Kyrie Irving vs. Nikola Vucevic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Vucevic and Kyrie Irving, 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.

Kyrie Irving played 14 years in the NBA, 1 less than Nikola Vucevic, who played 15. Kyrie Irving had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Kyrie Irving	14	7	2011-12 to 2024-25
Nikola Vucevic	15	4	2011-12 to 2025-26

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


Rookie Season
	Kyrie Irving	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2011-12	2011-12
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
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		%
Kyrie Irving	51	30.5	18.5	0.9	2.9	3.7	5.4	1.1	0.4	3.1	2.2	6.9	14.6	.469	1.4	3.6	.399	3.4	3.8	.872
difference:		+14.6	+13.0	+0.8	+0.2	+1.1	+4.8	+0.7	+0.3	-2.5		+4.3	+8.9	+.019	+1.3	+3.4	+.024	+3.0	+3.1	+.343
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		%
Kyrie Irving	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 2
	Kyrie Irving	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2012-13	2012-13
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	59	34.7	22.5	0.6	3.1	3.7	5.9	1.5	0.4	3.2	2.5	8.2	18.1	.452	1.8	4.7	.391	4.2	4.9	.855
difference:	+18	+1.5	+9.4	+2.9	+5.3	+8.2	+4.0	+0.7	+0.6	-1.4	-0.3	+2.2	+6.6	+.067	+1.8	+4.7		+3.1	+3.3	+.172
Nikola Vucevic	77	33.2	13.1	3.5	8.4	11.9	1.9	0.8	1.0	1.8	2.8	6.0	11.5	.519	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.6	.683

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kyrie Irving nor Nikola Vucevic played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Kyrie Irving	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2013-14	2013-14
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game MVP	-
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		%
Kyrie Irving	71	35.2	20.8	0.7	2.9	3.6	6.1	1.5	0.3	2.7	2.3	7.5	17.4	.430	1.7	4.8	.358	4.1	4.8	.861
difference:	+14	+3.4	+6.6	+2.5	+4.8	+7.4	+4.3	+0.4	+0.5	-0.7	-0.7	+1.3	+5.2	+.077	+1.7	+4.8		+2.3	+2.4	+.095
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 Kyrie Irving nor Nikola Vucevic played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Kyrie Irving	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2014-15	2014-15
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	75	36.4	21.7	0.7	2.4	3.2	5.2	1.5	0.3	2.5	1.9	7.7	16.5	.468	2.1	5.0	.415	4.2	4.9	.863
difference:	+1	+2.2	+2.4	+2.5	+5.3	+7.7	+3.2	+0.8	+0.4	-0.5	-1.1	+0.8	+0.2	+.055	+2.1	+4.9	+.082	+2.0	+2.0	+.111
Nikola Vucevic	74	34.2	19.3	3.2	7.7	10.9	2.0	0.7	0.7	2.0	3.0	8.5	16.3	.523	0.0	0.1	.333	2.2	2.9	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	13	35.7	19.0	0.8	2.8	3.6	3.8	1.3	0.8	1.5	2.2	6.2	14.2	.438	2.1	4.6	.450	4.5	5.3	.841
Nikola Vucevic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Kyrie Irving	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2015-16	2015-16
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	53	31.5	19.6	0.8	2.1	3.0	4.7	1.1	0.3	2.3	2.0	7.4	16.6	.448	1.6	4.9	.321	3.2	3.6	.885
difference:	+12	+0.2	+1.4	+1.9	+4.1	+5.9	+1.9	+0.3	+0.8	-0.4	-0.7	+0.8	+0.5	+.062	+1.6	+4.8	+.099	+1.5	+1.3	+.132
Nikola Vucevic	65	31.3	18.2	2.7	6.2	8.9	2.8	0.8	1.1	1.9	2.7	8.2	16.1	.510	0.0	0.1	.222	1.7	2.3	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	21	36.9	25.2	0.7	2.2	3.0	4.7	1.7	0.6	2.3	2.2	9.6	20.1	.475	2.4	5.5	.440	3.7	4.2	.875
Nikola Vucevic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Kyrie Irving	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2016-17	2016-17
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	72	35.1	25.2	0.7	2.5	3.2	5.8	1.2	0.3	2.5	2.2	9.3	19.7	.473	2.5	6.1	.401	4.1	4.6	.905
difference:	+3	+6.3	+10.6	+1.6	+5.5	+7.2	+3.0	+0.2	+0.7	-0.9	-0.2	+2.9	+6.0	+.005	+2.2	+5.1	+.094	+2.7	+2.5	+.236
Nikola Vucevic	75	28.8	14.6	2.3	8.0	10.4	2.8	1.0	1.0	1.6	2.4	6.4	13.7	.468	0.3	1.0	.307	1.4	2.1	.669

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	18	36.3	25.9	0.7	2.1	2.8	5.3	1.3	0.4	2.7	2.1	9.6	20.6	.468	2.4	6.6	.373	4.2	4.7	.905
Nikola Vucevic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Kyrie Irving	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2017-18	2017-18
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	60	32.2	24.4	0.6	3.2	3.8	5.1	1.1	0.3	2.3	2.0	8.9	18.1	.491	2.8	6.8	.408	3.9	4.4	.889
difference:	+3	+2.7	+7.9	+1.2	+4.2	+5.4	+1.7	+0.1	+0.8	-0.4	-0.5	+1.9	+3.4	+.016	+1.7	+3.2	+.094	+2.5	+2.8	+.070
Nikola Vucevic	57	29.5	16.5	1.8	7.4	9.2	3.4	1.0	1.1	1.9	2.5	7.0	14.7	.475	1.1	3.6	.314	1.4	1.6	.819

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kyrie Irving nor Nikola Vucevic played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	Kyrie Irving	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2018-19	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Kyrie Irving	67	33.0	23.8	1.1	3.9	5.0	6.9	1.5	0.5	2.6	2.5	9.0	18.5	.487	2.6	6.5	.401	3.2	3.7	.873
difference:	+13	+1.6	+3.0	+1.7	+5.3	+7.0	+3.1	+0.5	+0.6	-0.6	-0.5	+0.2	+1.6	+.031	+1.5	+3.6	+.037	+1.0	+0.9	+.084
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		%
Kyrie Irving	9	36.7	21.3	0.6	3.8	4.3	7.0	1.4	0.4	3.1	2.9	7.7	19.9	.385	2.0	6.4	.310	4.0	4.4	.900
difference:	+4	+7.3	+10.1	+1.2	+2.4	+3.7	+4.0	+1.0	+0.6	-0.5	-0.5	+3.5	+8.3	+.023	+1.4	+3.8	+.079	+1.8	+1.6	+.114
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


Season 9
	Kyrie Irving	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2019-20	2019-20
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	20	32.9	27.4	1.1	4.1	5.2	6.4	1.4	0.5	2.6	2.7	10.0	20.8	.478	2.8	7.1	.394	4.7	5.1	.922
difference:	+42	+0.7	+7.8	+1.2	+4.5	+5.7	+2.8	+0.5	+0.3	-1.2	-0.5	+2.0	+4.1	+.001	+1.2	+2.4	+.055	+2.6	+2.4	+.138
Nikola Vucevic	62	32.2	19.6	2.3	8.6	10.9	3.6	0.9	0.8	1.4	2.2	8.0	16.7	.477	1.6	4.7	.339	2.1	2.7	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Vucevic	5	37.0	28.0	1.8	9.2	11.0	4.0	0.8	0.6	2.6	2.6	11.2	22.2	.505	3.6	8.8	.409	2.0	2.2	.909


Season 10
	Kyrie Irving	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2020-21	2020-21
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Orlando Magic, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
Kyrie Irving	54	34.9	26.9	1.0	3.8	4.8	6.0	1.4	0.7	2.4	2.6	10.2	20.1	.506	2.8	7.0	.402	3.7	4.0	.922
difference:	+16	+1.4	+3.5	+1.1	+5.8	+6.9	+2.2	+0.5		-0.6	-0.6	+0.7	+0.2	+.029	+0.3	+0.7	+.002	+1.8	+1.8	+.082
Nikola Vucevic	70	33.5	23.4	2.1	9.6	11.7	3.8	0.9	0.7	1.8	2.0	9.5	19.9	.477	2.5	6.3	.400	1.9	2.2	.840

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	9	36.1	22.7	1.3	4.4	5.8	3.4	1.0	0.6	1.2	2.1	8.6	18.1	.472	2.7	7.2	.369	2.9	3.1	.929
Nikola Vucevic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Kyrie Irving	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2021-22	2021-22
Team	Brooklyn Nets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	29	37.6	27.4	0.6	3.8	4.4	5.8	1.4	0.6	2.5	2.8	10.0	21.2	.469	3.4	8.2	.418	4.1	4.4	.915
difference:	+44	+4.5	+9.8	+1.3	+5.3	+6.6	+2.6	+0.4	+0.4	-0.6	-0.3	+2.5	+5.4	+.004	+2.0	+3.7	+.104	+2.8	+2.7	+.155
Nikola Vucevic	73	33.1	17.6	1.9	9.1	11.0	3.2	1.0	1.0	1.9	2.5	7.5	15.8	.473	1.4	4.5	.314	1.3	1.7	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	4	42.5	21.3	1.5	3.8	5.3	5.3	1.8	1.3	2.3	3.3	7.0	15.8	.444	2.0	5.3	.381	5.3	5.3	1.000
difference:	+1	+6.3	+1.9	+1.3	+5.8	+7.1	+2.1	+1.4	+0.1	-0.7	-0.5	+1.0	+2.4	+.004	+0.6	+3.1	+.071	+4.5	+4.3	+.200
Nikola Vucevic	5	36.2	19.4	2.8	9.6	12.4	3.2	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.8	8.0	18.2	.440	2.6	8.4	.310	0.8	1.0	.800


Season 12
	Kyrie Irving	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2022-23	2022-23
Team	Brooklyn Nets, Dallas Mavericks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	60	37.3	27.1	1.0	4.1	5.1	5.5	1.1	0.8	2.1	2.8	9.9	20.1	.494	3.1	8.3	.379	4.1	4.6	.905
difference:	+22	+3.8	+9.5	+0.9	+5.0	+5.9	+2.3	+0.4	+0.1	-0.4	-0.6	+2.6	+6.1	+.026	+1.6	+4.1	+.030	+2.5	+2.7	+.070
Nikola Vucevic	82	33.5	17.6	1.9	9.1	11.0	3.2	0.7	0.7	1.7	2.2	7.3	14.0	.520	1.5	4.2	.349	1.6	1.9	.835

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kyrie Irving nor Nikola Vucevic played in the postseason in their season 12


Season 13
	Kyrie Irving	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2023-24	2023-24
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	58	35.0	25.6	0.8	4.2	5.0	5.2	1.3	0.5	1.8	1.9	9.7	19.5	.497	3.0	7.3	.411	3.3	3.6	.905
difference:	+18	+0.7	+7.6	+2.0	+3.6	+5.5	+1.9	+0.6	+0.3	-0.2	-0.6	+2.0	+3.6	+.013	+1.8	+3.2	+.117	+1.9	+1.9	+.083
Nikola Vucevic	76	34.3	18.0	2.8	7.8	10.5	3.3	0.7	0.8	1.6	2.5	7.7	15.9	.484	1.2	4.1	.294	1.4	1.7	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	22	40.0	22.1	1.0	2.7	3.7	5.1	1.0	0.3	2.3	2.8	8.5	18.1	.467	2.4	6.2	.390	2.8	3.3	.849
Nikola Vucevic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Kyrie Irving	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2024-25	2024-25
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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14th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyrie Irving	50	36.1	24.7	1.2	3.6	4.8	4.6	1.3	0.5	2.2	2.0	8.9	18.9	.473	2.9	7.2	.401	3.9	4.3	.916
difference:	+23	+4.9	+6.2	+1.2	+4.0	+5.3	+1.1	+0.5	+0.2	-0.6	-0.2	+1.4	+4.7	+.057	+1.1	+2.8	+.001	+2.3	+2.3	+.111
Nikola Vucevic	73	31.2	18.5	2.4	7.6	10.1	3.5	0.8	0.7	1.6	2.2	7.5	14.2	.530	1.8	4.4	.402	1.6	2.0	.805

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Kyrie Irving nor Nikola Vucevic played in the postseason in their season 14

Additional Years

* Nikola Vucevic played 1 season more than Kyrie Irving in the NBA.

In that period—his season 15 in 2026—Nikola Vucevic didn't play in the postseason.

Kyrie Irving vs. Nikola Vucevic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Vucevic and Kyrie Irving, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

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