Trevor Ariza vs. Nikola Jokic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Jokic and Trevor Ariza, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Trevor Ariza played 18 years in the NBA, 7 more than Nikola Jokic, who played 11. Trevor Ariza had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, 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
Trevor Ariza	18	10	2004-05 to 2021-22
Nikola Jokic	11	7	2015-16 to 2025-26

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


Rookie Season
	Trevor Ariza	Nikola Jokic
Season	2004-05	2015-16
Team	New York Knicks	Denver Nuggets
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		%
Trevor Ariza	80	17.3	5.9	1.1	1.9	3.0	1.1	0.9	0.2	0.9	1.9	2.2	4.9	.442	0.0	0.2	.231	1.5	2.2	.695
difference:		+4.4	+4.1	+1.2	+2.8	+4.0	+1.3	+0.1	+0.4	-0.4	-0.7	+1.6	+2.6	+.070	+0.4	+0.9	+.102	+0.4	+0.2	+.116
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 Trevor Ariza nor Nikola Jokic played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Trevor Ariza	Nikola Jokic
Season	2005-06	2016-17
Team	New York Knicks, Orlando Magic	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		%
Trevor Ariza	57	17.5	4.6	1.4	2.5	3.8	1.1	1.0	0.2	1.1	1.8	1.6	4.0	.412	0.0	0.1	.200	1.4	2.2	.606
difference:	+16	+10.4	+12.1	+1.5	+4.4	+6.0	+3.8	+0.2	+0.6	-1.2	-1.1	+5.2	+7.7	+.166	+0.6	+1.8	+.124	+1.2	+0.9	+.219
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 Trevor Ariza nor Nikola Jokic played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Trevor Ariza	Nikola Jokic
Season	2006-07	2017-18
Team	Orlando Magic	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Trevor Ariza	57	22.4	8.9	1.7	2.6	4.4	1.1	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.4	3.5	6.5	.539	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	3.0	.620
difference:	+18	+10.2	+9.6	+0.9	+5.5	+6.3	+5.0	+0.2	+0.5	-1.3	-0.4	+3.2	+7.0	+.040	+1.5	+3.6	+.396	+1.6	+1.2	+.230
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		%
Trevor Ariza	4	11.8	2.8	1.3	1.0	2.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.3	1.3	4.0	.313	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.250
Nikola Jokic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Trevor Ariza	Nikola Jokic
Season	2007-08	2018-19
Team	Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Trevor Ariza	35	15.6	5.5	0.9	2.2	3.1	1.3	0.9	0.3	0.7	1.3	2.0	3.9	.507	0.1	0.5	.278	1.4	2.1	.653
difference:	+45	+15.7	+14.6	+2.0	+5.8	+7.7	+6.0	+0.5	+0.4	-2.4	-1.6	+5.7	+11.2	+.004	+0.9	+2.9	+.029	+2.2	+2.3	+.168
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		%
Trevor Ariza	8	5.6	2.1	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.9	0.9	1.5	.583	0.1	0.5	.250	0.3	0.5	.500
difference:	+6	+34.2	+23.0	+3.5	+8.1	+11.6	+8.3	+1.0	+0.8	-2.5	-3.0	+8.5	+17.1	+.077	+1.5	+3.5	+.143	+4.4	+5.1	+.346
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
	Trevor Ariza	Nikola Jokic
Season	2008-09	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Trevor Ariza	82	24.4	8.9	1.4	2.9	4.3	1.8	1.7	0.3	1.1	2.0	3.3	7.3	.460	0.7	2.3	.319	1.5	2.1	.710
difference:	+9	+7.6	+11.0	+0.9	+4.6	+5.4	+5.2	+0.5	+0.3	-2.0	-1.0	+4.4	+7.4	+.068	+0.4	+1.2	+.005	+1.9	+2.0	+.107
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		%
Trevor Ariza	23	31.4	11.3	1.0	3.3	4.2	2.3	1.6	0.4	1.7	3.2	4.0	8.0	.497	1.7	3.7	.476	1.6	2.8	.563
difference:	+4	+5.1	+13.1	+0.9	+4.6	+5.6	+3.4	+0.5	+0.4	-1.6	-0.4	+5.4	+10.1	+.022	+0.5	+1.5	+.047	+1.9	+1.4	+.272
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
	Trevor Ariza	Nikola Jokic
Season	2009-10	2020-21
Team	Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Trevor Ariza	72	36.5	14.9	1.1	4.5	5.6	3.8	1.8	0.6	2.2	2.3	5.5	13.9	.394	1.9	5.7	.334	2.1	3.2	.649
difference:		+1.9	+11.5	+1.7	+3.5	+5.2	+4.5	+0.5	+0.1	-0.9	-0.4	+4.7	+4.1	+.172	+0.6	+2.4	+.054	+2.7	+2.3	+.219
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		%
Trevor Ariza	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Trevor Ariza	Nikola Jokic
Season	2010-11	2021-22
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Trevor Ariza	75	34.7	11.0	0.8	4.6	5.4	2.2	1.6	0.4	1.6	2.4	4.0	10.2	.398	1.1	3.6	.303	1.8	2.6	.701
difference:	+1	+1.2	+16.1	+2.0	+6.4	+8.4	+5.7	+0.1	+0.5	-2.2	-0.2	+6.3	+7.5	+.185	+0.2	+0.3	+.034	+3.3	+3.7	+.109
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		%
Trevor Ariza	6	40.2	15.5	1.2	5.3	6.5	3.3	1.3	0.5	1.2	2.7	5.8	14.2	.412	1.2	3.5	.333	2.7	3.7	.727
difference:	+1	+6.0	+15.5	+2.2	+4.5	+6.7	+2.5	+0.3	+0.5	-3.6	-1.3	+6.4	+7.0	+.163	+0.2	+0.1	+.055	+2.9	+2.9	+.121
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
	Trevor Ariza	Nikola Jokic
Season	2011-12	2022-23
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Trevor Ariza	41	32.9	10.8	1.0	4.2	5.2	3.3	1.7	0.6	1.9	1.8	4.1	9.8	.417	0.7	2.1	.333	1.9	2.5	.775
difference:	+28	+0.8	+13.7	+1.4	+5.2	+6.6	+6.5	+0.4	+0.1	-1.7	-0.7	+5.3	+5.0	+.215	+0.1	+0.1	+.050	+3.0	+3.5	+.047
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		%
Trevor Ariza	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Trevor Ariza	Nikola Jokic
Season	2012-13	2023-24
Team	Washington Wizards	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Trevor Ariza	56	26.3	9.5	0.8	4.0	4.8	2.0	1.3	0.4	1.5	1.3	3.4	8.1	.417	1.4	3.7	.364	1.4	1.7	.821
difference:	+23	+8.3	+16.9	+2.0	+5.5	+7.6	+7.0	+0.1	+0.5	-1.5	-1.2	+7.0	+9.8	+.166	+0.3	+0.8	+.005	+3.1	+3.8	+.004
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		%
Trevor Ariza	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Trevor Ariza	Nikola Jokic
Season	2013-14	2024-25
Team	Washington Wizards	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards 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		%
Trevor Ariza	77	35.4	14.4	1.3	4.9	6.2	2.5	1.6	0.3	1.7	2.3	5.1	11.1	.456	2.3	5.7	.407	1.9	2.5	.772
difference:	+7	+1.3	+15.2	+1.6	+5.0	+6.5	+7.7	+0.2	+0.3	-1.6		+6.1	+8.4	+.120	+0.3	+1.0	+.010	+3.3	+3.9	+.028
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		%
Trevor Ariza	11	37.0	13.6	1.9	7.0	8.9	1.7	1.5	0.4	1.3	2.4	4.7	9.8	.481	2.3	5.1	.446	1.9	2.5	.778
difference:	+3	+3.2	+12.6	+0.2	+3.6	+3.8	+6.3	+0.5	+0.5	-2.6	-1.0	+4.7	+9.3	+.008	+0.4		+.066	+3.7	+4.7	+.006
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


Season 11
	Trevor Ariza	Nikola Jokic
Season	2014-15	2025-26
Team	Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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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		%
Trevor Ariza	82	35.7	12.8	0.9	4.7	5.6	2.5	1.9	0.2	1.7	2.3	4.5	11.1	.402	2.4	6.8	.350	1.5	1.7	.853
difference:	+65	+0.9	+16.8	+2.4	+4.8	+7.2	+8.6	+0.3	+0.6	-1.8	-0.7	+6.3	+6.2	+.224	+0.3	+1.9	+.084	+4.3	+5.1
Nikola Jokic	17	34.8	29.6	3.3	9.5	12.8	11.1	1.6	0.8	3.5	3.0	10.8	17.3	.626	2.1	4.9	.434	5.8	6.8	.853

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Trevor Ariza	17	38.5	13.2	1.1	5.4	6.4	2.6	1.8	0.1	1.4	3.0	4.4	10.4	.426	2.1	5.6	.375	2.2	2.5	.905
Nikola Jokic	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years

* Trevor Ariza played 7 seasons more than Nikola Jokic in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 12 to 18, from 2016 to 2022—Trevor Ariza played in 4 Playoffs.

Trevor Ariza vs. Nikola Jokic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nikola Jokic and Trevor Ariza, 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