Nikola Jokic vs. Eduardo Najera Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Eduardo Najera 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, 3 less than Eduardo Najera, who played 12. Nikola Jokic had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Eduardo Najera had his rookie season in 2000-01. 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
Eduardo Najera	12	9	2000-01 to 2011-12

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Nikola Jokic	Eduardo Najera
Season	2015-16	2000-01
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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
Eduardo Najera	40	10.8	3.3	1.0	1.4	2.4	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.2	1.5	2.8	.523	0.0	0.1	.333	0.4	0.8	.424

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	7	6.0	3.0	1.0	1.1	2.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	1.1	1.3	2.4	.529	0.4	0.6	.750	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Nikola Jokic	Eduardo Najera
Season	2016-17	2001-02
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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	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
Eduardo Najera	62	21.9	6.5	2.4	3.1	5.5	0.6	0.9	0.5	0.6	2.5	2.4	4.8	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.4	.676

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	8	15.4	4.6	0.4	1.3	1.6	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.3	2.8	2.0	2.9	.696	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.625


Season 3
	Nikola Jokic	Eduardo Najera
Season	2017-18	2002-03
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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	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
Eduardo Najera	48	23.0	6.7	1.9	2.8	4.6	1.0	0.8	0.5	0.5	2.7	2.7	4.8	.558	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.681

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	19	20.8	6.1	1.9	2.0	3.9	0.8	0.7	0.2	0.8	2.8	2.1	4.5	.453	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.5	.792


Season 4
	Nikola Jokic	Eduardo Najera
Season	2018-19	2003-04
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	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	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
Eduardo Najera	58	12.4	3.0	1.2	1.5	2.7	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.5	1.6	1.2	2.8	.444	0.0	0.1	.500	0.5	0.8	.652

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
Eduardo Najera	5	11.2	2.4	2.0	1.4	3.4	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.4	2.4	1.0	2.2	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 5
	Nikola Jokic	Eduardo Najera
Season	2019-20	2004-05
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
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
Eduardo Najera	68	17.4	5.2	1.5	2.1	3.6	1.0	0.6	0.4	0.9	2.2	2.1	4.7	.450	0.1	0.3	.286	0.9	1.3	.637

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
Eduardo Najera	2	6.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 6
	Nikola Jokic	Eduardo Najera
Season	2020-21	2005-06
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
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
Eduardo Najera	64	22.6	5.4	2.0	3.1	5.1	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.8	2.6	2.0	4.7	.422	0.1	0.2	.333	1.4	1.8	.781

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
Eduardo Najera	4	22.3	2.0	1.0	2.8	3.8	0.5	0.8	0.0	1.0	3.3	0.8	3.5	.214	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.500


Season 7
	Nikola Jokic	Eduardo Najera
Season	2021-22	2006-07
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Eduardo Najera	75	22.1	6.6	1.7	2.4	4.1	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.7	2.8	2.7	4.7	.576	0.0	0.2	.083	1.2	1.6	.715

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
Eduardo Najera	5	19.2	1.8	2.2	3.4	5.6	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.4	2.0	0.8	3.4	.235	0.0	0.6	.000	0.2	0.4	.500


Season 8
	Nikola Jokic	Eduardo Najera
Season	2022-23	2007-08
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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
Eduardo Najera	78	21.3	5.9	1.4	2.9	4.3	1.2	0.9	0.5	0.8	2.6	2.2	4.7	.473	0.7	1.9	.361	0.8	1.1	.708

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
Eduardo Najera	4	19.5	4.0	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.5	0.8	0.3	1.3	3.8	1.8	3.5	.500	0.5	1.3	.400	0.0	0.0	-


Season 9
	Nikola Jokic	Eduardo Najera
Season	2023-24	2008-09
Team	Denver Nuggets	New Jersey Nets
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
Eduardo Najera	27	11.8	2.9	0.6	1.9	2.5	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.9	1.2	2.7	.446	0.2	0.9	.200	0.3	0.8	.364

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	10	40.0	28.8	3.2	10.1	13.3	9.5	1.7	0.7	3.4	2.9	11.1	19.7	.563	1.2	3.9	.308	5.4	6.0	.900
Eduardo Najera	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Nikola Jokic	Eduardo Najera
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	New Jersey Nets, 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	46	14.9	3.4	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.5	2.0	1.3	3.2	.425	0.4	1.4	.297	0.3	0.5	.583

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	5	7.2	0.8	1.0	0.8	1.8	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.2	1.6	0.4	1.6	.250	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	Nikola Jokic	Eduardo Najera
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Charlotte Bobcats
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 Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	31	12.0	2.2	0.5	1.0	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.4	1.7	0.8	2.3	.361	0.4	1.1	.324	0.2	0.4	.545

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


Season 12
	Nikola Jokic	Eduardo Najera
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Charlotte Bobcats
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 Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eduardo Najera	22	12.3	2.6	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.5	0.9	0.2	0.3	1.8	1.1	2.9	.375	0.4	1.3	.276	0.1	0.2	.500

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

Nikola Jokic vs. Eduardo Najera Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Eduardo Najera 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