Nikola Jokic vs. Marreese Speights Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marreese Speights 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 Marreese Speights, who played 10. Nikola Jokic had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Marreese Speights had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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
Marreese Speights	10	7	2008-09 to 2017-18

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Nikola Jokic	Marreese Speights
Season	2015-16	2008-09
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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
Marreese Speights	79	16.0	7.7	1.6	2.2	3.7	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.6	2.3	3.2	6.4	.502	0.0	0.1	.250	1.3	1.7	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marreese Speights	3	9.7	3.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	1.0	2.3	.429	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750


Season 2
	Nikola Jokic	Marreese Speights
Season	2016-17	2009-10
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
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	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
Marreese Speights	62	16.4	8.6	1.4	2.7	4.1	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.8	2.5	3.4	7.2	.477	0.0	0.1	.000	1.7	2.3	.745

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


Season 3
	Nikola Jokic	Marreese Speights
Season	2017-18	2010-11
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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
Marreese Speights	64	11.5	5.4	1.0	2.3	3.3	0.5	0.1	0.3	0.6	1.9	2.3	4.5	.495	0.0	0.1	.250	0.9	1.1	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marreese Speights	2	10.5	2.0	0.5	2.5	3.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	2.0	1.0	6.0	.167	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 4
	Nikola Jokic	Marreese Speights
Season	2018-19	2011-12
Team	Denver Nuggets	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Grizzlies 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	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
Marreese Speights	60	22.4	8.8	2.2	4.0	6.2	0.8	0.4	0.5	1.2	2.5	3.7	8.1	.453	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	1.8	.771

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
Marreese Speights	7	14.3	6.6	1.9	2.4	4.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.7	1.9	2.9	5.9	.488	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.600


Season 5
	Nikola Jokic	Marreese Speights
Season	2019-20	2012-13
Team	Denver Nuggets	Memphis Grizzlies, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
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
Marreese Speights	79	16.5	8.3	1.8	3.0	4.9	0.6	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.2	3.3	7.4	.445	0.0	0.1	.300	1.7	2.2	.771

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
Marreese Speights	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Nikola Jokic	Marreese Speights
Season	2020-21	2013-14
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Warriors 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	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
Marreese Speights	79	12.4	6.4	1.3	2.4	3.7	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.8	1.9	2.5	5.6	.441	0.1	0.4	.258	1.4	1.7	.821

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
Marreese Speights	7	9.7	6.3	1.3	1.9	3.1	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.3	1.7	2.7	5.1	.528	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.7	.500


Season 7
	Nikola Jokic	Marreese Speights
Season	2021-22	2014-15
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	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
Marreese Speights	76	15.9	10.4	1.4	2.8	4.3	0.9	0.3	0.4	1.1	2.5	4.2	8.5	.492	0.1	0.2	.278	2.0	2.3	.843

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
Marreese Speights	10	6.7	3.7	0.8	1.3	2.1	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	1.4	1.4	4.2	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.5	.600


Season 8
	Nikola Jokic	Marreese Speights
Season	2022-23	2015-16
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Warriors 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	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
Marreese Speights	72	11.6	7.1	1.1	2.3	3.3	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.9	1.6	2.7	6.3	.432	0.3	0.9	.387	1.3	1.6	.825

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
Marreese Speights	24	8.4	5.6	0.6	1.3	2.0	0.5	0.1	0.3	0.8	1.8	1.9	4.9	.390	0.8	1.8	.419	1.0	1.3	.774


Season 9
	Nikola Jokic	Marreese Speights
Season	2023-24	2016-17
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets TBD	Clippers 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	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
Marreese Speights	82	15.7	8.7	1.1	3.5	4.5	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.8	2.8	3.0	6.7	.445	1.3	3.4	.372	1.5	1.7	.876

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
Marreese Speights	7	14.0	6.6	0.6	2.3	2.9	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	5.3	.432	1.0	2.9	.350	1.0	1.4	.700


Season 10
	Nikola Jokic	Marreese Speights
Season	-	2017-18
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		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marreese Speights	52	13.0	7.7	0.4	2.2	2.6	0.8	0.2	0.4	0.8	2.0	2.7	6.7	.395	1.7	4.5	.369	0.8	1.1	.727

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

Nikola Jokic vs. Marreese Speights Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marreese Speights 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