Nikola Jokic vs. Eddie Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Eddie Jones and Nikola Jokic, 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 Jokic played 9 years in the NBA, 5 less than Eddie Jones, who played 14. Nikola Jokic had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Eddie Jones had his rookie season in 1994-95. 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 Jokic	9	6	2015-16 to 2023-24
Eddie Jones	14	11	1994-95 to 2007-08

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Nikola Jokic	Eddie Jones
Season	2015-16	1994-95
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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 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
Eddie Jones	64	31.0	14.0	1.2	2.7	3.9	2.0	2.0	0.6	1.2	2.7	5.3	11.6	.460	1.4	3.8	.370	1.9	2.6	.722

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eddie Jones	10	28.6	8.7	0.7	2.5	3.2	2.0	0.8	0.9	1.7	2.7	3.0	8.0	.375	1.2	2.7	.444	1.5	2.1	.714


Season 2
	Nikola Jokic	Eddie Jones
Season	2016-17	1995-96
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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 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
Eddie Jones	70	31.2	12.8	0.6	2.7	3.3	3.5	1.8	0.6	1.4	2.3	4.8	9.8	.492	1.2	3.2	.366	1.9	2.6	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eddie Jones	4	38.8	17.3	1.8	3.5	5.3	1.5	2.0	0.3	1.0	4.0	6.8	12.3	.551	2.5	4.8	.526	1.3	2.0	.625


Season 3
	Nikola Jokic	Eddie Jones
Season	2017-18	1996-97
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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 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
Eddie Jones	80	37.5	17.2	1.1	3.0	4.1	3.4	2.4	0.6	2.1	2.8	5.9	13.5	.438	1.9	4.9	.391	3.5	4.2	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eddie Jones	9	31.6	11.2	0.9	2.6	3.4	3.2	1.0	0.4	1.4	2.7	3.7	8.0	.458	1.0	2.7	.375	2.9	3.9	.743


Season 4
	Nikola Jokic	Eddie Jones
Season	2018-19	1997-98
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers 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 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
Eddie Jones	80	36.4	16.9	1.1	2.7	3.8	3.1	2.0	0.7	1.8	2.1	6.1	12.6	.484	1.8	4.6	.389	2.9	3.8	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Eddie Jones	13	36.6	17.0	0.9	3.0	3.9	2.5	2.0	1.6	1.3	2.8	5.3	11.4	.466	1.5	3.7	.417	4.8	5.8	.829


Season 5
	Nikola Jokic	Eddie Jones
Season	2019-20	1998-99
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers, Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 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		%
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
Eddie Jones	50	37.6	15.6	1.0	2.9	3.9	3.7	2.5	1.2	1.9	2.6	5.2	11.9	.437	1.0	2.8	.338	4.2	5.4	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Eddie Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Nikola Jokic	Eddie Jones
Season	2020-21	1999-00
Team	Denver Nuggets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Hornets 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 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
Eddie Jones	72	39.0	20.1	1.1	3.6	4.8	4.2	2.7	0.7	2.2	2.4	6.6	15.5	.427	1.8	4.7	.375	5.0	5.8	.864

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Eddie Jones	4	42.8	17.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	4.8	2.5	0.8	1.3	3.0	5.5	14.5	.379	2.3	6.5	.346	3.8	4.0	.938


Season 7
	Nikola Jokic	Eddie Jones
Season	2021-22	2000-01
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Heat 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 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
Eddie Jones	63	36.2	17.4	1.2	3.4	4.6	2.7	1.7	0.9	2.1	2.9	6.2	13.8	.445	1.4	3.8	.378	3.6	4.3	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Eddie Jones	3	36.0	19.0	0.7	5.3	6.0	2.3	1.0	0.3	2.3	3.0	7.3	14.7	.500	2.3	5.3	.438	2.0	2.3	.857


Season 8
	Nikola Jokic	Eddie Jones
Season	2022-23	2001-02
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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 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
Eddie Jones	81	39.0	18.3	0.8	3.9	4.7	3.2	1.4	1.0	1.8	3.2	6.4	14.8	.432	1.8	4.7	.390	3.7	4.4	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Eddie Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Nikola Jokic	Eddie Jones
Season	2023-24	2002-03
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets TBD	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 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
Eddie Jones	47	38.1	18.5	0.7	4.1	4.8	3.7	1.4	0.7	1.8	2.9	6.2	14.6	.423	2.1	5.1	.407	4.0	4.9	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	7	40.1	27.0	3.7	11.3	15.0	9.4	1.3	0.3	3.9	2.9	10.1	18.7	.542	1.1	4.0	.286	5.6	5.9	.951
Eddie Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Nikola Jokic	Eddie Jones
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat 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		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eddie Jones	81	37.0	17.3	0.5	3.3	3.8	3.2	1.1	0.4	1.6	2.8	5.8	14.3	.409	2.2	5.9	.370	3.4	4.1	.835

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eddie Jones	13	37.0	13.2	0.2	3.4	3.6	2.2	1.4	0.8	1.5	2.8	4.3	11.8	.366	1.5	5.2	.299	3.1	3.8	.800


Season 11
	Nikola Jokic	Eddie Jones
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat Lost East 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 Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eddie Jones	80	35.5	12.7	0.5	4.6	5.1	2.7	1.1	0.5	1.2	3.1	4.4	10.3	.428	1.8	4.8	.372	2.2	2.7	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eddie Jones	15	40.3	13.7	0.7	5.1	5.8	2.6	1.2	0.6	1.5	3.8	4.7	10.4	.455	2.1	5.3	.400	2.1	2.8	.738


Season 12
	Nikola Jokic	Eddie Jones
Season	-	2005-06
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Grizzlies 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 Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eddie Jones	75	32.5	11.8	0.5	3.3	3.7	2.4	1.7	0.4	1.2	2.7	3.9	9.6	.404	1.8	5.0	.356	2.2	2.9	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eddie Jones	4	29.8	10.3	0.8	2.0	2.8	2.5	0.8	0.3	0.3	2.5	3.5	7.3	.483	0.8	1.8	.429	2.5	3.8	.667


Season 13
	Nikola Jokic	Eddie Jones
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat 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 Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eddie Jones	64	24.9	7.7	0.5	2.5	3.0	1.7	1.1	0.2	0.7	1.9	2.8	6.6	.422	1.2	3.5	.351	0.9	1.2	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eddie Jones	3	22.0	3.3	0.3	1.7	2.0	1.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.3	0.7	3.0	.222	0.3	2.0	.167	1.7	2.0	.833


Season 14
	Nikola Jokic	Eddie Jones
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Mavericks 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 Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eddie Jones	47	19.6	3.7	0.4	2.4	2.8	1.5	0.6	0.2	0.6	1.5	1.4	3.8	.367	0.7	2.5	.293	0.2	0.3	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eddie Jones	3	7.3	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.7	2.0	.333	0.3	1.3	.250	0.3	0.3	1.000

Nikola Jokic vs. Eddie Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Eddie Jones and Nikola Jokic, 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

Season 14