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Nikola Jokic

Denver Nuggets
Number #15
Position C
Age 31
Height 6-11
Weight 284LBS
Draft 2014 R2 Pick 41
Nationality Serbia
Born Feb 19, 1995
College / Team Mega Basket

Key Insights

2025-26
His team is at its best with him and Aaron Gordon out there together
Aaron Gordon

Denver Nuggets are 16.2 points per 100 possessions better with him and Aaron Gordon on the floor together than when that pair sits.

+18.8 net rating together vs +2.7 apart, over 651 shared minutes. 99th percentile of 1864 qualifying duos, 2025 (both players rotation regulars).
Almost everyone on the roster plays better with him out there

His teammates play better with him on the floor: the median one of the 10 who qualify is 12.4 points per 100 possessions better beside him than without him.

10 of 10 qualifying teammates are better with him. 93rd percentile of 5032 teammate splits around one player, 2025.
He and Christian Braun have gone off the boil lately
Christian Braun

Over the last 15 games he and Christian Braun are -5.4 points per 100 possessions, against +11.4 earlier in the season.

817 possessions in the window, 1763 before it. 96th percentile of 875 qualifying duos over the last 15 games, 2025.
Put him out with Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon and the team takes off

With Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon, Denver Nuggets are 16.0 points per 100 possessions better than when that trio is off the floor.

+19.3 net together vs +3.3 apart, 511 shared minutes. 98th percentile of 2805 qualifying trios, 2025 (all three rotation regulars).
The offence leans on him far more when Tim Hardaway Jr. is out there
Tim Hardaway Jr.

His usage rises from 26.6% to 32.2% of the offence with Tim Hardaway Jr. on the floor.

2343 possessions together, 2517 apart. 97th percentile of 4366 usage shifts among qualifying pairs, 2025.
They work when they play, and the coach barely plays them together
Peyton Watson

He and Peyton Watson are +11.4 points per 100 possessions together, and share the floor for only 52% of the time the less-used of them is on it.

821 shared minutes, 1754 possessions together. 98th percentile of qualifying 2-man groups, 2025.

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Combine & Bio Data
DOB Feb 19, 1995
Birth Country Serbia
Draft 2014 (R2 / P41)
College Mega Basket