Toni Kukoc vs. Metta World Peace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Metta World Peace 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, 4 less than Metta World Peace, who played 17. Toni Kukoc had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, while Metta World Peace had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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.

Rookie Season
	Toni Kukoc	Metta World Peace
Season	1993-94	1999-00
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	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:	+3	+7.0	+1.1	+0.4	+0.7	+0.3	+0.6	+0.6	+0.1	-0.1	-0.6	+0.1	+0.8	+.024	+0.4	+1.1	+.043	+0.5	+1.1	+.069
Metta World Peace	72	31.1	12.0	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.8	1.7	0.5	2.3	2.2	4.3	10.5	.407	0.8	2.7	.314	2.6	3.9	.674
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
Metta World Peace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Toni Kukoc	Metta World Peace
Season	1995-96	2001-02
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost East 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		%
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:	+26	+3.9	+0.1	+0.1	+1.0	+0.9	+1.2	+1.8	+0.4	-0.7	-2.0	+0.1	+1.9	+.067	+0.1	+0.4	+.091		+0.4	+.105
Metta World Peace	55	29.9	13.2	1.3	3.6	4.9	2.3	2.6	0.7	2.1	3.9	4.9	11.6	.423	1.0	3.1	.312	2.5	3.7	.667
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:	+10	+3.9	+1.0	+0.1	+1.9	+1.8	+0.7	+1.7	+0.3	-0.1	-1.6	+0.5	+0.7	+.016	+0.3	+1.9	+.271	+0.3	+0.1	+.146
Metta World Peace	5	33.2	11.8	1.2	4.8	6.0	3.2	2.6	0.6	1.8	3.8	4.4	10.8	.407	1.2	2.6	.462	1.8	2.6	.692

Season 4
	Toni Kukoc	Metta World Peace
Season	1996-97	2002-03
Team	Chicago Bulls	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost East 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		%
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:	+12	+5.4	+2.3	+0.1	+0.9	+0.6	+1.6	+1.2	+0.2	-0.5	-1.8	+0.2	+1.7	+.043	+0.1	+0.5	+.005	+1.6	+2.3	+.034
Metta World Peace	69	33.6	15.5	1.5	3.8	5.2	2.9	2.3	0.7	2.1	3.5	5.2	12.3	.428	1.0	3.1	.336	4.0	5.4	.736
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:	+13	+19.9	+11.1	+1.1	+1.8	+3.0	+0.6	+1.8	+0.8	-1.8	-2.6	+3.4	+8.4	+.029	+1.0	+2.4	+.029	+3.1	+3.6	+.093
Metta World Peace	6	42.2	19.0	1.8	4.0	5.8	2.2	2.5	1.0	2.7	4.2	5.8	15.0	.389	2.0	5.2	.387	5.3	6.7	.800

Season 5
	Toni Kukoc	Metta World Peace
Season	1997-98	2003-04
Team	Chicago Bulls	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+1	+7.0	+5.0	+0.2	+1.1	+0.9	+0.5	+1.1	+0.2	-0.7	-0.7	+1.2	+3.8	+.034	+0.1	+0.9	+.052	+2.3	+3.0	+.025
Metta World Peace	73	37.2	18.3	1.4	3.9	5.3	3.7	2.1	0.7	2.8	2.7	6.4	15.2	.421	1.0	3.3	.310	4.4	6.0	.733
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:	+6	+8.8	+5.3	+0.5	+2.2	+2.6	+0.3	+0.2	+0.6	-1.2	-0.3	+1.5	+6.9	+.108	+0.2	+1.5	+.089	+2.2	+2.7	+.073
Metta World Peace	15	39.1	18.4	1.6	4.9	6.5	3.2	1.4	1.1	2.5	3.0	6.5	17.3	.378	1.3	4.4	.288	4.1	5.7	.718

Season 7
	Toni Kukoc	Metta World Peace
Season	1999-00	2005-06
Team	Chicago Bulls, Philadelphia 76ers	Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Kings 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		%
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:		+7.5	+2.8		+0.3	+0.2	+1.1	+0.8	+0.2	-0.3	-0.9	+1.0	+2.5	+.004	+0.6	+1.5	+.046	+0.3	+0.7	+.050
Metta World Peace	56	39.4	17.6	1.3	3.8	5.1	3.6	2.2	0.7	2.3	2.9	6.3	15.5	.404	1.4	4.5	.308	3.7	5.4	.675
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	+13.8	+8.1	+0.9	+0.4	+1.3	+1.3	+0.6	+0.5	-0.5	-0.4	+2.6	+6.9	+.004	+0.7	+2.0	+.009	+2.2	+2.9	+.108
Metta World Peace	5	39.6	17.4	1.6	3.4	5.0	3.0	1.6	0.8	1.0	3.0	6.2	16.2	.383	1.8	5.4	.333	3.2	4.6	.696

Season 10
	Toni Kukoc	Metta World Peace
Season	2002-03	2008-09
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+6	+8.5	+5.5	+0.2	+1.1	+1.0	+0.4	+0.2	+0.2	-0.1	-0.1	+2.0	+5.8	+.031	+0.7	+1.4	+.038	+0.6	+0.7	+.042
Metta World Peace	69	35.5	17.1	0.9	4.3	5.2	3.3	1.5	0.3	2.0	2.2	6.0	15.0	.401	2.2	5.6	.399	2.8	3.8	.748
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
difference:	+7	+6.7	+0.8	+0.1	+0.2	+0.1	+0.5	+1.1		-0.7	-0.1	+0.9	+4.8	+.098		+1.6	+.102	+0.8	+1.1	+.014
Metta World Peace	13	37.5	15.6	0.9	3.4	4.3	4.2	1.1	0.2	2.5	2.1	6.2	15.6	.394	1.8	6.4	.277	1.5	2.2	.714

Season 11
	Toni Kukoc	Metta World Peace
Season	2003-04	2009-10
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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:	+4	+13.0	+2.6	+0.5	+0.1	+0.6	+0.3	+0.6		-0.1	-0.6	+1.1	+2.7	+.003	+0.7	+1.5	+.063	+0.3	+0.3	+.041
Metta World Peace	77	33.8	11.0	1.3	3.0	4.3	3.0	1.4	0.3	1.6	2.1	4.0	9.6	.414	1.4	3.8	.355	1.7	2.4	.688
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:	+18	+15.5	+2.8	+0.6	+0.5	+1.2	+1.3	+0.9	+0.1	-0.1	-0.7	+1.0	+4.2	+.102	+0.7	+2.7	+.042	+0.2	+0.1	+.079
Metta World Peace	23	36.5	11.2	1.4	2.5	4.0	2.1	1.5	0.5	1.1	2.9	4.4	11.0	.398	1.5	5.1	.291	1.0	1.7	.579