John Crotty vs. Nikola Jokic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Jokic and John Crotty, 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.

John Crotty played 11 years in the NBA, 2 more than Nikola Jokic, who played 9. John Crotty had the first of his seasons in 1992-93, 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
John Crotty	11	7	1992-93 to 2002-03
Nikola Jokic	9	6	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	John Crotty	Nikola Jokic
Season	1992-93	2015-16
Team	Utah Jazz	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
John Crotty	40	6.1	2.6	0.1	0.3	0.4	1.4	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.7	0.9	1.8	.514	0.1	0.4	.143	0.7	1.0	.684
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		%
John Crotty	1	3.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	John Crotty	Nikola Jokic
Season	1993-94	2016-17
Team	Utah Jazz	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West 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		%
John Crotty	45	7.0	2.9	0.2	0.4	0.7	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.8	1.0	2.2	.455	0.2	0.5	.458	0.7	0.8	.861
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		%
John Crotty	8	4.8	1.5	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.8	0.5	1.4	.364	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	0.3	1.000
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	John Crotty	Nikola Jokic
Season	1994-95	2017-18
Team	Utah Jazz	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
John Crotty	80	12.7	3.7	0.3	0.9	1.2	2.6	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.3	1.2	2.9	.403	0.1	0.5	.306	1.2	1.5	.810
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		%
John Crotty	3	8.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	0	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.0	.667	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.7	.600
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	John Crotty	Nikola Jokic
Season	1995-96	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		%
John Crotty	58	10.6	3.0	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.8	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.0	0.9	2.0	.447	0.1	0.5	.296	1.1	1.2	.861
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		%
John Crotty	2	4.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	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
	John Crotty	Nikola Jokic
Season	1996-97	2019-20
Team	Miami Heat	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
John Crotty	48	13.7	4.8	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.1	0.4	0.0	0.9	1.6	1.6	3.2	.513	0.4	1.0	.408	1.1	1.3	.844
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		%
John Crotty	15	8.4	2.5	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.9	1.0	0.9	2.2	.394	0.3	0.8	.417	0.4	0.5	.857
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
	John Crotty	Nikola Jokic
Season	1997-98	2020-21
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
John Crotty	26	14.6	3.7	0.2	1.1	1.2	2.4	0.4	0.0	1.6	1.1	1.1	3.5	.322	0.2	0.8	.300	1.2	1.3	.941
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		%
John Crotty	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	John Crotty	Nikola Jokic
Season	1998-99	2021-22
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Seattle Supersonics	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		%
John Crotty	27	14.1	5.9	0.3	0.9	1.1	2.3	0.4	0.0	1.2	1.1	1.9	4.6	.411	0.5	1.3	.389	1.6	1.9	.860
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		%
John Crotty	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	John Crotty	Nikola Jokic
Season	1999-00	2022-23
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
John Crotty	69	13.6	4.7	0.2	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.5	1.5	3.6	.422	0.5	1.2	.413	1.2	1.3	.860
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		%
John Crotty	3	17.0	2.0	0.0	1.3	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.3	1.3	0.7	3.3	.200	0.0	1.0	.000	0.7	0.7	1.000
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
	John Crotty	Nikola Jokic
Season	2000-01	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		%
John Crotty	31	8.5	2.1	0.4	0.5	0.9	1.1	0.2	0.0	0.6	1.0	0.7	2.1	.338	0.1	0.2	.571	0.5	0.6	.895
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		%
John Crotty	4	4.5	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	0.8	1.000
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
	John Crotty	Nikola Jokic
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
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		%
John Crotty	41	19.6	6.9	0.4	1.4	1.8	3.4	0.5	0.0	1.2	1.9	2.4	5.1	.471	0.8	1.7	.449	1.4	1.6	.864
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 11
	John Crotty	Nikola Jokic
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
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		%
John Crotty	12	15.0	3.4	0.1	1.2	1.3	2.4	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.3	1.2	3.4	.341	0.3	1.1	.308	0.8	1.3	.600
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

John Crotty vs. Nikola Jokic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Jokic and John Crotty, 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