Rasual Butler vs. Nikola Vucevic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Vucevic and Rasual Butler, 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.

Rasual Butler and Nikola Vucevic both played 13 years in the NBA. Rasual Butler had the first of his seasons in 2002-03, 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
Rasual Butler	13	6	2002-03 to 2015-16
Nikola Vucevic	13	4	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rasual Butler	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2002-03	2011-12
Team	Miami Heat	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Rasual Butler	72	21.0	7.5	0.4	2.2	2.6	1.3	0.3	0.6	1.1	1.5	2.9	7.9	.362	0.7	2.4	.292	1.1	1.4	.731
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		%
Rasual Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Rasual Butler	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2003-04	2012-13
Team	Miami Heat	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East 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		%
Rasual Butler	45	15.0	6.8	0.1	1.3	1.4	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.6	2.6	5.6	.476	1.1	2.4	.463	0.4	0.5	.762
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		%
Rasual Butler	10	5.8	2.1	0.0	1.1	1.1	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.2	0.9	2.2	.409	0.3	0.9	.333	0.0	0.0	-
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Rasual Butler	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2004-05	2013-14
Team	Miami Heat	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Rasual Butler	65	18.5	6.5	0.2	2.1	2.3	1.0	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.6	2.5	6.3	.399	0.9	2.4	.373	0.6	0.7	.771
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		%
Rasual Butler	12	14.9	4.7	0.1	1.4	1.5	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.2	1.8	1.8	4.9	.373	0.9	2.5	.367	0.1	0.3	.333
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Rasual Butler	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2005-06	2014-15
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	Orlando Magic
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		%
Rasual Butler	79	23.7	8.7	0.6	2.3	2.9	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.8	1.8	3.3	8.0	.406	1.2	3.1	.380	1.0	1.4	.693
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		%
Rasual Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Rasual Butler	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2006-07	2015-16
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	Orlando Magic
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		%
Rasual Butler	81	27.4	10.1	0.5	2.6	3.2	0.8	0.5	0.7	0.8	1.8	3.9	9.7	.398	1.7	4.5	.369	0.7	1.1	.644
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		%
Rasual Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Rasual Butler	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2007-08	2016-17
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Orlando Magic
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		%
Rasual Butler	51	17.2	4.9	0.3	1.6	2.0	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.2	1.3	1.8	5.1	.350	0.9	2.6	.331	0.5	0.6	.839
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		%
Rasual Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Rasual Butler	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2008-09	2017-18
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
Rasual Butler	82	31.9	11.2	0.6	2.7	3.3	0.9	0.6	0.7	0.7	1.9	4.2	9.8	.433	1.7	4.4	.390	1.0	1.3	.782
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		%
Rasual Butler	5	31.6	10.6	0.6	2.4	3.0	0.2	0.2	0.8	1.2	2.8	3.4	7.4	.459	2.0	3.8	.526	1.8	1.8	1.000
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Rasual Butler	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2009-10	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Rasual Butler	82	33.0	11.9	0.5	2.5	2.9	1.4	0.4	0.8	1.0	1.5	4.3	10.6	.409	1.8	5.3	.336	1.5	1.8	.841
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		%
Rasual Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Rasual Butler	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2010-11	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Chicago Bulls	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Rasual Butler	47	16.4	4.7	0.2	1.4	1.6	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.7	5.0	.333	1.0	2.9	.338	0.4	0.6	.667
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		%
Rasual Butler	3	2.3	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Rasual Butler	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2011-12	2020-21
Team	Toronto Raptors	Orlando Magic, Chicago Bulls
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		%
Rasual Butler	34	13.3	3.2	0.2	1.8	1.9	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.1	1.2	3.9	.308	0.6	2.3	.273	0.2	0.4	.583
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		%
Rasual Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Rasual Butler didn't play in 2012-13.


Season 11
	Rasual Butler	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2013-14	2021-22
Team	Indiana Pacers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Rasual Butler	50	7.6	2.7	0.1	0.7	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.0	2.2	.464	0.5	1.2	.419	0.2	0.3	.571
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		%
Rasual Butler	11	6.4	1.7	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.5	1.4	.400	0.5	1.1	.417	0.2	0.2	1.000
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
	Rasual Butler	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2014-15	2022-23
Team	Washington Wizards	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East 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		%
Rasual Butler	75	20.1	7.7	0.4	2.3	2.6	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.6	1.3	2.9	6.9	.422	1.2	3.1	.387	0.7	0.9	.791
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		%
Rasual Butler	2	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Rasual Butler	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2015-16	2023-24
Team	San Antonio Spurs	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		%
Rasual Butler	46	9.4	2.7	0.1	1.2	1.2	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.2	1.1	2.3	.471	0.3	1.1	.306	0.2	0.3	.688
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		%
Rasual Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rasual Butler vs. Nikola Vucevic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Vucevic and Rasual Butler, 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