Stephen Curry vs. Nikola Jokic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Jokic and Stephen Curry, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Stephen Curry played 17 years in the NBA, 6 more than Nikola Jokic, who played 11. Stephen Curry had the first of his seasons in 2009-10, 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.

Rookie Season
	Stephen Curry	Nikola Jokic
Season	2009-10	2015-16
Team	Golden State Warriors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
Stephen Curry	80	36.2	17.5	0.6	3.9	4.5	5.9	1.9	0.2	3.0	3.2	6.6	14.3	.462	2.1	4.8	.437	2.2	2.5	.885
difference:		+14.5	+7.5	+1.7	+0.8	+2.5	+3.5	+0.9	+0.4	-1.7	-0.6	+2.8	+6.8	+.050	+1.7	+3.7	+.104	+0.3	+0.1	+.074
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 Stephen Curry nor Nikola Jokic played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Stephen Curry	Nikola Jokic
Season	2012-13	2018-19
Team	Golden State Warriors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West 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		%
Stephen Curry	78	38.2	22.9	0.8	3.3	4.0	6.9	1.6	0.2	3.1	2.5	8.0	17.8	.451	3.5	7.7	.453	3.4	3.7	.900
difference:	+2	+6.9	+2.8	+2.1	+4.7	+6.8	+0.4	+0.2	+0.5		-0.4	+0.3	+2.7	+.060	+2.5	+4.3	+.146	+0.2	+0.7	+.079
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		%
Stephen Curry	12	41.4	23.4	0.4	3.4	3.8	8.1	1.7	0.2	3.3	2.9	8.5	19.6	.434	3.5	8.8	.396	2.9	3.2	.921
difference:	+2	+1.6	+1.7	+3.5	+5.7	+9.2	+0.3	+0.6	+0.7	-0.7	-1.0	+0.9	+1.0	+.072	+1.9	+4.8	+.003	+1.8	+2.4	+.075
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
	Stephen Curry	Nikola Jokic
Season	2013-14	2019-20
Team	Golden State Warriors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Stephen Curry	78	36.5	24.0	0.6	3.7	4.3	8.5	1.6	0.2	3.8	2.5	8.4	17.7	.471	3.3	7.9	.424	3.9	4.5	.885
difference:	+5	+4.5	+4.1	+1.7	+3.8	+5.4	+1.5	+0.4	+0.4	-0.7	-0.5	+0.7	+3.0	+.057	+2.2	+4.4	+.110	+0.5	+0.4	+.068
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		%
Stephen Curry	7	42.3	23.0	0.6	3.0	3.6	8.4	1.7	0.1	3.7	2.6	7.3	16.6	.440	3.1	8.1	.386	5.3	6.0	.881
difference:	+12	+5.8	+1.4	+1.3	+4.9	+6.2	+2.7	+0.6	+0.7	-0.4	-1.0	+2.1	+1.5	+.079	+0.9	+2.9	+.043	+1.8	+1.8	+.046
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
	Stephen Curry	Nikola Jokic
Season	2014-15	2020-21
Team	Golden State Warriors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Stephen Curry	80	32.7	23.8	0.7	3.6	4.3	7.7	2.0	0.2	3.1	2.0	8.2	16.8	.487	3.6	8.1	.443	3.9	4.2	.914
difference:	+8	+1.9	+2.6	+2.1	+4.4	+6.5	+0.6	+0.7	+0.5		-0.7	+2.0	+1.2	+.079	+2.3	+4.8	+.055	+0.9	+1.3	+.046
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		%
Stephen Curry	21	39.3	28.3	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.4	1.9	0.1	3.9	2.2	9.5	20.9	.456	4.7	11.0	.422	4.6	5.5	.835
difference:	+11	+4.8	+1.5	+2.7	+3.9	+6.6	+1.4	+1.3	+0.8	-1.5	-0.1	+2.1	+1.9	+.053	+2.7	+5.7	+.045			+.001
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
	Stephen Curry	Nikola Jokic
Season	2015-16	2021-22
Team	Golden State Warriors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	Season MVP
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Stephen Curry	79	34.2	30.1	0.9	4.6	5.4	6.7	2.1	0.2	3.3	2.0	10.2	20.2	.504	5.1	11.2	.454	4.6	5.1	.908
difference:	+5	+0.7	+3.0	+1.9	+6.4	+8.4	+1.2	+0.6	+0.7	-0.5	-0.6	+0.1	+2.5	+.079	+3.8	+7.3	+.117	+0.5	+1.2	+.098
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		%
Stephen Curry	18	34.1	25.1	0.8	4.7	5.5	5.2	1.4	0.3	4.2	2.2	8.2	18.8	.438	4.4	11.0	.404	4.2	4.6	.916
difference:	+13	+0.1	+5.9	+2.6	+5.1	+7.7	+0.6	+0.2	+0.7	-0.6	-1.8	+4.0	+2.4	+.137	+3.4	+7.4	+.126	+1.4	+2.0	+.068
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
	Stephen Curry	Nikola Jokic
Season	2016-17	2022-23
Team	Golden State Warriors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	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		%
Stephen Curry	79	33.4	25.3	0.8	3.7	4.5	6.6	1.8	0.2	3.0	2.3	8.5	18.3	.468	4.1	10.0	.411	4.1	4.6	.898
difference:	+10	+0.3	+0.8	+1.6	+5.7	+7.3	+3.2	+0.5	+0.5	-0.6	-0.2	+0.9	+3.5	+.164	+3.3	+7.8	+.028	+0.8	+1.4	+.076
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		%
Stephen Curry	17	35.4	28.1	1.3	4.9	6.2	6.7	2.0	0.2	3.4	2.2	8.9	18.4	.484	4.2	10.1	.419	6.1	6.7	.904
difference:	+3	+4.1	+1.9	+2.2	+5.1	+7.3	+2.8	+0.9	+0.8	-0.1	-1.3	+2.5	+2.3	+.064	+2.4	+6.3	+.042	+0.5	+0.3	+.105
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
	Stephen Curry	Nikola Jokic
Season	2017-18	2023-24
Team	Golden State Warriors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Stephen Curry	51	32.0	26.4	0.7	4.4	5.1	6.1	1.6	0.2	3.0	2.2	8.4	16.9	.495	4.2	9.8	.423	5.5	5.9	.921
difference:	+28	+2.6		+2.1	+5.1	+7.3	+2.9	+0.2	+0.7		-0.3	+2.0	+1.0	+.088	+3.1	+6.9	+.064	+1.0	+0.4	+.104
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		%
Stephen Curry	15	37.0	25.5	0.6	5.5	6.1	5.4	1.7	0.7	2.9	2.5	9.1	20.3	.451	4.3	10.8	.395	3.0	3.1	.957
difference:	+3	+3.2	+3.2	+3.0	+4.3	+7.3	+3.3	+0.3		-0.4	-0.2	+2.0		+.094	+3.1	+6.4	+.131	+2.3	+2.8	+.056
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
	Stephen Curry	Nikola Jokic
Season	2018-19	2024-25
Team	Golden State Warriors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Stephen Curry	69	33.8	27.3	0.7	4.7	5.3	5.2	1.3	0.4	2.8	2.4	9.2	19.4	.472	5.1	11.7	.437	3.8	4.2	.916
difference:	+1	+2.9	+2.3	+2.2	+5.2	+7.4	+5.0	+0.5	+0.2	-0.5	-0.1	+2.0	+0.1	+.104	+3.1	+7.0	+.020	+1.4	+2.2	+.116
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		%
Stephen Curry	22	38.5	28.2	0.8	5.2	6.0	5.7	1.1	0.2	3.0	3.1	8.6	19.6	.441	4.2	11.1	.377	6.7	7.1	.943
difference:	+8	+1.7	+2.0	+1.3	+5.4	+6.7	+2.3	+0.9	+0.7	-0.9	-0.3	+0.8	+0.5	+.048	+2.3	+6.0	+.003	+1.1	+0.1	+.171
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
* Stephen Curry played 6 seasons more than Nikola Jokic in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 12 to 17, from 2021 to 2026—Stephen Curry played in 3 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 6 extra years over Nikola Jokic, Stephen Curry got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 All-NBA First Team 3 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Clutch Player of the Year 1 Scoring Leader 5 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP