Nikola Jokic vs. K.C. Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of K.C. Jones 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 and K.C. Jones both played 9 years in the NBA. Nikola Jokic had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while K.C. Jones had his rookie season in 1958-59. 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
K.C. Jones	9	9	1958-59 to 1966-67

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Nikola Jokic	K.C. Jones
Season	2015-16	1958-59
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
K.C. Jones	49	12.4	3.5	-	-	2.6	1.4	-	-	-	1.2	1.3	3.9	.339	-	-	-	0.8	1.4	.603

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
K.C. Jones	8	9.4	1.9	-	-	1.5	1.3	-	-	-	1.0	0.6	2.5	.250	-	-	-	0.6	0.6	1.000


Season 2
	Nikola Jokic	K.C. Jones
Season	2016-17	1959-60
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
K.C. Jones	74	17.2	6.3	-	-	2.7	2.6	-	-	-	1.5	2.3	5.6	.408	-	-	-	1.7	2.3	.753

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
K.C. Jones	13	17.8	5.5	-	-	3.5	1.1	-	-	-	2.2	2.1	6.2	.338	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.773


Season 3
	Nikola Jokic	K.C. Jones
Season	2017-18	1960-61
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	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
K.C. Jones	78	20.6	7.6	-	-	3.6	3.2	-	-	-	2.4	2.6	7.7	.338	-	-	-	2.4	3.6	.664

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
K.C. Jones	9	11.4	2.8	-	-	2.1	1.7	-	-	-	1.9	1.0	3.3	.300	-	-	-	0.8	1.6	.500


Season 4
	Nikola Jokic	K.C. Jones
Season	2018-19	1961-62
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	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	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
K.C. Jones	80	25.7	9.2	-	-	3.7	4.3	-	-	-	2.6	3.7	9.1	.406	-	-	-	1.8	2.9	.634

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
K.C. Jones	14	23.5	9.0	-	-	4.0	3.9	-	-	-	3.6	3.1	7.3	.431	-	-	-	2.7	3.8	.717


Season 5
	Nikola Jokic	K.C. Jones
Season	2019-20	1962-63
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	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	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
K.C. Jones	79	24.6	7.2	-	-	3.3	4.0	-	-	-	2.8	2.9	7.5	.389	-	-	-	1.4	2.2	.633

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
K.C. Jones	13	19.6	4.5	-	-	2.8	2.8	-	-	-	3.2	1.5	4.9	.297	-	-	-	1.6	2.3	.700


Season 6
	Nikola Jokic	K.C. Jones
Season	2020-21	1963-64
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	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	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
K.C. Jones	80	30.3	8.2	-	-	4.7	5.1	-	-	-	3.2	3.5	9.0	.392	-	-	-	1.1	2.1	.524

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
K.C. Jones	10	31.2	6.3	-	-	3.7	6.8	-	-	-	4.0	2.5	7.2	.347	-	-	-	1.3	2.5	.520


Season 7
	Nikola Jokic	K.C. Jones
Season	2021-22	1964-65
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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	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
K.C. Jones	78	31.2	8.3	-	-	4.1	5.6	-	-	-	3.4	3.2	8.2	.396	-	-	-	1.8	2.9	.630

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
K.C. Jones	12	33.0	10.1	-	-	3.3	6.2	-	-	-	4.1	3.6	8.7	.413	-	-	-	2.9	3.8	.778


Season 8
	Nikola Jokic	K.C. Jones
Season	2022-23	1965-66
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	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
K.C. Jones	80	33.9	8.6	-	-	3.8	6.3	-	-	-	3.0	3.0	7.7	.388	-	-	-	2.6	3.8	.690

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
K.C. Jones	17	31.9	7.6	-	-	3.1	4.4	-	-	-	3.8	2.6	6.4	.413	-	-	-	2.3	3.4	.684


Season 9
	Nikola Jokic	K.C. Jones
Season	2023-24	1966-67
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets TBD	Celtics Lost East Div 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	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
K.C. Jones	78	31.4	6.2	-	-	3.1	5.0	-	-	-	3.5	2.3	5.9	.397	-	-	-	1.5	2.4	.630

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	7	40.1	27.0	3.7	11.3	15.0	9.4	1.3	0.3	3.9	2.9	10.1	18.7	.542	1.1	4.0	.286	5.6	5.9	.951
K.C. Jones	9	28.2	6.6	-	-	2.7	5.3	-	-	-	4.0	2.7	8.3	.320	-	-	-	1.2	2.0	.611

Nikola Jokic vs. K.C. Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of K.C. Jones 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