Tim Hardaway Jr. vs. Jusuf Nurkic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jusuf Nurkic and Tim Hardaway Jr., 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.

Tim Hardaway Jr. played 13 years in the NBA, 1 more than Jusuf Nurkic, who played 12. Tim Hardaway Jr. had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, 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 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Tim Hardaway Jr.	13	6	2013-14 to 2025-26
Jusuf Nurkic	12	5	2014-15 to 2025-26

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


Rookie Season
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2013-14	2014-15
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	81	23.1	10.2	0.2	1.3	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.8	3.6	8.5	.428	1.6	4.4	.363	1.3	1.6	.828
difference:	+19	+5.3	+3.3	+1.8	+2.8	+4.7		+0.3	+1.0	-0.8	-1.5	+0.8	+2.3	+.018	+1.6	+4.4		+0.1	+0.5	+.192
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	-	1.4	2.1	.636

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tim Hardaway Jr. nor Jusuf Nurkic played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2014-15	2015-16
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	70	24.0	11.5	0.2	2.1	2.2	1.8	0.3	0.2	1.2	1.7	4.0	10.2	.389	1.7	5.1	.342	1.8	2.2	.801
difference:	+38	+6.9	+3.3	+1.8	+1.3	+3.3	+0.5	+0.5	+1.2	-0.5	-1.1	+0.8	+2.6	+.028	+1.7	+5.0	+.342	+0.1	+0.9	+.185
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
* Neiher Tim Hardaway Jr. nor Jusuf Nurkic played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2015-16	2016-17
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	51	16.9	6.4	0.1	1.5	1.7	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.9	2.2	5.2	.430	0.9	2.8	.336	1.0	1.1	.893
difference:	+14	+4.5	+3.8	+2.3	+3.3	+5.5	+0.9	+0.4	+1.0	-1.7	-1.6	+2.0	+3.0	+.077	+0.9	+2.8		+0.8	+2.1	+.322
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	-	1.8	3.2	.571

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	9	9.7	2.2	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.8	2.9	.269	0.2	1.6	.143	0.4	0.7	.667
difference:	+8	+7.3	+0.2		+10.0	+10.0	+3.2		+0.9	-2.7	-0.8	+0.2	+0.1	+.064	+0.2	+0.6	+.143	+0.4	+0.7
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
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2016-17	2017-18
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	79	27.3	14.5	0.4	2.4	2.8	2.3	0.7	0.2	1.3	1.3	5.3	11.5	.455	1.9	5.3	.357	2.1	2.7	.766
difference:		+0.9	+0.2	+2.0	+4.2	+6.2	+0.5	+0.1	+1.2	-1.0	-1.8	+0.8	+0.5	+.050	+1.9	+5.2	+.357	+0.1	+0.8	+.136
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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	6	33.3	12.8	0.5	2.2	2.7	1.2	0.5	0.0	1.7	2.2	4.5	13.7	.329	1.8	7.0	.262	2.0	3.2	.632
difference:	+2	+9.8	+1.0	+2.5	+2.8	+5.3	+0.2	+1.0	+1.3	-0.9	-1.3	+0.3	+3.9	+.158	+1.8	+7.0		+0.3	+0.4	+.186
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
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2017-18	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	57	33.1	17.5	0.6	3.4	3.9	2.7	1.1	0.2	1.6	2.2	6.3	15.0	.421	2.3	7.2	.317	2.6	3.1	.816
difference:	+15	+5.7	+1.9	+2.8	+3.6	+6.5	+0.5	+0.1	+1.2	-0.7	-1.3	+0.5	+3.5	+.087	+2.3	+6.8	+.214	+1.3	+2.0	+.043
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
* Neiher Tim Hardaway Jr. nor Jusuf Nurkic played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2018-19	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks, Dallas Mavericks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	65	31.6	18.1	0.5	2.9	3.4	2.4	0.8	0.1	1.6	2.2	6.0	15.3	.393	2.5	7.3	.340	3.6	4.2	.841
difference:	+57		+0.5	+2.4	+4.5	+6.9	+1.6	+0.6	+1.9	-0.8	-2.7	+0.8	+1.7	+.102	+2.2	+6.0	+.140	+0.3	+0.2	+.045
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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2019-20	2020-21
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	71	29.5	15.8	0.4	2.9	3.3	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.8	5.4	12.5	.434	2.9	7.2	.398	2.1	2.6	.819
difference:	+34	+5.7	+4.3	+1.9	+3.7	+5.7	+1.5	+0.4	+1.0	-1.0	-1.0	+0.8	+3.5	+.080	+2.6	+6.4	+.002	+0.2	+0.5	+.200
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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	6	34.0	17.8	0.5	3.0	3.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.5	2.7	6.7	15.8	.421	3.2	9.0	.352	1.3	1.8	.727
difference:		+5.2	+4.6	+2.5	+4.3	+6.8	+0.9	+0.2	+1.2	-1.8	-2.3	+1.7	+6.6	+.124	+3.0	+8.2	+.152	+1.7	+2.4	+.007
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
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2020-21	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	70	28.4	16.6	0.3	3.0	3.3	1.8	0.4	0.2	0.9	1.6	5.8	13.0	.447	3.0	7.6	.391	2.0	2.5	.816
difference:	+14	+0.2	+1.6	+2.7	+5.1	+7.8	+1.0	+0.7	+0.4	-1.7	-1.8	+0.1	+2.3	+.088	+2.7	+6.6	+.123	+1.3	+2.3	+.126
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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	7	37.4	17.0	0.7	2.6	3.3	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.9	2.4	6.0	14.4	.416	3.3	8.1	.404	1.7	2.3	.750
Jusuf Nurkic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2021-22	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	42	29.6	14.2	0.3	3.4	3.7	2.2	0.9	0.1	0.8	1.8	5.0	12.6	.394	2.4	7.2	.336	1.9	2.5	.757
difference:	+10	+2.8	+0.9	+1.9	+3.5	+5.4	+0.7	+0.1	+0.7	-1.5	-1.8		+2.9	+.125	+1.6	+4.9	+.025	+0.5	+1.2	+.096
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
* Neiher Tim Hardaway Jr. nor Jusuf Nurkic played in the postseason in their season 9


Season 10
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2022-23	2023-24
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	71	30.3	14.4	0.3	3.2	3.5	1.8	0.7	0.2	0.8	1.7	4.8	11.9	.401	3.0	7.7	.385	1.8	2.3	.770
difference:	+5	+3.0	+3.5	+2.6	+4.9	+7.5	+2.2	+0.4	+0.9	-1.5	-1.6	+0.6	+3.6	+.109	+2.7	+6.5	+.141	+0.4	+1.1	+.130
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		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2023-24	2024-25
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Phoenix Suns, Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	79	26.8	14.4	0.3	2.9	3.2	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.3	5.0	12.4	.402	2.7	7.6	.353	1.8	2.1	.852
difference:	+28	+6.0	+5.5	+1.4	+3.2	+4.6	+0.5	+0.3	+0.6	-1.0	-1.2	+1.7	+5.5	+.075	+2.1	+5.5	+.048	+0.1	+0.4	+.188
Jusuf Nurkic	51	20.8	8.9	1.7	6.1	7.8	2.3	0.8	0.7	1.9	2.5	3.3	6.9	.477	0.6	2.1	.305	1.7	2.5	.664

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	14	12.7	4.4	0.1	1.6	1.8	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.7	1.6	4.1	.379	0.9	2.6	.351	0.3	0.6	.500
Jusuf Nurkic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Tim Hardaway Jr.	Jusuf Nurkic
Season	2024-25	2025-26
Team	Detroit Pistons	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	77	28.0	11.0	0.2	2.1	2.4	1.6	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.2	3.6	8.8	.406	2.2	5.9	.368	1.6	1.9	.855
difference:	+56	+3.7	+2.8	+2.1	+4.9	+6.9	+2.2	+1.1	+0.3	-2.0	-1.9	+0.3	+1.5	+.052	+1.9	+4.4	+.142	+0.4	+0.5	+.335
Jusuf Nurkic	21	24.3	8.2	2.3	7.0	9.3	3.8	1.6	0.4	2.6	3.1	3.3	7.3	.458	0.3	1.5	.226	1.2	2.4	.520

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tim Hardaway Jr.	6	31.3	12.0	0.3	2.5	2.8	1.2	0.3	0.0	1.5	1.7	4.0	11.8	.338	2.7	8.7	.308	1.3	1.7	.800
Jusuf Nurkic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Tim Hardaway Jr. played 1 season more than Jusuf Nurkic in the NBA.

In that period—his season 13 in 2026—Tim Hardaway Jr. didn't play in the postseason.

Tim Hardaway Jr. vs. Jusuf Nurkic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jusuf Nurkic and Tim Hardaway Jr., 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Season 12

12th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years