Zach LaVine vs. Rasho Nesterovic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rasho Nesterovic and Zach LaVine, 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

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.

Zach LaVine played 10 years in the NBA, 2 less than Rasho Nesterovic, who played 12. Zach LaVine had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Rasho Nesterovic had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Zach LaVine	10	1	2014-15 to 2023-24
Rasho Nesterovic	12	10	1998-99 to 2009-10

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Zach LaVine	Rasho Nesterovic
Season	2014-15	1998-99
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	77	24.7	10.1	0.4	2.4	2.8	3.6	0.7	0.1	2.5	2.1	3.7	8.8	.422	0.7	2.2	.341	1.9	2.3	.842
Rasho Nesterovic	2	15.0	4.0	1.5	2.5	4.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.5	1.5	6.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasho Nesterovic	3	9.7	2.7	1.3	1.0	2.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.3	1.3	2.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Zach LaVine	Rasho Nesterovic
Season	2015-16	1999-00
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	82	28.0	14.0	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.1	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.4	5.3	11.7	.452	1.5	3.9	.389	2.0	2.5	.793
Rasho Nesterovic	82	21.0	5.7	1.6	3.0	4.6	1.1	0.3	1.0	0.9	3.2	2.5	5.3	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.3	.573

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasho Nesterovic	4	31.3	6.3	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.5	0.8	1.8	1.0	5.0	2.8	6.3	.440	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.500


Season 3
	Zach LaVine	Rasho Nesterovic
Season	2016-17	2000-01
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	47	37.2	18.9	0.4	3.0	3.4	3.0	0.9	0.2	1.8	2.2	6.9	15.1	.459	2.6	6.6	.387	2.5	3.0	.836
Rasho Nesterovic	73	16.9	4.5	1.4	2.6	3.9	0.6	0.3	0.9	0.8	2.6	2.0	4.4	.461	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.9	.523

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasho Nesterovic	4	12.3	2.5	1.3	1.8	3.0	0.8	0.3	0.8	0.8	2.3	1.3	3.3	.385	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 4
	Zach LaVine	Rasho Nesterovic
Season	2017-18	2001-02
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	24	27.3	16.7	0.4	3.5	3.9	3.0	1.0	0.2	1.8	2.3	5.7	14.8	.383	1.8	5.1	.341	3.6	4.5	.813
Rasho Nesterovic	82	27.0	8.4	2.4	4.1	6.5	0.9	0.5	1.3	1.1	3.2	4.0	8.0	.493	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.9	.549

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasho Nesterovic	3	31.0	11.3	2.0	4.7	6.7	1.0	0.3	0.0	1.3	3.3	5.0	10.3	.484	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	3.0	.444


Season 5
	Zach LaVine	Rasho Nesterovic
Season	2018-19	2002-03
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	63	34.5	23.7	0.6	4.0	4.7	4.5	1.0	0.4	3.4	2.2	8.4	18.0	.467	1.9	5.1	.374	5.0	6.0	.832
Rasho Nesterovic	77	30.4	11.2	1.9	4.6	6.5	1.5	0.5	1.5	1.3	3.3	5.2	9.9	.525	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.2	.642

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasho Nesterovic	6	28.3	7.0	1.5	3.5	5.0	0.7	0.2	0.7	0.8	4.7	3.2	6.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.667


Season 6
	Zach LaVine	Rasho Nesterovic
Season	2019-20	2003-04
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	60	34.8	25.5	0.7	4.1	4.8	4.2	1.5	0.5	3.4	2.2	9.0	20.0	.450	3.1	8.1	.380	4.5	5.6	.802
Rasho Nesterovic	82	28.7	8.7	3.1	4.6	7.7	1.4	0.6	2.0	1.3	3.0	4.0	8.5	.469	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.4	.474

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasho Nesterovic	10	26.3	5.9	2.1	3.4	5.5	1.0	0.3	1.1	0.8	3.8	2.9	6.7	.433	0.0	0.1	.000	0.1	0.6	.167


Season 7
	Zach LaVine	Rasho Nesterovic
Season	2020-21	2004-05
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	58	35.1	27.4	0.6	4.4	5.0	4.9	0.8	0.5	3.5	2.4	9.8	19.4	.507	3.4	8.2	.419	4.4	5.1	.849
Rasho Nesterovic	70	25.5	5.9	2.6	3.9	6.6	1.0	0.4	1.7	1.0	3.0	2.8	6.1	.460	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.467

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasho Nesterovic	15	7.6	0.7	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.3	1.1	0.3	0.8	.417	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.1	.000


Season 8
	Zach LaVine	Rasho Nesterovic
Season	2021-22	2005-06
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	67	34.7	24.4	0.3	4.3	4.6	4.5	0.6	0.3	2.6	1.8	8.4	17.7	.476	2.8	7.1	.389	4.8	5.6	.853
Rasho Nesterovic	80	18.9	4.5	1.4	2.4	3.9	0.4	0.3	1.1	0.7	2.6	2.2	4.2	.515	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.4	.600

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	4	38.3	19.3	0.0	5.3	5.3	6.0	0.8	0.3	3.0	2.3	6.8	15.8	.429	2.3	6.0	.375	3.5	3.8	.933
Rasho Nesterovic	9	12.7	2.8	0.8	2.6	3.3	0.1	0.2	0.6	0.2	1.9	1.2	2.1	.579	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.2	0.2	1.000


Season 9
	Zach LaVine	Rasho Nesterovic
Season	2022-23	2006-07
Team	Chicago Bulls	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	77	35.9	24.8	0.5	3.9	4.5	4.2	0.9	0.2	2.5	2.1	8.7	18.0	.485	2.6	7.1	.375	4.7	5.6	.848
Rasho Nesterovic	80	21.0	6.2	1.4	3.1	4.5	0.9	0.5	1.1	0.7	2.4	2.9	5.3	.546	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.6	.680

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasho Nesterovic	5	14.2	3.4	2.0	2.6	4.6	0.6	0.0	0.4	0.8	0.8	1.4	3.0	.467	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.6	1.000


Season 10
	Zach LaVine	Rasho Nesterovic
Season	2023-24	2007-08
Team	Chicago Bulls	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	25	34.9	19.5	0.3	4.8	5.2	3.9	0.8	0.3	2.1	2.3	6.8	15.0	.452	2.4	6.8	.349	3.5	4.1	.854
Rasho Nesterovic	71	20.9	7.8	1.8	3.0	4.8	1.2	0.3	0.7	0.8	1.9	3.6	6.6	.550	0.0	0.0	.333	0.5	0.7	.755

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasho Nesterovic	5	15.4	4.6	0.6	2.0	2.6	0.6	0.2	0.4	1.0	2.8	2.2	4.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.500


Season 11
	Zach LaVine	Rasho Nesterovic
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasho Nesterovic	70	17.3	6.8	1.3	2.1	3.4	1.6	0.4	0.5	0.9	2.4	3.2	6.2	.513	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.5	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasho Nesterovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Zach LaVine	Rasho Nesterovic
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasho Nesterovic	42	9.8	3.9	0.9	1.2	2.1	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.3	1.9	3.5	.544	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.1	.200

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rasho Nesterovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Zach LaVine vs. Rasho Nesterovic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rasho Nesterovic and Zach LaVine, 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12