Nikola Jokic vs. Danny Vranes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Danny Vranes 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 more than Danny Vranes, who played 7. Nikola Jokic had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Danny Vranes had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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
Danny Vranes 7 4 1981-82 to 1987-88

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Nikola Jokic Danny Vranes
Season 2015-161981-82
Team Denver NuggetsSeattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie First Team-
Playoffs Did Not PlaySupersonics 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 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
Danny Vranes 77 14.0 4.9 0.9 1.6 2.6 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.9 1.9 1.9 3.4 .546 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 1.9 .601
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Nikola Jokic ------- --- ----------
Danny Vranes 6 4.8 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.8 .200 0.0 0.0 - 0.2 0.3 .500

Season 2
Nikola Jokic Danny Vranes
Season 2016-171982-83
Team Denver NuggetsSeattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlaySupersonics 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 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
Danny Vranes 82 25.0 6.9 2.2 3.0 5.2 1.5 0.6 0.6 1.2 3.1 2.8 5.2 .527 0.0 0.0 .000 1.4 2.5 .550
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Nikola Jokic ------- --- ----------
Danny Vranes 2 28.0 6.0 4.5 5.0 9.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.5 3.5 3.0 8.5 .353 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 -

Season 3
Nikola Jokic Danny Vranes
Season 2017-181983-84
Team Denver NuggetsSeattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlaySupersonics 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 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
Danny Vranes 80 27.2 8.4 1.9 3.1 4.9 1.7 0.6 0.7 1.5 3.3 3.2 6.2 .521 0.0 0.0 .000 1.9 3.0 .648
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Nikola Jokic ------- --- ----------
Danny Vranes 5 29.4 7.2 3.2 4.4 7.6 2.2 0.6 1.2 1.0 4.8 3.2 7.8 .410 0.0 0.2 .000 0.8 1.4 .571

Season 4
Nikola Jokic Danny Vranes
Season 2018-191984-85
Team Denver NuggetsSeattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA First Team-
-Achievement All-Defensive Second Team
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf SemisDid 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 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
Danny Vranes 76 28.5 5.8 2.0 3.7 5.7 2.0 1.0 0.8 1.6 3.4 2.4 5.3 .463 0.0 0.1 .250 0.9 1.7 .528
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
Danny Vranes ------- --- ----------

Season 5
Nikola Jokic Danny Vranes
Season 2019-201985-86
Team Denver NuggetsSeattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf FinalsDid 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 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
Danny Vranes 80 19.6 3.8 1.4 2.1 3.5 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.7 2.7 1.6 3.6 .461 0.0 0.1 .000 0.5 0.9 .520
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
Danny Vranes ------- --- ----------

Season 6
Nikola Jokic Danny Vranes
Season 2020-211986-87
Team Denver NuggetsPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards Achievement Season MVP-
Achievement All-NBA First Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis76ers 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 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
Danny Vranes 58 14.1 2.4 0.9 1.6 2.5 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.4 2.2 1.0 2.4 .428 0.0 0.1 .200 0.4 0.8 .467
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
Danny Vranes 2 1.5 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 -

Season 7
Nikola Jokic Danny Vranes
Season 2021-221987-88
Team Denver NuggetsPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards Achievement Season MVP-
Achievement All-NBA First Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st RdDid 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 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
Danny Vranes 57 13.5 2.1 0.8 1.3 2.1 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 1.8 0.9 2.1 .438 0.0 0.1 .000 0.3 0.6 .429
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
Danny Vranes ------- --- ----------

Season 8
Nikola Jokic Danny Vranes
Season 2022-23-
Team Denver Nuggets-
Honors & Awards Achievement Finals MVP-
Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs NBA Champion 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 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
Danny Vranes ------- --- ----------
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
Danny Vranes ------- --- ----------

Season 9
Nikola Jokic Danny Vranes
Season 2023-24-
Team Denver Nuggets-
Honors & Awards Achievement Season MVP-
Achievement All-NBA First Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs 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 %
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
Danny Vranes ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Nikola Jokic 12 40.2 28.7 3.6 9.8 13.4 8.7 1.4 0.7 3.3 2.7 11.1 20.3 .545 1.2 4.4 .264 5.3 5.9 .901
Danny Vranes ------- --- ----------
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