Nikola Jokic vs. Kyle Korver Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyle Korver 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, 6 less than Kyle Korver, who played 17. Nikola Jokic had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Kyle Korver had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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	Kyle Korver
Season	2015-16	2003-04
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+6	+9.8	+5.5	+1.9	+3.6	+5.5	+1.9	+0.7	+0.5	-0.7	-1.2	+2.2	+3.1	+.160	+0.7	+1.7	+.058	+1.6	+2.1	+.019
Kyle Korver	74	11.9	4.5	0.4	1.1	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.6	1.4	1.6	4.4	.352	1.1	2.8	.391	0.3	0.3	.792
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Nikola Jokic nor Kyle Korver played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Nikola Jokic	Kyle Korver
Season	2018-19	2006-07
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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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:	+6	+0.4	+5.7	+2.5	+4.9	+7.3	+5.9	+0.6	+0.4	-1.5	-0.4	+2.7	+3.7	+.071	+0.8	+0.7	+.123	+1.0	+1.6	+.093
Kyle Korver	74	30.9	14.4	0.4	3.1	3.5	1.4	0.8	0.3	1.6	2.5	5.0	11.4	.440	1.8	4.1	.430	2.6	2.8	.914
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
Kyle Korver	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Nikola Jokic	Kyle Korver
Season	2019-20	2007-08
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers, Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+2	+8.9	+10.0	+2.0	+5.5	+7.4	+5.7	+0.6	+0.2	-2.1	-0.4	+4.3	+7.0	+.085	+0.4	+0.4	+.061	+1.8	+2.4	+.098
Kyle Korver	75	23.1	9.9	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.3	0.6	0.4	1.0	2.6	3.4	7.7	.443	1.5	3.9	.375	1.6	1.7	.915
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
difference:	+7	+14.9	+16.6	+1.5	+6.1	+7.6	+5.1	+0.8	+0.1	-2.6	-1.3	+6.9	+12.0	+.108	+1.3	+2.0	+.140	+1.6	+2.1	+.085
Kyle Korver	12	21.6	7.8	0.4	1.8	2.2	0.6	0.3	0.7	0.7	2.3	2.5	6.1	.411	0.9	3.2	.289	1.9	2.1	.920

Season 6
	Nikola Jokic	Kyle Korver
Season	2020-21	2008-09
Team	Denver Nuggets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Jazz 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:	+6	+10.6	+17.4	+2.4	+5.1	+7.5	+6.5	+0.7	+0.3	-1.9	-0.5	+7.1	+10.8	+.128		+0.1	+.002	+3.4	+3.9	+.014
Kyle Korver	78	24.0	9.0	0.4	2.9	3.3	1.8	0.6	0.4	1.2	2.2	3.1	7.2	.438	1.3	3.4	.386	1.4	1.6	.882
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	+7.3	+19.2	+3.3	+6.1	+9.4	+2.4		+0.7	-2.0	-0.5	+8.0	+13.6	+.118	+0.4	+0.1	+.085	+3.6	+4.1	+.122
Kyle Korver	5	27.2	10.6	0.4	1.8	2.2	2.6	0.6	0.2	0.4	1.8	3.6	9.2	.391	2.4	5.2	.462	1.0	1.4	.714

Season 7
	Nikola Jokic	Kyle Korver
Season	2021-22	2009-10
Team	Denver Nuggets	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+22	+15.2	+19.9	+2.6	+9.1	+11.7	+6.2	+1.0	+0.7	-3.0	-1.1	+7.6	+12.3	+.090	+0.2	+1.8	+.199	+4.3	+5.4	+.014
Kyle Korver	52	18.3	7.2	0.2	1.9	2.1	1.7	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.5	2.7	5.4	.493	1.1	2.1	.536	0.8	0.9	.796
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:	+5	+13.2	+22.7	+3.4	+8.7	+12.1	+4.5	+1.1	+1.0	-4.1	-1.8	+9.0	+15.1	+.050	+0.1	+1.3	+.200	+4.8	+5.7	+.041
Kyle Korver	10	21.0	8.3	0.0	1.1	1.1	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.7	2.2	3.2	6.1	.525	1.1	2.3	.478	0.8	0.9	.889

Season 8
	Nikola Jokic	Kyle Korver
Season	2022-23	2010-11
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+13	+13.6	+16.2	+2.3	+7.7	+10.0	+8.3	+0.9	+0.5	-2.9	-0.6	+6.4	+8.0	+.198	+0.7	+1.3	+.032	+4.0	+4.9	+.063
Kyle Korver	82	20.1	8.3	0.1	1.7	1.8	1.5	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.9	3.0	6.8	.434	1.5	3.5	.415	0.9	1.1	.885
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:	+4	+22.2	+23.4	+3.4	+8.9	+12.3	+8.4	+0.6	+0.8	-2.5	-1.3	+9.0	+14.6	+.160	+0.4	+0.5	+.038	+5.2	+6.6	+.201
Kyle Korver	16	17.3	6.6	0.1	1.1	1.2	1.1	0.5	0.2	1.0	2.2	2.4	6.1	.388	1.4	3.3	.423	0.4	0.4	1.000

Season 9
	Nikola Jokic	Kyle Korver
Season	2023-24	2011-12
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+14	+12.0	+18.3	+2.4	+7.5	+10.0	+7.3	+0.8	+0.7	-2.2	-0.8	+7.7	+11.6	+.151	+0.7	+1.3	+.076	+3.7	+4.5	+.016
Kyle Korver	65	22.6	8.1	0.4	2.0	2.4	1.7	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.7	2.7	6.3	.432	1.8	4.2	.435	0.8	1.0	.833
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
difference:	+6	+24.5	+24.9	+3.4	+8.3	+11.7	+7.2	+0.9	+0.2	-2.5	-1.0	+9.6	+16.6	+.136	+0.5	+2.2	+.044	+5.1	+5.6	+.401
Kyle Korver	6	15.7	3.8	0.2	1.5	1.7	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.8	1.7	1.5	3.7	.409	0.7	2.2	.308	0.2	0.3	.500

Season 10
	Nikola Jokic	Kyle Korver
Season	2024-25	2012-13
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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	+6.2	+18.7	+2.6	+6.3	+8.7	+8.2	+0.9	+0.1	-2.4		+7.5	+11.4	+.115	+0.6	+0.9	+.040	+4.3	+5.3	+.059
Kyle Korver	74	30.5	10.9	0.3	3.6	4.0	2.0	0.9	0.5	0.9	2.3	3.7	8.1	.461	2.6	5.6	.457	0.9	1.1	.859
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:	+8	+10.7	+16.0	+2.1	+7.3	+9.4	+7.3	+1.7	+0.2	-2.9	-1.1	+6.2	+10.9	+.101	+0.1	+0.6	+.027	+3.8	+5.2	+.145
Kyle Korver	6	29.5	10.2	0.0	3.3	3.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.3	3.2	8.2	.388	2.0	5.7	.353	1.8	2.0	.917

Additional Years
* Kyle Korver played 6 seasons more than Nikola Jokic in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 17, from 2015 to 2020—Kyle Korver played in 6 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Nikola Jokic, Kyle Korver got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game