Steve Blake vs. Jusuf Nurkic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jusuf Nurkic and Steve Blake, 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.

Steve Blake played 13 years in the NBA, 3 more than Jusuf Nurkic, who played 10. Steve Blake had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Jusuf Nurkic had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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
Steve Blake	13	9	2003-04 to 2015-16
Jusuf Nurkic	10	5	2014-15 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13


Rookie Season
	Steve Blake	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2003-04	2014-15
Team	Washington Wizards	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
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		%
Steve Blake	75	18.6	5.9	0.2	1.3	1.6	2.8	0.8	0.1	1.7	1.3	2.1	5.4	.386	1.0	2.7	.371	0.7	0.9	.821
Jusuf Nurkic	62	17.8	6.9	2.0	4.1	6.2	0.8	0.8	1.1	1.4	3.3	2.8	6.2	.446	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.1	.636

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Blake	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Steve Blake	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2004-05	2015-16
Team	Washington Wizards	Denver Nuggets
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		%
Steve Blake	44	14.7	4.3	0.4	1.2	1.6	1.6	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.1	1.4	4.2	.328	0.8	2.1	.387	0.8	0.9	.805
Jusuf Nurkic	32	17.1	8.2	2.0	3.4	5.5	1.3	0.8	1.4	1.7	2.8	3.2	7.6	.417	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	3.1	.616

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Blake	4	4.0	0.5	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.3	1.0	.250	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Steve Blake	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2005-06	2016-17
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Steve Blake	68	26.2	8.2	0.4	1.8	2.1	4.5	0.6	0.1	1.2	1.6	3.0	6.9	.438	1.1	2.7	.413	1.1	1.3	.791
Jusuf Nurkic	65	21.4	10.2	2.4	4.8	7.2	1.9	0.8	1.1	2.2	2.5	4.2	8.2	.507	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	3.2	.571

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Blake	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jusuf Nurkic	1	17.0	2.0	0.0	11.0	11.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 4
	Steve Blake	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2006-07	2017-18
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Steve Blake	82	27.1	6.4	0.3	1.8	2.1	5.0	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.5	2.5	6.2	.411	0.8	2.5	.322	0.5	0.8	.672
Jusuf Nurkic	79	26.4	14.3	2.4	6.6	9.0	1.8	0.8	1.4	2.3	3.1	6.1	12.0	.505	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.5	.630

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Blake	5	36.0	7.2	0.2	2.2	2.4	4.6	0.6	0.0	2.0	1.6	2.8	6.2	.452	1.6	3.2	.500	0.0	0.0	-
Jusuf Nurkic	4	23.5	11.8	3.0	5.0	8.0	1.0	1.5	1.3	0.8	3.5	4.8	9.8	.487	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	2.8	.818


Season 5
	Steve Blake	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2007-08	2018-19
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Portland Trail Blazers
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		%
Steve Blake	81	29.9	8.5	0.4	2.0	2.4	5.1	0.7	0.0	1.4	1.6	3.2	7.9	.408	1.5	3.7	.406	0.6	0.8	.766
Jusuf Nurkic	72	27.4	15.6	3.4	7.0	10.4	3.2	1.0	1.4	2.3	3.5	5.8	11.5	.508	0.0	0.4	.103	3.9	5.1	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Blake	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Steve Blake	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2008-09	2019-20
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Steve Blake	69	31.7	11.0	0.4	2.1	2.5	5.0	1.0	0.1	1.6	1.8	4.0	9.4	.428	2.0	4.8	.427	0.9	1.1	.840
Jusuf Nurkic	8	31.6	17.6	2.9	7.4	10.3	4.0	1.4	2.0	2.4	4.9	6.8	13.6	.495	0.3	1.3	.200	3.9	4.4	.886

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Blake	6	38.5	9.8	0.7	3.3	4.0	6.2	0.8	0.0	1.5	1.8	3.7	7.5	.489	1.7	4.0	.417	0.8	1.2	.714
Jusuf Nurkic	5	32.2	14.2	2.8	7.6	10.4	3.6	1.4	0.2	2.6	4.2	5.0	11.4	.439	0.6	2.2	.273	3.6	4.6	.783


Season 7
	Steve Blake	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2009-10	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Clippers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Steve Blake	80	27.0	7.3	0.3	2.1	2.3	4.8	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.5	2.7	6.5	.416	1.5	3.7	.395	0.5	0.6	.750
Jusuf Nurkic	37	23.8	11.5	2.3	6.6	9.0	3.4	1.0	1.1	2.0	2.8	4.6	9.0	.514	0.3	0.8	.400	1.9	3.1	.619

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Blake	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jusuf Nurkic	6	28.8	13.2	3.0	7.3	10.3	2.7	0.5	1.2	2.3	5.0	5.0	9.2	.545	0.2	0.8	.200	3.0	4.2	.720


Season 8
	Steve Blake	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2010-11	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Steve Blake	79	20.0	4.0	0.2	1.7	2.0	2.2	0.5	0.0	0.9	1.3	1.4	3.9	.359	0.9	2.4	.378	0.3	0.4	.867
Jusuf Nurkic	56	28.2	15.0	3.0	8.1	11.1	2.8	1.1	0.6	2.6	3.4	5.7	10.7	.535	0.3	1.0	.268	3.3	4.8	.690

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Blake	9	16.1	2.2	0.1	1.4	1.6	2.2	0.6	0.0	0.6	0.9	0.8	2.6	.304	0.7	2.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Steve Blake	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2011-12	2022-23
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Steve Blake	53	23.3	5.2	0.2	1.4	1.6	3.3	0.7	0.0	1.4	1.4	1.9	5.1	.377	1.0	3.0	.335	0.4	0.5	.778
Jusuf Nurkic	52	26.8	13.3	2.2	6.9	9.1	2.9	0.8	0.8	2.3	3.6	5.0	9.7	.519	0.8	2.3	.361	2.4	3.7	.661

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Blake	12	25.5	6.3	0.7	2.2	2.8	2.3	0.7	0.2	1.3	1.8	2.2	5.2	.419	1.5	3.6	.419	0.4	0.6	.714
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Steve Blake	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2012-13	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West 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		%
Steve Blake	45	26.1	7.3	0.5	2.5	2.9	3.8	0.8	0.1	1.4	1.8	2.5	6.0	.422	1.6	3.8	.421	0.6	0.8	.771
Jusuf Nurkic	76	27.3	10.9	2.9	8.1	11.0	4.0	1.1	1.1	2.3	3.3	4.2	8.3	.510	0.3	1.2	.244	2.2	3.4	.640

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Blake	2	37.5	14.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	2.5	2.0	1.5	2.0	4.0	5.5	14.0	.393	2.5	6.0	.417	0.5	0.5	1.000
Jusuf Nurkic	4	26.0	7.8	3.3	5.0	8.3	2.8	1.5	1.5	1.5	3.8	3.3	6.5	.500	0.0	0.5	.000	1.3	2.8	.455


Season 11
	Steve Blake	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2013-14	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Steve Blake	55	27.2	6.9	0.2	2.7	2.9	5.6	1.0	0.1	1.9	1.5	2.4	6.4	.377	1.4	3.8	.376	0.6	0.8	.767
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Blake	6	7.5	1.8	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	2.0	.333	0.5	1.7	.300	0.0	0.2	.000
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Steve Blake	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Steve Blake	81	18.9	4.3	0.2	1.5	1.7	3.6	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.5	1.5	4.0	.373	1.0	2.7	.352	0.4	0.5	.707
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Blake	5	8.6	1.4	0.0	0.2	0.2	1.6	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.8	0.4	2.2	.182	0.2	1.6	.125	0.4	0.4	1.000
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Steve Blake	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2015-16	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Steve Blake	58	17.0	4.4	0.2	1.4	1.5	3.4	0.4	0.1	1.4	1.2	1.6	4.1	.388	0.9	2.6	.344	0.3	0.3	.800
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Blake	4	10.8	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.8	0.3	1.3	.200	0.3	0.5	.500	0.3	0.5	.500
Jusuf Nurkic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Steve Blake vs. Jusuf Nurkic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jusuf Nurkic and Steve Blake, 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