Nikola Jokic vs. Immanuel Quickley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Immanuel Quickley 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, 5 more than Immanuel Quickley, who played 6. Nikola Jokic had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Immanuel Quickley had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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	Immanuel Quickley
Season	2015-16	2020-21
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

more >>

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:	+16	+2.3	+1.4	+1.9	+2.9	+4.9	+0.4	+0.5	+0.4	-0.4	-0.8	+0.2	+1.6	+.117	+1.4	+3.6	+.056	+0.5	+0.3	+.080
Immanuel Quickley	64	19.4	11.4	0.4	1.8	2.1	2.0	0.5	0.2	0.9	1.8	3.6	9.1	.395	1.8	4.7	.389	2.4	2.7	.891
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Immanuel Quickley	5	15.4	5.8	0.0	1.4	1.4	1.0	0.6	0.0	1.2	1.6	2.0	6.6	.303	0.8	2.2	.364	1.0	1.4	.714

Season 4
	Nikola Jokic	Immanuel Quickley
Season	2018-19	2023-24
Team	Denver Nuggets	New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

more >>

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:	+12	+2.1	+3.1	+2.6	+4.4	+7.0	+2.4	+0.7	+0.6	-1.6	-1.1	+2.0	+2.0	+.077	+1.5	+3.0	+.088	+0.5	+0.8	+.032
Immanuel Quickley	68	29.2	17.0	0.3	3.6	3.8	4.9	0.7	0.1	1.5	1.8	5.7	13.1	.434	2.5	6.4	.395	3.1	3.6	.853
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
Immanuel Quickley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Nikola Jokic	Immanuel Quickley
Season	2019-20	2024-25
Team	Denver Nuggets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

more >>

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:	+40	+4.2	+2.8	+1.8	+4.4	+6.2	+1.2	+0.5	+0.5	-1.3	-1.2	+2.1	+1.4	+.108	+1.5	+3.3	+.064		+0.2	+.050
Immanuel Quickley	33	27.8	17.1	0.5	3.1	3.5	5.8	0.7	0.1	1.8	1.8	5.6	13.3	.420	2.6	6.8	.378	3.4	3.9	.867
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
Immanuel Quickley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Nikola Jokic	Immanuel Quickley
Season	2020-21	2025-26
Team	Denver Nuggets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

more >>

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:	+64	+4.1	+13.4	+2.0	+4.6	+6.7	+1.9	+0.1	+0.7	-1.3	-0.4	+5.9	+6.9	+.184	+0.2	+2.1	+.109	+1.8	+1.6	+.094
Immanuel Quickley	8	30.5	13.0	0.8	3.4	4.1	6.4	1.4	0.0	1.8	2.3	4.3	11.1	.382	1.5	5.4	.279	3.0	3.9	.774
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
Immanuel Quickley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Nikola Jokic played 5 seasons more than Immanuel Quickley in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 11, from 2022 to 2026—Nikola Jokic played in 4 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 5 extra years over Immanuel Quickley, Nikola Jokic got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 2 Season MVP 3 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-Star Game