Nikola Jokic vs. Tom McMillen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tom McMillen 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, 2 less than Tom McMillen, who played 11. Nikola Jokic had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Tom McMillen had his rookie season in 1975-76. 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
Tom McMillen	11	8	1975-76 to 1985-86

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Nikola Jokic	Tom McMillen
Season	2015-16	1975-76
Team	Denver Nuggets	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Braves Lost East 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
Tom McMillen	50	14.2	4.7	1.3	2.4	3.7	1.4	0.1	0.1	-	1.7	1.9	4.4	.432	-	-	-	0.8	1.1	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	1	3.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	2.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Nikola Jokic	Tom McMillen
Season	2016-17	1976-77
Team	Denver Nuggets	Buffalo Braves, New York Knicks
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
Tom McMillen	76	19.6	8.5	1.5	3.6	5.1	0.9	0.1	0.1	-	2.1	3.6	7.4	.487	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.780

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


Season 3
	Nikola Jokic	Tom McMillen
Season	2017-18	1977-78
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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	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
Tom McMillen	68	24.8	9.9	2.2	3.9	6.1	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.6	3.4	4.1	8.4	.493	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	2	37.5	13.0	3.5	7.5	11.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.5	4.5	6.5	11.5	.565	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 4
	Nikola Jokic	Tom McMillen
Season	2018-19	1978-79
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Hawks Lost East 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
Tom McMillen	82	17.0	7.0	1.6	2.5	4.0	0.8	0.2	0.4	1.1	2.6	2.8	6.1	.466	-	-	-	1.3	1.5	.891

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
Tom McMillen	9	18.1	6.2	1.6	2.2	3.8	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.9	2.3	2.2	5.1	.435	-	-	-	1.8	2.1	.842


Season 5
	Nikola Jokic	Tom McMillen
Season	2019-20	1979-80
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
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
Tom McMillen	53	20.2	8.7	1.3	2.8	4.2	1.2	0.7	0.3	1.2	2.4	3.6	7.2	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.0	.757

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
Tom McMillen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Nikola Jokic	Tom McMillen
Season	2020-21	1980-81
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
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
Tom McMillen	79	19.8	7.4	1.2	2.5	3.7	0.9	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.1	3.2	6.6	.487	0.0	0.1	.167	1.0	1.4	.741

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
Tom McMillen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Nikola Jokic	Tom McMillen
Season	2021-22	1981-82
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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	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
Tom McMillen	73	24.5	9.9	1.4	3.2	4.6	1.8	0.3	0.3	1.7	2.8	4.0	7.8	.509	0.0	0.0	.333	1.9	2.3	.824

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
Tom McMillen	2	23.5	10.0	0.0	3.5	3.5	0.5	1.5	0.0	1.5	2.5	4.0	6.5	.615	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 8
	Nikola Jokic	Tom McMillen
Season	2022-23	1982-83
Team	Denver Nuggets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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	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
Tom McMillen	61	22.4	8.3	0.9	2.6	3.6	1.2	0.3	0.4	1.3	2.3	3.2	7.0	.467	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.2	.812

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
Tom McMillen	3	13.0	3.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.0	1.7	1.3	4.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 9
	Nikola Jokic	Tom McMillen
Season	2023-24	1983-84
Team	Denver Nuggets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets TBD	Bullets 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	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
Tom McMillen	62	20.9	9.2	1.0	2.2	3.2	1.2	0.2	0.3	1.1	2.6	3.6	7.2	.497	0.0	0.1	.167	2.0	2.5	.814

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
Tom McMillen	4	10.5	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.5	1.0	4.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 10
	Nikola Jokic	Tom McMillen
Season	-	1984-85
Team	-	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bullets 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	69	22.4	8.9	0.9	2.1	3.0	0.8	0.1	0.2	0.6	2.4	3.7	7.7	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	1.6	2.0	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	1	7.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	Nikola Jokic	Tom McMillen
Season	-	1985-86
Team	-	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bullets 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	56	15.4	5.8	0.8	1.2	2.0	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.5	2.3	5.1	.460	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.4	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nikola Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom McMillen	4	13.5	4.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.8	0.8	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.0	4.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Nikola Jokic vs. Tom McMillen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tom McMillen 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

Season 11