Patrick Ewing vs. Nikola Jokic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Jokic and Patrick Ewing, 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:
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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.

Patrick Ewing played 17 years in the NBA, 7 more than Nikola Jokic, who played 10. Patrick Ewing had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Nikola Jokic had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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
Patrick Ewing	17	14	1985-86 to 2001-02
Nikola Jokic	10	7	2015-16 to 2024-25

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Patrick Ewing	Nikola Jokic
Season	1985-86	2015-16
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Patrick Ewing	50	35.4	20.0	2.5	6.5	9.0	2.0	1.1	2.1	3.4	3.8	7.7	16.3	.474	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.1	.739
difference:	+30	+13.7	+10.0	+0.2	+1.8	+2.0	+0.4	+0.1	+1.5	-2.1	-1.2	+3.9	+8.8	+.038	+0.4	+1.0	+.333	+2.6	+3.7	+.072
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

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Patrick Ewing nor Nikola Jokic played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Patrick Ewing	Nikola Jokic
Season	1986-87	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	63	35.0	21.5	2.5	6.3	8.8	1.7	1.4	2.3	3.6	3.9	8.4	16.7	.503	0.0	0.1	.000	4.7	6.6	.713
difference:	+10	+7.1	+4.8	+0.4	+0.6	+1.0	+3.2	+0.6	+1.5	-1.3	-1.0	+1.6	+5.0	+.075	+0.6	+1.8	+.324	+2.1	+3.5	+.112
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

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Patrick Ewing nor Nikola Jokic played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Patrick Ewing	Nikola Jokic
Season	1987-88	2017-18
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Patrick Ewing	82	31.0	20.2	3.0	5.3	8.2	1.5	1.3	3.0	3.5	4.0	8.0	14.4	.555	0.0	0.0	-	4.2	5.8	.716
difference:	+7	+1.6	+1.7	+0.4	+2.8	+2.5	+4.6	+0.1	+2.2	-0.7	-1.2	+1.3	+0.9	+.056	+1.5	+3.7		+0.7	+1.6	+.134
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	4	38.3	18.8	4.0	8.8	12.8	2.5	1.5	3.3	2.8	4.3	7.0	14.3	.491	0.0	0.3	.000	4.8	5.5	.864
Nikola Jokic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Patrick Ewing	Nikola Jokic
Season	1988-89	2018-19
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	80	36.2	22.7	2.7	6.6	9.3	2.4	1.5	3.5	3.3	3.9	9.1	16.0	.567	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.1	.746
difference:		+4.9	+2.6	+0.2	+1.4	+1.5	+4.9	+0.1	+2.8	-0.2	-1.0	+1.4	+0.9	+.056	+1.0	+3.3	+.307	+0.9	+1.7	+.075
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	9	37.8	19.9	2.6	7.4	10.0	2.2	1.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	7.8	16.0	.486	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	5.8	.750
difference:	+5	+2.0	+5.2	+1.3	+1.7	+3.0	+6.2	+0.1	+1.1	-0.9		+1.6	+2.6	+.020	+1.6	+4.0		+0.4	+0.2	+.096
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


Season 5
	Patrick Ewing	Nikola Jokic
Season	1989-90	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	82	38.6	28.6	2.9	8.0	10.9	2.2	1.0	4.0	3.4	4.0	11.2	20.4	.551	0.0	0.0	-	6.1	7.9	.775
difference:	+9	+6.6	+8.7	+0.6	+0.5	+1.2	+4.8	+0.2	+3.4	-0.3	-1.0	+3.5	+5.7	+.023	+1.1	+3.5		+2.7	+3.8	+.042
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	10	39.5	29.4	2.1	8.4	10.5	3.1	1.3	2.0	2.7	4.1	11.4	21.9	.521	0.1	0.2	.500	6.5	7.9	.823
difference:	+9	+3.0	+5.0	+0.2	+0.5	+0.7	+2.6	+0.2	+1.2	-0.6	-0.5	+2.0	+3.8	+.002	+2.1	+5.0	+.071	+3.0	+3.7	+.012
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


Season 6
	Patrick Ewing	Nikola Jokic
Season	1990-91	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Patrick Ewing	81	38.3	26.6	2.4	8.8	11.2	3.0	1.0	3.2	3.6	3.5	10.4	20.3	.514	0.0	0.1	.000	5.7	7.7	.745
difference:	+9	+3.7	+0.2	+0.4	+0.8	+0.4	+5.3	+0.3	+2.5	-0.5	-0.8	+0.2	+2.3	+.052	+1.3	+3.2	+.388	+0.9	+2.2	+.123
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	3	36.7	16.7	0.7	9.3	10.0	2.0	0.3	1.7	3.7	4.0	6.0	15.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	4.7	6.0	.778
difference:	+7	+2.2	+13.1	+3.0	+1.4	+1.6	+3.0	+0.3	+0.8	-1.3	-1.7	+5.6	+7.8	+.109	+2.0	+5.3		+0.1	+0.5	+.058
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


Season 7
	Patrick Ewing	Nikola Jokic
Season	1991-92	2021-22
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	82	38.4	24.0	2.8	8.5	11.2	1.9	1.1	3.0	2.5	3.4	9.7	18.6	.522	0.0	0.1	.167	4.6	6.2	.738
difference:	+8	+4.9	+3.1		+2.5	+2.6	+6.0	+0.4	+2.1	-1.3	-0.8	+0.6	+0.9	+.061	+1.3	+3.8	+.170	+0.5	+0.1	+.072
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	12	40.2	22.7	2.8	8.3	11.1	2.3	0.6	2.6	1.9	4.1	9.1	19.9	.456	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.1	.740
difference:	+7	+6.0	+8.3	+0.6	+1.5	+2.1	+3.5	+1.0	+1.6	-2.9	-0.1	+3.1	+1.3	+.119	+1.0	+3.5	+.278	+1.1	+0.5	+.108
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


Season 8
	Patrick Ewing	Nikola Jokic
Season	1992-93	2022-23
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Patrick Ewing	81	37.1	24.2	2.4	9.7	12.1	1.9	0.9	2.0	3.3	3.5	9.6	19.1	.503	0.0	0.1	.143	4.9	6.9	.719
difference:	+12	+3.4	+0.3		+0.3	+0.3	+7.9	+0.4	+1.3	-0.3	-1.0	+0.2	+4.3	+.129	+0.8	+2.1	+.240		+0.9	+.103
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	15	40.3	25.5	2.9	8.1	10.9	2.4	1.1	2.1	2.6	4.0	11.0	21.5	.512	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.4	5.3	.638
difference:	+5	+0.8	+4.5	+0.6	+1.9	+2.6	+7.1		+1.1	-0.9	-0.5	+0.4	+0.8	+.036	+1.7	+3.7	+.539	+2.2	+1.7	+.161
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


Season 9
	Patrick Ewing	Nikola Jokic
Season	1993-94	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	79	37.6	24.5	2.8	8.4	11.2	2.3	1.1	2.7	3.3	3.5	9.4	19.0	.496	0.1	0.2	.286	5.6	7.4	.765
difference:		+3.0	+1.9		+1.1	+1.2	+6.7	+0.3	+1.8	-0.3	-1.0	+1.0	+1.1	+.087	+1.0	+2.7	+.073	+1.1	+1.9	+.052
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	25	41.3	21.9	3.5	8.2	11.7	2.6	1.3	3.0	3.3	3.8	8.4	19.2	.437	0.2	0.4	.364	4.9	6.5	.755
difference:	+13	+1.1	+6.8	+0.1	+1.6	+1.7	+6.1	+0.1	+2.3		-1.1	+2.7	+1.1	+.108	+1.0	+4.0	+.100	+0.4	+0.6	+.146
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


Season 10
	Patrick Ewing	Nikola Jokic
Season	1994-95	2024-25
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Patrick Ewing	79	37.0	23.9	2.0	9.0	11.0	2.7	0.9	2.0	3.2	3.4	9.2	18.4	.503	0.1	0.3	.286	5.3	7.1	.750
difference:	+9	+0.3	+5.7	+0.9	+0.9	+1.7	+7.5	+0.9	+1.4	-0.1	-1.1	+2.0	+1.1	+.073	+1.9	+4.4	+.131	+0.1	+0.7	+.050
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	11	36.3	19.0	1.5	8.1	9.6	2.5	0.5	2.3	2.7	4.6	7.3	14.2	.513	0.1	0.3	.333	4.4	6.4	.686
difference:	+3	+3.9	+7.2	+0.6	+2.5	+3.1	+5.5	+1.5	+1.4	-1.2	-1.2	+2.1	+4.9	+.024	+1.8	+4.8	+.047	+1.2	+0.8	+.086
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


Additional Years
* Patrick Ewing played 7 seasons more than Nikola Jokic in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 17, from 1996 to 2002—Patrick Ewing played in 6 Playoffs. In those 7 extra years over Nikola Jokic, Patrick Ewing got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-Star Game

Patrick Ewing vs. Nikola Jokic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Jokic and Patrick Ewing, 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

Additional Years