Lauri Markkanen vs. Nikola Vucevic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Vucevic and Lauri Markkanen, 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.

Lauri Markkanen played 9 years in the NBA, 6 less than Nikola Vucevic, who played 15. Lauri Markkanen had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, 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
	Lauri Markkanen	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2017-18	2011-12
Team	Chicago Bulls	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		%
Lauri Markkanen	68	29.7	15.2	1.2	6.3	7.5	1.2	0.6	0.6	1.2	1.5	5.5	12.7	.434	2.1	5.9	.362	2.1	2.4	.843
difference:	+17	+13.8	+9.7	+0.5	+3.2	+2.7	+0.6	+0.2	+0.1	-0.6	-0.7	+2.9	+7.0	+.016	+2.0	+5.7	+.013	+1.7	+1.7	+.314
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		%
Lauri Markkanen	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 6
	Lauri Markkanen	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2022-23	2016-17
Team	Utah Jazz	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Lauri Markkanen	66	34.4	25.6	2.0	6.7	8.6	1.9	0.6	0.6	1.9	2.1	8.7	17.3	.499	3.0	7.7	.391	5.3	6.0	.875
difference:	+9	+5.6	+11.0	+0.3	+1.3	+1.8	+0.9	+0.4	+0.4	-0.3	-0.3	+2.3	+3.6	+.031	+2.7	+6.7	+.084	+3.9	+3.9	+.206
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
* Neiher Lauri Markkanen nor Nikola Vucevic played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 8
	Lauri Markkanen	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2024-25	2018-19
Team	Utah Jazz	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Lauri Markkanen	47	31.4	19.0	1.5	4.4	5.9	1.5	0.7	0.4	1.4	1.7	6.3	14.9	.423	2.9	8.5	.346	3.4	3.9	.876
difference:	+33		+1.8	+1.3	+4.8	+6.1	+2.3	+0.3	+0.7	-0.6	-0.3	+2.5	+2.0	+.095	+1.8	+5.6	+.018	+1.2	+1.1	+.087
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		%
Lauri Markkanen	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 6 seasons more than Lauri Markkanen in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 15, from 2021 to 2026—Nikola Vucevic played in one postseason. In those 6 extra years over Lauri Markkanen, Nikola Vucevic got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game