Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Nikola Jokic and Austin Rivers

This is the detail of NBA games in which Nikola Jokic and Austin Rivers played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 21 times in NBA games. Nikola Jokic has a 11-10 winning record over Austin Rivers, including a 3-1 record in Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Nikola Jokic:
2015-16 to 2024-25
Austin Rivers:
2012-13 to 2022-23
21 Games played
17 in Regular Season
4 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Nikola Jokic
11
8
3
Austin Rivers
10
9
1

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Nikola Jokic 21.1 10.5 6.4 1.00.4
Austin Rivers 8.5 1.7 2.50.70.1
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Nikola Jokic 43 17 12 32
Austin Rivers 19 6 9 21
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Nikola Jokic 18

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21

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16

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12

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6

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Austin Rivers 1

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0

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4

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5

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0

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Both had same stat 2

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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2015-16 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 24, 2015
1. Nuggets 94   Nikola Jokic 16 6 2 0 0 1 5 24 7-13 .538 0-1 .000 2-3 .667
Clippers 111   Austin Rivers 2 3 0 1 0 0 4 20 1-6 .167 0-3 .000 0-0 -
Mar. 27, 2016
2. Nuggets 90   Nikola Jokic 5 9 2 1 0 0 1 21 2-7 .286 0-1 .000 1-2 .500
Clippers 105   Austin Rivers 8 0 2 0 0 1 1 22 3-8 .375 1-3 .333 1-4 .250
2016-17 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 20, 2016
3. Nuggets 102   Nikola Jokic 9 6 1 0 0 2 3 21 4-7 .571 0-2 .000 1-2 .500
Clippers 119   Austin Rivers 9 0 6 2 0 0 1 22 3-8 .375 1-4 .250 2-4 .500
Dec. 26, 2016
4. Nuggets 106   Nikola Jokic 24 10 4 3 0 2 4 32 11-16 .688 2-3 .667 0-1 .000
Clippers 102   Austin Rivers 19 3 5 1 0 5 0 42 8-17 .471 2-6 .333 1-1 1.000
Jan. 21, 2017
5. Nuggets 123   Nikola Jokic 19 10 3 0 0 3 3 21 8-11 .727 2-3 .667 1-1 1.000
Clippers 98   Austin Rivers 16 2 5 0 0 0 3 26 7-12 .583 2-4 .500 0-0 -
Mar. 16, 2017
6. Nuggets 129   Nikola Jokic 17 14 10 0 0 2 2 30 7-12 .583 0-1 .000 3-3 1.000
Clippers 114   Austin Rivers 17 1 1 0 0 1 4 33 7-12 .583 3-6 .500 0-1 .000
2017-18 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 27, 2018
7. Nuggets 120   Nikola Jokic 18 6 4 1 1 5 4 28 4-5 .800 2-3 .667 8-8 1.000
Clippers 122   Austin Rivers 17 4 1 1 1 3 2 29 6-12 .500 2-7 .286 3-6 .500
Apr. 07, 2018
8. Nuggets 134   Nikola Jokic 23 11 11 2 1 2 2 34 9-14 .643 1-2 .500 4-5 .800
Clippers 115   Austin Rivers 10 1 9 1 0 3 3 39 4-11 .364 2-6 .333 0-2 .000
2018-19 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 07, 2019
9. Nuggets 113   Nikola Jokic 24 13 4 2 1 8 2 28 11-20 .550 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000
Rockets 125   Austin Rivers 4 3 6 1 0 2 3 40 1-7 .143 1-6 .167 1-2 .500
Feb. 01, 2019
10. Nuggets 136   Nikola Jokic 31 13 9 1 0 2 4 31 12-15 .800 1-2 .500 6-6 1.000
Rockets 122   Austin Rivers 7 0 1 0 0 0 4 25 3-7 .429 1-5 .200 0-0 -
Mar. 28, 2019
11. Nuggets 85   Nikola Jokic 16 8 6 0 2 2 3 25 7-14 .500 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Rockets 112   Austin Rivers 15 1 3 1 1 0 2 29 6-10 .600 3-7 .429 0-1 .000
2019-20 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 20, 2019
12. Nuggets 105   Nikola Jokic 27 12 4 0 0 7 5 32 12-19 .632 2-4 .500 1-1 1.000
Rockets 95   Austin Rivers 7 2 0 2 0 1 1 28 2-6 .333 1-4 .250 2-2 1.000
Dec. 31, 2019
13. Nuggets 104   Nikola Jokic 21 8 4 0 0 6 2 32 10-17 .588 0-1 .000 1-1 1.000
Rockets 130   Austin Rivers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jan. 22, 2020
14. Nuggets 105   Nikola Jokic 19 12 10 1 1 6 2 34 8-19 .421 0-1 .000 3-6 .500
Rockets 121   Austin Rivers 11 4 1 2 0 2 1 21 3-5 .600 3-4 .750 2-2 1.000
Jan. 26, 2020
15. Nuggets 117   Nikola Jokic 24 12 11 2 0 6 4 38 9-18 .500 0-2 .000 6-7 .857
Rockets 110   Austin Rivers 13 6 4 0 0 0 4 34 5-9 .556 2-4 .500 1-4 .250
2020-21 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 10, 2021
16. Nuggets 114   Nikola Jokic 22 10 5 1 1 2 1 30 9-15 .600 1-3 .333 3-3 1.000
Knicks 89   Austin Rivers 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 22 2-6 .333 2-4 .500 0-0 -
2022-23 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 02, 2023
17. Nuggets 111   Nikola Jokic 24 7 9 2 0 5 4 33 10-20 .500 1-3 .333 3-4 .750
Timberwolves 124   Austin Rivers 8 1 5 1 0 0 1 32 2-5 .400 2-5 .400 2-2 1.000
2023 Playoffs - Western Conference First Round
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Apr. 16, 2023
18. Nuggets 109   Nikola Jokic 13 14 6 1 0 1 6 28 6-12 .500 0-0 - 1-3 .333
Timberwolves 80   Austin Rivers 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 16 1-2 .500 1-2 .500 0-0 -
Apr. 21, 2023
19. Nuggets 120   Nikola Jokic 20 11 12 1 0 4 4 38 9-13 .692 2-3 .667 0-0 -
Timberwolves 111   Austin Rivers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Apr. 23, 2023
20. Nuggets 108   Nikola Jokic 43 11 6 2 0 4 3 39 15-26 .577 5-8 .625 8-12 .667
OT Timberwolves 114   Austin Rivers 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 2-3 .667 1-2 .500 0-0 -
Apr. 25, 2023
21. Nuggets 112   Nikola Jokic 28 17 12 2 2 2 4 42 8-29 .276 3-8 .375 9-10 .900
Timberwolves 109   Austin Rivers 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 14 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 -