Ante Zizic or Austin Rivers? The NBA Stat Breakdown

This is as close as it gets. Ante Zizic and Austin Rivers split the statistical categories evenly — 4 apiece — making this one of the most genuinely contested C comparisons in NBA history. When the numbers are this balanced, the debate comes down to which statistics matter most to you.

Austin Rivers's Assists Per Game of 2.1 compared to Ante Zizic's 0.6 represents a 250% advantage — dramatically better than their counterpart in this critical category. Ante Zizic falls 66.7% below the career average of 1.8 in this category while Austin Rivers exceeds it. It is the single most decisive number in this comparison and the clearest statistical argument for Austin Rivers's edge.

The most competitive category in this matchup is Free Throw %, where Ante Zizic posts 71.1% against Austin Rivers's 65.3% — a gap of just 8.9%. Austin Rivers can point to this as evidence that the overall comparison is closer than the final 4-4 tally suggests. In any debate, Free Throw % is the statistical ammunition for the Austin Rivers side.

Centers have evolved dramatically across NBA eras — from dominant low-post scorers to modern stretch bigs. Career statistics must be evaluated with positional evolution and era context in mind.

With categories split evenly, this comparison ultimately comes down to which statistics matter most to you. Austin Rivers claims the tiebreaker through Assists Per Game advantage — a 250% edge — but reasonable people can, and do, argue both sides of this NBA debate.