Nikola Jokic vs. Mickael Pietrus Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mickael Pietrus 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, 1 less than Mickael Pietrus, who played 10. Nikola Jokic had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Mickael Pietrus 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 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
Mickael Pietrus	10	4	2003-04 to 2012-13

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Nikola Jokic	Mickael Pietrus
Season	2015-16	2003-04
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
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
Mickael Pietrus	53	14.1	5.3	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.9	1.8	4.4	.416	0.7	2.0	.333	1.0	1.4	.693

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


Season 2
	Nikola Jokic	Mickael Pietrus
Season	2016-17	2004-05
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
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
Mickael Pietrus	67	20.0	9.5	1.0	1.9	2.8	1.2	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.1	3.2	7.5	.427	1.0	2.9	.344	2.1	3.0	.698

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


Season 3
	Nikola Jokic	Mickael Pietrus
Season	2017-18	2005-06
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
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
Mickael Pietrus	52	22.7	9.3	1.1	2.0	3.1	0.8	0.6	0.2	1.5	2.5	3.3	8.0	.404	1.1	3.4	.318	1.7	2.8	.608

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


Season 4
	Nikola Jokic	Mickael Pietrus
Season	2018-19	2006-07
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Warriors 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	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
Mickael Pietrus	72	26.9	11.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	0.9	0.7	0.8	1.5	3.1	4.0	8.1	.488	1.3	3.3	.388	1.9	2.9	.648

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
Mickael Pietrus	11	19.0	6.0	1.2	2.6	3.8	0.5	0.5	0.8	0.6	2.9	1.5	4.5	.347	0.6	2.5	.259	2.3	3.3	.694


Season 5
	Nikola Jokic	Mickael Pietrus
Season	2019-20	2007-08
Team	Denver Nuggets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	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	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
Mickael Pietrus	66	19.9	7.2	1.0	2.7	3.7	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.7	3.0	2.6	5.9	.439	1.0	2.8	.361	1.0	1.5	.673

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
Mickael Pietrus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Nikola Jokic	Mickael Pietrus
Season	2020-21	2008-09
Team	Denver Nuggets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Magic 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	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
Mickael Pietrus	54	24.6	9.4	0.8	2.4	3.3	1.2	0.6	0.4	1.0	2.3	3.3	7.9	.413	1.5	4.1	.359	1.4	2.0	.709

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
Mickael Pietrus	24	25.8	10.5	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.6	0.8	0.5	0.9	3.2	3.5	7.3	.483	1.5	4.0	.385	2.0	2.7	.723


Season 7
	Nikola Jokic	Mickael Pietrus
Season	2021-22	2009-10
Team	Denver Nuggets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Magic 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	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
Mickael Pietrus	75	22.5	8.7	0.5	2.3	2.9	0.7	0.7	0.4	0.9	1.8	3.1	7.2	.432	1.5	4.1	.379	0.9	1.5	.633

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
Mickael Pietrus	14	20.1	8.4	0.1	1.3	1.4	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.4	1.9	2.5	5.7	.438	2.0	4.4	.459	1.4	2.1	.667


Season 8
	Nikola Jokic	Mickael Pietrus
Season	2022-23	2010-11
Team	Denver Nuggets	Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	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
Mickael Pietrus	57	19.4	7.2	0.3	1.9	2.2	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.7	1.8	2.5	6.4	.392	1.5	4.1	.360	0.7	1.0	.684

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
Mickael Pietrus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Nikola Jokic	Mickael Pietrus
Season	2023-24	2011-12
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets TBD	Celtics 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	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
Mickael Pietrus	42	21.9	6.9	0.4	2.7	3.1	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.9	2.5	6.4	.385	1.5	4.3	.335	0.5	0.7	.645

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	11	39.5	28.2	3.4	9.5	12.9	8.8	1.5	0.6	3.4	2.7	10.9	19.6	.556	1.1	3.9	.279	5.3	5.8	.906
Mickael Pietrus	20	19.7	3.5	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.1	0.7	0.3	0.5	2.5	1.2	3.7	.329	0.6	2.7	.222	0.5	0.8	.563


Season 10
	Nikola Jokic	Mickael Pietrus
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Toronto Raptors
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mickael Pietrus	19	20.3	5.3	0.3	1.6	1.9	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.8	1.7	1.8	5.2	.347	1.1	3.4	.313	0.6	0.9	.667

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

Nikola Jokic vs. Mickael Pietrus Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mickael Pietrus 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