Nikola Jokic vs. Iman Shumpert Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Iman Shumpert 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 / Games against each other

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, 1 less than Iman Shumpert, who played 10. Nikola Jokic had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Iman Shumpert had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
Iman Shumpert	10	6	2011-12 to 2020-21

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Nikola Jokic	Iman Shumpert
Season	2015-16	2011-12
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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
Iman Shumpert	59	28.9	9.5	0.7	2.4	3.2	2.8	1.7	0.1	1.9	2.9	3.6	9.1	.401	0.8	2.7	.306	1.5	1.8	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iman Shumpert	1	19.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Nikola Jokic	Iman Shumpert
Season	2016-17	2012-13
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
Iman Shumpert	45	22.1	6.8	0.7	2.3	3.0	1.7	1.0	0.2	0.8	2.2	2.4	6.1	.396	1.1	2.8	.402	0.8	1.0	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iman Shumpert	12	28.1	9.3	1.5	4.5	6.0	1.3	1.1	0.3	1.2	3.0	3.4	8.3	.410	1.5	3.5	.429	1.0	1.2	.857


Season 3
	Nikola Jokic	Iman Shumpert
Season	2017-18	2013-14
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
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
Iman Shumpert	74	26.5	6.7	1.1	3.1	4.2	1.7	1.2	0.2	1.1	2.8	2.5	6.5	.378	1.0	3.1	.333	0.7	1.0	.746

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


Season 4
	Nikola Jokic	Iman Shumpert
Season	2018-19	2014-15
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Cavaliers 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	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
Iman Shumpert	62	24.9	8.0	0.9	2.7	3.6	2.2	1.3	0.3	1.5	2.2	3.1	7.6	.410	1.1	3.2	.342	0.7	1.0	.672

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
Iman Shumpert	20	34.8	9.1	1.2	3.8	4.9	1.2	1.3	0.8	0.7	2.5	3.0	8.2	.360	1.7	4.7	.355	1.5	2.0	.750


Season 5
	Nikola Jokic	Iman Shumpert
Season	2019-20	2015-16
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 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		%
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
Iman Shumpert	54	24.4	5.8	0.6	3.2	3.8	1.7	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.2	2.1	5.6	.374	0.8	2.7	.295	0.7	0.9	.784

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
Iman Shumpert	21	17.5	3.3	0.5	1.8	2.2	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.7	1.2	2.9	.417	0.6	1.6	.382	0.3	0.5	.636


Season 6
	Nikola Jokic	Iman Shumpert
Season	2020-21	2016-17
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Cavaliers 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
Iman Shumpert	76	25.5	7.5	0.5	2.4	2.9	1.4	0.8	0.4	1.0	2.0	2.6	6.4	.411	1.2	3.4	.360	0.9	1.2	.789

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
Iman Shumpert	17	16.2	4.4	0.4	2.4	2.8	0.9	0.6	0.2	0.4	1.9	1.5	3.5	.417	0.6	1.5	.385	0.8	1.0	.824


Season 7
	Nikola Jokic	Iman Shumpert
Season	2021-22	2017-18
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Iman Shumpert	14	19.7	4.4	0.5	2.4	2.9	1.2	0.6	0.3	1.1	1.6	1.6	4.1	.379	0.5	1.9	.269	0.8	1.1	.733

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
Iman Shumpert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Nikola Jokic	Iman Shumpert
Season	2022-23	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets	Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets 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
Iman Shumpert	62	23.9	7.5	0.4	2.5	3.0	1.8	1.0	0.4	0.8	2.0	2.7	7.2	.374	1.5	4.4	.348	0.6	0.7	.800

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
Iman Shumpert	8	13.6	3.6	0.1	1.4	1.5	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.3	1.3	3.3	.385	1.0	2.8	.364	0.1	0.5	.250


Season 9
	Nikola Jokic	Iman Shumpert
Season	2023-24	2019-20
Team	Denver Nuggets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
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
Iman Shumpert	13	18.5	4.2	0.7	1.9	2.6	0.9	0.9	0.2	0.8	1.6	1.6	4.9	.328	0.6	2.5	.242	0.3	0.5	.571

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
Iman Shumpert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Nikola Jokic	Iman Shumpert
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Brooklyn Nets
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iman Shumpert	2	5.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	1.5	.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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iman Shumpert	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Nikola Jokic vs. Iman Shumpert Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Iman Shumpert 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