Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Nikola Jokic and Cody Zeller

This is the detail of NBA games in which Nikola Jokic and Cody Zeller 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 18 times in NBA games. Nikola Jokic has a 13-5 winning record over Cody Zeller, including a 4-1 record in Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

Nikola Jokic
vs.
Cody Zeller
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Nikola Jokic:
2015-16 to 2024-25
Cody Zeller:
2013-14 to 2023-24
18 Games played
13 in Regular Season
5 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Nikola Jokic
13
9
4
Cody Zeller
5
4
1

* NBA Cup games other than the Championship game are included in the Regular Season category. They played in 1 of those games.

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Nikola Jokic 22.8 12.4 8.2 0.70.9
Cody Zeller 6.2 3.8 0.90.60.7
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Nikola Jokic 41 21 18 33
Cody Zeller 15 10 3 25
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Nikola Jokic 17

games		 18

games		 18

games		 5

games		8

games
Cody Zeller 1

game 		0

games		 0

games		 4

games		2

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 0

games		 0

games		 9

games		8

games

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
%
Jan. 10, 2016
1. Nuggets 95   Nikola Jokic 4 7 9 0 1 1 1 23 2-4 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Hornets 92   Cody Zeller 15 6 0 0 0 3 1 31 6-11 .545 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Mar. 19, 2016
2. Nuggets 101   Nikola Jokic 11 14 4 0 1 1 6 25 5-16 .313 1-2 .500 0-0 -
Hornets 93   Cody Zeller 10 2 0 0 5 0 3 29 3-6 .500 0-0 - 4-6 .667
2016-17 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 04, 2017
3. Nuggets 102   Nikola Jokic 31 14 4 1 0 4 1 33 13-15 .867 0-0 - 5-8 .625
Hornets 112   Cody Zeller 11 8 2 1 0 0 5 26 4-10 .400 0-0 - 3-6 .500
Mar. 31, 2017
4. Nuggets 114   Nikola Jokic 26 13 10 0 0 2 4 37 11-16 .688 2-3 .667 2-3 .667
Hornets 122   Cody Zeller 8 9 3 1 3 1 3 31 3-7 .429 0-0 - 2-3 .667
2017-18 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 05, 2018
5. Nuggets 121   Nikola Jokic 15 16 7 2 0 3 3 32 5-11 .455 2-4 .500 3-3 1.000
Hornets 104   Cody Zeller 8 10 1 0 0 2 2 17 2-3 .667 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
2018-19 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 07, 2018
6. Nuggets 107   Nikola Jokic 16 11 6 1 2 4 5 33 6-18 .333 0-6 .000 4-5 .800
Hornets 113   Cody Zeller 8 4 1 2 1 1 5 32 2-7 .286 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
2019-20 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 15, 2020
7. Nuggets 100   Nikola Jokic 12 8 8 1 2 4 3 29 5-9 .556 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Hornets 86   Cody Zeller 11 1 1 1 2 1 4 22 5-10 .500 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Mar. 05, 2020
8. Nuggets 114   Nikola Jokic 14 11 8 1 1 6 5 31 5-10 .500 0-2 .000 4-4 1.000
Hornets 112   Cody Zeller 10 6 2 1 0 1 3 25 2-6 .333 0-2 .000 6-8 .750
2020-21 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Mar. 17, 2021
9. Nuggets 129   Nikola Jokic 12 10 10 0 0 3 2 29 6-7 .857 0-0 - 0-0 -
Hornets 104   Cody Zeller 6 3 2 2 0 1 2 18 3-8 .375 0-1 .000 0-0 -
May. 11, 2021
10. Nuggets 117   Nikola Jokic 30 11 6 0 0 2 2 33 7-16 .438 0-2 .000 16-17 .941
Hornets 112   Cody Zeller 15 10 3 2 0 1 3 29 7-9 .778 0-0 - 1-2 .500
2021-22 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 14, 2021
11. Nuggets 124   Nikola Jokic 28 9 9 0 0 3 2 28 11-17 .647 3-3 1.000 3-3 1.000
Trail Blazers 95   Cody Zeller 6 2 1 0 0 0 2 08 3-3 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
2023 Playoffs - NBA Finals
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jun. 01, 2023
12. Nuggets 104   Nikola Jokic 27 10 14 1 1 2 1 40 8-12 .667 1-2 .500 10-12 .833
Heat 93   Cody Zeller 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 8 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jun. 04, 2023
13. Nuggets 108   Nikola Jokic 41 11 4 0 0 5 3 42 16-28 .571 2-5 .400 7-8 .875
Heat 111   Cody Zeller 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 08 2-2 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jun. 07, 2023
14. Nuggets 109   Nikola Jokic 32 21 10 0 2 3 5 44 12-21 .571 1-2 .500 7-8 .875
Heat 94   Cody Zeller 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jun. 09, 2023
15. Nuggets 108   Nikola Jokic 23 12 4 3 3 3 5 37 8-19 .421 3-7 .429 4-4 1.000
Heat 95   Cody Zeller 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 04 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Jun. 12, 2023
16. Nuggets 94   Nikola Jokic 28 16 4 0 1 4 3 42 12-16 .750 1-3 .333 3-5 .600
Heat 89   Cody Zeller 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 01 0-1 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
2023-24 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 06, 2023
17. Nuggets 134   Nikola Jokic 35 14 12 1 1 2 1 36 15-24 .625 2-6 .333 3-5 .600
Pelicans 116   Cody Zeller 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 04 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Nov. 17, 2023 (* Season and NBA Cup game)
18. Nuggets 110   Nikola Jokic 26 16 18 1 1 4 2 36 10-20 .500 1-8 .125 5-5 1.000
Pelicans 115   Cody Zeller 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
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