Larry Foust vs. Nikola Jokic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Jokic and Larry Foust, 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.

Larry Foust played 12 years in the NBA, 3 more than Nikola Jokic, who played 9. Larry Foust had the first of his seasons in 1950-51, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Larry Foust	Nikola Jokic
Season	1950-51	2015-16
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div 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		%
Larry Foust	68	-	13.5	-	-	10.0	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	4.8	13.9	.346	-	-	-	3.8	5.8	.659
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		%
Larry Foust	3	-	12.0	-	-	12.3	1.7	-	-	-	1.7	4.7	15.0	.311	-	-	-	2.7	3.3	.800
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Larry Foust	Nikola Jokic
Season	1951-52	2016-17
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div 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		%
Larry Foust	66	39.6	15.9	-	-	13.3	3.0	-	-	-	3.7	5.9	15.0	.394	-	-	-	4.0	6.0	.678
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		%
Larry Foust	2	38.5	15.0	-	-	15.0	2.5	-	-	-	4.0	6.0	11.5	.522	-	-	-	3.0	3.5	.857
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Larry Foust	Nikola Jokic
Season	1952-53	2017-18
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div 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		%
Larry Foust	67	34.4	14.3	-	-	11.5	2.3	-	-	-	4.0	4.6	12.9	.360	-	-	-	5.0	6.9	.723
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		%
Larry Foust	8	41.5	19.1	-	-	13.9	0.8	-	-	-	4.3	6.0	15.1	.397	-	-	-	7.1	8.5	.838
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Larry Foust	Nikola Jokic
Season	1953-54	2018-19
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost W Div Round Robin	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		%
Larry Foust	72	37.4	15.1	-	-	13.4	2.2	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	12.8	.409	-	-	-	4.7	6.6	.712
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		%
Larry Foust	4	32.3	10.3	-	-	9.5	1.8	-	-	-	5.3	2.8	10.3	.268	-	-	-	4.8	6.3	.760
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
	Larry Foust	Nikola Jokic
Season	1954-55	2019-20
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA 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		%
Larry Foust	70	32.3	17.0	-	-	10.0	1.7	-	-	-	3.8	5.7	11.7	.487	-	-	-	5.6	7.3	.766
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		%
Larry Foust	11	30.1	15.6	-	-	9.7	2.4	-	-	-	3.9	5.5	13.8	.395	-	-	-	4.7	6.6	.712
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
	Larry Foust	Nikola Jokic
Season	1955-56	2020-21
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Larry Foust	72	28.1	16.2	-	-	9.0	1.8	-	-	-	3.7	5.1	11.4	.447	-	-	-	6.0	7.7	.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		%
Larry Foust	10	28.9	16.8	-	-	12.7	1.4	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	13.0	.377	-	-	-	7.0	8.9	.787
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
	Larry Foust	Nikola Jokic
Season	1956-57	2021-22
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Larry Foust	61	25.1	12.4	-	-	9.1	1.2	-	-	-	3.6	4.0	10.1	.394	-	-	-	4.5	6.2	.718
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		%
Larry Foust	2	32.0	22.5	-	-	12.5	3.0	-	-	-	5.0	6.5	11.5	.565	-	-	-	9.5	11.5	.826
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
	Larry Foust	Nikola Jokic
Season	1957-58	2022-23
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	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		%
Larry Foust	72	30.6	16.8	-	-	12.2	1.5	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	13.6	.398	-	-	-	5.9	7.9	.756
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		%
Larry Foust	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Larry Foust	Nikola Jokic
Season	1958-59	2023-24
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Larry Foust	72	26.8	12.3	-	-	8.7	1.3	-	-	-	3.2	4.2	10.7	.390	-	-	-	3.9	5.1	.765
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		%
Larry Foust	13	31.1	11.8	-	-	10.5	0.9	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	10.3	.418	-	-	-	3.2	3.8	.820
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