Mateen Cleaves vs. Toni Kukoc Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Toni Kukoc and Mateen Cleaves, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Mateen Cleaves played 6 years in the NBA, 7 less than Toni Kukoc, who played 13. Mateen Cleaves had the first of his seasons in 2000-01, 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
Mateen Cleaves	6	0	2000-01 to 2005-06
Toni Kukoc	13	9	1993-94 to 2005-06

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13


Rookie Season
	Mateen Cleaves	Toni Kukoc
Season	2000-01	1993-94
Team	Detroit Pistons	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		%
Mateen Cleaves	78	16.3	5.4	0.3	1.4	1.7	2.7	0.6	0.0	1.8	2.0	2.1	5.1	.400	0.1	0.2	.294	1.2	1.8	.708
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		%
Mateen Cleaves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mateen Cleaves	Toni Kukoc
Season	2001-02	1994-95
Team	Sacramento Kings	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
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		%
Mateen Cleaves	32	4.8	2.2	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.3	0.9	2.1	.441	0.1	0.3	.250	0.3	0.3	.889
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		%
Mateen Cleaves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mateen Cleaves	Toni Kukoc
Season	2002-03	1995-96
Team	Sacramento Kings	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
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		%
Mateen Cleaves	12	4.6	1.3	0.1	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.2	0.0	1.2	0.5	0.5	1.9	.261	0.1	0.1	1.000	0.3	0.3	.750
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		%
Mateen Cleaves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mateen Cleaves	Toni Kukoc
Season	2003-04	1996-97
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
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		%
Mateen Cleaves	4	23.0	3.8	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.8	1.0	0.5	1.3	3.3	1.8	5.8	.304	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	0.5	.500
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		%
Mateen Cleaves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mateen Cleaves	Toni Kukoc
Season	2004-05	1997-98
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
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		%
Mateen Cleaves	14	4.6	0.9	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.4	1.0	.357	0.0	0.1	.000	0.2	0.3	.750
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		%
Mateen Cleaves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mateen Cleaves	Toni Kukoc
Season	2005-06	1998-99
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Mateen Cleaves	27	8.5	2.7	0.1	0.4	0.5	1.6	0.1	0.1	0.5	1.1	0.9	2.6	.352	0.1	0.6	.250	0.7	0.9	.792
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		%
Mateen Cleaves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Toni Kukoc	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Mateen Cleaves	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		%
Mateen Cleaves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Mateen Cleaves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mateen Cleaves	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		%
Mateen Cleaves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Mateen Cleaves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Toni Kukoc	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Mateen Cleaves	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		%
Mateen Cleaves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Mateen Cleaves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Toni Kukoc	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Mateen Cleaves	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		%
Mateen Cleaves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Mateen Cleaves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mateen Cleaves	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		%
Mateen Cleaves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Mateen Cleaves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Mateen Cleaves	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		%
Mateen Cleaves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Mateen Cleaves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Toni Kukoc	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Mateen Cleaves	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		%
Mateen Cleaves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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		%
Mateen Cleaves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Mateen Cleaves vs. Toni Kukoc Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Toni Kukoc and Mateen Cleaves, 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