Lonzo Ball vs. Nikola Vucevic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Vucevic and Lonzo Ball, 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.

Lonzo Ball played 7 years in the NBA, 8 less than Nikola Vucevic, who played 15. Lonzo Ball 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
	Lonzo Ball	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2017-18	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Lonzo Ball	52	34.2	10.2	1.3	5.6	6.9	7.2	1.7	0.8	2.6	2.3	3.9	10.8	.360	1.7	5.7	.305	0.6	1.4	.451
difference:	+1	+18.3	+4.7	+0.4	+2.5	+2.1	+6.6	+1.3	+0.1	-2.0	-0.1	+1.3	+5.1	+.090	+1.6	+5.5	+.070	+0.2	+0.7	+.078
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		%
Lonzo Ball	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

Note: Lonzo Ball didn't play in 2022-23 and 2023-24.

Additional Years
* Nikola Vucevic played 8 seasons more than Lonzo Ball in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 15, from 2019 to 2026—Nikola Vucevic played in 3 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Lonzo Ball, Nikola Vucevic got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game