Nikola Jokic vs. Steve Kerr Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Kerr 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 / Stats Rankings

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, 4 less than Steve Kerr, who played 15. Nikola Jokic had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Steve Kerr had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Nikola Jokic	11	7	2015-16 to 2025-26
Steve Kerr	15	11	1988-89 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11


Rookie Season
	Nikola Jokic	Steve Kerr
Season	2015-16	1988-89
Team	Denver Nuggets	Phoenix Suns
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:	+54	+15.7	+7.9	+2.2	+4.2	+6.3	+1.5	+0.7	+0.6	-1.1	-2.1	+3.0	+5.7	+.077	+0.1	+0.4	+.138	+1.7	+2.1	+.144
Steve Kerr	26	6.0	2.1	0.1	0.5	0.7	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.8	1.8	.435	0.3	0.7	.471	0.2	0.3	.667

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Nikola Jokic nor Steve Kerr played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Nikola Jokic	Steve Kerr
Season	2016-17	1989-90
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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2nd 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	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
difference:	+5	+6.6	+10.0	+2.7	+5.8	+8.5	+1.7	+0.2	+0.7	-1.4	-2.1	+4.3	+6.2	+.134	+0.3	+0.1	+.183	+1.8	+2.2	+.038
Steve Kerr	78	21.3	6.7	0.2	1.1	1.3	3.2	0.6	0.1	0.9	0.8	2.5	5.5	.444	0.9	1.8	.507	0.8	0.9	.863

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Kerr	5	14.6	1.6	0.2	1.0	1.2	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.4	1.2	0.8	2.8	.286	0.0	0.6	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	Nikola Jokic	Steve Kerr
Season	2017-18	1990-91
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	Did not play

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3rd 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	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
difference:	+18	+16.7	+13.7	+2.5	+7.5	+10.1	+3.8	+0.7	+0.7	-2.1	-1.9	+5.0	+9.6	+.055	+1.0	+2.6	+.056	+2.7	+3.3	+.001
Steve Kerr	57	15.9	4.8	0.1	0.6	0.6	2.3	0.5	0.1	0.7	0.9	1.7	3.9	.444	0.5	1.1	.452	0.8	0.9	.849

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Nikola Jokic nor Steve Kerr played in the postseason in their season 3


Season 4
	Nikola Jokic	Steve Kerr
Season	2018-19	1991-92
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+32	+13.7	+13.5	+2.6	+6.7	+9.2	+5.0	+0.8	+0.5	-2.5	-2.3	+5.2	+10.2		+0.3	+1.9	+.125	+2.7	+3.3	+.012
Steve Kerr	48	17.6	6.6	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.3	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.6	2.5	4.9	.511	0.7	1.5	.432	0.9	1.1	.833

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
difference:	+2	+27.4	+21.4	+3.8	+8.7	+12.5	+7.6	+0.7	+0.9	-2.3	-2.9	+7.9	+15.2	+.067	+1.3	+3.1	+.120	+4.3	+5.2	+.154
Steve Kerr	12	12.4	3.7	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.5	3.4	.439	0.3	0.9	.273	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 5
	Nikola Jokic	Steve Kerr
Season	2019-20	1992-93
Team	Denver Nuggets	Cleveland Cavaliers, Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Did not play

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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:	+21	+22.7	+17.3	+2.2	+6.7	+8.8	+5.7	+1.0	+0.6	-2.6	-2.3	+6.7	+12.4	+.094	+1.0	+3.0	+.083	+3.0	+3.6	+.100
Steve Kerr	52	9.3	2.6	0.1	0.8	0.9	1.3	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.7	1.0	2.3	.434	0.1	0.5	.231	0.4	0.5	.917

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
Steve Kerr	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Nikola Jokic	Steve Kerr
Season	2020-21	1993-94
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 Semis

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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:	+10	+9.8	+17.8	+2.5	+6.7	+9.2	+5.7	+0.4	+0.7	-2.4	-1.5	+6.7	+11.0	+.069	+0.7	+1.8	+.031	+3.8	+4.3	+.012
Steve Kerr	82	24.8	8.6	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.6	0.9	0.0	0.7	1.2	3.5	7.0	.497	0.6	1.5	.419	1.0	1.2	.856

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:		+15.9	+26.3	+3.5	+6.7	+10.2	+4.0	+0.1	+0.9	-2.3	-1.0	+10.3	+19.2	+.148	+1.4	+3.7	+.002	+4.3	+5.2	+.164
Steve Kerr	10	18.6	3.5	0.2	1.2	1.4	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.1	1.3	1.3	3.6	.361	0.6	1.6	.375	0.3	0.3	1.000


Season 7
	Nikola Jokic	Steve Kerr
Season	2021-22	1994-95
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost East 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:	+8	+11.1	+18.9	+2.6	+9.8	+12.3	+6.1	+1.0	+0.9	-3.2	-1.2	+7.1	+11.7	+.056	+0.2	+1.8	+.187	+4.3	+5.3	+.032
Steve Kerr	82	22.4	8.2	0.2	1.2	1.5	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.6	1.4	3.2	6.0	.527	1.1	2.1	.524	0.8	1.0	.778

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	+14.9	+25.9	+3.3	+9.3	+12.6	+4.3	+1.5	+1.0	-4.8	-2.6	+10.3	+17.2	+.100	+0.2	+1.7	+.143	+5.1	+6.1	+.152
Steve Kerr	10	19.3	5.1	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	1.4	1.9	4.0	.475	0.8	1.9	.421	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 8
	Nikola Jokic	Steve Kerr
Season	2022-23	1995-96
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	NBA Champion

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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	+10.3	+16.1	+2.1	+8.4	+10.5	+7.5	+0.5	+0.7	-3.1	-1.2	+6.4	+8.9	+.126	+0.7	+0.7	+.132	+3.9	+5.0	+.107
Steve Kerr	82	23.4	8.4	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.8	0.0	0.5	1.3	3.0	5.9	.506	1.5	2.9	.515	1.0	1.0	.929

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:	+2	+19.7	+23.2	+3.3	+9.2	+12.5	+7.8	+0.3	+1.0	-2.8	-2.3	+9.2	+15.9	+.100	+0.9	+0.9	+.140	+4.1	+5.3	+.072
Steve Kerr	18	19.8	6.8	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.7	0.8	0.0	0.7	1.2	2.2	4.8	.448	0.9	2.9	.321	1.5	1.7	.871


Season 9
	Nikola Jokic	Steve Kerr
Season	2023-24	1996-97
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+3	+11.9	+18.3	+2.4	+8.3	+10.8	+6.9	+0.6	+0.9	-2.5	-1.3	+7.4	+12.2	+.050	+0.2		+.105	+3.8	+4.7	+.011
Steve Kerr	82	22.7	8.1	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.1	0.8	0.0	0.5	1.2	3.0	5.7	.533	1.3	2.9	.464	0.7	0.8	.806

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:	+7	+22.3	+23.7	+3.4	+9.1	+12.5	+7.6	+0.5	+0.6	-2.9	-1.4	+9.4	+16.2	+.116	+0.4	+2.2	+.117	+4.6	+5.2	+.028
Steve Kerr	19	17.9	5.0	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.1	0.9	0.1	0.4	1.3	1.7	4.1	.429	0.8	2.2	.381	0.7	0.7	.929


Season 10
	Nikola Jokic	Steve Kerr
Season	2024-25	1997-98
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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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:	+20	+14.3	+22.1	+2.6	+8.6	+11.2	+8.3	+1.3	+0.5	-2.8	-0.9	+8.5	+13.5	+.122	+0.9	+2.1	+.021	+4.3	+5.4	+.118
Steve Kerr	50	22.4	7.5	0.3	1.3	1.5	1.9	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.4	2.7	6.0	.454	1.1	2.6	.438	0.9	1.0	.918

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:	+7	+20.4	+21.3	+1.7	+10.2	+11.9	+6.3	+1.7	+0.9	-3.7	-2.2	+7.8	+15.5	+.055	+1.0	+3.1	+.083	+4.7	+6.2	+.046
Steve Kerr	21	19.8	4.9	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.2	1.2	1.6	3.6	.434	0.9	2.0	.463	0.9	1.0	.818


Season 11
	Nikola Jokic	Steve Kerr
Season	2025-26	1998-99
Team	Denver Nuggets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play (season in progress)	NBA Champion

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11th 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	31	35.1	29.9	3.1	9.3	12.4	11.1	1.4	0.8	3.6	2.8	10.6	17.6	.604	2.1	4.8	.440	6.5	7.6	.855
difference:	+13	+18.4	+25.5	+3.0	+8.4	+11.4	+10.0	+0.9	+0.7	-3.1	-2.2	+9.1	+13.6	+.213	+1.5	+3.0	+.127	+5.8	+6.8	+.031
Steve Kerr	44	16.7	4.4	0.1	0.9	1.0	1.1	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.5	4.0	.391	0.6	1.8	.313	0.7	0.8	.886

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Kerr	11	8.7	2.2	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.5	0.7	2.7	.267	0.3	1.2	.231	0.5	0.5	.833

Additional Years

* Steve Kerr played 4 seasons more than Nikola Jokic in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 12 to 15, from 2000 to 2003—Steve Kerr played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

Nikola Jokic vs. Steve Kerr Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Kerr 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

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison

Season 11

11th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years