Jay Humphries vs. Nikola Jokic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Jokic and Jay Humphries, 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.

Jay Humphries played 11 years in the NBA, 2 more than Nikola Jokic, who played 9. Jay Humphries had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, 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
Jay Humphries	11	7	1984-85 to 1994-95
Nikola Jokic	9	6	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jay Humphries	Nikola Jokic
Season	1984-85	2015-16
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jay Humphries	80	25.8	8.8	0.4	1.7	2.1	4.4	1.3	0.1	2.1	2.6	3.5	7.8	.446	0.1	0.3	.200	1.8	2.1	.829
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		%
Jay Humphries	3	30.0	16.3	0.3	1.3	1.7	5.3	0.7	0.0	2.7	4.0	6.7	10.3	.645	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.0	.750
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Jay Humphries	Nikola Jokic
Season	1985-86	2016-17
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Jay Humphries	82	33.3	11.0	0.7	2.5	3.2	6.4	1.6	0.1	2.3	2.7	4.3	9.0	.479	0.0	0.4	.138	2.4	3.1	.767
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		%
Jay Humphries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Jay Humphries	Nikola Jokic
Season	1986-87	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Jay Humphries	82	31.5	11.3	0.8	2.4	3.2	7.7	1.4	0.1	2.4	2.9	4.4	9.2	.477	0.1	0.3	.185	2.4	3.2	.769
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		%
Jay Humphries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Jay Humphries	Nikola Jokic
Season	1987-88	2018-19
Team	Phoenix Suns, Milwaukee Bucks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Jay Humphries	68	26.6	10.0	0.7	1.8	2.6	5.8	1.2	0.1	1.9	2.6	4.2	7.9	.528	0.0	0.3	.167	1.6	2.3	.732
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		%
Jay Humphries	2	9.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	3.0	0.0	2.5	.000	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
	Jay Humphries	Nikola Jokic
Season	1988-89	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Jay Humphries	73	30.4	11.6	1.0	1.6	2.6	5.5	1.9	0.1	2.2	2.6	4.7	9.8	.483	0.3	1.3	.266	1.8	2.2	.816
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		%
Jay Humphries	9	35.9	14.6	0.9	2.1	3.0	7.8	0.9	0.0	1.3	3.2	5.4	11.0	.495	0.3	2.0	.167	3.3	3.8	.882
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
	Jay Humphries	Nikola Jokic
Season	1989-90	2020-21
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks 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		%
Jay Humphries	81	34.8	15.3	1.0	2.3	3.3	5.8	1.9	0.1	1.9	3.1	6.1	12.4	.494	0.3	0.9	.300	2.8	3.5	.786
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		%
Jay Humphries	3	26.3	9.0	0.3	1.3	1.7	6.3	1.0	0.0	2.7	2.0	2.7	5.0	.533	0.3	1.0	.333	3.3	4.3	.769
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
	Jay Humphries	Nikola Jokic
Season	1990-91	2021-22
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Jay Humphries	80	34.1	15.2	0.7	2.0	2.8	6.7	1.6	0.1	1.9	3.0	6.0	12.0	.502	0.8	2.0	.373	2.4	3.0	.799
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		%
Jay Humphries	3	41.0	15.0	0.7	1.3	2.0	8.3	0.7	0.0	2.0	5.7	5.7	10.7	.531	0.7	1.7	.400	3.0	3.3	.900
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
	Jay Humphries	Nikola Jokic
Season	1991-92	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Jay Humphries	71	31.8	14.0	0.6	2.0	2.6	6.6	1.7	0.2	2.1	3.0	5.3	11.3	.469	0.6	2.0	.292	2.7	3.5	.783
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		%
Jay Humphries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Jay Humphries	Nikola Jokic
Season	1992-93	2023-24
Team	Utah Jazz	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jay Humphries	78	26.1	8.8	0.5	1.3	1.8	4.1	1.3	0.1	1.7	3.0	3.7	8.4	.436	0.2	1.0	.200	1.3	1.7	.777
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		%
Jay Humphries	5	23.0	5.2	1.0	1.0	2.0	3.4	0.6	0.6	1.2	1.6	2.2	6.6	.333	0.4	1.6	.250	0.4	0.8	.500
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
	Jay Humphries	Nikola Jokic
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Jay Humphries	75	21.6	7.5	0.5	1.2	1.7	2.9	0.9	0.1	1.3	2.2	3.1	7.1	.436	0.5	1.3	.396	0.8	1.0	.750
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jay Humphries	16	22.3	7.4	0.5	1.8	2.3	2.4	0.8	0.1	1.0	2.8	2.9	6.8	.426	0.4	1.4	.318	1.2	1.8	.679
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Jay Humphries	Nikola Jokic
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Utah Jazz, Boston Celtics	-
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		%
Jay Humphries	18	11.2	1.1	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.1	0.5	0.0	0.9	1.9	0.4	1.9	.235	0.1	0.2	.500	0.1	0.2	.500
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Jay Humphries vs. Nikola Jokic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Jokic and Jay Humphries, 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