Rasho Nesterovic vs. Nikola Vucevic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Vucevic and Rasho Nesterovic, 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.

Rasho Nesterovic played 12 years in the NBA, 1 less than Nikola Vucevic, who played 13. Rasho Nesterovic had the first of his seasons in 1998-99, while Nikola Vucevic had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
Rasho Nesterovic	12	10	1998-99 to 2009-10
Nikola Vucevic	13	4	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rasho Nesterovic	Nikola Vucevic
Season	1998-99	2011-12
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers 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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	2	15.0	4.0	1.5	2.5	4.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.5	1.5	6.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rasho Nesterovic	3	9.7	2.7	1.3	1.0	2.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.3	1.3	2.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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


Season 2
	Rasho Nesterovic	Nikola Vucevic
Season	1999-00	2012-13
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	82	21.0	5.7	1.6	3.0	4.6	1.1	0.3	1.0	0.9	3.2	2.5	5.3	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.3	.573
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	.000	1.1	1.6	.683

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rasho Nesterovic	4	31.3	6.3	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.5	0.8	1.8	1.0	5.0	2.8	6.3	.440	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.500
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Rasho Nesterovic	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2000-01	2013-14
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	73	16.9	4.5	1.4	2.6	3.9	0.6	0.3	0.9	0.8	2.6	2.0	4.4	.461	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.9	.523
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rasho Nesterovic	4	12.3	2.5	1.3	1.8	3.0	0.8	0.3	0.8	0.8	2.3	1.3	3.3	.385	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Rasho Nesterovic	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2001-02	2014-15
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	82	27.0	8.4	2.4	4.1	6.5	0.9	0.5	1.3	1.1	3.2	4.0	8.0	.493	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.9	.549
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rasho Nesterovic	3	31.0	11.3	2.0	4.7	6.7	1.0	0.3	0.0	1.3	3.3	5.0	10.3	.484	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	3.0	.444
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Rasho Nesterovic	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2002-03	2015-16
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves 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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	77	30.4	11.2	1.9	4.6	6.5	1.5	0.5	1.5	1.3	3.3	5.2	9.9	.525	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.2	.642
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rasho Nesterovic	6	28.3	7.0	1.5	3.5	5.0	0.7	0.2	0.7	0.8	4.7	3.2	6.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.667
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Rasho Nesterovic	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2003-04	2016-17
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	82	28.7	8.7	3.1	4.6	7.7	1.4	0.6	2.0	1.3	3.0	4.0	8.5	.469	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.4	.474
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rasho Nesterovic	10	26.3	5.9	2.1	3.4	5.5	1.0	0.3	1.1	0.8	3.8	2.9	6.7	.433	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.6	.167
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Rasho Nesterovic	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2004-05	2017-18
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	70	25.5	5.9	2.6	3.9	6.6	1.0	0.4	1.7	1.0	3.0	2.8	6.1	.460	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.467
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rasho Nesterovic	15	7.6	0.7	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	1.1	0.3	0.8	.417	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.1	.000
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Rasho Nesterovic	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2005-06	2018-19
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Magic 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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	80	18.9	4.5	1.4	2.4	3.9	0.4	0.3	1.1	0.7	2.6	2.2	4.2	.515	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.4	.600
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rasho Nesterovic	9	12.7	2.8	0.8	2.6	3.3	0.1	0.2	0.6	0.2	1.9	1.2	2.1	.579	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.2	0.2	1.000
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


Season 9
	Rasho Nesterovic	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2006-07	2019-20
Team	Toronto Raptors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Magic 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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	80	21.0	6.2	1.4	3.1	4.5	0.9	0.5	1.1	0.7	2.4	2.9	5.3	.546	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.6	.680
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rasho Nesterovic	5	14.2	3.4	2.0	2.6	4.6	0.6	0.0	0.4	0.8	0.8	1.4	3.0	.467	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.6	1.000
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


Season 10
	Rasho Nesterovic	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2007-08	2020-21
Team	Toronto Raptors	Orlando Magic, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East 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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	71	20.9	7.8	1.8	3.0	4.8	1.2	0.3	0.7	0.8	1.9	3.6	6.6	.550	0.0	0.0	.333	0.5	0.7	.755
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rasho Nesterovic	5	15.4	4.6	0.6	2.0	2.6	0.6	0.2	0.4	1.0	2.8	2.2	4.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Rasho Nesterovic	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2008-09	2021-22
Team	Indiana Pacers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	70	17.3	6.8	1.3	2.1	3.4	1.6	0.4	0.5	0.9	2.4	3.2	6.2	.513	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.5	.781
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rasho Nesterovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 12
	Rasho Nesterovic	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2009-10	2022-23
Team	Toronto Raptors	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	42	9.8	3.9	0.9	1.2	2.1	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.3	1.9	3.5	.544	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.1	.200
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rasho Nesterovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Rasho Nesterovic	Nikola Vucevic
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Rasho Nesterovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Vucevic	76	34.3	18.0	2.8	7.8	10.5	3.3	0.7	0.8	1.6	2.5	7.7	15.9	.484	1.2	4.1	.294	1.4	1.7	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rasho Nesterovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rasho Nesterovic vs. Nikola Vucevic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Vucevic and Rasho Nesterovic, 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