Nikola Jokic vs. Jalen Rose Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Rose 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, 4 less than Jalen Rose, who played 13. Nikola Jokic had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Jalen Rose 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
Jalen Rose	13	6	1994-95 to 2006-07

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Nikola Jokic	Jalen Rose
Season	2015-16	1994-95
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
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		%
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
Jalen Rose	81	22.2	8.2	0.7	2.0	2.7	4.8	0.8	0.3	2.0	2.5	2.8	6.2	.454	0.4	1.4	.316	2.1	2.9	.739

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Rose	3	33.0	10.0	1.3	2.3	3.7	6.0	1.0	0.7	3.0	3.0	4.3	9.3	.464	0.3	1.3	.250	1.0	1.7	.600


Season 2
	Nikola Jokic	Jalen Rose
Season	2016-17	1995-96
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Jalen Rose	80	26.7	10.0	0.6	2.7	3.3	6.2	0.7	0.5	2.9	2.9	3.6	7.6	.480	0.4	1.4	.296	2.4	3.5	.690

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


Season 3
	Nikola Jokic	Jalen Rose
Season	2017-18	1996-97
Team	Denver Nuggets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Jalen Rose	66	18.0	7.3	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.3	0.9	0.3	1.6	2.1	2.6	5.7	.456	0.3	1.1	.292	1.8	2.4	.750

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


Season 4
	Nikola Jokic	Jalen Rose
Season	2018-19	1997-98
Team	Denver Nuggets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers 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	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
Jalen Rose	82	20.8	9.4	0.3	2.0	2.4	1.9	0.7	0.2	1.6	2.1	3.5	7.4	.478	0.3	0.9	.342	2.0	2.8	.728

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
Jalen Rose	15	19.5	8.1	0.1	1.7	1.8	1.9	0.7	0.4	1.7	2.5	3.2	6.7	.480	0.4	1.1	.375	1.3	1.8	.741


Season 5
	Nikola Jokic	Jalen Rose
Season	2019-20	1998-99
Team	Denver Nuggets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Pacers 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	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
Jalen Rose	49	25.3	11.1	0.7	2.4	3.1	1.9	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.6	4.1	10.1	.403	0.3	1.3	.262	2.6	3.2	.791

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
Jalen Rose	13	27.4	12.2	0.8	1.5	2.4	2.5	1.0	0.4	1.9	3.0	4.7	10.6	.442	0.6	1.8	.348	2.2	2.6	.824


Season 6
	Nikola Jokic	Jalen Rose
Season	2020-21	1999-00
Team	Denver Nuggets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	Most Improved Player
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers Lost NBA 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	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
Jalen Rose	80	37.2	18.2	0.5	4.3	4.8	4.0	1.1	0.6	2.4	2.9	7.0	15.0	.471	1.0	2.5	.393	3.2	3.8	.827

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
Jalen Rose	23	42.0	20.8	0.4	4.0	4.4	3.4	0.7	0.5	2.2	3.1	7.4	17.0	.437	1.3	3.0	.429	4.7	5.8	.805


Season 7
	Nikola Jokic	Jalen Rose
Season	2021-22	2000-01
Team	Denver Nuggets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Jalen Rose	72	40.9	20.5	0.5	4.5	5.0	6.0	0.9	0.6	2.9	3.2	7.9	17.3	.457	0.8	2.4	.339	4.0	4.8	.828

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
Jalen Rose	4	41.3	18.0	0.8	3.8	4.5	2.8	1.5	0.3	2.3	4.5	7.5	19.8	.380	1.3	4.0	.313	1.8	1.8	1.000


Season 8
	Nikola Jokic	Jalen Rose
Season	2022-23	2001-02
Team	Denver Nuggets	Indiana Pacers, Chicago Bulls
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
Jalen Rose	83	38.0	20.4	0.5	4.0	4.5	4.3	0.9	0.5	2.4	3.0	8.0	17.6	.455	1.1	3.0	.362	3.4	4.0	.839

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
Jalen Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Nikola Jokic	Jalen Rose
Season	2023-24	2002-03
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
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
Jalen Rose	82	40.9	22.1	0.8	3.5	4.3	4.8	0.9	0.3	3.5	3.3	7.8	19.3	.406	1.6	4.4	.370	4.9	5.7	.854

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	11	39.5	28.2	3.4	9.5	12.9	8.8	1.5	0.6	3.4	2.7	10.9	19.6	.556	1.1	3.9	.279	5.3	5.8	.906
Jalen Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Nikola Jokic	Jalen Rose
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	Chicago Bulls, Toronto Raptors
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Rose	66	37.8	15.5	0.5	3.5	4.0	5.0	0.8	0.3	3.2	2.8	5.8	14.4	.402	1.0	3.1	.342	2.8	3.5	.810

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


Season 11
	Nikola Jokic	Jalen Rose
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	Toronto Raptors
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Rose	81	33.5	18.5	0.5	2.9	3.4	2.6	0.8	0.1	2.2	2.3	6.5	14.3	.455	1.3	3.4	.394	4.1	4.8	.854

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


Season 12
	Nikola Jokic	Jalen Rose
Season	-	2005-06
Team	-	Toronto Raptors, New York Knicks
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Rose	72	27.5	12.3	0.4	2.5	2.9	2.5	0.4	0.2	1.6	2.2	4.0	9.5	.423	0.8	2.4	.343	3.4	4.4	.780

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


Season 13
	Nikola Jokic	Jalen Rose
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Suns 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Rose	29	8.5	3.7	0.1	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.8	1.3	3.0	.442	0.7	1.6	.447	0.4	0.4	.917

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Rose	1	9.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	4.0	.250	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Nikola Jokic vs. Jalen Rose Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Rose 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