George Dempsey vs. Toni Kukoc Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Toni Kukoc and George Dempsey, 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.

George Dempsey played 5 years in the NBA, 8 less than Toni Kukoc, who played 13. George Dempsey had the first of his seasons in 1954-55, while Toni Kukoc had his rookie season in 1993-94. 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
George Dempsey	5	4	1954-55 to 1958-59
Toni Kukoc	13	9	1993-94 to 2005-06

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	George Dempsey	Toni Kukoc
Season	1954-55	1993-94
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East 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		%
George Dempsey	48	28.9	7.3	-	-	4.9	3.6	-	-	-	2.9	2.6	7.5	.353	-	-	-	2.0	2.9	.695
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Dempsey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 2
	George Dempsey	Toni Kukoc
Season	1955-56	1994-95
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls Lost East 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		%
George Dempsey	72	20.1	4.7	-	-	3.7	2.8	-	-	-	2.0	1.8	3.7	.475	-	-	-	1.2	1.9	.633
Toni Kukoc	81	31.9	15.7	1.9	3.5	5.4	4.6	1.3	0.2	2.0	2.0	6.0	11.9	.504	0.8	2.4	.313	2.9	3.9	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Dempsey	10	13.4	3.8	-	-	2.5	1.3	-	-	-	1.1	1.2	3.0	.400	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.700
Toni Kukoc	10	37.2	13.8	2.0	4.8	6.8	5.7	1.0	0.2	1.9	2.3	5.3	11.1	.477	1.4	3.2	.438	1.8	2.6	.692


Season 3
	George Dempsey	Toni Kukoc
Season	1956-57	1995-96
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	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		%
George Dempsey	71	16.2	4.5	-	-	3.5	1.9	-	-	-	1.5	1.9	4.3	.444	-	-	-	0.8	1.4	.539
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Dempsey	2	37.0	12.5	-	-	7.5	6.0	-	-	-	2.5	4.5	10.5	.429	-	-	-	3.5	8.0	.438
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


Season 4
	George Dempsey	Toni Kukoc
Season	1957-58	1996-97
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East 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		%
George Dempsey	67	15.6	4.4	-	-	3.2	1.9	-	-	-	1.7	1.7	4.6	.360	-	-	-	1.0	1.6	.667
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Dempsey	8	12.6	4.1	-	-	2.3	0.8	-	-	-	1.4	1.8	3.5	.500	-	-	-	0.6	1.1	.556
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


Season 5
	George Dempsey	Toni Kukoc
Season	1958-59	1997-98
Team	Philadelphia Warriors, Syracuse Nationals	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East 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		%
George Dempsey	57	12.2	4.6	-	-	2.8	1.2	-	-	-	1.7	1.6	3.8	.428	-	-	-	1.4	1.9	.764
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Dempsey	5	6.0	1.8	-	-	1.2	0.8	-	-	-	1.6	0.6	1.6	.375	-	-	-	0.6	0.8	.750
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


Season 6
	George Dempsey	Toni Kukoc
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
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		%
George Dempsey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Toni Kukoc	44	37.6	18.8	1.5	5.6	7.0	5.3	1.1	0.3	2.8	1.9	7.2	17.0	.420	0.9	3.1	.285	3.6	4.9	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Dempsey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Toni Kukoc	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	George Dempsey	Toni Kukoc
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Chicago Bulls, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	76ers Lost East 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		%
George Dempsey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Dempsey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 8
	George Dempsey	Toni Kukoc
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers, Atlanta Hawks
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		%
George Dempsey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Toni Kukoc	65	24.6	11.1	1.0	3.0	4.0	3.1	0.7	0.2	1.7	1.5	4.2	9.0	.473	1.1	2.4	.446	1.6	2.5	.631

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Dempsey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Toni Kukoc	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	George Dempsey	Toni Kukoc
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
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		%
George Dempsey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Toni Kukoc	59	25.3	9.9	0.7	3.0	3.7	3.6	0.8	0.3	1.9	1.5	3.6	8.5	.419	0.9	2.9	.310	1.8	2.6	.712

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Dempsey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Toni Kukoc	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	George Dempsey	Toni Kukoc
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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		%
George Dempsey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Dempsey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 11
	George Dempsey	Toni Kukoc
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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		%
George Dempsey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Dempsey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 12
	George Dempsey	Toni Kukoc
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
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		%
George Dempsey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Toni Kukoc	53	20.7	5.6	0.6	2.4	3.0	3.0	0.7	0.2	1.2	1.3	2.0	4.8	.410	0.8	2.2	.362	0.8	1.2	.721

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Dempsey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Toni Kukoc	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	George Dempsey	Toni Kukoc
Season	-	2005-06
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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		%
George Dempsey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Toni Kukoc	65	15.7	4.9	0.4	1.9	2.3	2.1	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.8	4.6	.389	0.7	2.3	.306	0.6	0.9	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Dempsey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Toni Kukoc	3	17.7	7.3	0.0	1.7	1.7	3.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.7	2.7	4.7	.571	1.7	2.7	.625	0.3	0.7	.500

George Dempsey vs. Toni Kukoc Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Toni Kukoc and George Dempsey, 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

Season 13