Nicolas Batum vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy and Nicolas Batum, 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

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.

Nicolas Batum played 16 years in the NBA, 4 more than James Worthy, who played 12. Nicolas Batum had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while James Worthy had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Nicolas Batum	16	9	2008-09 to 2023-24
James Worthy	12	9	1982-83 to 1993-94

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Nicolas Batum	James Worthy
Season	2008-09	1982-83
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	79	18.4	5.4	1.1	1.7	2.8	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.6	1.8	2.0	4.6	.446	0.8	2.1	.369	0.5	0.7	.808
James Worthy	77	25.6	13.4	2.0	3.1	5.2	1.7	1.2	0.8	2.3	2.9	5.8	10.0	.579	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.9	.624

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	6	10.5	2.0	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.2	0.8	1.5	.556	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Nicolas Batum	James Worthy
Season	2009-10	1983-84
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	37	24.8	10.1	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.2	0.6	0.7	0.7	2.2	3.8	7.2	.519	1.5	3.6	.409	1.2	1.4	.843
James Worthy	82	29.5	14.5	1.9	4.4	6.3	2.5	0.9	0.9	2.2	3.0	6.0	10.9	.556	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	6	23.2	8.2	0.7	2.5	3.2	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.2	2.8	6.2	.459	1.5	3.5	.429	1.0	1.3	.750
James Worthy	21	33.7	17.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	2.7	1.3	0.5	1.9	2.7	7.8	13.0	.599	0.0	0.1	.500	2.0	3.3	.609


Season 3
	Nicolas Batum	James Worthy
Season	2010-11	1984-85
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Nicolas Batum	80	31.5	12.4	1.4	3.2	4.5	1.5	0.9	0.6	1.0	2.4	4.6	10.1	.455	1.5	4.3	.345	1.7	2.1	.841
James Worthy	80	33.7	17.6	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.5	1.1	0.8	2.5	2.5	7.6	13.3	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	6	25.2	8.0	0.2	1.5	1.7	1.3	0.8	0.8	1.2	2.3	3.2	7.7	.413	1.2	4.3	.269	0.5	0.7	.750
James Worthy	19	32.9	21.5	1.8	3.2	5.1	2.2	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.8	8.7	14.1	.622	0.1	0.1	.500	3.9	5.8	.676


Season 4
	Nicolas Batum	James Worthy
Season	2011-12	1985-86
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	59	30.4	13.9	1.4	3.2	4.6	1.4	1.0	1.0	1.5	1.8	4.9	10.9	.451	1.8	4.6	.391	2.3	2.7	.836
James Worthy	75	32.7	20.0	1.8	3.3	5.2	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.0	2.6	8.4	14.5	.579	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	4.2	.771

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	14	38.5	19.6	1.6	3.1	4.6	3.2	1.1	0.7	2.6	3.1	8.6	15.5	.558	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.4	.681


Season 5
	Nicolas Batum	James Worthy
Season	2012-13	1986-87
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Nicolas Batum	73	38.5	14.3	1.3	4.3	5.6	4.9	1.2	1.1	2.6	1.9	4.8	11.4	.423	2.3	6.1	.372	2.4	2.9	.848
James Worthy	82	34.4	19.4	1.9	3.8	5.7	2.8	1.3	1.0	2.0	2.5	7.9	14.7	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.7	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	18	37.8	23.6	1.7	3.9	5.6	3.5	1.6	1.2	2.2	2.3	9.8	16.6	.591	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.4	.753


Season 6
	Nicolas Batum	James Worthy
Season	2013-14	1987-88
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 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		%
Nicolas Batum	82	36.0	13.0	1.4	6.0	7.5	5.1	0.9	0.7	2.5	1.9	4.6	10.0	.465	1.8	4.9	.361	2.0	2.5	.803
James Worthy	75	35.4	19.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	3.9	1.0	0.7	2.1	2.3	8.2	15.5	.531	0.0	0.2	.125	3.2	4.1	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	11	41.7	15.2	0.9	6.7	7.6	4.8	1.3	0.5	2.5	1.9	6.1	12.9	.472	1.9	5.5	.350	1.1	1.4	.800
James Worthy	24	37.3	21.1	2.2	3.6	5.8	4.4	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.4	8.5	16.3	.523	0.0	0.4	.111	4.0	5.3	.758


Season 7
	Nicolas Batum	James Worthy
Season	2014-15	1988-89
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	71	33.5	9.4	0.9	5.0	5.9	4.8	1.1	0.6	1.9	1.5	3.4	8.5	.400	1.4	4.4	.324	1.2	1.4	.857
James Worthy	81	36.5	20.5	2.1	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.3	0.7	2.2	2.2	8.7	15.8	.548	0.0	0.3	.087	3.1	4.0	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	5	41.8	14.2	1.2	7.4	8.6	5.2	0.2	0.2	2.4	2.2	4.8	14.0	.343	2.6	7.8	.333	2.0	2.6	.769
James Worthy	15	40.0	24.8	2.5	4.3	6.7	2.8	1.2	1.1	2.2	2.4	10.2	18.0	.567	0.2	0.5	.375	4.2	5.3	.788


Season 8
	Nicolas Batum	James Worthy
Season	2015-16	1989-90
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Nicolas Batum	70	35.0	14.9	0.8	5.3	6.1	5.8	0.9	0.6	2.9	1.6	5.3	12.5	.426	2.0	5.7	.348	2.3	2.7	.849
James Worthy	80	37.0	21.1	2.0	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.2	0.6	2.0	2.4	8.9	16.2	.548	0.2	0.6	.306	3.1	4.0	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	5	28.8	11.4	0.4	3.2	3.6	2.0	0.4	0.0	1.6	1.2	3.4	9.0	.378	1.2	4.4	.273	3.4	4.0	.850
James Worthy	9	40.7	24.2	1.2	4.3	5.6	3.0	1.6	0.3	2.4	2.0	10.0	20.1	.497	0.2	0.9	.250	4.0	4.8	.837


Season 9
	Nicolas Batum	James Worthy
Season	2016-17	1990-91
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	77	34.0	15.1	0.6	5.6	6.2	5.9	1.1	0.4	2.5	1.4	5.1	12.7	.403	1.8	5.3	.333	3.2	3.7	.856
James Worthy	78	38.6	21.4	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.5	1.3	0.4	1.6	1.5	9.2	18.7	.492	0.3	1.2	.289	2.7	3.4	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	18	40.7	21.1	1.4	2.7	4.1	3.9	1.1	0.1	2.2	1.9	8.9	19.2	.465	0.2	1.3	.167	2.9	4.0	.736


Season 10
	Nicolas Batum	James Worthy
Season	2017-18	1991-92
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	64	31.0	11.6	0.9	3.9	4.8	5.5	1.0	0.4	2.0	1.1	4.2	10.2	.415	1.4	4.3	.336	1.7	2.0	.831
James Worthy	54	39.0	19.9	1.8	3.8	5.6	4.7	1.4	0.4	2.4	1.6	8.3	18.6	.447	0.2	0.8	.209	3.1	3.8	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Nicolas Batum	James Worthy
Season	2018-19	1992-93
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	75	31.4	9.3	0.9	4.3	5.2	3.3	0.9	0.6	1.6	1.9	3.4	7.5	.450	1.5	4.0	.389	1.0	1.2	.865
James Worthy	82	28.8	14.9	0.9	2.1	3.0	3.4	1.1	0.3	1.7	1.1	6.2	13.9	.447	0.4	1.4	.270	2.1	2.6	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	5	29.6	13.8	1.4	2.0	3.4	2.6	1.0	0.0	1.4	2.2	6.4	17.2	.372	0.4	1.6	.250	0.6	1.0	.600


Season 12
	Nicolas Batum	James Worthy
Season	2019-20	1993-94
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	22	23.0	3.6	1.1	3.4	4.5	3.0	0.8	0.4	1.0	1.9	1.3	3.7	.346	0.6	2.2	.286	0.4	0.5	.900
James Worthy	80	20.0	10.2	0.6	1.7	2.3	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.0	4.3	10.5	.406	0.4	1.4	.288	1.3	1.7	.741

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Nicolas Batum	James Worthy
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	67	27.4	8.1	0.7	4.0	4.7	2.2	1.0	0.6	0.8	1.5	2.9	6.1	.464	1.6	4.1	.404	0.7	0.9	.828
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	19	29.2	8.1	1.0	4.5	5.5	2.1	1.3	0.5	0.3	1.4	2.8	5.7	.486	1.5	3.8	.389	1.0	1.2	.826
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Nicolas Batum	James Worthy
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	59	24.8	8.3	0.5	3.8	4.3	1.7	1.0	0.7	0.7	1.4	3.0	6.6	.463	1.8	4.6	.400	0.4	0.6	.658
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Nicolas Batum	James Worthy
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	78	21.9	6.1	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	1.9	2.1	4.9	.420	1.6	4.1	.391	0.4	0.6	.708
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	5	18.4	4.4	0.2	2.0	2.2	1.2	0.4	0.4	0.4	2.0	1.6	3.8	.421	1.2	3.4	.353	0.0	0.0	-
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Nicolas Batum	James Worthy
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	60	25.5	5.3	1.2	3.0	4.1	2.1	0.8	0.6	0.7	1.8	1.9	4.3	.453	1.2	3.1	.395	0.3	0.4	.714
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nicolas Batum	6	28.3	6.3	1.5	4.3	5.8	1.3	0.2	0.8	0.8	2.2	2.0	4.8	.414	1.5	3.7	.409	0.8	1.3	.625
James Worthy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Nicolas Batum vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy and Nicolas Batum, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16