Nikola Jokic vs. Paul Seymour Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Seymour 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 Paul Seymour, who played 12. Nikola Jokic had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Paul Seymour had his rookie season in 1947-48. 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
Paul Seymour	12	9	1947-48 to 1959-60

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Nikola Jokic	Paul Seymour
Season	2015-16	1947-48
Team	Denver Nuggets	Baltimore Bullets (1st)
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First 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
Paul Seymour	22	-	3.5	-	-	-	0.3	-	-	-	1.5	1.2	4.6	.267	-	-	-	1.0	1.7	.595

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

Note: Paul Seymour didn't play in 1948-49.


Season 2
	Nikola Jokic	Paul Seymour
Season	2016-17	1949-50
Team	Denver Nuggets	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals 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	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
Paul Seymour	62	-	7.7	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	2.5	2.8	8.5	.334	-	-	-	2.0	2.8	.716

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Seymour	11	-	7.1	-	-	-	3.1	-	-	-	2.9	2.5	8.5	.290	-	-	-	2.2	2.5	.857


Season 3
	Nikola Jokic	Paul Seymour
Season	2017-18	1950-51
Team	Denver Nuggets	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost East Div 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
Paul Seymour	51	-	7.2	-	-	3.8	3.7	-	-	-	2.7	2.5	7.5	.325	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Seymour	7	-	4.9	-	-	3.7	3.6	-	-	-	3.1	1.4	6.9	.208	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 4
	Nikola Jokic	Paul Seymour
Season	2018-19	1951-52
Team	Denver Nuggets	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Nationals Lost East Div 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
Paul Seymour	66	33.5	9.1	-	-	3.4	3.3	-	-	-	2.5	3.1	9.3	.335	-	-	-	2.8	3.7	.759

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
Paul Seymour	7	38.6	12.1	-	-	3.7	3.6	-	-	-	4.7	3.6	8.6	.417	-	-	-	5.0	6.1	.814


Season 5
	Nikola Jokic	Paul Seymour
Season	2019-20	1952-53
Team	Denver Nuggets	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Nationals Lost East Div 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	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
Paul Seymour	67	40.1	14.2	-	-	3.7	4.4	-	-	-	3.1	4.6	11.9	.383	-	-	-	5.1	6.2	.817

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
Paul Seymour	2	56.0	18.0	-	-	5.0	4.0	-	-	-	5.5	4.5	12.0	.375	-	-	-	9.0	9.5	.947


Season 6
	Nikola Jokic	Paul Seymour
Season	2020-21	1953-54
Team	Denver Nuggets	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Nationals 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
Paul Seymour	71	38.4	13.1	-	-	4.1	5.1	-	-	-	2.6	4.5	11.8	.377	-	-	-	4.2	5.2	.813

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
Paul Seymour	13	43.0	14.9	-	-	2.6	4.6	-	-	-	3.0	4.5	11.0	.413	-	-	-	5.8	7.2	.809


Season 7
	Nikola Jokic	Paul Seymour
Season	2021-22	1954-55
Team	Denver Nuggets	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	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
Paul Seymour	72	41.0	14.6	-	-	4.3	6.7	-	-	-	1.9	5.2	14.4	.362	-	-	-	4.2	5.1	.811

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
Paul Seymour	11	37.3	12.5	-	-	3.9	6.8	-	-	-	1.9	4.2	13.5	.309	-	-	-	4.1	4.5	.900


Season 8
	Nikola Jokic	Paul Seymour
Season	2022-23	1955-56
Team	Denver Nuggets	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nationals Lost East Div 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	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
Paul Seymour	57	32.0	11.3	-	-	2.7	4.8	-	-	-	2.3	4.0	11.8	.339	-	-	-	3.3	4.1	.807

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
Paul Seymour	7	21.9	6.7	-	-	1.6	2.6	-	-	-	1.6	2.3	7.9	.291	-	-	-	2.1	2.9	.750


Season 9
	Nikola Jokic	Paul Seymour
Season	2023-24	1956-57
Team	Denver Nuggets	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets TBD	Nationals Lost East Div 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	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
Paul Seymour	65	19.0	6.0	-	-	2.0	3.0	-	-	-	1.4	2.2	6.8	.324	-	-	-	1.6	1.9	.821

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
Paul Seymour	5	19.6	4.2	-	-	2.0	1.6	-	-	-	2.2	1.6	7.4	.216	-	-	-	1.0	1.2	.833


Season 10
	Nikola Jokic	Paul Seymour
Season	-	1957-58
Team	-	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Nationals Lost East Div 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Seymour	64	11.9	4.2	-	-	1.7	1.5	-	-	-	1.4	1.7	4.9	.340	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.841

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Seymour	3	16.7	6.0	-	-	1.3	1.3	-	-	-	1.7	2.7	7.7	.348	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	.667


Season 11
	Nikola Jokic	Paul Seymour
Season	-	1958-59
Team	-	Syracuse Nationals
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Seymour	21	12.7	4.3	-	-	1.9	1.7	-	-	-	1.2	1.5	4.7	.327	-	-	-	1.2	1.4	.897

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


Season 12
	Nikola Jokic	Paul Seymour
Season	-	1959-60
Team	-	Syracuse Nationals
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Seymour	4	1.8	0.0	-	-	0.3	0.0	-	-	-	0.3	0.0	1.0	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

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

Nikola Jokic vs. Paul Seymour Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Seymour 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