Nikola Jokic vs. Ruben Patterson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ruben Patterson 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 Ruben Patterson, who played 10. Nikola Jokic had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Ruben Patterson had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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
Ruben Patterson	10	5	1998-99 to 2007-08

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Nikola Jokic	Ruben Patterson
Season	2015-16	1998-99
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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	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
Ruben Patterson	24	6.0	2.7	0.7	0.5	1.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.7	0.9	2.1	.412	0.0	0.3	.167	0.9	1.3	.710

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ruben Patterson	3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Nikola Jokic	Ruben Patterson
Season	2016-17	1999-00
Team	Denver Nuggets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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	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
Ruben Patterson	81	25.9	11.6	2.7	2.7	5.4	1.6	1.2	0.5	1.8	2.3	4.4	8.2	.536	0.1	0.3	.444	2.7	4.0	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ruben Patterson	5	16.8	8.2	1.8	1.2	3.0	0.4	0.6	0.4	1.6	1.2	2.8	5.2	.538	0.0	0.4	.000	2.6	3.0	.867


Season 3
	Nikola Jokic	Ruben Patterson
Season	2017-18	2000-01
Team	Denver Nuggets	Seattle Supersonics
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
Ruben Patterson	76	27.1	13.0	2.4	2.6	5.0	2.1	1.4	0.6	2.0	2.3	4.9	9.9	.494	0.0	0.5	.056	3.2	4.8	.681

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


Season 4
	Nikola Jokic	Ruben Patterson
Season	2018-19	2001-02
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	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	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
Ruben Patterson	75	23.5	11.2	2.1	1.9	4.0	1.4	1.1	0.5	1.5	1.9	4.3	8.3	.515	0.1	0.5	.250	2.6	3.7	.701

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
Ruben Patterson	3	22.0	5.3	0.7	1.7	2.3	0.3	1.0	0.3	1.0	2.3	1.7	5.0	.333	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	2.7	.750


Season 5
	Nikola Jokic	Ruben Patterson
Season	2019-20	2002-03
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
Ruben Patterson	78	21.2	8.3	1.5	1.8	3.4	1.3	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.1	3.3	6.6	.492	0.0	0.3	.150	1.8	2.8	.627

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
Ruben Patterson	7	22.1	10.0	2.0	1.7	3.7	1.6	0.6	0.1	1.4	1.4	3.6	7.4	.481	0.0	0.6	.000	2.9	4.1	.690


Season 6
	Nikola Jokic	Ruben Patterson
Season	2020-21	2003-04
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	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	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
Ruben Patterson	73	22.6	6.9	1.8	1.9	3.7	1.9	1.2	0.3	1.4	2.1	2.7	5.4	.506	0.0	0.2	.167	1.4	2.6	.553

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
Ruben Patterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Nikola Jokic	Ruben Patterson
Season	2021-22	2004-05
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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	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
Ruben Patterson	70	28.0	11.6	1.8	2.1	3.9	2.0	1.5	0.3	2.0	2.3	4.6	8.6	.531	0.0	0.4	.080	2.4	4.0	.599

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
Ruben Patterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Nikola Jokic	Ruben Patterson
Season	2022-23	2005-06
Team	Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Nuggets 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	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
Ruben Patterson	71	25.2	12.1	1.7	1.8	3.4	1.8	1.1	0.3	2.1	2.1	4.6	8.9	.515	0.0	0.2	.077	2.9	4.8	.601

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
Ruben Patterson	4	14.5	5.0	1.3	0.3	1.5	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.5	2.3	4.3	.529	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.3	.400


Season 9
	Nikola Jokic	Ruben Patterson
Season	2023-24	2006-07
Team	Denver Nuggets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
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
Ruben Patterson	81	31.0	14.7	2.3	3.1	5.4	2.9	1.4	0.3	2.5	2.9	5.9	10.7	.548	0.0	0.2	.158	3.0	4.6	.641

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
Ruben Patterson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Nikola Jokic	Ruben Patterson
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ruben Patterson	20	16.4	5.1	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.9	1.1	0.4	1.4	1.9	2.0	4.3	.453	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	2.2	.558

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

Nikola Jokic vs. Ruben Patterson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ruben Patterson 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