Ed Kalafat vs. Kyle Kuzma Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyle Kuzma and Ed Kalafat, 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.

Ed Kalafat played 3 years in the NBA, 4 less than Kyle Kuzma, who played 7. Ed Kalafat had the first of his seasons in 1954-55, while Kyle Kuzma had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Ed Kalafat	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1954-55	2017-18
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Ed Kalafat	72	15.3	4.8	-	-	4.4	1.0	-	-	-	2.8	1.6	5.2	.315	-	-	-	1.5	2.3	.661
Kyle Kuzma	77	31.2	16.1	1.1	5.1	6.3	1.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	2.1	6.1	13.5	.450	2.1	5.6	.366	1.9	2.7	.707
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ed Kalafat	7	10.9	1.0	-	-	2.6	0.0	-	-	-	2.3	0.3	3.1	.091	-	-	-	0.4	1.4	.300
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Ed Kalafat	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1956-57	2019-20
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Ed Kalafat	65	24.9	8.5	-	-	6.5	1.6	-	-	-	3.7	2.7	7.8	.351	-	-	-	3.0	4.6	.661
Kyle Kuzma	61	25.0	12.8	0.9	3.6	4.5	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.5	2.1	4.8	11.0	.436	1.4	4.5	.316	1.9	2.5	.735
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Ed Kalafat	5	20.8	12.6	-	-	4.8	1.8	-	-	-	4.0	4.2	7.2	.583	-	-	-	4.2	6.2	.677
Kyle Kuzma	21	23.0	10.0	0.9	2.2	3.1	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.4	3.7	8.5	.430	1.2	4.0	.313	1.4	1.8	.784