Nikola Vucevic vs. Nick Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nick Young 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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, 2 more than Nick Young, who played 12. Nikola Vucevic had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Nick Young had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Nikola Vucevic	14	4	2011-12 to 2024-25
Nick Young	12	3	2007-08 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Nikola Vucevic	Nick Young
Season	2011-12	2007-08
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+24	+0.5	+2.0	+1.4	+1.9	+3.3	+0.2	+0.1	+0.6	-0.7	-0.5	+0.2	+0.7	+.011	+0.4	+1.1	+.025	+0.9	+1.0	+.286
Nick Young	75	15.4	7.5	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.7	2.8	6.4	.439	0.5	1.3	.400	1.3	1.7	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+3	+1.3	+0.3	+0.3	+0.7	+0.5	+0.3	+0.5		-0.3	-0.3	+0.3	+1.3	+.111		+0.5		+0.2	+1.0	+.250
Nick Young	4	4.3	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.3	.111	0.0	0.5	.000	0.8	1.0	.750


Season 2
	Nikola Vucevic	Nick Young
Season	2012-13	2008-09
Team	Orlando Magic	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd 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	77	33.2	13.1	3.5	8.4	11.9	1.9	0.8	1.0	1.8	2.8	6.0	11.5	.519	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.6	.683
difference:	+5	+10.8	+2.2	+3.1	+6.9	+10.1	+0.7	+0.3	+0.8	-0.7	-1.1	+1.9	+2.3	+.075	+0.7	+2.0		+0.9	+0.8	+.167
Nick Young	82	22.4	10.9	0.4	1.5	1.8	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.7	4.1	9.2	.444	0.7	2.0	.341	2.0	2.4	.850

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Nikola Vucevic nor Nick Young played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Nikola Vucevic	Nick Young
Season	2013-14	2009-10
Team	Orlando Magic	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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3rd 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	57	31.8	14.2	3.2	7.7	11.0	1.8	1.1	0.8	2.0	3.0	6.2	12.2	.507	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.766
difference:	+17	+12.6	+5.6	+2.9	+6.6	+9.6	+1.2	+0.7	+0.7	-1.2	-1.0	+3.1	+4.7	+.089	+0.9	+2.3		+0.4	+0.6	+.034
Nick Young	74	19.2	8.6	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.8	2.0	3.1	7.5	.418	0.9	2.3	.406	1.4	1.8	.800

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Nikola Vucevic nor Nick Young played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Nikola Vucevic	Nick Young
Season	2014-15	2010-11
Team	Orlando Magic	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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4th 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	74	34.2	19.3	3.2	7.7	10.9	2.0	0.7	0.7	2.0	3.0	8.5	16.3	.523	0.0	0.1	.333	2.2	2.9	.752
difference:	+10	+2.4	+1.9	+2.8	+5.4	+8.2	+0.8		+0.4	-0.6	-0.7	+2.1	+1.7	+.082	+1.6	+4.1	+.054	+0.7	+0.7	+.064
Nick Young	64	31.8	17.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.2	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.3	6.4	14.6	.441	1.6	4.2	.387	2.9	3.6	.816

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Nikola Vucevic nor Nick Young played in the postseason in their season 4


Season 5
	Nikola Vucevic	Nick Young
Season	2015-16	2011-12
Team	Orlando Magic	Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

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5th 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	65	31.3	18.2	2.7	6.2	8.9	2.8	0.8	1.1	1.9	2.7	8.2	16.1	.510	0.0	0.1	.222	1.7	2.3	.753
difference:	+3	+3.4	+4.0	+2.2	+4.6	+6.8	+1.9	+0.1	+0.8	-0.6	-0.4	+3.1	+3.5	+.107	+1.7	+4.4	+.143	+0.6	+0.4	+.099
Nick Young	62	27.9	14.2	0.5	1.6	2.1	0.9	0.7	0.3	1.3	2.3	5.1	12.6	.403	1.7	4.5	.365	2.3	2.7	.852

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Vucevic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	11	18.2	8.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.8	2.6	6.1	.433	1.5	3.0	.515	1.5	1.6	.889


Season 6
	Nikola Vucevic	Nick Young
Season	2016-17	2012-13
Team	Orlando Magic	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
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		%
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
difference:	+16	+4.9	+4.0	+1.9	+6.2	+8.2	+1.4	+0.4	+0.8	-0.8	-1.0	+2.6	+4.5	+.055	+1.0	+2.6	+.050	+0.4	+0.1	+.151
Nick Young	59	23.9	10.6	0.4	1.8	2.2	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.4	3.8	9.2	.413	1.3	3.6	.357	1.8	2.2	.820

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Nikola Vucevic nor Nick Young played in the postseason in their season 6


Season 7
	Nikola Vucevic	Nick Young
Season	2017-18	2013-14
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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7th 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	57	29.5	16.5	1.8	7.4	9.2	3.4	1.0	1.1	1.9	2.5	7.0	14.7	.475	1.1	3.6	.314	1.4	1.6	.819
difference:	+7	+1.2	+1.4	+1.3	+5.3	+6.6	+1.9	+0.3	+0.9	-0.4	-0.1	+1.0	+0.8	+.040	+1.0	+1.9	+.072	+2.3	+2.9	+.006
Nick Young	64	28.3	17.9	0.5	2.1	2.6	1.5	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.4	6.0	13.9	.435	2.1	5.5	.386	3.7	4.5	.825

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Nikola Vucevic nor Nick Young played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	Nikola Vucevic	Nick Young
Season	2018-19	2014-15
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+38	+7.6	+7.4	+2.4	+7.3	+9.7	+2.8	+0.5	+0.8	-1.0		+4.7	+5.6	+.152	+0.9	+2.5	+.005	+0.9	+0.7	+.103
Nick Young	42	23.8	13.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.0	4.1	11.3	.366	2.0	5.4	.369	3.1	3.5	.892

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
Nick Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Nikola Vucevic	Nick Young
Season	2019-20	2015-16
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+8	+13.1	+12.3	+2.0	+7.1	+9.1	+3.0	+0.5	+0.7	-0.8	-1.3	+5.7	+9.8	+.138	+0.2	+0.3	+.014	+0.9	+1.3	+.045
Nick Young	54	19.1	7.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.9	2.3	6.9	.339	1.4	4.4	.325	1.2	1.4	.829

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
Nick Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Nikola Vucevic	Nick Young
Season	2020-21	2016-17
Team	Orlando Magic, Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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10th 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	70	33.5	23.4	2.1	9.6	11.7	3.8	0.9	0.7	1.8	2.0	9.5	19.9	.477	2.5	6.3	.400	1.9	2.2	.840
difference:	+10	+7.6	+10.2	+1.7	+7.7	+9.4	+2.8	+0.3	+0.5	-1.2	-0.3	+5.0	+9.3	+.047	+0.3	+0.7	+.004	+0.6	+0.7	+.016
Nick Young	60	25.9	13.2	0.4	1.9	2.3	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.6	2.3	4.5	10.6	.430	2.8	7.0	.404	1.3	1.5	.856

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Nikola Vucevic nor Nick Young played in the postseason in their season 10


Season 11
	Nikola Vucevic	Nick Young
Season	2021-22	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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11th 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	73	33.1	17.6	1.9	9.1	11.0	3.2	1.0	1.0	1.9	2.5	7.5	15.8	.473	1.4	4.5	.314	1.3	1.7	.760
difference:	+7	+15.7	+10.3	+1.6	+7.8	+9.4	+2.7	+0.5	+0.9	-1.4	-1.2	+5.0	+9.7	+.061	+0.1	+0.4	+.063	+0.6	+0.9	+.102
Nick Young	80	17.4	7.3	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.3	2.5	6.1	.412	1.5	4.1	.377	0.7	0.8	.862

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Vucevic	5	36.2	19.4	2.8	9.6	12.4	3.2	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.8	8.0	18.2	.440	2.6	8.4	.310	0.8	1.0	.800
difference:	+15	+25.9	+16.8	+2.7	+9.0	+11.8	+3.0	+0.3	+1.2	-1.5	-1.9	+7.2	+15.5	+.138	+1.9	+6.0	+.012	+0.5	+0.6	+.050
Nick Young	20	10.3	2.6	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.9	0.8	2.7	.302	0.7	2.4	.298	0.3	0.4	.750


Season 12
	Nikola Vucevic	Nick Young
Season	2022-23	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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12th 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	82	33.5	17.6	1.9	9.1	11.0	3.2	0.7	0.7	1.7	2.2	7.3	14.0	.520	1.5	4.2	.349	1.6	1.9	.835
difference:	+78	+24.2	+15.3	+1.9	+8.8	+10.7	+2.7	+0.7	+0.4	-1.2	-1.2	+6.5	+11.7	+.187	+0.7	+2.2	+.026	+1.6	+1.9
Nick Young	4	9.3	2.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.0	0.8	2.3	.333	0.8	2.0	.375	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Nikola Vucevic nor Nick Young played in the postseason in their season 12

Additional Years

* Nikola Vucevic played 2 seasons more than Nick Young in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 13 to 14, from 2024 to 2025—Nikola Vucevic didn't play in the postseason.

Nikola Vucevic vs. Nick Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nick Young 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years