Nikola Jokic vs. Caleb Martin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Caleb Martin and Nikola Jokic, 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.

Nikola Jokic played 11 years in the NBA, 4 more than Caleb Martin, who played 7. Nikola Jokic had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Caleb Martin had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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.

Rookie Season
	Nikola Jokic	Caleb Martin
Season	2015-16	2019-20
Team	Denver Nuggets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First 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		%
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
difference:	+62	+4.1	+3.8	+1.7	+3.1	+4.9	+1.1	+0.3	+0.2	-0.5	-0.8	+1.7	+2.8	+.072	+0.7	+1.0	+.208	+1.0	+1.2	+.001
Caleb Martin	18	17.6	6.2	0.6	1.6	2.1	1.3	0.7	0.4	0.8	1.8	2.1	4.7	.440	1.1	2.1	.541	0.9	1.2	.810
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Nikola Jokic nor Caleb Martin played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Nikola Jokic	Caleb Martin
Season	2018-19	2022-23
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Heat Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+9	+2.0	+10.5	+1.7	+4.4	+6.0	+5.7	+0.4	+0.3	-2.0	-0.9	+4.1	+7.4	+.047	+0.2	+0.1	+.049	+2.3	+2.8	+.016
Caleb Martin	71	29.3	9.6	1.2	3.6	4.8	1.6	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.0	3.6	7.7	.464	1.2	3.3	.356	1.3	1.6	.805
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+9	+9.6	+12.4	+2.7	+4.8	+7.6	+6.8	+0.2	+0.5	-1.6	-1.5	+4.7	+9.6	+.023	+0.3	+0.5	+.030	+3.4	+4.1	+.017
Caleb Martin	23	30.2	12.7	1.2	4.3	5.4	1.6	0.9	0.4	1.0	2.4	4.7	9.0	.529	1.9	4.5	.423	1.3	1.5	.829

Season 5
	Nikola Jokic	Caleb Martin
Season	2019-20	2023-24
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+9	+4.6	+9.9	+1.1	+4.3	+5.3	+4.8	+0.5	+0.1	-1.9	-1.0	+3.9	+6.0	+.097	+0.2	+0.1	+.035	+2.2	+2.6	+.039
Caleb Martin	64	27.4	10.0	1.2	3.2	4.4	2.2	0.7	0.5	1.2	2.0	3.8	8.7	.431	1.3	3.6	.349	1.2	1.5	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+14	+1.3	+12.8	+0.9	+5.3	+6.2	+4.3	+0.5	+0.8	-2.7	-0.8	+5.2	+9.1	+.052		+0.2	+.011	+2.5	+3.2	+.165
Caleb Martin	5	35.2	11.6	1.0	2.6	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.0	0.6	2.8	4.2	9.0	.467	2.2	5.0	.440	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 6
	Nikola Jokic	Caleb Martin
Season	2020-21	2024-25
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+27	+7.5	+18.5	+1.6	+5.2	+6.9	+6.2	+0.3	+0.2	-1.9	-0.8	+7.3	+11.2	+.142	+0.5	+1.0	+.029	+3.4	+3.3	+.246
Caleb Martin	45	27.1	7.9	1.2	2.8	3.9	2.1	1.0	0.5	1.2	1.9	2.9	6.8	.424	0.8	2.3	.359	1.4	2.2	.622
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Caleb Martin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Nikola Jokic	Caleb Martin
Season	2021-22	2025-26
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+52	+24.4	+25.9	+2.3	+10.0	+12.3	+7.0	+1.0	+0.8	-3.4	-1.0	+9.9	+16.0	+.340	+1.2	+3.3	+.183	+4.8	+5.9	+.065
Caleb Martin	22	9.1	1.2	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.9	0.5	0.1	0.4	1.6	0.4	1.7	.243	0.1	0.6	.154	0.3	0.4	.875
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Caleb Martin	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Nikola Jokic played 4 seasons more than Caleb Martin in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 8 to 11, from 2023 to 2026—Nikola Jokic played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 4 extra years over Caleb Martin, Nikola Jokic got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 Season MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-Star Game