De'Andre Hunter vs. Nikola Jokic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Jokic and De'Andre Hunter, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

De'Andre Hunter played 7 years in the NBA, 4 less than Nikola Jokic, who played 11. De'Andre Hunter had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	De'Andre Hunter	Nikola Jokic
Season	2019-20	2015-16
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did not play	Did not play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Andre Hunter	63	32.0	12.3	0.7	3.8	4.5	1.8	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.9	4.4	10.8	.410	1.7	4.8	.355	1.7	2.3	.764
difference:	+17	+10.3	+2.3	+1.6	+0.9	+2.5	+0.6	+0.3	+0.3	-0.3	-0.3	+0.6	+3.3	+.102	+1.3	+3.7	+.022	+0.2	+0.1	+.047
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
* Neiher De'Andre Hunter nor Nikola Jokic played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	De'Andre Hunter	Nikola Jokic
Season	2022-23	2018-19
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Andre Hunter	67	31.7	15.4	0.7	3.6	4.2	1.4	0.5	0.3	1.2	3.0	5.7	12.3	.461	1.5	4.3	.350	2.6	3.1	.826
difference:	+13	+0.4	+4.7	+2.2	+4.4	+6.6	+5.9	+0.9	+0.4	-1.9	-0.1	+2.0	+2.8	+.050	+0.5	+0.9	+.043	+1.0	+1.3	+.005
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		%
De'Andre Hunter	6	37.3	16.7	1.2	4.5	5.7	1.2	0.7	0.3	1.5	3.3	6.5	14.2	.459	2.3	6.3	.368	1.3	1.7	.800
difference:	+8	+2.5	+8.4	+2.7	+4.6	+7.3	+7.2	+0.4	+0.6	-1.1	-0.6	+2.9	+4.4	+.047	+0.7	+2.3	+.025	+3.4	+3.9	+.046
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
	De'Andre Hunter	Nikola Jokic
Season	2023-24	2019-20
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Andre Hunter	57	29.5	15.6	0.5	3.4	3.9	1.5	0.7	0.3	1.5	2.6	5.3	11.6	.459	2.1	5.3	.385	2.9	3.4	.847
difference:	+16	+2.5	+4.3	+1.8	+4.1	+5.8	+5.5	+0.5	+0.3	-1.6	-0.4	+2.4	+3.1	+.069	+1.0	+1.8	+.071	+0.5	+0.7	+.030
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		%
De'Andre Hunter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	De'Andre Hunter	Nikola Jokic
Season	2024-25	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Andre Hunter	64	27.2	17.0	0.7	3.3	4.0	1.4	0.8	0.2	1.3	2.4	5.6	11.9	.470	2.5	6.1	.405	3.4	4.0	.846
difference:	+8	+7.4	+9.4	+2.1	+4.7	+6.8	+6.9	+0.5	+0.5	-1.8	-0.3	+4.6	+6.1	+.096	+1.2	+2.8	+.017	+1.4	+1.5	+.022
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		%
De'Andre Hunter	8	23.1	11.0	0.8	2.9	3.6	1.0	0.5	0.1	0.9	2.1	3.4	7.9	.429	1.5	3.3	.462	2.8	3.3	.846
difference:	+2	+11.4	+18.8	+2.9	+5.0	+8.0	+4.0	+0.1	+0.8	-1.5	-0.2	+8.2	+14.9	+.080	+0.5	+2.0	+.085	+1.8	+2.2	+.010
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
	De'Andre Hunter	Nikola Jokic
Season	2025-26	2021-22
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play (season in progress)	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
De'Andre Hunter	30	27.8	14.7	0.7	3.6	4.2	2.1	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.7	4.9	11.6	.425	1.8	5.8	.314	3.0	3.5	.856
difference:	+44	+5.7	+12.4	+2.1	+7.4	+9.6	+5.8	+0.8	+0.7	-2.3	-0.1	+5.4	+6.1	+.158	+0.5	+1.9	+.023	+2.1	+2.8	+.046
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		%
De'Andre Hunter	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Additional Years
* Nikola Jokic played 4 seasons more than De'Andre Hunter in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 11, from 2023 to 2026—Nikola Jokic played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 4 extra years over De'Andre Hunter, Nikola Jokic got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Star Game