Nikola Jokic vs. Dennis Schroder Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Schroder 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.

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.

Nikola Jokic played 10 years in the NBA, 2 less than Dennis Schroder, who played 12. Nikola Jokic had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Dennis Schroder had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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
Nikola Jokic	10	7	2015-16 to 2024-25
Dennis Schroder	12	9	2013-14 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Nikola Jokic	Dennis Schroder
Season	2015-16	2013-14
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+31	+8.6	+6.3	+2.2	+3.6	+5.8	+0.5	+0.7	+0.6	-0.1	-1.5	+2.3	+3.7	+.129	+0.2	+0.2	+.095	+1.3	+1.5	+.137
Dennis Schroder	49	13.1	3.7	0.1	1.1	1.2	1.9	0.3	0.0	1.2	1.1	1.5	3.8	.383	0.2	0.9	.238	0.6	0.9	.674

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Schroder	2	3.5	2.5	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Nikola Jokic	Dennis Schroder
Season	2016-17	2014-15
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+4	+8.2	+6.7	+2.5	+5.1	+7.7	+0.8	+0.2	+0.7	-0.4	-1.3	+3.1	+3.1	+.151	+0.1		+.027	+0.7	+0.8	+.002
Dennis Schroder	77	19.7	10.0	0.4	1.8	2.1	4.1	0.6	0.1	1.9	1.6	3.7	8.6	.427	0.7	1.9	.351	1.9	2.3	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Schroder	16	18.1	9.0	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.9	0.6	0.0	1.7	1.8	3.5	9.1	.386	0.5	2.1	.235	1.5	1.8	.857


Season 3
	Nikola Jokic	Dennis Schroder
Season	2017-18	2015-16
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis

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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		%
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
difference:	+5	+12.3	+7.5	+2.3	+5.9	+8.1	+1.7	+0.3	+0.7	-0.5	-1.1	+2.6	+3.7	+.078	+0.5	+0.7	+.074	+1.7	+1.9	+.059
Dennis Schroder	80	20.3	11.0	0.3	2.2	2.6	4.4	0.9	0.1	2.3	1.7	4.1	9.8	.421	1.0	3.0	.322	1.8	2.3	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Schroder	10	19.1	11.7	0.6	1.3	1.9	3.6	0.4	0.1	2.1	2.4	4.7	10.4	.452	1.2	3.5	.343	1.1	1.3	.846


Season 4
	Nikola Jokic	Dennis Schroder
Season	2018-19	2016-17
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+1	+0.2	+2.2	+2.4	+5.4	+7.7	+1.0	+0.5	+0.5	-0.2	-1.0	+0.8	+0.3	+.060	+0.3	+0.3	+.033	+0.8	+1.2	+.034
Dennis Schroder	79	31.5	17.9	0.5	2.6	3.1	6.3	0.9	0.2	3.3	1.9	6.9	15.4	.451	1.3	3.7	.340	2.8	3.2	.855

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:	+8	+4.6	+0.4	+3.2	+7.4	+10.7	+0.7	+0.1	+0.9	-0.9	-0.7	+1.1	+0.3	+.051	+1.2	+2.7	+.032	+0.5	+0.6	+.008
Dennis Schroder	6	35.2	24.7	0.7	1.7	2.3	7.7	1.0	0.0	1.7	3.2	8.3	18.3	.455	2.8	6.7	.425	5.2	6.2	.838


Season 5
	Nikola Jokic	Dennis Schroder
Season	2019-20	2017-18
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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:	+6	+1.0	+0.5	+1.6	+5.1	+6.6	+0.8	+0.1	+0.5	-0.4	-0.8	+0.2	+2.4	+.092		+0.4	+.024		+0.1	+.032
Dennis Schroder	67	31.0	19.4	0.7	2.4	3.1	6.2	1.1	0.1	2.7	2.2	7.5	17.1	.436	1.1	3.9	.290	3.4	4.0	.849

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
Dennis Schroder	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Nikola Jokic	Dennis Schroder
Season	2020-21	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+7	+5.3	+10.9	+2.3	+4.9	+7.2	+4.2	+0.5	+0.5	-0.9	-0.3	+4.4	+4.0	+.152	+0.3	+1.3	+.047	+2.4	+2.6	+.049
Dennis Schroder	79	29.3	15.5	0.5	3.1	3.6	4.1	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.4	5.8	14.0	.414	1.6	4.6	.341	2.4	2.9	.819

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
difference:	+5	+4.3	+16.0	+3.3	+5.1	+8.4	+1.6	+0.2	+0.9	-1.2	-0.1	+6.6	+11.8	+.054	+0.8	+1.3	+.077	+2.0	+1.9	+.114
Dennis Schroder	5	30.2	13.8	0.4	2.8	3.2	3.4	0.8	0.0	1.2	2.2	5.0	11.0	.455	1.2	4.0	.300	2.6	3.6	.722


Season 7
	Nikola Jokic	Dennis Schroder
Season	2021-22	2019-20
Team	Denver Nuggets	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Thunder 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		%
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:	+9	+2.7	+8.2	+2.5	+7.7	+10.2	+3.9	+0.8	+0.7	-1.2	-0.4	+3.3	+2.9	+.114	+0.6	+1.1	+.048	+2.1	+2.7	+.029
Dennis Schroder	65	30.8	18.9	0.3	3.3	3.6	4.0	0.7	0.2	2.6	2.2	7.0	14.8	.469	1.9	5.0	.385	3.0	3.6	.839

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
difference:	+2	+1.8	+13.7	+3.1	+6.4	+9.5	+2.2	+1.0	+0.9	-2.4	-1.9	+5.9	+5.6	+.171	+0.9	+2.8	+.011	+2.7	+3.0	+.048
Dennis Schroder	7	32.4	17.3	0.3	3.4	3.7	3.6	0.6	0.1	2.4	2.1	6.3	15.6	.404	1.9	6.4	.289	2.9	3.6	.800


Season 8
	Nikola Jokic	Dennis Schroder
Season	2022-23	2020-21
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+8	+1.6	+9.1	+1.9	+6.4	+8.3	+4.0	+0.2	+0.5	-0.9	-0.1	+4.0	+2.3	+.195	+0.4	+1.3	+.048	+1.5	+2.0	+.026
Dennis Schroder	61	32.1	15.4	0.5	3.0	3.5	5.8	1.1	0.2	2.7	2.6	5.4	12.5	.437	1.2	3.5	.335	3.4	4.0	.848

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+14	+6.8	+15.7	+3.3	+7.2	+10.5	+6.7	+0.1	+0.8	-1.8	-1.3	+6.7	+9.0	+.148	+0.5	+0.5	+.153	+1.9	+2.7	+.047
Dennis Schroder	6	32.7	14.3	0.2	2.8	3.0	2.8	1.0	0.2	1.7	2.2	4.7	11.7	.400	1.3	4.3	.308	3.7	4.3	.846


Season 9
	Nikola Jokic	Dennis Schroder
Season	2023-24	2021-22
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+15	+5.9	+12.9	+2.3	+6.7	+9.1	+4.4	+0.6	+0.8	-0.8	-0.1	+5.5	+6.6	+.152	+0.2	+1.0	+.015	+2.0	+2.6	+.036
Dennis Schroder	64	28.7	13.5	0.5	2.8	3.3	4.6	0.8	0.1	2.2	2.4	4.9	11.3	.431	1.3	3.9	.344	2.5	2.9	.853

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Dennis Schroder	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Nikola Jokic	Dennis Schroder
Season	2024-25	2022-23
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+4	+6.6	+17.0	+2.6	+7.7	+10.2	+5.7	+1.0	+0.4	-1.6	-0.1	+7.1	+9.7	+.161	+0.9	+1.3	+.088	+1.9	+2.6	+.057
Dennis Schroder	66	30.1	12.6	0.3	2.2	2.5	4.5	0.8	0.2	1.7	2.2	4.1	9.8	.415	1.1	3.4	.329	3.3	3.8	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+2	+14.1	+18.8	+1.9	+8.8	+10.8	+5.1	+1.0	+0.7	-2.6	-0.9	+6.8	+12.7	+.091	+1.1	+2.7	+.047	+4.2	+5.4	+.049
Dennis Schroder	16	26.1	7.4	0.2	1.8	1.9	2.9	1.0	0.2	1.3	2.5	2.6	6.4	.398	0.8	2.4	.333	1.4	1.8	.821

Additional Years

* Dennis Schroder played 2 seasons more than Nikola Jokic in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 11 to 12, from 2024 to 2025—Dennis Schroder played in one postseason.

Nikola Jokic vs. Dennis Schroder Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Schroder 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.

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

Additional Years