Zydrunas Ilgauskas vs. Peja Stojakovic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Peja Stojakovic and Zydrunas Ilgauskas, 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.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas and Peja Stojakovic both played 13 years in the NBA. Zydrunas Ilgauskas had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, while Peja Stojakovic 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
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	13	7	1997-98 to 2010-11
Peja Stojakovic	13	11	1998-99 to 2010-11

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


Rookie Season
	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	Peja Stojakovic
Season	1997-98	1998-99
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Kings 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		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	82	29.0	13.9	3.4	5.4	8.8	0.9	0.6	1.6	1.8	3.5	5.5	10.7	.518	0.0	0.0	.250	2.8	3.7	.762
Peja Stojakovic	48	21.4	8.4	0.9	2.1	3.0	1.5	0.9	0.1	1.1	0.9	2.9	7.8	.378	1.2	3.7	.320	1.3	1.5	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	4	36.8	17.3	3.5	4.0	7.5	0.5	0.5	1.3	2.5	5.5	7.0	12.3	.571	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	6.3	.520
Peja Stojakovic	5	21.6	4.8	2.4	1.4	3.8	0.4	0.6	0.0	1.2	1.4	1.8	5.2	.346	0.6	2.8	.214	0.6	0.6	1.000


Season 2
	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	Peja Stojakovic
Season	1998-99	1999-00
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	5	34.2	15.2	3.4	5.4	8.8	0.8	0.8	1.4	1.8	4.8	5.8	11.4	.509	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	6.0	.600
Peja Stojakovic	74	23.6	11.9	1.0	2.7	3.7	1.4	0.7	0.1	1.2	1.3	4.3	9.7	.448	1.4	3.6	.375	1.8	2.1	.882

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Peja Stojakovic	5	25.6	8.8	0.4	3.0	3.4	0.6	0.8	0.0	1.0	1.4	3.2	8.0	.400	1.2	2.6	.462	1.2	1.8	.667

Note: Zydrunas Ilgauskas didn't play in 1999-00.


Season 3
	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2000-01	2000-01
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	24	25.7	11.7	2.7	4.0	6.7	0.8	0.6	1.5	2.5	3.3	4.8	9.8	.487	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.3	.679
Peja Stojakovic	75	38.7	20.4	1.2	4.5	5.8	2.2	1.2	0.2	1.9	1.9	7.5	15.9	.470	1.9	4.8	.400	3.6	4.2	.856

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Peja Stojakovic	8	38.5	21.6	2.1	4.3	6.4	0.4	0.6	0.4	2.3	2.1	6.5	16.0	.406	1.1	3.3	.346	7.5	7.8	.968


Season 4
	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2001-02	2001-02
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	62	21.4	11.1	2.2	3.2	5.4	1.1	0.3	1.4	1.5	3.0	3.9	9.1	.425	0.0	0.1	.000	3.4	4.5	.754
Peja Stojakovic	71	37.3	21.2	1.0	4.2	5.3	2.5	1.1	0.2	2.0	1.7	7.7	15.9	.484	1.8	4.4	.416	4.0	4.5	.876

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Peja Stojakovic	10	33.8	14.8	1.6	4.7	6.3	1.0	0.5	0.0	1.9	2.2	5.0	13.3	.376	1.3	4.8	.271	3.5	3.9	.897


Season 5
	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2002-03	2002-03
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	81	30.0	17.2	3.0	4.6	7.5	1.6	0.7	1.9	2.6	3.4	6.1	13.9	.441	0.0	0.1	.000	4.9	6.3	.781
Peja Stojakovic	72	34.0	19.2	0.8	4.7	5.5	2.0	1.0	0.1	1.4	2.0	6.9	14.4	.481	2.2	5.6	.382	3.2	3.7	.875

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Peja Stojakovic	12	40.5	23.1	1.4	5.5	6.9	2.5	0.8	0.4	1.0	2.8	8.1	16.8	.480	2.7	5.8	.457	4.3	5.0	.850


Season 6
	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2003-04	2003-04
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	81	31.3	15.3	3.4	4.6	8.1	1.3	0.5	2.5	2.0	3.4	5.8	11.9	.483	0.0	0.1	.286	3.7	5.0	.746
Peja Stojakovic	81	40.3	24.2	1.1	5.1	6.3	2.1	1.3	0.2	1.9	2.0	8.2	17.1	.480	3.0	6.8	.433	4.9	5.2	.927

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Peja Stojakovic	12	43.1	17.5	1.3	5.8	7.0	1.5	1.8	0.3	1.2	2.2	6.3	16.5	.384	1.9	6.1	.315	2.9	3.3	.897


Season 7
	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2004-05	2004-05
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	78	33.5	16.9	3.8	4.8	8.6	1.3	0.7	2.1	2.4	4.0	5.9	12.6	.468	0.0	0.1	.286	5.2	6.4	.799
Peja Stojakovic	66	38.4	20.1	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.1	1.2	0.2	1.5	2.4	6.8	15.4	.444	2.6	6.6	.402	3.8	4.2	.920

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Peja Stojakovic	5	40.4	22.0	1.2	4.0	5.2	1.4	0.8	0.2	0.4	3.0	7.8	16.6	.470	2.2	6.0	.367	4.2	4.4	.955


Season 8
	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2005-06	2005-06
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers 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		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	78	29.3	15.6	3.1	4.4	7.6	1.2	0.5	1.7	2.0	3.6	5.8	11.4	.506	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	4.9	.834
Peja Stojakovic	71	36.6	18.2	1.1	4.7	5.8	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.5	2.4	6.3	14.3	.437	2.3	5.7	.401	3.4	3.7	.915

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	13	27.2	10.4	2.5	3.8	6.3	0.8	0.4	2.1	1.8	3.5	4.2	9.2	.454	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	2.8	.750
Peja Stojakovic	2	25.5	11.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	2.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	4.0	9.0	.444	0.0	1.5	.000	3.0	3.5	.857


Season 9
	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2006-07	2006-07
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	78	27.3	11.9	3.1	4.6	7.7	1.6	0.6	1.3	1.8	3.3	4.9	10.2	.485	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.5	.807
Peja Stojakovic	13	32.7	17.8	0.8	3.3	4.2	0.8	0.6	0.3	1.5	2.2	6.4	15.1	.423	2.6	6.5	.405	2.4	2.9	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	20	32.5	12.6	3.3	6.4	9.7	0.9	0.5	0.8	1.6	3.0	4.9	9.9	.492	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	3.4	.838
Peja Stojakovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2007-08	2007-08
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Hornets 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		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	73	30.4	14.1	3.6	5.7	9.3	1.4	0.5	1.6	1.8	3.4	5.7	12.0	.474	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	3.3	.802
Peja Stojakovic	77	35.2	16.4	0.8	3.5	4.3	1.2	0.7	0.1	0.8	1.6	5.9	13.3	.440	3.0	6.8	.441	1.7	1.8	.929

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	13	30.2	13.1	2.5	5.0	7.5	1.6	0.4	1.1	1.6	2.7	5.2	10.8	.479	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.4	.818
Peja Stojakovic	12	37.9	14.1	0.5	4.9	5.4	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.7	1.6	4.8	11.1	.436	2.3	4.3	.549	2.1	2.3	.926


Season 11
	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2008-09	2008-09
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Finals	Hornets 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		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	65	27.2	12.9	2.4	5.1	7.5	1.0	0.4	1.3	1.4	2.8	5.3	11.1	.472	0.2	0.6	.385	2.1	2.7	.799
Peja Stojakovic	61	34.2	13.3	0.7	3.6	4.3	1.2	0.9	0.0	0.8	1.7	4.7	11.8	.399	2.4	6.3	.378	1.5	1.7	.894

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	14	29.1	10.5	1.9	5.9	7.8	1.2	0.4	0.9	0.6	3.4	4.4	9.9	.449	0.1	0.9	.154	1.5	2.4	.636
Peja Stojakovic	5	32.4	11.2	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.4	0.8	0.2	1.2	3.4	3.6	9.8	.367	1.6	5.2	.308	2.4	2.6	.923


Season 12
	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2009-10	2009-10
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	64	20.9	7.4	1.8	3.6	5.4	0.8	0.2	0.8	1.0	2.9	3.0	6.8	.443	0.2	0.4	.478	1.2	1.6	.743
Peja Stojakovic	62	31.4	12.6	0.6	3.0	3.7	1.5	0.8	0.1	0.9	1.3	4.5	11.1	.404	2.1	5.7	.375	1.5	1.7	.897

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	7	9.9	1.7	1.0	0.6	1.6	0.4	0.0	1.0	0.1	1.4	0.7	1.9	.385	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.667
Peja Stojakovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	Peja Stojakovic
Season	2010-11	2010-11
Team	Miami Heat	New Orleans Hornets, Toronto Raptors, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA 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		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	72	15.9	5.0	1.5	2.5	4.0	0.4	0.3	0.8	0.7	2.6	2.3	4.4	.508	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.6	.783
Peja Stojakovic	33	18.7	8.5	0.4	1.8	2.3	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.7	3.0	6.9	.441	1.7	4.1	.419	0.7	0.8	.920

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zydrunas Ilgauskas	9	11.6	3.6	1.7	1.9	3.6	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.8	1.6	3.3	.467	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.667
Peja Stojakovic	19	18.4	7.1	0.2	1.5	1.7	0.4	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.1	2.6	6.3	.408	1.5	4.1	.377	0.4	0.5	.778

Zydrunas Ilgauskas vs. Peja Stojakovic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Peja Stojakovic and Zydrunas Ilgauskas, 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