Nikola Jokic vs. Meyers Leonard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Meyers Leonard 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, 1 less than Meyers Leonard, who played 10. Nikola Jokic had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Meyers Leonard had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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
Meyers Leonard	10	7	2012-13 to 2022-23

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Nikola Jokic	Meyers Leonard
Season	2015-16	2012-13
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	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
Meyers Leonard	69	17.5	5.5	1.2	2.5	3.7	0.5	0.2	0.6	0.7	2.4	2.2	4.0	.545	0.0	0.1	.429	1.0	1.3	.809

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


Season 2
	Nikola Jokic	Meyers Leonard
Season	2016-17	2013-14
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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	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
Meyers Leonard	40	8.9	2.5	0.7	2.1	2.8	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.9	1.0	2.3	.451	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.5	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Meyers Leonard	4	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	Nikola Jokic	Meyers Leonard
Season	2017-18	2014-15
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West 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
Meyers Leonard	55	15.4	5.9	0.8	3.7	4.5	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.7	2.1	2.3	4.5	.510	0.9	2.0	.420	0.5	0.6	.938

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Meyers Leonard	5	21.2	7.8	1.2	5.4	6.6	1.0	0.4	0.4	0.6	3.4	2.8	4.2	.667	2.0	2.6	.769	0.2	0.4	.500


Season 4
	Nikola Jokic	Meyers Leonard
Season	2018-19	2015-16
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	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	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
Meyers Leonard	61	21.9	8.4	0.8	4.3	5.1	1.5	0.1	0.3	1.3	3.0	3.2	7.1	.448	1.4	3.7	.377	0.6	0.8	.761

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
Meyers Leonard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Nikola Jokic	Meyers Leonard
Season	2019-20	2016-17
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Trail Blazers Lost West 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
Meyers Leonard	74	16.5	5.4	0.4	2.8	3.2	1.0	0.2	0.4	0.5	2.3	2.0	5.1	.386	1.0	2.9	.347	0.5	0.5	.875

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
Meyers Leonard	3	10.3	0.7	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.3	2.0	0.3	1.7	.200	0.0	1.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 6
	Nikola Jokic	Meyers Leonard
Season	2020-21	2017-18
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Trail Blazers Lost West 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
Meyers Leonard	33	7.7	3.4	0.4	1.8	2.1	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.3	1.1	1.4	2.4	.590	0.3	0.8	.423	0.3	0.3	.818

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
Meyers Leonard	2	4.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 7
	Nikola Jokic	Meyers Leonard
Season	2021-22	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Trail Blazers Lost West 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	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
Meyers Leonard	61	14.4	5.9	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.2	0.2	0.1	0.7	1.7	2.2	4.0	.545	0.8	1.8	.450	0.7	0.8	.843

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
Meyers Leonard	11	15.5	7.7	0.5	3.1	3.6	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.4	2.5	3.1	5.9	.523	1.3	3.0	.424	0.3	0.8	.333


Season 8
	Nikola Jokic	Meyers Leonard
Season	2022-23	2019-20
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat Lost NBA 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	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
Meyers Leonard	51	20.3	6.1	0.6	4.5	5.1	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.8	2.1	2.3	4.6	.509	1.0	2.5	.414	0.4	0.5	.643

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
Meyers Leonard	3	10.3	4.7	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.7	2.7	.625	0.7	1.3	.500	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 9
	Nikola Jokic	Meyers Leonard
Season	2023-24	2020-21
Team	Denver Nuggets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets TBD	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	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
Meyers Leonard	3	9.7	3.3	0.0	2.3	2.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.7	1.0	2.3	.429	1.0	2.3	.429	0.3	0.7	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	6	40.5	28.8	3.3	11.5	14.8	9.7	1.5	0.2	3.8	3.0	11.0	19.7	.559	1.3	4.5	.296	5.5	5.8	.943
Meyers Leonard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Meyers Leonard didn't play in 2021-22.


Season 10
	Nikola Jokic	Meyers Leonard
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Meyers Leonard	9	12.7	4.8	1.3	2.4	3.8	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.8	1.6	3.2	.483	0.8	2.0	.389	0.9	1.0	.889

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Meyers Leonard	2	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Nikola Jokic vs. Meyers Leonard Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Meyers Leonard 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