Tyrese Haliburton vs. Nikola Vucevic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Vucevic and Tyrese Haliburton, 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.

Tyrese Haliburton played 5 years in the NBA, 9 less than Nikola Vucevic, who played 14. Tyrese Haliburton had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Nikola Vucevic had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
	Tyrese Haliburton	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2020-21	2011-12
Team	Sacramento Kings	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
Tyrese Haliburton	58	30.1	13.0	0.7	2.3	3.0	5.3	1.3	0.5	1.6	1.4	5.0	10.7	.472	2.1	5.1	.409	0.8	1.0	.857
difference:	+7	+14.2	+7.5	+1.0	+0.8	+1.8	+4.7	+0.9	+0.2	-1.0	-0.8	+2.4	+5.0	+.022	+2.0	+4.9	+.034	+0.4	+0.3	+.328
Nikola Vucevic	51	15.9	5.5	1.7	3.1	4.8	0.6	0.4	0.7	0.6	2.2	2.6	5.7	.450	0.1	0.2	.375	0.4	0.7	.529
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Haliburton	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Vucevic	1	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500

Season 3
	Tyrese Haliburton	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2022-23	2013-14
Team	Indiana Pacers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Tyrese Haliburton	56	33.6	20.7	0.6	3.1	3.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	2.5	1.2	7.4	15.0	.490	2.9	7.2	.400	3.1	3.6	.871
difference:	+1	+1.8	+6.5	+2.6	+4.6	+7.3	+8.6	+0.5	+0.4	-0.5	-1.8	+1.2	+2.8	+.017	+2.9	+7.2		+1.3	+1.2	+.105
Nikola Vucevic	57	31.8	14.2	3.2	7.7	11.0	1.8	1.1	0.8	2.0	3.0	6.2	12.2	.507	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.766
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Tyrese Haliburton nor Nikola Vucevic played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Tyrese Haliburton	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2023-24	2014-15
Team	Indiana Pacers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	Assists Leader	-
	Cup All-Tournament Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Tyrese Haliburton	69	32.2	20.1	0.5	3.4	3.9	10.9	1.2	0.7	2.3	1.1	7.2	15.2	.477	2.8	7.8	.364	2.8	3.3	.855
difference:	+5	+2.0	+0.8	+2.7	+4.3	+7.0	+8.9	+0.5		-0.3	-1.9	+1.3	+1.1	+.046	+2.8	+7.7	+.031	+0.6	+0.4	+.103
Nikola Vucevic	74	34.2	19.3	3.2	7.7	10.9	2.0	0.7	0.7	2.0	3.0	8.5	16.3	.523	0.0	0.1	.333	2.2	2.9	.752
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Haliburton	15	34.8	18.7	0.8	4.0	4.8	8.2	1.3	0.7	2.1	0.9	7.0	14.3	.488	3.5	9.3	.379	1.1	1.3	.850
Nikola Vucevic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Tyrese Haliburton	Nikola Vucevic
Season	2024-25	2015-16
Team	Indiana Pacers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Tyrese Haliburton	73	33.6	18.6	0.6	3.0	3.5	9.2	1.4	0.7	1.6	1.3	6.5	13.8	.473	3.0	7.7	.388	2.6	3.0	.851
difference:	+8	+2.3	+0.4	+2.1	+3.2	+5.4	+6.4	+0.6	+0.4	-0.3	-1.4	+1.7	+2.3	+.037	+3.0	+7.6	+.166	+0.9	+0.7	+.098
Nikola Vucevic	65	31.3	18.2	2.7	6.2	8.9	2.8	0.8	1.1	1.9	2.7	8.2	16.1	.510	0.0	0.1	.222	1.7	2.3	.753
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tyrese Haliburton	23	33.6	17.3	0.3	5.0	5.3	8.6	1.3	0.7	2.3	1.7	6.3	13.7	.463	2.3	6.9	.340	2.3	2.8	.828
Nikola Vucevic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Nikola Vucevic played 9 seasons more than Tyrese Haliburton in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 14, from 2017 to 2025—Nikola Vucevic played in 3 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Tyrese Haliburton, Nikola Vucevic got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game