Josh Howard vs. Nikola Jokic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Jokic and Josh Howard, 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.

Josh Howard played 10 years in the NBA, 1 more than Nikola Jokic, who played 9. Josh Howard had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Nikola Jokic had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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
Josh Howard	10	7	2003-04 to 2012-13
Nikola Jokic	9	6	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Josh Howard	Nikola Jokic
Season	2003-04	2015-16
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Josh Howard	67	23.7	8.6	2.2	3.3	5.5	1.4	1.0	0.8	1.0	2.5	3.4	7.9	.430	0.3	1.0	.303	1.4	2.1	.703
Nikola Jokic	80	21.7	10.0	2.3	4.7	7.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	1.3	2.6	3.8	7.5	.512	0.4	1.1	.333	1.9	2.4	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Howard	5	17.4	5.4	3.4	3.0	6.4	0.8	1.2	1.2	1.4	2.4	1.6	7.2	.222	0.2	1.0	.200	2.0	2.2	.909
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Josh Howard	Nikola Jokic
Season	2004-05	2016-17
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Josh Howard	76	32.2	12.6	2.2	4.1	6.4	1.4	1.5	0.6	1.6	2.8	5.0	10.4	.475	0.4	1.5	.296	2.2	3.1	.733
Nikola Jokic	73	27.9	16.7	2.9	6.9	9.8	4.9	0.8	0.8	2.3	2.9	6.8	11.7	.578	0.6	1.9	.324	2.6	3.1	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Howard	13	33.1	15.5	2.5	4.8	7.4	1.8	0.8	0.5	2.2	4.6	6.0	11.9	.503	0.3	1.2	.250	3.2	4.2	.745
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Josh Howard	Nikola Jokic
Season	2005-06	2017-18
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Josh Howard	59	32.5	15.6	2.1	4.2	6.3	1.9	1.2	0.4	1.3	2.8	5.9	12.6	.471	0.5	1.1	.429	3.3	4.5	.734
Nikola Jokic	75	32.6	18.5	2.6	8.1	10.7	6.1	1.2	0.8	2.8	2.8	6.7	13.5	.499	1.5	3.7	.396	3.5	4.2	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Howard	23	35.8	16.7	1.8	5.7	7.4	1.4	1.0	0.6	2.3	3.7	6.1	13.4	.453	1.0	2.8	.369	3.5	4.3	.808
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Josh Howard	Nikola Jokic
Season	2006-07	2018-19
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Josh Howard	70	35.1	18.9	1.9	4.9	6.8	1.8	1.2	0.8	1.8	2.6	7.0	15.4	.459	1.3	3.4	.385	3.5	4.2	.827
Nikola Jokic	80	31.3	20.1	2.9	8.0	10.8	7.3	1.4	0.7	3.1	2.9	7.7	15.1	.511	1.0	3.4	.307	3.6	4.4	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Howard	6	41.3	21.3	2.5	7.3	9.8	2.8	2.2	0.8	2.0	3.7	8.5	16.5	.515	1.2	3.0	.389	3.2	4.5	.704
Nikola Jokic	14	39.8	25.1	3.9	9.1	13.0	8.4	1.1	0.9	2.6	3.9	9.4	18.6	.506	1.6	4.0	.393	4.7	5.6	.846


Season 5
	Josh Howard	Nikola Jokic
Season	2007-08	2019-20
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Josh Howard	76	36.3	19.9	1.6	5.4	7.0	2.2	0.8	0.4	1.5	2.7	7.5	16.4	.455	0.9	2.8	.319	4.1	5.1	.813
Nikola Jokic	73	32.0	19.9	2.3	7.5	9.7	7.0	1.2	0.6	3.1	3.0	7.7	14.7	.528	1.1	3.5	.314	3.4	4.1	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Howard	5	34.2	12.6	2.4	4.6	7.0	1.4	0.4	0.4	1.8	2.0	4.2	14.4	.292	0.2	2.0	.100	4.0	5.0	.800
Nikola Jokic	19	36.5	24.4	1.9	7.9	9.8	5.7	1.1	0.8	3.3	3.6	9.4	18.1	.519	2.2	5.2	.429	3.5	4.2	.835


Season 6
	Josh Howard	Nikola Jokic
Season	2008-09	2020-21
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Nuggets 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		%
Josh Howard	52	32.0	18.0	1.1	3.9	5.1	1.6	1.1	0.6	1.7	2.6	6.8	15.1	.451	1.1	3.2	.345	3.3	4.2	.782
Nikola Jokic	72	34.6	26.4	2.8	8.0	10.8	8.3	1.3	0.7	3.1	2.7	10.2	18.0	.566	1.3	3.3	.388	4.8	5.5	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Howard	10	29.5	15.8	1.0	4.1	5.1	1.3	0.9	0.4	2.1	2.4	5.6	12.8	.438	0.8	3.2	.250	3.8	4.9	.776
Nikola Jokic	10	34.5	29.8	3.7	7.9	11.6	5.0	0.6	0.9	2.4	2.3	11.6	22.8	.509	2.0	5.3	.377	4.6	5.5	.836


Season 7
	Josh Howard	Nikola Jokic
Season	2009-10	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Josh Howard	35	26.2	12.7	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.4	0.7	0.3	1.3	2.6	4.5	11.1	.405	0.7	2.5	.267	3.1	4.0	.784
Nikola Jokic	74	33.5	27.1	2.8	11.0	13.8	7.9	1.5	0.9	3.8	2.6	10.3	17.7	.583	1.3	3.9	.337	5.1	6.3	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Howard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Jokic	5	34.2	31.0	3.4	9.8	13.2	5.8	1.6	1.0	4.8	4.0	12.2	21.2	.575	1.0	3.6	.278	5.6	6.6	.848


Season 8
	Josh Howard	Nikola Jokic
Season	2010-11	2022-23
Team	Washington Wizards	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Josh Howard	18	22.7	8.4	1.0	3.1	4.1	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.1	1.9	3.2	9.0	.358	0.4	1.6	.241	1.6	2.6	.617
Nikola Jokic	69	33.7	24.5	2.4	9.4	11.8	9.8	1.3	0.7	3.6	2.5	9.4	14.8	.632	0.8	2.2	.383	4.9	6.0	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Howard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Jokic	20	39.5	30.0	3.5	10.0	13.5	9.5	1.1	1.0	3.5	3.5	11.4	20.7	.548	1.8	3.8	.461	5.6	7.0	.799


Season 9
	Josh Howard	Nikola Jokic
Season	2011-12	2023-24
Team	Utah Jazz	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Howard	43	23.0	8.7	0.9	2.8	3.7	1.2	0.7	0.2	1.2	2.1	3.3	8.4	.399	0.2	0.9	.243	1.7	2.3	.773
Nikola Jokic	79	34.6	26.4	2.8	9.5	12.4	9.0	1.4	0.9	3.0	2.5	10.4	17.9	.583	1.1	2.9	.359	4.5	5.5	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Howard	4	15.8	3.8	1.0	2.5	3.5	1.0	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.3	4.3	.294	0.3	0.5	.500	1.0	1.3	.800
Nikola Jokic	9	39.9	27.6	3.6	10.4	14.0	9.1	1.7	0.7	3.8	3.0	10.7	19.4	.549	1.1	4.0	.278	5.1	5.7	.902


Season 10
	Josh Howard	Nikola Jokic
Season	2012-13	-
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	-
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		%
Josh Howard	11	18.8	6.7	0.8	2.5	3.3	0.4	0.9	0.3	0.9	1.6	2.8	7.0	.403	0.5	1.5	.313	0.6	1.1	.583
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Josh Howard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Josh Howard vs. Nikola Jokic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Jokic and Josh Howard, 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