Horace Grant vs. Nikola Jokic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Jokic and Horace Grant, 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.

Horace Grant played 17 years in the NBA, 8 more than Nikola Jokic, who played 9. Horace Grant had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Nikola Jokic had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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
Horace Grant	17	13	1987-88 to 2003-04
Nikola Jokic	9	6	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Horace Grant	Nikola Jokic
Season	1987-88	2015-16
Team	Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Horace Grant	81	22.6	7.7	1.9	3.6	5.5	1.1	0.6	0.7	1.1	2.7	3.1	6.3	.501	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.2	.626
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	10	29.9	10.1	2.5	4.5	7.0	1.6	1.4	0.2	0.7	3.5	4.6	8.1	.568	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.5	.600
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Horace Grant	Nikola Jokic
Season	1988-89	2016-17
Team	Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Horace Grant	79	35.6	12.0	3.0	5.6	8.6	2.1	1.1	0.8	1.6	3.2	5.1	9.9	.519	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.5	.704
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	17	36.8	10.8	3.1	6.7	9.8	2.1	0.6	0.9	1.8	4.0	4.2	8.2	.518	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	2.9	.800
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Horace Grant	Nikola Jokic
Season	1989-90	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Horace Grant	80	34.4	13.4	3.0	4.9	7.9	2.8	1.2	1.1	1.4	2.9	5.6	10.7	.523	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.2	.699
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	16	38.5	12.2	4.6	5.4	9.9	2.5	1.1	1.1	1.6	3.2	5.1	9.9	.509	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	3.3	.623
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Horace Grant	Nikola Jokic
Season	1990-91	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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		%
Horace Grant	78	33.9	12.8	3.4	5.0	8.4	2.3	1.2	0.9	1.2	2.6	5.1	9.4	.547	0.0	0.1	.167	2.5	3.6	.711
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	17	39.2	13.3	3.3	4.8	8.1	2.2	0.9	0.4	1.2	2.6	5.4	9.2	.583	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.5	.733
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


Season 5
	Horace Grant	Nikola Jokic
Season	1991-92	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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		%
Horace Grant	81	35.3	14.2	4.2	5.7	10.0	2.7	1.2	1.6	1.2	2.4	5.6	9.8	.578	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.9	.741
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	22	38.9	11.3	3.5	5.4	8.8	3.0	1.1	1.8	1.0	3.1	4.5	8.3	.541	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.5	.671
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


Season 6
	Horace Grant	Nikola Jokic
Season	1992-93	2020-21
Team	Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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		%
Horace Grant	77	35.6	13.2	4.4	5.0	9.5	2.6	1.2	1.2	1.4	2.8	5.5	10.8	.508	0.0	0.1	.200	2.3	3.6	.619
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	19	34.3	10.7	3.2	5.0	8.2	2.3	1.2	1.2	0.9	3.2	4.4	8.0	.546	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.8	.685
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


Season 7
	Horace Grant	Nikola Jokic
Season	1993-94	2021-22
Team	Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Horace Grant	70	36.7	15.1	4.4	6.6	11.0	3.4	1.1	1.2	1.6	2.3	6.6	12.5	.524	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	3.3	.596
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	10	39.3	16.2	3.0	4.4	7.4	2.6	1.0	1.8	1.0	2.3	6.5	12.0	.542	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.1	4.2	.738
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


Season 8
	Horace Grant	Nikola Jokic
Season	1994-95	2022-23
Team	Orlando Magic	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Horace Grant	74	36.4	12.8	3.0	6.6	9.7	2.3	1.0	1.2	1.1	2.7	5.4	9.6	.567	0.0	0.1	.000	2.0	2.9	.692
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	21	41.4	13.7	3.5	6.9	10.4	1.9	1.0	1.1	1.2	3.2	5.8	10.7	.540	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	2.8	.763
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


Season 9
	Horace Grant	Nikola Jokic
Season	1995-96	2023-24
Team	Orlando Magic	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Nuggets TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	63	36.3	13.4	2.8	6.4	9.2	2.7	1.0	1.2	1.0	2.3	5.5	10.7	.513	0.0	0.1	.167	2.4	3.3	.734
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	9	37.1	15.0	3.4	7.0	10.4	1.4	0.8	0.7	0.7	2.6	6.8	10.4	.649	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.7	.867
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


Season 10
	Horace Grant	Nikola Jokic
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Orlando Magic	-
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		%
Horace Grant	67	37.3	12.6	3.1	5.9	9.0	2.4	1.5	1.0	1.5	2.3	5.3	10.4	.515	0.0	0.1	.167	1.9	2.7	.715
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	Horace Grant	Nikola Jokic
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Orlando Magic	-
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		%
Horace Grant	76	36.9	12.1	3.0	5.1	8.1	2.3	1.1	1.0	1.2	2.4	5.2	11.3	.459	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.6	.678
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 12
	Horace Grant	Nikola Jokic
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Orlando Magic	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Horace Grant	50	33.2	8.9	2.3	4.7	7.0	1.8	0.9	1.2	0.9	2.0	4.0	9.1	.434	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.4	.671
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	4	32.0	6.8	3.5	3.5	7.0	1.3	0.5	0.5	0.5	3.0	2.8	7.5	.367	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.625
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Horace Grant	Nikola Jokic
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Horace Grant	76	35.4	8.1	2.2	5.6	7.8	2.5	0.7	0.8	0.8	2.5	3.5	7.9	.444	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.5	.721
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	5	37.0	4.8	1.6	4.6	6.2	2.0	1.6	1.0	0.2	2.4	2.2	5.4	.407	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.8	.500
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Horace Grant	Nikola Jokic
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Horace Grant	77	31.0	8.5	2.9	4.2	7.1	1.6	0.7	0.8	0.6	2.4	3.4	7.4	.462	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.2	.775
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	16	26.6	6.0	2.5	3.5	6.0	1.2	0.9	0.8	0.9	2.7	2.3	6.0	.385	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.9	.733
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Horace Grant	Nikola Jokic
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Orlando Magic	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Horace Grant	76	29.1	8.0	2.1	4.2	6.3	1.4	0.8	0.6	0.7	1.6	3.5	6.8	.513	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.5	.721
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Horace Grant	4	31.8	4.5	2.0	5.8	7.8	2.3	0.8	0.3	0.5	1.8	2.0	5.5	.364	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	1.000
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Horace Grant	Nikola Jokic
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Orlando Magic	-
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		%
Horace Grant	5	17.0	5.2	0.4	1.2	1.6	1.4	0.6	0.0	0.2	1.0	2.6	5.0	.520	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 17
	Horace Grant	Nikola Jokic
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
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		%
Horace Grant	55	20.1	4.1	1.4	2.8	4.2	1.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	1.3	1.7	4.1	.411	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.0	.722
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Horace Grant vs. Nikola Jokic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Jokic and Horace Grant, 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

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17