Nikola Jokic vs. Jamal Mashburn Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamal Mashburn 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

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 less than Jamal Mashburn, who played 11. Nikola Jokic had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Jamal Mashburn had his rookie season in 1993-94. 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
Jamal Mashburn	11	7	1993-94 to 2003-04

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


Rookie Season
	Nikola Jokic	Jamal Mashburn
Season	2015-16	1993-94
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
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
Jamal Mashburn	79	36.7	19.2	1.4	3.1	4.5	3.4	1.1	0.2	3.1	2.6	7.1	17.5	.406	1.1	3.8	.284	3.9	5.5	.699

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


Season 2
	Nikola Jokic	Jamal Mashburn
Season	2016-17	1994-95
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
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		%
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
Jamal Mashburn	80	37.3	24.1	1.5	2.7	4.1	3.7	1.0	0.1	2.9	2.4	8.5	19.6	.436	1.4	4.3	.328	5.6	7.6	.739

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


Season 3
	Nikola Jokic	Jamal Mashburn
Season	2017-18	1995-96
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks
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		%
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
Jamal Mashburn	18	37.2	23.4	2.1	3.3	5.4	2.8	0.8	0.2	3.1	2.2	8.1	21.3	.379	1.9	5.7	.343	5.4	7.4	.729

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


Season 4
	Nikola Jokic	Jamal Mashburn
Season	2018-19	1996-97
Team	Denver Nuggets	Dallas Mavericks, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Heat 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		%
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
Jamal Mashburn	69	31.4	11.9	1.0	3.3	4.3	3.0	1.1	0.2	1.7	2.7	4.1	10.8	.385	1.3	4.0	.325	2.3	3.3	.702

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
Jamal Mashburn	17	32.8	10.5	1.3	3.6	4.9	2.1	1.0	0.1	1.8	3.4	3.8	9.9	.387	1.3	3.6	.355	1.5	2.4	.650


Season 5
	Nikola Jokic	Jamal Mashburn
Season	2019-20	1997-98
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Heat 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	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
Jamal Mashburn	48	36.0	15.1	1.5	3.4	4.9	2.8	0.9	0.3	2.3	2.9	5.2	12.0	.435	0.8	2.5	.303	3.8	4.8	.797

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
Jamal Mashburn	5	25.8	6.2	0.8	3.6	4.4	1.8	0.6	0.2	1.8	4.2	2.4	9.0	.267	0.8	2.2	.364	0.6	0.8	.750


Season 6
	Nikola Jokic	Jamal Mashburn
Season	2020-21	1998-99
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Heat 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	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
Jamal Mashburn	24	35.6	14.8	1.0	5.1	6.1	3.1	0.8	0.1	2.5	2.4	5.6	12.4	.451	0.5	1.3	.433	3.1	4.3	.721

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
Jamal Mashburn	5	30.6	10.0	0.8	1.8	2.6	2.0	0.4	0.0	2.0	2.2	3.8	9.8	.388	1.2	2.8	.429	1.2	1.8	.667


Season 7
	Nikola Jokic	Jamal Mashburn
Season	2021-22	1999-00
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Heat 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	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
Jamal Mashburn	76	37.2	17.5	0.8	4.2	5.0	3.9	1.0	0.2	2.4	2.8	6.8	15.2	.445	1.5	3.7	.403	2.4	3.1	.778

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
Jamal Mashburn	10	42.4	17.5	0.9	3.7	4.6	3.2	1.1	0.2	2.4	3.0	6.3	15.7	.401	1.3	3.3	.394	3.6	4.2	.857


Season 8
	Nikola Jokic	Jamal Mashburn
Season	2022-23	2000-01
Team	Denver Nuggets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hornets 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	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
Jamal Mashburn	76	39.3	20.1	1.2	6.4	7.6	5.4	1.1	0.2	2.8	2.4	7.5	18.3	.413	1.4	3.8	.356	3.7	4.8	.766

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
Jamal Mashburn	10	42.1	24.9	1.8	4.4	6.2	5.7	1.2	0.3	3.0	2.4	8.4	20.8	.404	0.7	2.1	.333	7.4	8.8	.841


Season 9
	Nikola Jokic	Jamal Mashburn
Season	2023-24	2001-02
Team	Denver Nuggets	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets TBD	Hornets 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	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
Jamal Mashburn	40	40.0	21.5	0.8	5.3	6.1	4.3	1.1	0.2	2.8	2.0	7.6	18.6	.407	1.0	2.8	.366	5.3	6.0	.876

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	9	39.9	27.6	3.6	10.4	14.0	9.1	1.7	0.7	3.8	3.0	10.7	19.4	.549	1.1	4.0	.278	5.1	5.7	.902
Jamal Mashburn	1	10.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 10
	Nikola Jokic	Jamal Mashburn
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Hornets 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamal Mashburn	82	40.5	21.6	0.8	5.3	6.1	5.6	1.0	0.2	2.8	2.4	8.2	19.3	.422	1.5	3.7	.389	3.8	4.5	.848

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamal Mashburn	4	40.5	24.8	0.0	3.5	3.5	5.3	1.0	0.3	2.5	1.0	8.5	19.8	.430	1.5	3.8	.400	6.3	8.8	.714


Season 11
	Nikola Jokic	Jamal Mashburn
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	New Orleans Hornets
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		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamal Mashburn	19	38.4	20.8	1.0	5.2	6.2	2.5	0.7	0.3	1.9	2.2	8.2	20.9	.392	1.0	3.5	.284	3.4	4.2	.813

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

Nikola Jokic vs. Jamal Mashburn Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamal Mashburn 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

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11