Nikola Vucevic vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae 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.

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 15 years in the NBA, 7 more than Trae Young, who played 8. Nikola Vucevic had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Trae Young had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
	Nikola Vucevic	Trae Young
Season	2011-12	2018-19
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+30	+15.0	+13.6	+0.9	+0.2	+1.1	+7.5	+0.5	+0.5	-3.2	-0.5	+3.9	+9.8	+.032	+1.8	+5.8	+.051	+3.8	+4.4	+.300
Trae Young	81	30.9	19.1	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	3.8	1.7	6.5	15.5	.418	1.9	6.0	.324	4.2	5.1	.829
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
Trae Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Nikola Vucevic	Trae Young
Season	2012-13	2019-20
Team	Orlando Magic	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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:	+17	+2.1	+16.5	+3.0	+4.7	+7.6	+7.4	+0.3	+0.9	-3.0	-1.1	+3.1	+9.3	+.082	+3.4	+9.5		+6.9	+7.7	+.177
Trae Young	60	35.3	29.6	0.5	3.7	4.3	9.3	1.1	0.1	4.8	1.7	9.1	20.8	.437	3.4	9.5	.361	8.0	9.3	.860
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Nikola Vucevic nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 4
	Nikola Vucevic	Trae Young
Season	2014-15	2021-22
Team	Orlando Magic	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+2	+0.7	+9.1	+2.5	+4.6	+7.2	+7.7	+0.2	+0.6	-2.0	-1.3	+0.9	+4.0	+.063	+3.1	+7.9	+.049	+4.4	+4.4	+.152
Trae Young	76	34.9	28.4	0.7	3.1	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	4.0	1.7	9.4	20.3	.460	3.1	8.0	.382	6.6	7.3	.904
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Vucevic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	5	37.2	15.4	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	0.6	0.0	6.2	2.6	4.4	13.8	.319	1.4	7.6	.184	5.2	6.6	.788

Season 6
	Nikola Vucevic	Trae Young
Season	2016-17	2023-24
Team	Orlando Magic	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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:	+21	+7.2	+11.1	+1.9	+5.7	+7.6	+8.0	+0.3	+0.8	-2.8	-0.4	+1.6	+5.0	+.038	+2.9	+7.7	+.066	+5.0	+5.4	+.186
Trae Young	54	36.0	25.7	0.4	2.3	2.8	10.8	1.3	0.2	4.4	2.0	8.0	18.7	.430	3.2	8.7	.373	6.4	7.5	.855
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Nikola Vucevic nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 7
	Nikola Vucevic	Trae Young
Season	2017-18	2024-25
Team	Orlando Magic	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
	-	Cup All-Tournament Team
	-	All-Star Game
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:	+19	+6.5	+7.7	+1.3	+4.8	+6.1	+8.2	+0.2	+0.9	-2.8	-0.6	+0.4	+3.4	+.064	+1.8	+4.8	+.026	+5.1	+5.8	+.056
Trae Young	76	36.0	24.2	0.5	2.6	3.1	11.6	1.2	0.2	4.7	1.9	7.4	18.1	.411	2.9	8.4	.340	6.5	7.4	.875
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Nikola Vucevic nor Trae Young played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Nikola Vucevic	Trae Young
Season	2018-19	2025-26
Team	Orlando Magic	Atlanta Hawks
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:	+79	+2.6	+1.2	+2.8	+8.2	+11.0	+1.2		+1.1		-2.0	+3.8	+2.9	+.161	+0.1	+4.1	+.221	+8.8	+10.2	+.057
Trae Young	1	34.0	22.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	5.0	14.0	.357	1.0	7.0	.143	11.0	13.0	.846
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
Trae Young	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Nikola Vucevic played 7 seasons more than Trae Young in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 15, from 2020 to 2026—Nikola Vucevic played in two Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Trae Young, Nikola Vucevic got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game