Nikola Jokic vs. Furkan Korkmaz Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Furkan Korkmaz 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 / 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 9 years in the NBA, 2 more than Furkan Korkmaz, who played 7. Nikola Jokic had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Furkan Korkmaz had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
Nikola Jokic 9 6 2015-16 to 2023-24
Furkan Korkmaz 7 6 2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Nikola Jokic Furkan Korkmaz
Season 2015-162017-18
Team Denver NuggetsPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Rookie First Team-
Playoffs Did Not Play76ers Lost East 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 %
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
Furkan Korkmaz 14 5.7 1.6 0.1 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.9 0.6 2.0 .286 0.4 1.2 .294 0.1 0.3 .500
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Nikola Jokic ------- --- ----------
Furkan Korkmaz 1 2.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.000 1.0 1.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 -

Season 2
Nikola Jokic Furkan Korkmaz
Season 2016-172018-19
Team Denver NuggetsPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not Play76ers Lost East 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 %
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
Furkan Korkmaz 48 14.1 5.8 0.3 1.9 2.2 1.1 0.6 0.0 0.5 1.3 2.0 5.1 .400 1.0 3.0 .326 0.8 0.9 .818
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Nikola Jokic ------- --- ----------
Furkan Korkmaz 4 9.0 4.8 0.0 1.5 1.5 1.3 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.3 1.5 4.5 .333 0.8 2.0 .375 1.0 1.3 .800

Season 3
Nikola Jokic Furkan Korkmaz
Season 2017-182019-20
Team Denver NuggetsPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not Play76ers 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 %
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
Furkan Korkmaz 72 21.7 9.8 0.3 2.1 2.3 1.1 0.6 0.2 0.8 1.4 3.4 7.8 .430 2.0 4.9 .402 1.1 1.4 .755
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Nikola Jokic ------- --- ----------
Furkan Korkmaz 4 10.0 0.8 0.0 1.5 1.5 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.8 0.0 1.8 .000 0.0 1.5 .000 0.8 1.3 .600

Season 4
Nikola Jokic Furkan Korkmaz
Season 2018-192020-21
Team Denver NuggetsPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA First Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis76ers Lost East 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 %
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
Furkan Korkmaz 55 19.3 9.1 0.3 1.7 2.1 1.5 0.9 0.2 0.8 1.2 3.1 7.7 .401 1.8 4.9 .375 1.1 1.5 .732
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
Furkan Korkmaz 12 16.3 7.0 0.3 1.7 2.0 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.8 2.5 6.1 .411 1.2 3.7 .318 0.8 1.2 .714

Season 5
Nikola Jokic Furkan Korkmaz
Season 2019-202021-22
Team Denver NuggetsPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals76ers Lost East 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 %
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
Furkan Korkmaz 67 21.1 7.6 0.3 2.3 2.6 1.9 0.5 0.1 0.7 0.9 2.7 7.0 .387 1.1 4.0 .289 1.0 1.3 .810
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
Furkan Korkmaz 9 6.8 3.1 0.1 1.2 1.3 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.8 1.2 2.6 .478 0.4 1.1 .400 0.2 0.2 1.000

Season 6
Nikola Jokic Furkan Korkmaz
Season 2020-212022-23
Team Denver NuggetsPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards Achievement Season MVP-
Achievement All-NBA First Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis76ers Lost East 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 %
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
Furkan Korkmaz 37 9.5 3.8 0.2 1.0 1.1 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.5 1.3 3.0 .432 0.5 1.2 .391 0.7 1.0 .722
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
Furkan Korkmaz 3 3.7 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.7 .000 0.0 0.3 .000 0.7 0.7 1.000

Season 7
Nikola Jokic Furkan Korkmaz
Season 2021-222023-24
Team Denver NuggetsPhiladelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards Achievement Season MVP-
Achievement All-NBA First Team-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st RdDid 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 %
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
Furkan Korkmaz 35 8.6 2.5 0.1 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.9 2.2 .395 0.4 1.1 .350 0.4 0.6 .700
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
Furkan Korkmaz ------- --- ----------

Season 8
Nikola Jokic Furkan Korkmaz
Season 2022-23-
Team Denver Nuggets-
Honors & Awards Achievement Finals MVP-
Achievement All-NBA Second Team-
Achievement 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 %
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
Furkan Korkmaz ------- --- ----------
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
Furkan Korkmaz ------- --- ----------

Season 9
Nikola Jokic Furkan Korkmaz
Season 2023-24-
Team Denver Nuggets-
Honors & Awards Achievement Season MVP-
Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs 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 %
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
Furkan Korkmaz ------- --- ----------
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
Furkan Korkmaz ------- --- ----------
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