	5.5	1.7	3.1	4.8	0.6	0.4	0.7	0.6	2.2	2.6	5.7	.450	0.1	0.2	.375	0.4	0.7	.529
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kristaps Porzingis	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Vucevic	1	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500

Season 3
	Kristaps Porzingis	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2017-18	2013-14
Team	New York Knicks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Kristaps Porzingis	48	32.4	22.7	1.3	5.3	6.6	1.2	0.8	2.4	1.9	2.9	8.1	18.5	.439	1.9	4.8	.395	4.5	5.7	.793
difference:	+9	+0.6	+8.5	+1.9	+2.4	+4.4	+0.6	+0.3	+1.6	-0.1	-0.1	+1.9	+6.3	+.068	+1.9	+4.8		+2.7	+3.3	+.027
Nikola Vucevic	57	31.8	14.2	3.2	7.7	11.0	1.8	1.1	0.8	2.0	3.0	6.2	12.2	.507	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.766
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kristaps Porzingis nor Nikola Vucevic played in the postseason in their season 3

Note: Kristaps Porzingis didn't play in 2018-19.

Season 8
	Kristaps Porzingis	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2023-24	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kristaps Porzingis	57	29.6	20.1	1.7	5.5	7.2	2.0	0.7	1.9	1.6	2.7	6.8	13.2	.516	1.9	5.1	.375	4.5	5.3	.858
difference:	+23	+1.8	+0.7	+1.1	+3.7	+4.8	+1.8	+0.3	+0.8	-0.4	-0.7	+2.0	+3.7	+.002	+0.8	+2.2	+.011	+2.3	+2.5	+.069
Nikola Vucevic	80	31.4	20.8	2.8	9.2	12.0	3.8	1.0	1.1	2.0	2.0	8.8	16.9	.518	1.1	2.9	.364	2.2	2.8	.789
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kristaps Porzingis	7	23.6	12.3	0.6	3.9	4.4	1.1	0.7	1.6	0.7	2.1	4.0	8.6	.467	1.4	4.1	.345	2.9	3.1	.909
difference:	+2	+5.8	+1.1	+1.2	+2.3	+3.6	+1.9	+0.3	+0.6	-1.9	-0.3	+0.2	+3.0	+.105	+0.8	+1.5	+.114	+0.7	+0.3	+.123
Nikola Vucevic	5	29.4	11.2	1.8	6.2	8.0	3.0	0.4	1.0	2.6	2.4	4.2	11.6	.362	0.6	2.6	.231	2.2	2.8	.786

Additional Years
* Nikola Vucevic played 5 seasons more than Kristaps Porzingis in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 14, from 2021 to 2025—Nikola Vucevic played in one postseason. In those 5 extra years over Kristaps Porzingis, Nikola Vucevic got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game