Toni Kukoc vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Stats / Stats Rankings / 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.

Toni Kukoc played 13 years in the NBA, 1 more than James Worthy, who played 12. Toni Kukoc had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, while James Worthy had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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
Toni Kukoc	13	9	1993-94 to 2005-06
James Worthy	12	9	1982-83 to 1993-94

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Toni Kukoc	James Worthy
Season	1993-94	1982-83
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
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
difference:	+2	+1.5	+2.5	+0.7	+0.4	+1.2	+1.7	+0.1	+0.4	-0.1	-1.3	+1.6	+0.3	+.148	+0.4	+1.5	+.021	+0.3	+0.1	+.119
James Worthy	77	25.6	13.4	2.0	3.1	5.2	1.7	1.2	0.8	2.3	2.9	5.8	10.0	.579	0.0	0.1	.250	1.8	2.9	.624

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
James Worthy	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Toni Kukoc	James Worthy
Season	1994-95	1983-84
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Toni Kukoc	81	31.9	15.7	1.9	3.5	5.4	4.6	1.3	0.2	2.0	2.0	6.0	11.9	.504	0.8	2.4	.313	2.9	3.9	.748
difference:	+1	+2.4	+1.2		+0.9	+0.9	+2.1	+0.4	+0.7	-0.2	-1.0		+1.0	+.052	+0.8	+2.3	+.313	+0.5	+0.8	+.011
James Worthy	82	29.5	14.5	1.9	4.4	6.3	2.5	0.9	0.9	2.2	3.0	6.0	10.9	.556	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Toni Kukoc	10	37.2	13.8	2.0	4.8	6.8	5.7	1.0	0.2	1.9	2.3	5.3	11.1	.477	1.4	3.2	.438	1.8	2.6	.692
difference:	+11	+3.5	+3.9	+0.3	+1.5	+1.8	+3.0	+0.3	+0.3		-0.4	+2.5	+1.9	+.122	+1.4	+3.1	+.062	+0.2	+0.7	+.083
James Worthy	21	33.7	17.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	2.7	1.3	0.5	1.9	2.7	7.8	13.0	.599	0.0	0.1	.500	2.0	3.3	.609


Season 3
	Toni Kukoc	James Worthy
Season	1995-96	1984-85
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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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		%
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
difference:	+1	+7.7	+4.5	+0.7	+1.7	+2.4	+1.0	+0.3	+0.5	-1.1	-0.6	+2.8	+3.6	+.082	+1.1	+2.6	+.403	+0.1	+0.2	+.004
James Worthy	80	33.7	17.6	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.5	1.1	0.8	2.5	2.5	7.6	13.3	.572	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.1	.776

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
difference:	+4	+3.6	+10.7	+0.5	+0.3	+0.9	+1.7		+0.4	-0.3	-0.6	+4.8	+4.0	+.231	+0.8	+4.4	+.309	+1.8	+3.3	+.162
James Worthy	19	32.9	21.5	1.8	3.2	5.1	2.2	0.9	0.7	1.4	2.8	8.7	14.1	.622	0.1	0.1	.500	3.9	5.8	.676


Season 4
	Toni Kukoc	James Worthy
Season	1996-97	1985-86
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+18	+4.5	+6.8	+0.2	+0.4	+0.6	+1.8		+0.5	-0.4	-0.9	+3.4	+3.9	+.108	+0.9	+2.4	+.331	+0.8	+1.1	+.001
James Worthy	75	32.7	20.0	1.8	3.3	5.2	2.7	1.1	1.0	2.0	2.6	8.4	14.5	.579	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	4.2	.771

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
difference:	+5	+16.2	+11.7	+0.9	+0.9	+1.8	+0.4	+0.4	+0.5	-1.7	-1.5	+6.2	+8.9	+.198	+1.0	+2.5	+.358	+0.1	+0.3	+.026
James Worthy	14	38.5	19.6	1.6	3.1	4.6	3.2	1.1	0.7	2.6	3.1	8.6	15.5	.558	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.4	.681


Season 5
	Toni Kukoc	James Worthy
Season	1997-98	1986-87
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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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		%
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
difference:	+8	+4.2	+6.1	+0.3	+1.0	+1.3	+1.4	+0.3	+0.5	-0.1	-0.5	+2.7	+3.3	+.084	+0.9	+2.2	+.362	+1.5	+1.7	+.043
James Worthy	82	34.4	19.4	1.9	3.8	5.7	2.8	1.3	1.0	2.0	2.5	7.9	14.7	.539	0.0	0.2	.000	3.6	4.7	.751

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
difference:	+3	+7.5	+10.5	+0.6	+1.2	+1.7	+0.6	+0.4	+0.7	-0.9	-0.4	+4.8	+6.2	+.105	+1.1	+2.8	+.377	+2.2	+2.4	+.108
James Worthy	18	37.8	23.6	1.7	3.9	5.6	3.5	1.6	1.2	2.2	2.3	9.8	16.6	.591	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.4	.753


Season 6
	Toni Kukoc	James Worthy
Season	1998-99	1987-88
Team	Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
Toni Kukoc	44	37.6	18.8	1.5	5.6	7.0	5.3	1.1	0.3	2.8	1.9	7.2	17.0	.420	0.9	3.1	.285	3.6	4.9	.740
difference:	+31	+2.2	+0.9	+0.2	+2.3	+2.0	+1.4	+0.1	+0.4	-0.7	-0.4	+1.0	+1.5	+.111	+0.9	+2.9	+.160	+0.4	+0.8	+.056
James Worthy	75	35.4	19.7	1.7	3.3	5.0	3.9	1.0	0.7	2.1	2.3	8.2	15.5	.531	0.0	0.2	.125	3.2	4.1	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Toni Kukoc	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	24	37.3	21.1	2.2	3.6	5.8	4.4	1.4	0.8	2.3	2.4	8.5	16.3	.523	0.0	0.4	.111	4.0	5.3	.758


Season 7
	Toni Kukoc	James Worthy
Season	1999-00	1988-89
Team	Chicago Bulls, Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Toni Kukoc	56	31.9	14.8	1.3	3.5	4.9	4.7	1.4	0.5	2.6	2.0	5.3	13.0	.408	0.8	3.0	.262	3.4	4.7	.725
difference:	+25	+4.6	+5.7	+0.8	+0.5	+1.1	+1.1	+0.1	+0.2	-0.4	-0.2	+3.4	+2.8	+.140	+0.8	+2.7	+.175	+0.3	+0.7	+.057
James Worthy	81	36.5	20.5	2.1	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.3	0.7	2.2	2.2	8.7	15.8	.548	0.0	0.3	.087	3.1	4.0	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Toni Kukoc	10	25.8	9.3	0.7	3.0	3.7	1.7	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.6	3.6	9.3	.387	1.1	3.4	.324	1.0	1.7	.588
difference:	+5	+14.2	+15.5	+1.8	+1.3	+3.0	+1.1	+0.2	+0.8	-0.7	-0.2	+6.6	+8.7	+.180	+0.9	+2.9	+.051	+3.2	+3.6	+.200
James Worthy	15	40.0	24.8	2.5	4.3	6.7	2.8	1.2	1.1	2.2	2.4	10.2	18.0	.567	0.2	0.5	.375	4.2	5.3	.788


Season 8
	Toni Kukoc	James Worthy
Season	2000-01	1989-90
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Toni Kukoc	65	24.6	11.1	1.0	3.0	4.0	3.1	0.7	0.2	1.7	1.5	4.2	9.0	.473	1.1	2.4	.446	1.6	2.5	.631
difference:	+15	+12.4	+10.0	+1.0	+1.0	+2.0	+0.5	+0.5	+0.4	-0.3	-0.9	+4.7	+7.2	+.075	+0.9	+1.8	+.140	+1.5	+1.5	+.151
James Worthy	80	37.0	21.1	2.0	4.0	6.0	3.6	1.2	0.6	2.0	2.4	8.9	16.2	.548	0.2	0.6	.306	3.1	4.0	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Toni Kukoc	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	9	40.7	24.2	1.2	4.3	5.6	3.0	1.6	0.3	2.4	2.0	10.0	20.1	.497	0.2	0.9	.250	4.0	4.8	.837


Season 9
	Toni Kukoc	James Worthy
Season	2001-02	1990-91
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Toni Kukoc	59	25.3	9.9	0.7	3.0	3.7	3.6	0.8	0.3	1.9	1.5	3.6	8.5	.419	0.9	2.9	.310	1.8	2.6	.712
difference:	+19	+13.3	+11.5	+0.7	+0.2	+0.9	+0.1	+0.5	+0.1	-0.3		+5.6	+10.2	+.073	+0.6	+1.7	+.021	+0.9	+0.8	+.085
James Worthy	78	38.6	21.4	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.5	1.3	0.4	1.6	1.5	9.2	18.7	.492	0.3	1.2	.289	2.7	3.4	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Toni Kukoc	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Worthy	18	40.7	21.1	1.4	2.7	4.1	3.9	1.1	0.1	2.2	1.9	8.9	19.2	.465	0.2	1.3	.167	2.9	4.0	.736


Season 10
	Toni Kukoc	James Worthy
Season	2002-03	1991-92
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
Toni Kukoc	63	27.0	11.6	1.1	3.2	4.2	3.7	1.3	0.5	1.9	2.1	4.0	9.2	.432	1.5	4.2	.361	2.2	3.1	.706
difference:	+9	+12.0	+8.3	+0.7	+0.6	+1.4	+1.0	+0.1	+0.1	-0.5	-0.5	+4.3	+9.4	+.015	+1.3	+3.4	+.152	+0.9	+0.7	+.108
James Worthy	54	39.0	19.9	1.8	3.8	5.6	4.7	1.4	0.4	2.4	1.6	8.3	18.6	.447	0.2	0.8	.209	3.1	3.8	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Toni Kukoc	6	30.8	14.8	1.0	3.2	4.2	3.7	2.2	0.2	1.8	2.0	5.3	10.8	.492	1.8	4.8	.379	2.3	3.3	.700
James Worthy	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Toni Kukoc	James Worthy
Season	2003-04	1992-93
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Toni Kukoc	73	20.8	8.4	0.8	2.9	3.7	2.7	0.8	0.3	1.5	1.5	2.9	6.9	.417	0.7	2.3	.292	2.0	2.7	.729
difference:	+9	+8.0	+6.5	+0.1	+0.8	+0.7	+0.7	+0.3		-0.2	-0.4	+3.3	+7.0	+.030	+0.3	+0.9	+.022	+0.1	+0.1	+.081
James Worthy	82	28.8	14.9	0.9	2.1	3.0	3.4	1.1	0.3	1.7	1.1	6.2	13.9	.447	0.4	1.4	.270	2.1	2.6	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Toni Kukoc	5	21.0	8.4	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.8	0.6	0.4	1.2	2.2	3.4	6.8	.500	0.8	2.4	.333	0.8	1.6	.500
difference:		+8.6	+5.4	+0.6		+0.6	+1.8	+0.4	+0.4	-0.2		+3.0	+10.4	+.128	+0.4	+0.8	+.083	+0.2	+0.6	+.100
James Worthy	5	29.6	13.8	1.4	2.0	3.4	2.6	1.0	0.0	1.4	2.2	6.4	17.2	.372	0.4	1.6	.250	0.6	1.0	.600


Season 12
	Toni Kukoc	James Worthy
Season	2004-05	1993-94
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Toni Kukoc	53	20.7	5.6	0.6	2.4	3.0	3.0	0.7	0.2	1.2	1.3	2.0	4.8	.410	0.8	2.2	.362	0.8	1.2	.721
difference:	+27	+0.7	+4.6		+0.7	+0.7	+1.1	+0.1			-0.3	+2.3	+5.7	+.004	+0.4	+0.8	+.074	+0.5	+0.5	+.020
James Worthy	80	20.0	10.2	0.6	1.7	2.3	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.0	4.3	10.5	.406	0.4	1.4	.288	1.3	1.7	.741

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Toni Kukoc nor James Worthy played in the postseason in their season 12

Additional Years

* Toni Kukoc played 1 season more than James Worthy in the NBA.

In that period—his season 13 in 2006—Toni Kukoc played in the Playoffs.

Toni Kukoc vs. James Worthy Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Worthy 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.

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