Jimmy Butler vs. Rasho Nesterovic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rasho Nesterovic and Jimmy Butler, 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.

Jimmy Butler played 13 years in the NBA, 1 more than Rasho Nesterovic, who played 12. Jimmy Butler had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, 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
Jimmy Butler	13	11	2011-12 to 2023-24
Rasho Nesterovic	12	10	1998-99 to 2009-10

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jimmy Butler	Rasho Nesterovic
Season	2011-12	1998-99
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jimmy Butler	42	8.5	2.6	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.9	.405	0.0	0.3	.182	1.0	1.3	.768
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		%
Jimmy Butler	3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Jimmy Butler	Rasho Nesterovic
Season	2012-13	1999-00
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Jimmy Butler	82	26.0	8.6	1.7	2.3	4.0	1.4	1.0	0.4	0.8	1.2	2.9	6.2	.467	0.5	1.3	.381	2.3	2.8	.803
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		%
Jimmy Butler	12	40.8	13.3	0.8	4.4	5.2	2.7	1.3	0.5	1.3	2.2	4.2	9.6	.435	1.3	3.1	.405	3.8	4.6	.818
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
	Jimmy Butler	Rasho Nesterovic
Season	2013-14	2000-01
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jimmy Butler	67	38.7	13.1	1.3	3.6	4.9	2.6	1.9	0.5	1.5	1.6	4.1	10.3	.397	1.0	3.6	.283	3.9	5.0	.769
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		%
Jimmy Butler	5	43.6	13.6	1.2	4.0	5.2	2.2	1.2	0.0	0.6	2.6	4.4	11.4	.386	1.2	4.0	.300	3.6	4.6	.783
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
	Jimmy Butler	Rasho Nesterovic
Season	2014-15	2001-02
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Jimmy Butler	65	38.7	20.0	1.8	4.1	5.8	3.3	1.8	0.6	1.4	1.7	6.5	14.0	.462	1.1	3.0	.378	5.9	7.1	.834
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		%
Jimmy Butler	12	42.2	22.9	1.5	4.1	5.6	3.2	2.4	0.8	1.8	2.3	7.8	17.8	.441	2.3	6.0	.389	4.9	6.0	.819
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
	Jimmy Butler	Rasho Nesterovic
Season	2015-16	2002-03
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Jimmy Butler	67	36.9	20.9	1.2	4.2	5.3	4.8	1.6	0.6	2.0	1.9	7.0	15.4	.454	1.0	3.1	.312	5.9	7.1	.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		%
Jimmy Butler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jimmy Butler	Rasho Nesterovic
Season	2016-17	2003-04
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
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		%
Jimmy Butler	76	37.0	23.9	1.7	4.5	6.2	5.5	1.9	0.4	2.1	1.5	7.5	16.5	.455	1.2	3.3	.367	7.7	8.9	.865
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		%
Jimmy Butler	6	39.8	22.7	1.5	5.8	7.3	4.3	1.7	0.8	2.5	1.7	7.7	18.0	.426	1.0	3.8	.261	6.3	7.8	.809
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
	Jimmy Butler	Rasho Nesterovic
Season	2017-18	2004-05
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jimmy Butler	59	36.7	22.2	1.3	4.0	5.3	4.9	2.0	0.4	1.8	1.3	7.4	15.6	.474	1.2	3.4	.350	6.2	7.2	.854
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		%
Jimmy Butler	5	34.0	15.8	0.6	5.4	6.0	4.0	0.8	0.2	1.0	1.8	5.6	12.6	.444	1.6	3.4	.471	3.0	3.6	.833
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
	Jimmy Butler	Rasho Nesterovic
Season	2018-19	2005-06
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Jimmy Butler	65	33.6	18.7	1.9	3.4	5.3	4.0	1.9	0.6	1.5	1.7	6.4	13.9	.462	1.0	3.0	.347	4.8	5.6	.855
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		%
Jimmy Butler	12	35.1	19.4	1.8	4.2	6.0	5.2	1.5	0.6	1.8	1.7	6.6	14.6	.451	1.0	3.8	.267	5.3	6.0	.875
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
	Jimmy Butler	Rasho Nesterovic
Season	2019-20	2006-07
Team	Miami Heat	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Jimmy Butler	58	33.8	19.9	1.8	4.8	6.7	6.0	1.8	0.6	2.2	1.4	5.9	13.1	.455	0.5	2.1	.244	7.6	9.1	.834
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		%
Jimmy Butler	21	38.4	22.2	2.2	4.3	6.5	6.0	2.0	0.7	2.8	1.8	6.9	14.0	.488	0.7	2.0	.349	7.8	9.1	.859
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
	Jimmy Butler	Rasho Nesterovic
Season	2020-21	2007-08
Team	Miami Heat	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Steals Leader	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jimmy Butler	52	33.6	21.5	1.8	5.1	6.9	7.1	2.1	0.3	2.1	1.4	7.0	14.2	.497	0.5	2.0	.245	6.9	8.0	.863
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		%
Jimmy Butler	4	38.5	14.5	1.5	6.0	7.5	7.0	1.3	0.3	2.3	1.5	4.8	16.0	.297	1.0	3.8	.267	4.0	5.5	.727
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
	Jimmy Butler	Rasho Nesterovic
Season	2021-22	2008-09
Team	Miami Heat	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 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		%
Jimmy Butler	57	33.9	21.4	1.8	4.1	5.9	5.5	1.6	0.5	2.1	1.5	7.0	14.5	.480	0.5	2.0	.233	6.9	8.0	.870
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		%
Jimmy Butler	17	37.0	27.4	2.4	4.9	7.4	4.6	2.1	0.6	1.5	1.5	9.8	19.3	.506	1.4	4.0	.338	6.5	7.8	.841
Rasho Nesterovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Jimmy Butler	Rasho Nesterovic
Season	2022-23	2009-10
Team	Miami Heat	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA 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		%
Jimmy Butler	64	33.4	22.9	2.2	3.7	5.9	5.3	1.8	0.3	1.6	1.3	7.5	13.9	.539	0.6	1.6	.350	7.4	8.7	.850
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		%
Jimmy Butler	22	39.7	26.9	2.1	4.3	6.5	5.9	1.8	0.6	1.9	1.7	9.4	20.1	.468	1.3	3.5	.359	6.8	8.5	.806
Rasho Nesterovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Jimmy Butler	Rasho Nesterovic
Season	2023-24	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
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		%
Jimmy Butler	60	34.0	20.8	1.8	3.6	5.3	5.0	1.3	0.3	1.7	1.1	6.6	13.2	.499	1.0	2.4	.414	6.6	7.7	.858
Rasho Nesterovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Jimmy Butler vs. Rasho Nesterovic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rasho Nesterovic and Jimmy Butler, 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