Serge Ibaka vs. Tyler Zeller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tyler Zeller and Serge Ibaka, 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.

Serge Ibaka played 14 years in the NBA, 6 more than Tyler Zeller, who played 8. Serge Ibaka had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, while Tyler Zeller had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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
Serge Ibaka	14	12	2009-10 to 2022-23
Tyler Zeller	8	4	2012-13 to 2019-20

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Serge Ibaka	Tyler Zeller
Season	2009-10	2012-13
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Thunder 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		%
Serge Ibaka	73	18.1	6.3	1.9	3.5	5.4	0.1	0.3	1.3	0.9	2.7	2.8	5.1	.543	0.0	0.0	.500	0.8	1.3	.630
Tyler Zeller	77	26.4	7.9	2.1	3.6	5.7	1.2	0.5	0.9	1.2	3.3	3.2	7.3	.438	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	2.0	.764

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	6	25.5	7.8	2.2	4.3	6.5	0.3	0.3	2.0	1.0	3.2	3.3	5.8	.571	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	1.7	.700
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Serge Ibaka	Tyler Zeller
Season	2010-11	2013-14
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West 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		%
Serge Ibaka	82	27.0	9.9	2.6	5.0	7.6	0.3	0.4	2.4	0.9	3.3	4.1	7.5	.543	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.2	.750
Tyler Zeller	70	15.0	5.7	1.5	2.6	4.0	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.9	2.0	2.2	4.1	.538	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.7	.719

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	17	28.8	9.8	2.8	4.5	7.3	0.2	0.2	3.1	1.2	3.8	3.9	8.5	.462	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.4	.825
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Serge Ibaka	Tyler Zeller
Season	2011-12	2014-15
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA Finals	Celtics 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		%
Serge Ibaka	66	27.2	9.1	2.9	4.6	7.5	0.4	0.5	3.7	1.2	2.7	4.0	7.4	.535	0.0	0.0	.333	1.2	1.8	.661
Tyler Zeller	82	21.1	10.2	1.8	3.9	5.7	1.4	0.2	0.6	0.9	2.5	4.1	7.5	.549	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.3	.823

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	20	28.5	9.8	2.4	3.4	5.8	0.6	0.6	3.0	0.6	2.9	4.2	8.0	.528	0.1	0.2	.250	1.3	1.8	.722
Tyler Zeller	4	22.5	8.5	0.5	4.0	4.5	0.5	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	3.8	7.3	.517	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.800


Season 4
	Serge Ibaka	Tyler Zeller
Season	2012-13	2015-16
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Serge Ibaka	80	31.1	13.2	2.8	4.9	7.7	0.5	0.4	3.0	1.6	2.7	5.6	9.7	.573	0.3	0.7	.351	1.8	2.4	.749
Tyler Zeller	60	11.8	6.1	1.0	1.9	3.0	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.8	1.6	2.3	4.8	.476	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.8	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	11	33.3	12.8	3.5	4.8	8.4	0.7	0.0	3.0	0.6	3.5	5.4	12.3	.437	0.4	0.8	.444	1.7	2.2	.792
Tyler Zeller	3	12.7	6.0	1.3	3.7	5.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	2.3	5.0	.467	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.667


Season 5
	Serge Ibaka	Tyler Zeller
Season	2013-14	2016-17
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	81	32.9	15.1	2.8	6.0	8.8	1.0	0.5	2.7	1.5	2.9	6.5	12.1	.536	0.3	0.7	.383	1.9	2.5	.784
Tyler Zeller	51	10.3	3.5	0.8	1.6	2.4	0.8	0.1	0.4	0.4	1.2	1.5	3.1	.494	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.8	.564

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	17	34.2	12.1	1.8	5.0	6.8	0.7	0.6	2.5	1.2	3.2	5.1	8.6	.592	0.3	0.8	.385	1.5	2.0	.765
Tyler Zeller	11	7.1	2.9	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.2	2.3	.520	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.750


Season 6
	Serge Ibaka	Tyler Zeller
Season	2014-15	2017-18
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Brooklyn Nets, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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		%
Serge Ibaka	64	33.1	14.3	2.1	5.7	7.8	0.9	0.5	2.4	1.5	3.0	5.8	12.3	.476	1.2	3.2	.376	1.4	1.7	.836
Tyler Zeller	66	16.8	6.7	1.7	3.0	4.6	0.7	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.9	2.8	5.1	.560	0.2	0.4	.357	0.9	1.2	.722

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyler Zeller	7	9.4	1.6	0.3	1.7	2.0	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	1.6	0.6	0.7	.800	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.750


Season 7
	Serge Ibaka	Tyler Zeller
Season	2015-16	2018-19
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West 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		%
Serge Ibaka	78	32.1	12.6	1.8	5.0	6.8	0.8	0.5	1.9	1.4	2.7	5.3	11.1	.479	0.8	2.4	.326	1.2	1.6	.752
Tyler Zeller	6	15.5	7.7	1.8	2.2	4.0	0.7	0.2	0.5	0.7	3.3	2.7	5.0	.533	0.0	0.2	.000	2.3	3.0	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	18	33.4	12.0	1.3	5.0	6.3	0.6	0.8	1.3	0.5	2.8	4.7	9.1	.521	1.7	3.8	.449	0.8	1.1	.750
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Serge Ibaka	Tyler Zeller
Season	2016-17	2019-20
Team	Orlando Magic, Toronto Raptors	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors 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		%
Serge Ibaka	79	30.7	14.8	1.6	5.2	6.8	0.9	0.5	1.6	1.3	2.7	6.0	12.4	.480	1.6	4.0	.391	1.4	1.6	.856
Tyler Zeller	2	2.0	1.0	1.5	0.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	10	30.7	14.3	0.9	5.6	6.5	1.4	0.4	1.7	1.1	3.7	6.0	13.0	.462	1.2	3.8	.316	1.1	1.3	.846
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Serge Ibaka	Tyler Zeller
Season	2017-18	-
Team	Toronto Raptors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors 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		%
Serge Ibaka	76	27.5	12.6	1.0	5.3	6.3	0.8	0.4	1.3	1.2	2.8	5.0	10.3	.483	1.4	3.9	.360	1.2	1.6	.797
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	10	26.0	8.7	1.3	4.6	5.9	1.1	0.1	1.3	1.6	2.1	3.0	7.2	.417	0.9	2.4	.375	1.8	2.2	.818
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Serge Ibaka	Tyler Zeller
Season	2018-19	-
Team	Toronto Raptors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	74	27.2	15.0	2.1	6.0	8.1	1.3	0.4	1.4	1.5	2.9	6.3	11.9	.529	0.7	2.3	.290	1.8	2.4	.763
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	24	20.8	9.4	1.5	4.5	6.0	0.9	0.5	1.0	1.0	3.3	3.8	8.0	.477	0.4	1.6	.237	1.3	1.8	.762
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Serge Ibaka	Tyler Zeller
Season	2019-20	-
Team	Toronto Raptors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Raptors 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		%
Serge Ibaka	55	27.0	15.4	2.1	6.1	8.2	1.4	0.5	0.8	2.0	2.8	6.2	12.2	.512	1.3	3.3	.385	1.6	2.3	.718
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	11	22.8	14.8	1.5	6.2	7.7	1.2	0.2	1.3	1.1	2.5	5.7	10.0	.573	2.1	4.1	.511	1.3	1.3	1.000
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Serge Ibaka	Tyler Zeller
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	41	23.3	11.1	1.8	4.9	6.7	1.8	0.2	1.1	1.1	1.9	4.5	8.9	.510	1.0	2.8	.339	1.0	1.3	.811
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	2	9.0	5.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	0.5	1.5	3.0	.500	0.0	1.0	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Serge Ibaka	Tyler Zeller
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Milwaukee Bucks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Serge Ibaka	54	16.3	6.8	1.1	3.5	4.6	0.9	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.9	2.7	5.5	.500	0.7	1.8	.374	0.6	0.8	.727
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	6	3.7	1.5	0.3	1.3	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.2	0.7	2.7	.250	0.0	0.5	.000	0.2	0.3	.500
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Serge Ibaka	Tyler Zeller
Season	2022-23	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	-
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		%
Serge Ibaka	16	11.6	4.1	0.9	1.8	2.8	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.7	1.4	1.6	3.4	.481	0.4	1.1	.333	0.5	0.8	.615
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Serge Ibaka	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tyler Zeller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Serge Ibaka vs. Tyler Zeller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tyler Zeller and Serge Ibaka, 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

Season 14