Kevin Durant vs. Drazen Petrovic: Career Scoring Comparison

We break down the scoring legacies of Drazen Petrovic and Kevin Durant to determine who has the better numbers. Here you can compare their career totals, points per game, games of 40+ points, 50+, etc. and their year-by-year scoring averages side by side, both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Kevin Durant is among the NBA's all-time leaders in points and also has one of the highest career averages in league history, and here we compare his scoring stats with those recorded by Drazen Petrovic.

By taking a look at their career numbers for points, the first conclusion one can arrive at is that Kevin Durant has better scoring stats than Drazen Petrovic in averages and totals, both in the regular season and Playoffs. However, we won't stop there and we'll go into detail to analyze what these statistics are made up of, from how many games they had in each threshold (30+ points, 40+, 50+, etc.) to their season-by-season scoring averages.

Career Numbers
Who has the better scoring stats?

Points in the Regular Season

In his 18 NBA regular seasons played, Kevin Durant averages 11.8 points more than Drazen Petrovic in his 4 seasons (27.2 points against 15.4), and he also scored a total of 26,606 points more (31,067 vs. 4,461).

Points Per Game			Seasons
Kevin Durant	27.2	+11.8	18
Drazen Petrovic	15.4		4

Total Points			Seasons
Kevin Durant	31,067	+26,606	18
Drazen Petrovic	4,461		4

Scoring Titles
Kevin Durant	4	+4
Drazen Petrovic	0

Points by Thresholds

Career Shooting Stats Comparison

Year by Year Points Average Comparison

= NBA Scoring Leader

= NBA Champion

Regular Season

Rookie Season	Points per game		Year	Games
Kevin Durant	20.3	+12.7	2008	80
Drazen Petrovic	7.6		1990	77

Season 2	Points per game		Year	Games
Kevin Durant	25.3	+15.1	2009	74
Drazen Petrovic	10.2		1991	61

Season 3	Points per game		Year	Games
Kevin Durant	30.1	+9.5	2010	82
Drazen Petrovic	20.6		1992	82

Season 4	Points per game		Year	Games
Kevin Durant	27.7	+5.4	2011	78
Drazen Petrovic	22.3		1993	70

Kevin Durant's additional seasons:

* Kevin Durant played 15 seasons more than Drazen Petrovic in the NBA. In those years—his seasons 5 to 19, from 2012 to 2026—he averaged 27.7 points in a total of 876 regular season games. During that period, his highest average was 32 ppg and his lowest 24.8. In those 15 extra years over Drazen Petrovic, Kevin Durant won 2 scoring titles.