Nikola Jokic vs. Jeff Malone Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeff Malone 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 Jeff Malone, who played 13. Nikola Jokic had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Jeff Malone had his rookie season in 1983-84. 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
Jeff Malone	13	8	1983-84 to 1995-96

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Nikola Jokic	Jeff Malone
Season	2015-16	1983-84
Team	Denver Nuggets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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
Jeff Malone	81	24.4	12.1	0.7	1.2	1.9	1.9	0.3	0.2	1.4	2.0	5.0	11.3	.444	0.3	0.9	.324	1.8	2.1	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Malone	4	17.8	6.0	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.5	3.0	6.5	.462	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Nikola Jokic	Jeff Malone
Season	2016-17	1984-85
Team	Denver Nuggets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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	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
Jeff Malone	76	34.4	18.9	0.8	1.9	2.7	2.4	0.7	0.1	1.4	2.3	8.0	16.0	.499	0.2	0.9	.208	2.8	3.3	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Malone	4	31.5	16.3	0.8	0.8	1.5	2.0	1.3	0.0	1.0	3.5	6.8	14.0	.482	0.3	0.8	.333	2.5	3.3	.769


Season 3
	Nikola Jokic	Jeff Malone
Season	2017-18	1985-86
Team	Denver Nuggets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets 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	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
Jeff Malone	80	37.4	22.4	0.8	2.8	3.6	2.4	0.9	0.2	2.1	2.3	9.2	19.0	.483	0.0	0.2	.176	4.0	4.6	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Malone	5	39.4	22.0	0.8	2.4	3.2	3.4	1.4	0.6	2.2	2.6	8.4	20.6	.408	0.0	0.4	.000	5.2	5.8	.897


Season 4
	Nikola Jokic	Jeff Malone
Season	2018-19	1986-87
Team	Denver Nuggets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Bullets 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	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
Jeff Malone	80	34.5	22.0	0.6	2.1	2.7	3.7	0.9	0.2	2.3	1.9	8.6	18.9	.457	0.1	0.3	.154	4.7	5.3	.885

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
Jeff Malone	3	35.0	15.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	3.0	0.3	0.0	3.7	2.7	5.7	15.3	.370	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	3.7	1.000


Season 5
	Nikola Jokic	Jeff Malone
Season	2019-20	1987-88
Team	Denver Nuggets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Bullets 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	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
Jeff Malone	80	33.2	20.5	0.6	2.0	2.6	3.0	0.6	0.2	2.2	2.5	8.1	17.0	.476	0.1	0.3	.417	4.2	4.8	.882

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
Jeff Malone	5	39.8	25.6	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.2	1.0	1.0	2.8	3.2	10.0	19.4	.515	0.0	0.2	.000	5.6	7.4	.757


Season 6
	Nikola Jokic	Jeff Malone
Season	2020-21	1988-89
Team	Denver Nuggets	Washington Bullets
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	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
Jeff Malone	76	31.8	21.7	0.7	1.6	2.4	2.9	0.5	0.2	2.2	2.0	8.9	18.6	.480	0.0	0.3	.053	3.9	4.5	.871

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
Jeff Malone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Nikola Jokic	Jeff Malone
Season	2021-22	1989-90
Team	Denver Nuggets	Washington Bullets
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
Jeff Malone	75	34.2	24.3	0.7	2.0	2.7	3.2	0.6	0.1	1.7	1.5	10.4	21.2	.491	0.0	0.1	.167	3.4	3.9	.877

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
Jeff Malone	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Nikola Jokic	Jeff Malone
Season	2022-23	1990-91
Team	Denver Nuggets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Jazz 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
Jeff Malone	69	35.7	18.6	0.5	2.5	3.0	2.1	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.9	7.6	15.0	.508	0.0	0.1	.167	3.3	3.7	.917

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
Jeff Malone	9	39.0	20.7	0.8	3.1	3.9	3.2	1.0	0.1	1.3	2.4	7.9	16.0	.493	0.0	0.2	.000	4.9	5.3	.917


Season 9
	Nikola Jokic	Jeff Malone
Season	2023-24	1991-92
Team	Denver Nuggets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz 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	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
Jeff Malone	81	36.1	20.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	2.2	0.7	0.1	1.7	1.6	8.5	16.7	.511	0.0	0.1	.083	3.2	3.5	.898

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
Jeff Malone	16	38.1	20.7	0.8	1.7	2.4	1.9	0.5	0.1	1.6	2.1	8.4	17.2	.487	0.1	0.2	.333	3.9	4.5	.861


Season 10
	Nikola Jokic	Jeff Malone
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Jazz 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Malone	79	32.4	18.1	0.4	1.8	2.2	1.6	0.5	0.1	1.6	1.5	7.5	15.3	.494	0.0	0.1	.333	3.0	3.5	.852

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Malone	5	30.0	13.4	0.6	2.6	3.2	0.6	0.6	0.2	1.8	2.2	5.8	13.0	.446	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.6	.692


Season 11
	Nikola Jokic	Jeff Malone
Season	-	1993-94
Team	-	Utah Jazz, Philadelphia 76ers
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Malone	77	33.2	16.4	0.7	1.9	2.6	1.6	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.6	6.8	14.0	.486	0.1	0.2	.583	2.7	3.2	.830

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


Season 12
	Nikola Jokic	Jeff Malone
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Malone	19	34.7	18.4	0.6	2.3	2.9	1.5	0.8	0.0	1.5	1.8	7.6	14.9	.507	0.6	1.5	.393	2.7	3.1	.864

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


Season 13
	Nikola Jokic	Jeff Malone
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers, Miami Heat
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Malone	32	15.9	5.8	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.7	0.8	2.4	6.0	.394	0.2	0.5	.313	0.9	1.0	.906

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

Nikola Jokic vs. Jeff Malone Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeff Malone 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