Greg Buckner vs. Nikola Jokic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Jokic and Greg Buckner, 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.

Greg Buckner played 10 years in the NBA, 1 more than Nikola Jokic, who played 9. Greg Buckner had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, 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
Greg Buckner	10	6	1999-00 to 2008-09
Nikola Jokic	9	6	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Greg Buckner	Nikola Jokic
Season	1999-00	2015-16
Team	Dallas Mavericks	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		%
Greg Buckner	48	19.2	5.7	1.2	2.5	3.6	1.1	0.8	0.4	0.8	3.1	2.3	4.9	.476	0.2	0.5	.385	0.9	1.3	.683
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		%
Greg Buckner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Greg Buckner	Nikola Jokic
Season	2000-01	2016-17
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Greg Buckner	37	22.2	6.2	1.6	2.6	4.2	1.3	0.9	0.2	0.7	3.2	2.3	5.2	.438	0.1	0.2	.286	1.6	2.2	.728
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		%
Greg Buckner	5	15.2	6.0	1.6	2.6	4.2	0.6	1.0	0.0	0.4	2.4	2.2	4.6	.478	0.2	0.6	.333	1.4	2.0	.700
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Greg Buckner	Nikola Jokic
Season	2001-02	2017-18
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Greg Buckner	44	20.1	5.8	1.5	2.4	3.9	1.1	0.7	0.4	0.6	2.8	2.4	4.5	.525	0.1	0.4	.313	0.9	1.3	.690
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		%
Greg Buckner	7	15.1	3.9	1.9	1.9	3.7	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.4	2.1	1.7	3.6	.480	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.6	.750
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Greg Buckner	Nikola Jokic
Season	2002-03	2018-19
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Greg Buckner	75	20.2	6.0	1.0	1.9	2.9	1.3	1.0	0.2	0.8	2.7	2.5	5.3	.465	0.2	0.7	.273	0.9	1.1	.802
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		%
Greg Buckner	10	11.0	2.6	0.3	1.4	1.7	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.3	1.8	1.0	3.1	.323	0.2	0.9	.222	0.4	0.4	1.000
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
	Greg Buckner	Nikola Jokic
Season	2003-04	2019-20
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Greg Buckner	53	13.3	3.1	0.5	1.4	1.9	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.5	1.2	3.3	.377	0.2	0.8	.273	0.4	0.5	.741
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		%
Greg Buckner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Greg Buckner	Nikola Jokic
Season	2004-05	2020-21
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Greg Buckner	70	21.7	6.2	0.9	2.0	3.0	1.9	1.1	0.1	0.7	2.4	2.3	4.3	.528	0.7	1.7	.405	0.9	1.2	.778
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		%
Greg Buckner	5	20.2	2.0	0.2	3.0	3.2	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.6	2.8	0.8	3.6	.222	0.4	1.8	.222	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
	Greg Buckner	Nikola Jokic
Season	2005-06	2021-22
Team	Denver Nuggets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Greg Buckner	73	24.1	6.7	0.4	2.4	2.9	1.7	1.2	0.3	0.7	2.5	2.5	5.7	.434	1.2	3.3	.354	0.6	0.8	.782
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		%
Greg Buckner	5	27.4	12.6	0.6	2.2	2.8	1.2	0.6	0.2	0.2	2.4	4.6	11.0	.418	2.0	6.4	.313	1.4	1.6	.875
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
	Greg Buckner	Nikola Jokic
Season	2006-07	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Greg Buckner	76	18.1	4.0	0.5	1.6	2.1	0.9	0.6	0.1	0.5	2.0	1.6	3.9	.411	0.4	1.4	.311	0.4	0.4	.794
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		%
Greg Buckner	6	7.3	0.2	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	1.2	0.0	1.2	.000	0.0	0.7	.000	0.2	0.3	.500
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
	Greg Buckner	Nikola Jokic
Season	2007-08	2023-24
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	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		%
Greg Buckner	31	16.8	4.0	0.3	1.8	2.1	1.3	0.7	0.1	0.9	2.0	1.5	3.8	.385	0.5	1.6	.300	0.6	0.7	.864
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		%
Greg Buckner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Jokic	8	40.0	26.6	3.8	11.1	14.9	9.4	1.5	0.6	3.8	2.9	10.1	18.6	.544	1.1	3.9	.290	5.3	5.6	.933


Season 10
	Greg Buckner	Nikola Jokic
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
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		%
Greg Buckner	63	13.9	2.5	0.5	1.6	2.1	0.9	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.7	1.0	2.5	.384	0.2	0.8	.255	0.3	0.4	.800
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Greg Buckner vs. Nikola Jokic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Jokic and Greg Buckner, 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