Nikola Vucevic vs. Ivica Zubac Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ivica Zubac and Nikola Vucevic, 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.

Nikola Vucevic played 14 years in the NBA, 5 more than Ivica Zubac, who played 9. Nikola Vucevic had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Ivica Zubac had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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.

Season 8
	Nikola Vucevic	Ivica Zubac
Season	2018-19	2023-24
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West 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		%
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
difference:	+12	+5.0	+9.1	+0.1	+2.9	+2.8	+2.4	+0.7	+0.1	-0.8	-0.6	+3.8	+9.3	+.131	+1.1	+2.9		+0.4	+0.4	+.066
Ivica Zubac	68	26.4	11.7	2.9	6.3	9.2	1.4	0.3	1.2	1.2	2.6	5.0	7.6	.649	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.723
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+1	+2.6	+5.0	+1.2	+0.1	+1.3	+2.0	+0.4	+0.5	-1.3	-1.1	+2.8	+0.1	+.238	+0.6	+2.6			+0.5	+.136
Ivica Zubac	6	32.0	16.2	3.0	6.3	9.3	1.0	0.8	0.5	1.3	3.5	7.0	11.7	.600	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.3	.650

Season 9
	Nikola Vucevic	Ivica Zubac
Season	2019-20	2024-25
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West 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		%
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
difference:	+18	+0.6	+2.8	+1.5	+0.3	+1.7	+0.9	+0.2	+0.3	-0.2	-0.1	+0.6	+4.9	+.151	+1.6	+4.7		+0.1	+0.3	+.123
Ivica Zubac	80	32.8	16.8	3.8	8.9	12.6	2.7	0.7	1.1	1.6	2.1	7.4	11.8	.628	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	.661
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+2	+0.4	+10.6	+2.1	+2.9	+0.9	+1.7	+0.1	+0.4	-1.0	-0.1	+3.5	+10.5	+.154	+3.6	+8.8			+1.5	+.371
Ivica Zubac	7	36.6	17.4	3.9	6.3	10.1	2.3	0.7	1.0	1.6	2.7	7.7	11.7	.659	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.7	.538

Additional Years
* Nikola Vucevic played 5 seasons more than Ivica Zubac in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 14, from 2021 to 2025—Nikola Vucevic played in one postseason. In those 5 extra years over Ivica Zubac, Nikola Vucevic got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game