Nikola Vucevic vs. Gus Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gus Williams and Nikola Vucevic, 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.

Nikola Vucevic played 13 years in the NBA, 2 more than Gus Williams, who played 11. Nikola Vucevic had the first of his seasons in 2011-12, while Gus Williams had his rookie season in 1975-76. 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
Nikola Vucevic	13	4	2011-12 to 2023-24
Gus Williams	11	10	1975-76 to 1986-87

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Nikola Vucevic	Gus Williams
Season	2011-12	1975-76
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Warriors Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Vucevic	51	15.9	5.5	1.7	3.1	4.8	0.6	0.4	0.7	0.6	2.2	2.6	5.7	.450	0.1	0.2	.375	0.4	0.7	.529
Gus Williams	77	22.4	11.7	0.8	1.3	2.1	3.1	1.8	0.3	-	1.9	4.7	11.1	.428	-	-	-	2.2	3.0	.742

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Vucevic	1	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500
Gus Williams	11	16.2	6.7	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.4	1.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	7.7	.353	-	-	-	1.3	1.9	.667


Season 2
	Nikola Vucevic	Gus Williams
Season	2012-13	1976-77
Team	Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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		%
Nikola Vucevic	77	33.2	13.1	3.5	8.4	11.9	1.9	0.8	1.0	1.8	2.8	6.0	11.5	.519	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.6	.683
Gus Williams	82	23.5	9.3	0.9	2.0	2.8	3.6	1.5	0.2	-	2.7	4.0	8.5	.464	-	-	-	1.4	1.8	.747

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gus Williams	10	18.4	8.8	0.9	0.6	1.5	2.5	0.8	0.1	-	3.0	3.5	7.0	.500	-	-	-	1.8	2.1	.857


Season 3
	Nikola Vucevic	Gus Williams
Season	2013-14	1977-78
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Vucevic	57	31.8	14.2	3.2	7.7	11.0	1.8	1.1	0.8	2.0	3.0	6.2	12.2	.507	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.4	.766
Gus Williams	79	32.6	18.1	1.1	2.2	3.2	3.7	2.3	0.5	2.4	2.5	7.6	16.9	.451	-	-	-	2.9	3.5	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gus Williams	22	31.9	18.3	1.4	2.5	3.9	4.0	2.0	0.5	2.5	3.2	7.4	15.5	.477	-	-	-	3.5	4.8	.726


Season 4
	Nikola Vucevic	Gus Williams
Season	2014-15	1978-79
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
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		%
Nikola Vucevic	74	34.2	19.3	3.2	7.7	10.9	2.0	0.7	0.7	2.0	3.0	8.5	16.3	.523	0.0	0.1	.333	2.2	2.9	.752
Gus Williams	76	29.8	19.2	1.5	1.8	3.2	4.0	2.1	0.4	2.5	2.1	8.0	16.1	.495	-	-	-	3.2	4.2	.775

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gus Williams	17	36.4	26.6	2.1	2.0	4.1	3.7	2.0	0.6	2.5	2.5	10.7	22.5	.476	-	-	-	5.3	7.5	.709


Season 5
	Nikola Vucevic	Gus Williams
Season	2015-16	1979-80
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Vucevic	65	31.3	18.2	2.7	6.2	8.9	2.8	0.8	1.1	1.9	2.7	8.2	16.1	.510	0.0	0.1	.222	1.7	2.3	.753
Gus Williams	82	36.2	22.1	1.5	1.8	3.4	4.8	2.4	0.5	2.2	2.0	9.0	18.7	.482	0.1	0.4	.194	4.0	5.1	.788

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gus Williams	15	37.6	23.7	2.0	2.0	4.0	5.6	2.3	0.5	3.1	2.5	9.7	18.9	.514	0.1	0.3	.200	4.1	5.7	.721

Note: Gus Williams didn't play in 1980-81.


Season 6
	Nikola Vucevic	Gus Williams
Season	2016-17	1981-82
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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		%
Nikola Vucevic	75	28.8	14.6	2.3	8.0	10.4	2.8	1.0	1.0	1.6	2.4	6.4	13.7	.468	0.3	1.0	.307	1.4	2.1	.669
Gus Williams	80	36.0	23.4	1.2	1.9	3.1	6.9	2.2	0.5	2.5	2.0	9.7	19.9	.486	0.1	0.5	.225	4.0	5.5	.734

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gus Williams	8	39.4	26.3	1.5	1.8	3.3	8.1	1.6	0.6	2.3	1.6	10.3	23.3	.441	0.3	0.8	.333	5.5	7.0	.786


Season 7
	Nikola Vucevic	Gus Williams
Season	2017-18	1982-83
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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		%
Nikola Vucevic	57	29.5	16.5	1.8	7.4	9.2	3.4	1.0	1.1	1.9	2.5	7.0	14.7	.475	1.1	3.6	.314	1.4	1.6	.819
Gus Williams	80	34.5	20.0	0.9	1.7	2.6	8.0	2.3	0.3	2.9	1.5	8.3	17.3	.477	0.0	0.5	.047	3.5	4.6	.751

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gus Williams	2	40.5	32.5	2.0	1.5	3.5	4.0	2.5	0.0	3.0	2.5	13.0	23.5	.553	0.0	1.0	.000	6.5	7.5	.867


Season 8
	Nikola Vucevic	Gus Williams
Season	2018-19	1983-84
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics 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		%
Nikola Vucevic	80	31.4	20.8	2.8	9.2	12.0	3.8	1.0	1.1	2.0	2.0	8.8	16.9	.518	1.1	2.9	.364	2.2	2.8	.789
Gus Williams	80	35.2	18.7	0.8	1.7	2.6	8.4	2.4	0.3	2.9	1.9	7.5	16.3	.458	0.1	0.3	.160	3.7	5.0	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Vucevic	5	29.4	11.2	1.8	6.2	8.0	3.0	0.4	1.0	2.6	2.4	4.2	11.6	.362	0.6	2.6	.231	2.2	2.8	.786
Gus Williams	5	43.0	23.4	0.4	2.0	2.4	11.4	1.6	0.6	2.8	1.4	10.0	19.6	.510	0.4	1.2	.333	3.0	4.2	.714


Season 9
	Nikola Vucevic	Gus Williams
Season	2019-20	1984-85
Team	Orlando Magic	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bullets 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		%
Nikola Vucevic	62	32.2	19.6	2.3	8.6	10.9	3.6	0.9	0.8	1.4	2.2	8.0	16.7	.477	1.6	4.7	.339	2.1	2.7	.784
Gus Williams	79	37.5	20.0	0.9	1.6	2.5	7.7	2.3	0.4	2.7	2.0	8.1	18.8	.430	0.6	2.2	.290	3.2	4.4	.725

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Vucevic	5	37.0	28.0	1.8	9.2	11.0	4.0	0.8	0.6	2.6	2.6	11.2	22.2	.505	3.6	8.8	.409	2.0	2.2	.909
Gus Williams	4	39.8	18.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	5.0	1.3	0.3	3.3	1.3	7.5	17.8	.423	0.8	2.5	.300	2.3	3.0	.750


Season 10
	Nikola Vucevic	Gus Williams
Season	2020-21	1985-86
Team	Orlando Magic, Chicago Bulls	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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		%
Nikola Vucevic	70	33.5	23.4	2.1	9.6	11.7	3.8	0.9	0.7	1.8	2.0	9.5	19.9	.477	2.5	6.3	.400	1.9	2.2	.840
Gus Williams	77	29.7	13.5	0.7	1.5	2.2	5.9	1.2	0.2	2.1	1.5	5.6	13.2	.428	0.4	1.5	.259	1.8	2.4	.734

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gus Williams	5	39.8	18.2	0.8	1.2	2.0	6.6	2.2	0.0	1.4	2.2	7.6	15.8	.481	0.2	2.0	.100	2.8	3.6	.778


Season 11
	Nikola Vucevic	Gus Williams
Season	2021-22	1986-87
Team	Chicago Bulls	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Nikola Vucevic	73	33.1	17.6	1.9	9.1	11.0	3.2	1.0	1.0	1.9	2.5	7.5	15.8	.473	1.4	4.5	.314	1.3	1.7	.760
Gus Williams	33	14.6	4.2	0.2	1.0	1.2	4.2	0.5	0.2	1.6	1.6	1.6	4.4	.363	0.2	0.5	.278	0.8	1.2	.675

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Vucevic	5	36.2	19.4	2.8	9.6	12.4	3.2	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.8	8.0	18.2	.440	2.6	8.4	.310	0.8	1.0	.800
Gus Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Nikola Vucevic	Gus Williams
Season	2022-23	-
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		%
Nikola Vucevic	82	33.5	17.6	1.9	9.1	11.0	3.2	0.7	0.7	1.7	2.2	7.3	14.0	.520	1.5	4.2	.349	1.6	1.9	.835
Gus Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gus Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Nikola Vucevic	Gus Williams
Season	2023-24	-
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		%
Nikola Vucevic	76	34.3	18.0	2.8	7.8	10.5	3.3	0.7	0.8	1.6	2.5	7.7	15.9	.484	1.2	4.1	.294	1.4	1.7	.822
Gus Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Vucevic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gus Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Nikola Vucevic vs. Gus Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Gus Williams and Nikola Vucevic, 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