Nikola Jokic vs. J.R. Reid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.R. Reid 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, 2 less than J.R. Reid, who played 11. Nikola Jokic had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while J.R. Reid had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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
J.R. Reid	11	6	1989-90 to 2000-01

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11


Rookie Season
	Nikola Jokic	J.R. Reid
Season	2015-16	1989-90
Team	Denver Nuggets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
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	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
J.R. Reid	82	33.6	11.1	2.4	6.0	8.4	1.2	1.1	0.7	2.1	3.6	4.4	9.9	.440	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.5	.664

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.R. Reid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Nikola Jokic	J.R. Reid
Season	2016-17	1990-91
Team	Denver Nuggets	Charlotte Hornets
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
J.R. Reid	80	30.8	11.3	1.9	4.4	6.3	1.1	1.1	0.6	1.9	3.6	4.5	9.7	.466	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	3.2	.703

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.R. Reid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Nikola Jokic	J.R. Reid
Season	2017-18	1991-92
Team	Denver Nuggets	Charlotte Hornets
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
J.R. Reid	51	24.6	11.0	1.9	4.3	6.2	1.6	1.0	0.5	1.6	3.1	4.2	8.5	.490	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.7	.705

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.R. Reid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Nikola Jokic	J.R. Reid
Season	2018-19	1992-93
Team	Denver Nuggets	Charlotte Hornets, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs 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	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
J.R. Reid	83	22.7	9.4	1.4	4.0	5.5	1.0	0.6	0.4	1.5	3.2	3.4	7.2	.476	0.0	0.1	.000	2.6	3.4	.764

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
J.R. Reid	10	22.0	8.5	1.6	3.4	5.0	1.5	0.8	0.8	1.3	3.1	2.9	6.0	.483	0.0	0.2	.000	2.7	3.5	.771


Season 5
	Nikola Jokic	J.R. Reid
Season	2019-20	1993-94
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Spurs 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
J.R. Reid	70	19.2	9.0	1.3	1.8	3.1	1.0	0.6	0.4	1.2	2.4	3.7	7.6	.491	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.2	.699

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
J.R. Reid	4	14.0	3.8	0.8	2.3	3.0	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.3	2.5	1.5	5.3	.286	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.600


Season 6
	Nikola Jokic	J.R. Reid
Season	2020-21	1994-95
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Spurs 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	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
J.R. Reid	81	19.3	7.0	1.5	3.4	4.9	0.7	0.7	0.4	1.4	2.8	2.5	4.9	.508	0.0	0.0	.500	2.0	2.9	.687

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
J.R. Reid	15	13.9	6.1	0.9	1.9	2.8	0.6	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.4	1.9	3.9	.492	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	2.6	.846


Season 7
	Nikola Jokic	J.R. Reid
Season	2021-22	1995-96
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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	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
J.R. Reid	65	20.2	6.6	1.1	2.8	3.9	0.6	0.7	0.3	1.2	2.9	2.5	5.0	.494	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.2	.754

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
J.R. Reid	1	7.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Note: J.R. Reid didn't play in 1996-97.


Season 8
	Nikola Jokic	J.R. Reid
Season	2022-23	1997-98
Team	Denver Nuggets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hornets 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	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
J.R. Reid	79	14.0	4.9	0.9	1.7	2.7	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.8	2.2	1.8	4.0	.459	0.0	0.1	.375	1.1	1.5	.730

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
J.R. Reid	9	12.8	3.3	0.8	1.4	2.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.2	2.6	1.2	3.1	.393	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.1	.800


Season 9
	Nikola Jokic	J.R. Reid
Season	2023-24	1998-99
Team	Denver Nuggets	Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets TBD	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	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
J.R. Reid	41	25.1	9.0	1.1	4.1	5.2	1.2	0.9	0.2	1.2	3.3	3.2	6.8	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	2.6	3.3	.766

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
J.R. Reid	8	22.4	3.3	1.1	4.1	5.3	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.3	4.1	1.3	3.5	.357	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.750


Season 10
	Nikola Jokic	J.R. Reid
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.R. Reid	34	17.7	4.4	0.9	2.6	3.4	0.5	0.6	0.1	0.6	2.4	1.6	3.7	.417	0.0	0.2	.143	1.3	1.6	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.R. Reid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Nikola Jokic	J.R. Reid
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.R. Reid	6	6.5	1.7	0.8	0.5	1.3	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.3	0.8	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.R. Reid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Nikola Jokic vs. J.R. Reid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.R. Reid 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