Toni Kukoc vs. Ernie Vandeweghe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ernie Vandeweghe and Toni Kukoc, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Toni Kukoc played 13 years in the NBA, 7 more than Ernie Vandeweghe, who played 6. Toni Kukoc had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, while Ernie Vandeweghe had his rookie season in 1949-50. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Toni Kukoc	Ernie Vandeweghe
Season	1993-94	1949-50
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Toni Kukoc	75	24.1	10.9	1.3	2.7	4.0	3.4	1.1	0.4	2.2	1.6	4.2	9.7	.431	0.4	1.6	.271	2.1	2.8	.743
Ernie Vandeweghe	42	-	10.0	-	-	-	1.9	-	-	-	3.0	3.9	9.3	.421	-	-	-	2.2	3.3	.664
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Toni Kukoc	10	19.4	9.3	1.1	2.9	4.0	3.6	0.5	0.3	1.7	1.5	3.0	6.7	.448	0.8	1.9	.421	2.5	3.4	.735
Ernie Vandeweghe	4	-	8.0	-	-	-	0.8	-	-	-	4.0	2.3	6.5	.346	-	-	-	3.5	4.0	.875

Season 3
	Toni Kukoc	Ernie Vandeweghe
Season	1995-96	1951-52
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost NBA 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		%
Toni Kukoc	81	26.0	13.1	1.4	2.6	4.0	3.5	0.8	0.3	1.4	1.9	4.8	9.7	.490	1.1	2.7	.403	2.5	3.3	.772
Ernie Vandeweghe	57	26.4	9.2	-	-	4.6	2.9	-	-	-	3.3	3.5	8.0	.438	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.775
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Toni Kukoc	15	29.3	10.8	1.3	2.9	4.2	3.9	0.9	0.3	1.7	2.2	3.9	10.1	.391	0.9	4.5	.191	2.1	2.5	.838
Ernie Vandeweghe	14	29.6	10.8	-	-	4.9	1.9	-	-	-	4.1	3.6	8.4	.432	-	-	-	3.5	4.3	.817

Season 4
	Toni Kukoc	Ernie Vandeweghe
Season	1996-97	1952-53
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost NBA 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		%
Toni Kukoc	57	28.2	13.2	1.6	2.9	4.6	4.5	1.1	0.5	1.6	1.7	5.0	10.6	.471	0.9	2.6	.331	2.4	3.1	.770
Ernie Vandeweghe	61	28.6	12.0	-	-	5.6	2.4	-	-	-	4.0	4.5	10.2	.435	-	-	-	3.1	4.0	.766
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Toni Kukoc	19	22.3	7.9	0.7	2.2	2.8	2.8	0.7	0.2	0.9	1.6	2.4	6.6	.360	1.0	2.8	.358	2.2	3.1	.707
Ernie Vandeweghe	11	30.9	13.1	-	-	5.8	2.5	-	-	-	4.5	4.5	10.2	.438	-	-	-	4.2	5.5	.754

Season 5
	Toni Kukoc	Ernie Vandeweghe
Season	1997-98	1953-54
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
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		%
Toni Kukoc	74	30.2	13.3	1.6	2.8	4.4	4.2	1.0	0.5	2.1	2.0	5.2	11.4	.455	0.9	2.4	.362	2.1	3.0	.708
Ernie Vandeweghe	15	18.1	6.6	-	-	1.3	1.9	-	-	-	2.5	2.5	6.9	.359	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	.806
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Toni Kukoc	21	30.3	13.1	1.1	2.7	3.9	2.9	1.2	0.5	1.3	2.7	5.0	10.4	.486	1.1	2.9	.377	1.9	3.0	.645
Ernie Vandeweghe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Ernie Vandeweghe didn't play in 1954-55.