Mel Counts vs. Toni Kukoc Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Toni Kukoc and Mel Counts, 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.

Mel Counts played 12 years in the NBA, 1 less than Toni Kukoc, who played 13. Mel Counts had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, while Toni Kukoc had his rookie season in 1993-94. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Mel Counts	Toni Kukoc
Season	1964-65	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls 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		%
Mel Counts	54	10.6	4.8	-	-	4.9	0.4	-	-	-	2.5	1.9	5.0	.368	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.784
Toni Kukoc	75	24.1	10.9	1.3	2.7	4.0	3.4	1.1	0.4	2.2	1.6	4.2	9.7	.431	0.4	1.6	.271	2.1	2.8	.743
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	4	7.5	2.3	-	-	2.8	0.3	-	-	-	2.5	1.0	3.8	.267	-	-	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
Toni Kukoc	10	19.4	9.3	1.1	2.9	4.0	3.6	0.5	0.3	1.7	1.5	3.0	6.7	.448	0.8	1.9	.421	2.5	3.4	.735

Season 2
	Mel Counts	Toni Kukoc
Season	1965-66	1994-95
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls 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		%
Mel Counts	67	15.2	8.4	-	-	6.4	0.7	-	-	-	3.1	3.3	8.2	.403	-	-	-	1.8	2.2	.828
Toni Kukoc	81	31.9	15.7	1.9	3.5	5.4	4.6	1.3	0.2	2.0	2.0	6.0	11.9	.504	0.8	2.4	.313	2.9	3.9	.748
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	10	8.2	4.3	-	-	4.0	0.3	-	-	-	2.6	1.4	3.9	.359	-	-	-	1.5	1.7	.882
Toni Kukoc	10	37.2	13.8	2.0	4.8	6.8	5.7	1.0	0.2	1.9	2.3	5.3	11.1	.477	1.4	3.2	.438	1.8	2.6	.692

Season 3
	Mel Counts	Toni Kukoc
Season	1966-67	1995-96
Team	Baltimore Bullets, Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	56	15.4	7.6	-	-	6.1	0.9	-	-	-	3.3	3.2	7.5	.422	-	-	-	1.2	1.7	.734
Toni Kukoc	81	26.0	13.1	1.4	2.6	4.0	3.5	0.8	0.3	1.4	1.9	4.8	9.7	.490	1.1	2.7	.403	2.5	3.3	.772
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	3	9.7	4.7	-	-	2.7	0.0	-	-	-	2.0	1.7	6.3	.263	-	-	-	1.3	1.3	1.000
Toni Kukoc	15	29.3	10.8	1.3	2.9	4.2	3.9	0.9	0.3	1.7	2.2	3.9	10.1	.391	0.9	4.5	.191	2.1	2.5	.838

Season 4
	Mel Counts	Toni Kukoc
Season	1967-68	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	82	21.2	11.7	-	-	8.9	1.7	-	-	-	3.8	4.7	9.9	.475	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	.748
Toni Kukoc	57	28.2	13.2	1.6	2.9	4.6	4.5	1.1	0.5	1.6	1.7	5.0	10.6	.471	0.9	2.6	.331	2.4	3.1	.770
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	15	20.4	8.6	-	-	8.9	1.6	-	-	-	3.5	3.6	6.7	.535	-	-	-	1.4	2.1	.677
Toni Kukoc	19	22.3	7.9	0.7	2.2	2.8	2.8	0.7	0.2	0.9	1.6	2.4	6.6	.360	1.0	2.8	.358	2.2	3.1	.707

Season 5
	Mel Counts	Toni Kukoc
Season	1968-69	1997-98
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	77	24.2	12.4	-	-	7.8	1.4	-	-	-	2.9	5.1	11.3	.450	-	-	-	2.3	2.9	.805
Toni Kukoc	74	30.2	13.3	1.6	2.8	4.4	4.2	1.0	0.5	2.1	2.0	5.2	11.4	.455	0.9	2.4	.362	2.1	3.0	.708
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mel Counts	18	24.6	11.2	-	-	7.9	1.4	-	-	-	3.7	4.1	10.7	.385	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	.761
Toni Kukoc	21	30.3	13.1	1.1	2.7	3.9	2.9	1.2	0.5	1.3	2.7	5.0	10.4	.486	1.1	2.9	.377	1.9	3.0	.645