Nikola Jokic vs. Malik Rose Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Malik 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 Malik Rose, who played 13. Nikola Jokic had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Malik Rose had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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
Malik Rose	13	8	1996-97 to 2008-09

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Nikola Jokic	Malik Rose
Season	2015-16	1996-97
Team	Denver Nuggets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Malik Rose	54	9.7	3.0	1.3	1.7	3.0	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.8	2.1	1.1	2.4	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.1	.613

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malik Rose	2	6.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	2.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Nikola Jokic	Malik Rose
Season	2016-17	1997-98
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Malik Rose	53	8.1	3.0	0.8	0.9	1.7	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.5	1.1	2.6	.434	0.0	0.1	.333	0.7	1.2	.639

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malik Rose	5	3.4	2.0	0.6	0.8	1.4	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.2	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.500


Season 3
	Nikola Jokic	Malik Rose
Season	2017-18	1998-99
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
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		%
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
Malik Rose	47	12.9	6.0	1.9	2.0	3.9	0.6	0.9	0.5	1.2	2.6	2.0	4.3	.463	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.1	.671

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malik Rose	17	11.5	2.7	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.6	3.1	0.8	2.2	.368	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.5	.692


Season 4
	Nikola Jokic	Malik Rose
Season	2018-19	1999-00
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	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	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
Malik Rose	74	18.1	6.7	1.8	2.7	4.5	0.6	0.5	0.7	1.3	3.1	2.4	5.2	.457	0.0	0.0	.333	1.9	2.7	.722

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
Malik Rose	4	20.8	5.3	1.3	3.5	4.8	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.8	3.0	2.0	4.5	.444	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.3	.556


Season 5
	Nikola Jokic	Malik Rose
Season	2019-20	2000-01
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 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
Malik Rose	57	21.4	7.7	1.7	3.7	5.4	0.8	1.0	0.7	1.3	2.6	2.8	6.5	.435	0.1	0.3	.176	2.0	2.8	.713

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
Malik Rose	13	16.6	4.9	1.2	2.5	3.8	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.8	2.9	1.8	4.2	.418	0.1	0.2	.333	1.3	1.5	.850


Season 6
	Nikola Jokic	Malik Rose
Season	2020-21	2001-02
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 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	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
Malik Rose	82	21.0	9.4	2.1	3.9	6.0	0.7	0.9	0.5	1.7	2.5	3.6	7.7	.463	0.0	0.1	.083	2.3	3.1	.720

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
Malik Rose	10	29.2	12.9	2.7	5.2	7.9	1.4	1.0	0.5	1.2	3.1	4.6	9.6	.479	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	5.0	.740


Season 7
	Nikola Jokic	Malik Rose
Season	2021-22	2002-03
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
Malik Rose	79	24.5	10.4	1.9	4.5	6.4	1.6	0.7	0.5	2.2	2.6	3.7	8.0	.459	0.0	0.1	.400	3.1	3.9	.791

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
Malik Rose	24	23.3	9.3	2.0	3.7	5.8	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.8	3.0	3.1	7.5	.419	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	3.9	.766


Season 8
	Nikola Jokic	Malik Rose
Season	2022-23	2003-04
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	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
Malik Rose	67	18.7	7.9	1.6	3.1	4.8	1.0	0.5	0.4	1.7	2.4	2.6	6.0	.428	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	3.4	.813

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
Malik Rose	7	8.1	1.4	1.7	0.7	2.4	0.9	0.6	0.3	1.1	0.9	0.6	2.3	.250	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	0.6	.500


Season 9
	Nikola Jokic	Malik Rose
Season	2023-24	2004-05
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs, New York Knicks
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
Malik Rose	76	19.4	7.0	1.7	2.8	4.5	0.8	0.6	0.2	1.3	2.7	2.6	5.8	.449	0.0	0.1	.100	1.8	2.4	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	8	40.0	26.6	3.8	11.1	14.9	9.4	1.5	0.6	3.8	2.9	10.1	18.6	.544	1.1	3.9	.290	5.3	5.6	.933
Malik Rose	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Nikola Jokic	Malik Rose
Season	-	2005-06
Team	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malik Rose	72	15.5	4.4	1.2	2.4	3.6	0.9	0.6	0.2	1.1	2.0	1.5	3.9	.374	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.5	1.9	.781

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


Season 11
	Nikola Jokic	Malik Rose
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malik Rose	65	12.5	3.0	0.7	2.0	2.7	1.0	0.4	0.1	1.0	1.8	1.1	2.9	.398	0.0	0.1	.250	0.6	0.8	.808

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


Season 12
	Nikola Jokic	Malik Rose
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malik Rose	49	10.1	3.5	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.8	1.6	1.3	3.7	.367	0.0	0.1	.286	0.8	1.0	.725

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


Season 13
	Nikola Jokic	Malik Rose
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	New York Knicks, Oklahoma City Thunder
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malik Rose	38	12.4	3.4	0.4	2.1	2.5	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.9	1.2	3.4	.344	0.0	0.2	.000	1.1	1.3	.784

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

Nikola Jokic vs. Malik Rose Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Malik 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