Danny Ferry vs. Nikola Jokic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Jokic and Danny Ferry, 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.

Danny Ferry played 13 years in the NBA, 4 more than Nikola Jokic, who played 9. Danny Ferry had the first of his seasons in 1990-91, while Nikola Jokic had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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
Danny Ferry	13	9	1990-91 to 2002-03
Nikola Jokic	9	6	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Danny Ferry	Nikola Jokic
Season	1990-91	2015-16
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Danny Ferry	81	20.5	8.6	1.2	2.3	3.5	1.8	0.5	0.3	1.5	2.8	3.4	7.9	.428	0.3	1.0	.299	1.5	1.9	.816
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

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


Season 2
	Danny Ferry	Nikola Jokic
Season	1991-92	2016-17
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Danny Ferry	68	13.8	5.1	0.8	2.4	3.1	1.1	0.3	0.2	0.7	2.0	2.0	4.8	.409	0.3	0.7	.354	0.9	1.1	.836
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ferry	9	6.1	2.1	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.8	0.8	1.7	.467	0.1	0.3	.333	0.4	0.4	1.000
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Danny Ferry	Nikola Jokic
Season	1992-93	2017-18
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Danny Ferry	76	19.2	7.5	1.1	2.6	3.7	1.8	0.4	0.6	1.1	2.3	2.9	6.0	.479	0.4	1.1	.415	1.3	1.5	.876
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ferry	8	14.8	4.9	0.5	2.6	3.1	1.8	0.5	0.4	0.9	1.8	1.6	4.3	.382	0.5	1.1	.444	1.1	1.3	.900
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Danny Ferry	Nikola Jokic
Season	1993-94	2018-19
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Danny Ferry	70	13.8	5.0	0.7	1.3	2.0	1.1	0.4	0.3	0.6	1.6	2.1	4.8	.446	0.2	0.7	.275	0.5	0.6	.884
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ferry	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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


Season 5
	Danny Ferry	Nikola Jokic
Season	1994-95	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Danny Ferry	82	15.7	7.5	0.4	1.4	1.7	1.2	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.6	2.7	6.1	.446	1.1	2.8	.403	0.9	1.0	.881
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ferry	4	16.8	9.5	0.0	0.8	0.8	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	2.3	3.3	6.3	.520	2.0	3.8	.533	1.0	1.5	.667
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


Season 6
	Danny Ferry	Nikola Jokic
Season	1995-96	2020-21
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Danny Ferry	82	32.7	13.3	0.9	2.9	3.8	2.3	0.7	0.5	1.5	2.8	5.1	11.2	.459	1.7	4.4	.394	1.3	1.6	.769
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ferry	3	39.0	9.7	0.3	4.7	5.0	3.0	1.0	0.7	1.3	4.3	4.7	13.7	.341	0.3	5.3	.063	0.0	0.0	-
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


Season 7
	Danny Ferry	Nikola Jokic
Season	1996-97	2021-22
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Danny Ferry	82	32.1	10.6	1.0	3.1	4.1	1.8	0.7	0.4	1.1	3.0	4.2	9.7	.429	1.4	3.5	.401	0.9	1.1	.851
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ferry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 8
	Danny Ferry	Nikola Jokic
Season	1997-98	2022-23
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Danny Ferry	69	15.0	4.2	0.3	1.3	1.7	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.7	1.6	4.1	.395	0.5	1.4	.333	0.5	0.6	.800
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ferry	3	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-
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


Season 9
	Danny Ferry	Nikola Jokic
Season	1998-99	2023-24
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets TBD

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ferry	50	21.2	7.0	0.3	1.7	2.0	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.3	2.8	5.9	.476	0.8	1.9	.392	0.6	0.7	.879
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ferry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 10
	Danny Ferry	Nikola Jokic
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
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		%
Danny Ferry	63	21.0	7.3	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.1	0.3	0.4	0.9	2.9	3.0	6.0	.497	0.5	1.2	.440	0.8	0.9	.912
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	Danny Ferry	Nikola Jokic
Season	2000-01	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Danny Ferry	80	21.1	5.6	0.7	2.1	2.8	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.6	2.1	2.2	4.7	.475	0.9	2.0	.449	0.3	0.4	.733
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ferry	13	25.8	5.8	0.6	2.5	3.2	1.3	0.3	0.1	0.5	2.5	2.1	5.2	.397	1.6	3.5	.457	0.0	0.0	-
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Danny Ferry	Nikola Jokic
Season	2001-02	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Danny Ferry	50	16.0	4.6	0.3	1.5	1.8	1.0	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.4	1.5	3.5	.429	0.9	2.0	.434	0.7	0.7	.944
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ferry	10	15.7	2.8	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.1	0.2	1.9	1.0	3.3	.303	0.7	2.0	.350	0.1	0.4	.250
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Danny Ferry	Nikola Jokic
Season	2002-03	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Danny Ferry	64	9.4	1.9	0.3	0.9	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.9	0.7	1.9	.355	0.3	0.9	.350	0.2	0.2	.769
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Danny Ferry	16	6.3	1.3	0.2	1.3	1.4	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.5	1.8	.286	0.3	0.9	.286	0.0	0.0	-
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Danny Ferry vs. Nikola Jokic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Jokic and Danny Ferry, 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