Mark Aguirre vs. Nikola Jokic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Jokic and Mark Aguirre, 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.

Mark Aguirre played 13 years in the NBA, 4 more than Nikola Jokic, who played 9. Mark Aguirre had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, 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
Mark Aguirre	13	9	1981-82 to 1993-94
Nikola Jokic	9	6	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13


Rookie Season
	Mark Aguirre	Nikola Jokic
Season	1981-82	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		%
Mark Aguirre	51	28.8	18.7	1.7	3.1	4.9	3.2	0.7	0.4	2.6	3.0	7.5	16.1	.465	0.5	1.4	.352	3.3	4.8	.680
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		%
Mark Aguirre	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Mark Aguirre	Nikola Jokic
Season	1982-83	2016-17
Team	Dallas Mavericks	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		%
Mark Aguirre	81	34.4	24.4	2.4	3.9	6.3	4.1	1.0	0.3	3.2	3.0	9.5	19.6	.483	0.2	0.9	.211	5.3	7.3	.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		%
Mark Aguirre	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Mark Aguirre	Nikola Jokic
Season	1983-84	2017-18
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Mark Aguirre	79	36.7	29.5	2.0	3.9	5.9	4.5	1.0	0.3	3.6	3.1	11.7	22.3	.524	0.2	0.7	.268	5.9	7.9	.749
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		%
Mark Aguirre	10	35.0	22.0	2.1	5.5	7.6	3.2	0.5	0.5	2.7	3.4	8.8	18.4	.478	0.0	0.5	.000	4.4	5.7	.772
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Mark Aguirre	Nikola Jokic
Season	1984-85	2018-19
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Mark Aguirre	80	33.7	25.7	2.4	3.6	6.0	3.1	0.8	0.3	3.2	3.1	9.9	19.6	.506	0.3	1.1	.318	5.5	7.3	.759
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		%
Mark Aguirre	4	41.0	29.0	4.0	3.5	7.5	4.0	0.8	0.0	3.8	4.0	11.0	22.3	.494	0.3	0.5	.500	6.8	8.0	.844
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
	Mark Aguirre	Nikola Jokic
Season	1985-86	2019-20
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Mark Aguirre	74	33.8	22.6	2.4	3.6	6.0	4.6	0.8	0.2	3.4	3.1	9.0	17.9	.503	0.2	0.8	.286	4.3	6.1	.705
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		%
Mark Aguirre	10	34.5	24.7	2.1	5.0	7.1	5.4	0.9	0.0	2.3	2.8	10.5	21.4	.491	0.2	0.6	.333	3.5	5.5	.636
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
	Mark Aguirre	Nikola Jokic
Season	1986-87	2020-21
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Mark Aguirre	80	33.3	25.7	2.3	3.1	5.3	3.2	1.1	0.4	2.7	3.0	9.8	19.9	.495	0.7	1.9	.353	5.4	7.0	.770
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		%
Mark Aguirre	4	32.5	21.3	2.8	3.3	6.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	2.3	3.8	7.8	15.5	.500	0.0	1.0	.000	5.8	7.5	.767
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
	Mark Aguirre	Nikola Jokic
Season	1987-88	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Mark Aguirre	77	33.9	25.1	2.4	3.3	5.6	3.6	0.9	0.7	2.6	2.9	9.7	20.4	.475	0.7	2.2	.302	5.0	6.5	.770
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		%
Mark Aguirre	17	32.8	21.6	2.0	3.9	5.9	3.3	0.8	0.5	2.4	2.9	8.6	17.3	.500	0.8	2.0	.382	3.5	5.1	.698
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
	Mark Aguirre	Nikola Jokic
Season	1988-89	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Mark Aguirre	80	32.5	18.9	1.8	3.0	4.8	3.5	0.6	0.5	2.6	2.9	7.3	15.9	.461	0.6	2.2	.293	3.6	4.9	.733
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		%
Mark Aguirre	17	27.2	12.6	1.5	2.9	4.4	1.6	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.2	5.2	10.7	.489	0.5	1.7	.276	1.6	2.2	.737
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
	Mark Aguirre	Nikola Jokic
Season	1989-90	2023-24
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Mark Aguirre	78	25.7	14.1	1.5	2.4	3.9	1.9	0.4	0.2	1.6	2.6	5.6	11.5	.488	0.4	1.2	.333	2.5	3.3	.756
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		%
Mark Aguirre	20	22.0	11.0	1.6	3.0	4.6	1.4	0.5	0.2	1.5	2.6	4.3	9.2	.467	0.4	1.2	.333	2.0	2.6	.750
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
	Mark Aguirre	Nikola Jokic
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Mark Aguirre	78	25.7	14.2	1.7	3.1	4.8	1.8	0.6	0.3	1.6	2.7	5.4	11.7	.462	0.3	1.0	.308	3.1	4.1	.757
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Aguirre	15	26.5	15.6	1.1	2.9	4.1	1.9	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.7	6.0	11.9	.506	0.8	2.2	.364	2.8	3.4	.824
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Mark Aguirre	Nikola Jokic
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East 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		%
Mark Aguirre	75	21.1	11.3	0.9	2.3	3.1	1.7	0.7	0.1	1.4	2.3	4.5	10.5	.431	0.2	0.9	.211	2.1	3.1	.687
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Aguirre	5	22.6	9.0	0.8	1.0	1.8	2.4	0.4	0.2	2.6	1.8	3.2	9.6	.333	0.2	1.0	.200	2.4	3.2	.750
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Mark Aguirre	Nikola Jokic
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
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		%
Mark Aguirre	51	20.7	9.9	0.8	2.1	3.0	2.1	0.3	0.1	1.3	2.0	3.7	8.3	.443	0.6	1.6	.361	1.9	2.5	.767
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 13
	Mark Aguirre	Nikola Jokic
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
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		%
Mark Aguirre	39	22.0	10.6	0.7	2.3	3.0	2.7	0.5	0.2	1.8	2.5	4.2	8.9	.468	0.9	2.4	.398	1.3	1.8	.694
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Mark Aguirre vs. Nikola Jokic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Jokic and Mark Aguirre, 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

Season 12

Season 13