Marc Gasol vs. Nikola Jokic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Jokic and Marc Gasol, 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 / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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.

Marc Gasol played 13 years in the NBA, 2 more than Nikola Jokic, who played 11. Marc Gasol had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Marc Gasol	13	9	2008-09 to 2020-21
Nikola Jokic	11	7	2015-16 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11


Rookie Season
	Marc Gasol	Nikola Jokic
Season	2008-09	2015-16
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Marc Gasol	82	30.7	11.9	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.7	0.8	1.1	2.0	3.2	4.3	8.1	.530	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	4.6	.733
difference:	+2	+9.0	+1.9	+0.2	+0.2	+0.4	+0.7	+0.2	+0.5	-0.7	-0.6	+0.5	+0.6	+.018	+0.4	+1.1		+1.5	+2.2	+.078
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 Marc Gasol nor Nikola Jokic played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Marc Gasol	Nikola Jokic
Season	2009-10	2016-17
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	69	35.8	14.6	3.0	6.3	9.3	2.4	1.0	1.6	2.0	3.7	5.5	9.4	.581	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.4	.670
difference:	+4	+7.9	+2.1	+0.1	+0.6	+0.5	+2.5	+0.2	+0.8	-0.3	-0.8	+1.3	+2.3	+.003	+0.6	+1.9		+1.1	+2.3	+.155
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
* Neiher Marc Gasol nor Nikola Jokic played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Marc Gasol	Nikola Jokic
Season	2010-11	2017-18
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	81	31.9	11.7	1.9	5.1	7.0	2.5	0.9	1.7	1.8	3.3	4.5	8.5	.527	0.0	0.1	.429	2.7	3.6	.748
difference:	+6	+0.7	+6.8	+0.7	+3.0	+3.7	+3.6	+0.3	+0.9	-1.0	-0.5	+2.2	+5.0	+.028	+1.5	+3.6	+.033	+0.8	+0.6	+.102
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		%
Marc Gasol	13	39.9	15.0	3.2	8.1	11.2	2.2	1.1	2.2	2.0	3.4	5.5	10.8	.511	0.0	0.2	.000	3.9	5.6	.699
Nikola Jokic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Marc Gasol	Nikola Jokic
Season	2011-12	2018-19
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Marc Gasol	65	36.5	14.6	1.8	7.1	8.9	3.1	1.0	1.9	1.9	3.1	5.5	11.4	.482	0.0	0.2	.083	3.6	4.9	.748
difference:	+15	+5.2	+5.5	+1.1	+0.9	+1.9	+4.2	+0.4	+1.2	-1.2	-0.2	+2.2	+3.7	+.029	+1.0	+3.2	+.224		+0.5	+.073
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		%
Marc Gasol	7	37.3	15.1	2.3	4.4	6.7	3.1	0.3	1.9	1.9	3.6	5.1	9.9	.522	0.0	0.1	.000	4.9	6.1	.791
difference:	+7	+2.5	+10.0	+1.6	+4.7	+6.3	+5.3	+0.8	+1.0	-0.7	-0.3	+4.3	+8.7	+.016	+1.6	+3.9	+.393	+0.2	+0.5	+.055
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
	Marc Gasol	Nikola Jokic
Season	2012-13	2019-20
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Marc Gasol	80	35.0	14.1	2.3	5.5	7.8	4.0	1.0	1.7	2.0	3.2	5.4	10.9	.494	0.0	0.2	.071	3.4	4.0	.848
difference:	+7	+3.0	+5.8		+2.0	+1.9	+3.0	+0.2	+1.1	-1.1	-0.2	+2.3	+3.8	+.034	+1.1	+3.3	+.243		+0.1	+.031
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		%
Marc Gasol	15	40.6	17.2	1.7	6.8	8.5	3.2	0.9	2.2	1.2	3.5	6.2	13.7	.454	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	6.0	.800
difference:	+4	+4.1	+7.2	+0.2	+1.1	+1.3	+2.5	+0.2	+1.4	-2.1	-0.1	+3.2	+4.4	+.065	+2.2	+5.2		+1.3	+1.8	+.035
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
	Marc Gasol	Nikola Jokic
Season	2013-14	2020-21
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Marc Gasol	59	33.4	14.6	1.4	5.8	7.2	3.6	1.0	1.3	1.9	2.5	5.7	12.1	.473	0.0	0.2	.182	3.1	4.1	.768
difference:	+13	+1.2	+11.8	+1.4	+2.2	+3.6	+4.7	+0.3	+0.6	-1.2	-0.2	+4.5	+5.9	+.093	+1.3	+3.1	+.206	+1.7	+1.4	+.100
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		%
Marc Gasol	7	42.7	17.3	1.9	5.9	7.7	4.4	1.7	0.9	1.7	3.9	6.7	16.6	.405	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	4.9	.794
difference:	+3	+8.2	+12.5	+1.8	+2.0	+3.9	+0.6	+1.1		-0.7	-1.6	+4.9	+6.2	+.104	+2.0	+5.2	+.377	+0.7	+0.6	+.042
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
	Marc Gasol	Nikola Jokic
Season	2014-15	2021-22
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Marc Gasol	81	33.2	17.4	1.4	6.4	7.8	3.8	0.9	1.6	2.2	2.6	6.5	13.2	.494	0.0	0.2	.176	4.3	5.4	.795
difference:	+7	+0.3	+9.7	+1.4	+4.6	+6.0	+4.1	+0.6	+0.7	-1.6		+3.8	+4.5	+.089	+1.3	+3.7	+.161	+0.8	+0.9	+.015
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		%
Marc Gasol	11	37.8	19.7	1.7	8.5	10.3	4.5	0.9	1.7	1.5	3.0	6.5	16.4	.394	0.0	0.2	.000	6.8	8.0	.852
difference:	+6	+3.6	+11.3	+1.7	+1.3	+2.9	+1.3	+0.7	+0.7	-3.3	-1.0	+5.7	+4.8	+.181	+1.0	+3.4	+.278	+1.2	+1.4	+.004
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
	Marc Gasol	Nikola Jokic
Season	2015-16	2022-23
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	52	34.4	16.6	1.1	5.8	7.0	3.8	1.0	1.3	2.3	2.7	6.3	13.6	.464	0.0	0.1	.667	3.9	4.7	.829
difference:	+17	+0.7	+7.9	+1.3	+3.6	+4.8	+6.0	+0.3	+0.6	-1.3	-0.2	+3.1	+1.2	+.168	+0.8	+2.1	+.284	+1.0	+1.3	+.007
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		%
Marc Gasol	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Marc Gasol	Nikola Jokic
Season	2016-17	2023-24
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	74	34.2	19.5	0.8	5.5	6.3	4.6	0.9	1.3	2.2	2.3	7.2	15.7	.459	1.4	3.6	.388	3.8	4.5	.837
difference:	+5	+0.4	+6.9	+2.0	+4.0	+6.1	+4.4	+0.5	+0.4	-0.8	-0.2	+3.2	+2.2	+.124	+0.3	+0.7	+.029	+0.7	+1.0	+.020
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		%
Marc Gasol	6	40.0	19.3	1.2	5.3	6.5	4.2	0.3	0.7	2.5	3.7	6.5	13.8	.470	1.2	2.0	.583	5.2	5.5	.939
difference:	+6	+0.2	+9.4	+2.4	+4.5	+6.9	+4.5	+1.1		-0.8	-1.0	+4.6	+6.5	+.075		+2.4	+.319	+0.1	+0.4	+.038
Nikola Jokic	12	40.2	28.7	3.6	9.8	13.4	8.7	1.4	0.7	3.3	2.7	11.1	20.3	.545	1.2	4.4	.264	5.3	5.9	.901


Season 10
	Marc Gasol	Nikola Jokic
Season	2017-18	2024-25
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	73	33.0	17.2	1.1	7.0	8.1	4.2	0.7	1.4	2.7	2.5	5.9	14.2	.420	1.5	4.4	.341	3.8	4.6	.834
difference:	+3	+3.7	+12.4	+1.8	+2.9	+4.6	+6.0	+1.1	+0.8	-0.6	-0.2	+5.3	+5.3	+.156	+0.5	+0.3	+.076	+1.4	+1.8	+.034
Nikola Jokic	70	36.7	29.6	2.9	9.9	12.7	10.2	1.8	0.6	3.3	2.3	11.2	19.5	.576	2.0	4.7	.417	5.2	6.4	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Jokic	14	40.2	26.2	2.1	10.6	12.7	8.0	2.0	0.9	3.9	3.4	9.4	19.1	.489	1.9	5.1	.380	5.6	7.2	.772


Season 11
	Marc Gasol	Nikola Jokic
Season	2018-19	2025-26
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	79	30.8	13.6	1.0	6.9	7.9	4.4	1.1	1.1	2.0	2.7	4.9	11.0	.448	1.3	3.5	.363	2.4	3.2	.759
difference:	+64	+4.0	+15.9	+2.2	+2.9	+5.1	+6.6	+0.6	+0.2	-1.6	-0.4	+6.0	+6.1	+.186	+0.7	+1.4	+.048	+3.3	+3.5	+.092
Nikola Jokic	15	34.8	29.5	3.2	9.8	13.0	11.0	1.7	0.9	3.6	3.1	10.9	17.1	.634	2.0	4.9	.411	5.7	6.7	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	24	30.6	9.4	0.7	5.8	6.4	3.0	0.9	1.1	0.9	3.5	3.2	7.5	.422	1.4	3.7	.382	1.7	1.9	.870
Nikola Jokic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Marc Gasol played 2 seasons more than Nikola Jokic in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 12 to 13, from 2020 to 2021—Marc Gasol played in two Playoffs.

Marc Gasol vs. Nikola Jokic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Jokic and Marc Gasol, 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years