DEN · West · Northwest

Denver Nuggets

Record: 54-28First Round
Net rating: +5.05119.6 off · 114.5 def
Adjusted net: +4.86SOS -0.19
Pace: 102.119 players used

Team leaders · 500 minute minimum

Points per game
27.6898th %ile
Nikola Jokić
Net rating
+12.7098th %ile
Aaron Gordon
True shooting
67.0%95th %ile
Nikola Jokić

Four factors

Dean Oliver’s four factors: shoot well, avoid turnovers, rebound your own misses, and get to the line. Most of what separates teams is in the first one.

What this team does

Shooting: 57.7%+3.1
Turnovers: 11.5%-1.2
Off. rebounding: 23.6%-2.4
Free throws: 29.4%+3.0

What opponents do

Shooting: 54.3%-0.3
Turnovers: 10.4%-2.3
Off. rebounding: 24.7%-1.3
Free throws: 25.4%-1.0

Each marker is this team; the tick is the league average. Teal means the better side of average for that factor, so on the opponent side a low number is the good one. The figure after each value is the gap in percentage points.

Season trend

Rolling averages across the season. Each unit gets its own panel and its own axis, so nothing here is an artifact of two scales sharing a plot.

Schedule splits

Opponent quality uses each opponent’s record across the whole season. The rest rows leave out a team’s first game, which has no prior rest to measure.

2025-26 schedule splits

All games	82	54-28	+5.15	119.59	114.54	+5.05	57.8%
Home	41	28-13	+5.58	118.83	113.41	+5.42	57.4%
Road	41	26-15	+4.71	120.35	115.67	+4.68	58.1%
vs winning teams	49	29-20	+3.33	117.80	114.65	+3.15	56.8%
vs sub-.500 teams	33	25-8	+7.85	122.25	114.38	+7.87	59.2%
Back-to-back	17	11-6	+3.59	120.92	117.60	+3.32	59.1%
1+ days rest	64	43-21	+5.73	119.22	113.54	+5.68	57.4%
3+ days rest	5	2-3	+5.60	119.42	114.00	+5.42	58.7%

Quarters and clutch

Clutch means the last five minutes with the score within five points. A weak fourth quarter next to a healthy clutch rating means the damage happens before crunch time.

Clutch record: 23-1942 games
Clutch net: -3.20117.4 off · 120.6 def
Clutch eFG%: 53.1%
Clutch minutes: 202

2025-26 per-quarter ratings

1	82	122.10	114.70	+7.50	101.22	59.1%	12.3%
2	82	117.70	114.00	+3.70	99.44	55.6%	13.6%
3	82	125.30	118.80	+6.50	100.29	59.8%	12.6%
4	82	120.10	116.50	+3.50	96.90	56.5%	12.8%

Rotation

Every player who appeared in 2025-26, ordered by minutes. Sort any column; hover a heading for what it measures.

2025-26 rotation

Jamal Murray	75	2,652	25.40	4.40	7.13	62.2%	82	57.3%	41.4%	3.13	26.9%	10.0%	32.3%	7.4%	+6.80	G	29	–	–	–
Nikola Jokić	65	2,265	27.68	12.86	10.72	67.0%	95	61.8%	26.1%	2.87	28.9%	15.3%	52.4%	21.8%	+10.80	C	31	–	–	–
Tim Hardaway Jr.	80	2,127	13.49	2.58	1.35	62.4%	83	59.1%	70.6%	2.51	17.7%	4.7%	7.2%	5.7%	+4.50	G-F	34	–	–	–
Bruce Brown	82	1,998	7.92	3.88	2.12	56.2%	37	53.0%	28.3%	1.91	14.2%	13.6%	11.7%	9.4%	-1.00	G-F	29	–	–	–
Cameron Johnson	54	1,647	12.22	3.81	2.44	62.9%	85	59.6%	53.9%	2.81	14.4%	8.2%	10.9%	7.4%	+9.50	F	30	–	–	–
Peyton Watson	54	1,598	14.61	4.89	2.06	59.4%	64	56.0%	33.9%	1.19	20.4%	12.3%	10.0%	9.8%	+6.20	G	23	–	–	–
Spencer Jones	64	1,417	5.50	3.27	0.80	61.9%	81	61.3%	55.0%	1.65	9.7%	9.8%	4.6%	8.7%	+1.60	F	25	–	–	–
Christian Braun	44	1,399	11.96	4.79	2.73	60.7%	71	57.5%	36.8%	2.79	14.2%	9.0%	11.8%	8.9%	+10.10	G	25	–	–	–
Aaron Gordon	36	1,005	16.17	5.81	2.67	62.0%	81	57.4%	39.5%	2.53	21.3%	7.5%	14.2%	12.3%	+12.70	F	30	–	–	–
Tyus Jones	67	979	2.97	1.13	2.37	44.8%	1	44.0%	62.8%	6.36	10.3%	10.1%	20.5%	4.6%	-6.10	G	30	–	–	–
Jonas Valanciunas	65	871	8.72	5.06	1.20	63.0%	86	59.2%	6.7%	1.07	26.0%	14.0%	14.6%	22.3%	-2.00	C	34	–	–	–
Julian Strawther	57	861	7.25	2.00	1.07	59.0%	61	55.8%	47.0%	1.69	18.7%	9.3%	10.2%	7.8%	+1.50	G	24	–	–	–
Jalen Pickett	50	807	5.20	2.28	2.30	54.1%	23	52.8%	54.7%	3.38	14.8%	12.4%	19.0%	8.4%	-0.40	G	26	–	–	–
Zeke Nnaji	52	626	3.65	2.62	0.56	55.8%	33	51.7%	35.8%	1.07	13.6%	13.7%	6.1%	12.8%	-6.60	F-C	25	–	–	–
KJ Simpson	20	258	4.55	1.85	2.15	42.6%	–	40.4%	40.4%	1.72	21.0%	18.9%	22.6%	8.5%	+0.00	G	23	–	–	–
DaRon Holmes II	25	210	3.72	1.40	0.64	69.2%	–	67.2%	73.8%	1.33	17.1%	15.2%	10.5%	9.9%	-3.00	F	23	–	–	–
Hunter Tyson	21	162	2.19	1.71	0.81	39.8%	–	33.7%	63.5%	3.40	16.6%	8.0%	13.4%	13.2%	-7.50	–	26	–	–	–
Curtis Jones	10	88	2.90	1.10	1.00	52.0%	–	51.8%	66.7%	5.00	14.2%	6.7%	15.3%	7.4%	+13.60	G	24	–	–	–
David Roddy	5	73	8.00	4.00	0.80	60.5%	–	55.0%	36.7%	2.00	19.1%	5.7%	8.2%	16.2%	+3.10	F	25	–	–	–

Season over season

Players with minutes in more than one season on this team, with the change between the two most recent.

Season over season comparison

Jamal Murray	2,133	1,861	2,418	2,652	234	21.90	24.18	21.38	25.86	+4.48	57.1%	58.6%	58.4%	62.2%	+3.8%	+6.40	+8.20	+6.50	+6.80	+0.30
Nikola Jokić	2,323	2,737	2,571	2,265	-306	26.19	27.43	29.00	28.59	-0.41	70.1%	65.0%	66.3%	67.0%	+0.7%	+12.50	+11.80	+10.50	+10.80	+0.30
Tim Hardaway Jr.	–	–	–	2,127	–	–	–	–	18.26	–	–	–	–	62.4%	–	–	–	–	+4.50	–
Bruce Brown	2,279	–	–	1,998	–	14.58	–	–	11.70	–	57.1%	–	–	56.2%	–	+0.80	–	–	-1.00	–
Cameron Johnson	–	–	–	1,647	–	–	–	–	14.43	–	–	–	–	62.9%	–	–	–	–	+9.50	–
Peyton Watson	186	1,488	1,656	1,598	-58	14.51	12.87	11.98	17.78	+5.80	55.3%	53.9%	56.4%	59.4%	+3.0%	-12.00	-0.70	+0.00	+6.20	+6.20
Spencer Jones	–	–	125	1,417	1,292	–	–	7.51	8.94	+1.43	–	–	36.8%	61.9%	+25.1%	–	–	-18.00	+1.60	+19.60
Christian Braun	1,181	1,656	2,675	1,399	-1,276	10.97	13.05	16.39	13.53	-2.85	56.8%	55.4%	66.5%	60.7%	-5.8%	-4.30	+0.70	+8.20	+10.10	+1.90
Aaron Gordon	2,055	2,297	1,447	1,005	-442	19.43	15.88	18.61	20.85	+2.23	61.7%	60.7%	65.0%	62.0%	-3.0%	+12.10	+8.70	+9.50	+12.70	+3.20
Tyus Jones	–	–	–	979	–	–	–	–	7.32	–	–	–	–	44.8%	–	–	–	–	-6.10	–
Jonas Valanciunas	–	–	–	871	–	–	–	–	23.43	–	–	–	–	63.0%	–	–	–	–	-2.00	–
Julian Strawther	–	545	1,383	861	-523	–	14.98	15.30	17.27	+1.97	–	48.2%	55.9%	59.0%	+3.1%	–	-9.80	-2.50	+1.50	+4.00
Jalen Pickett	–	122	666	806	140	–	12.41	10.81	11.61	+0.80	–	57.1%	54.5%	54.1%	-0.4%	–	-2.40	+2.90	-0.40	-3.30
Zeke Nnaji	728	576	608	626	18	13.70	11.62	10.89	10.93	+0.03	62.0%	52.8%	57.4%	55.8%	-1.6%	-5.90	-11.90	-1.60	-6.60	-5.00
KJ Simpson	–	–	–	258	–	–	–	–	12.72	–	–	–	–	42.6%	–	–	–	–	+0.00	–
DaRon Holmes II	–	–	–	210	–	–	–	–	15.98	–	–	–	–	69.2%	–	–	–	–	-3.00	–
Hunter Tyson	–	48	400	162	-238	–	15.01	12.06	10.23	-1.83	–	50.0%	50.6%	39.8%	-10.8%	–	+2.70	-10.20	-7.50	+2.70
Curtis Jones	–	–	–	88	–	–	–	–	11.90	–	–	–	–	52.0%	–	–	–	–	+13.60	–
David Roddy	–	–	–	73	–	–	–	–	19.72	–	–	–	–	60.5%	–	–	–	–	+3.10	–
Braxton Key	–	60	–	–	–	–	13.20	–	–	–	–	53.6%	–	–	–	–	-8.30	–	–	–
Collin Gillespie	–	225	–	–	–	–	13.90	–	–	–	–	58.6%	–	–	–	–	+2.50	–	–	–
Dario Saric	–	–	210	–	–	–	–	9.58	–	–	–	–	44.9%	–	–	–	–	-11.50	–	–
Davon Reed	343	–	–	–	–	9.35	–	–	–	–	47.1%	–	–	–	–	-14.10	–	–	–	–
DeAndre Jordan	586	396	691	–	–	12.23	12.92	10.89	–	–	73.1%	61.0%	62.1%	–	–	-8.40	-10.70	-3.30	–	–
Ish Smith	398	–	–	–	–	9.77	–	–	–	–	40.7%	–	–	–	–	-5.30	–	–	–	–
Jack White	66	–	–	–	–	11.45	–	–	–	–	51.7%	–	–	–	–	-14.10	–	–	–	–
Jay Huff	–	49	–	–	–	–	16.79	–	–	–	–	72.4%	–	–	–	–	-7.90	–	–	–
Jeff Green	1,091	–	–	–	–	14.42	–	–	–	–	57.6%	–	–	–	–	-8.00	–	–	–	–
Justin Holiday	–	862	–	–	–	–	9.77	–	–	–	–	59.8%	–	–	–	–	+3.70	–	–	–
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	2,381	2,402	–	–	–	12.43	11.48	–	–	–	59.8%	60.2%	–	–	–	+9.80	+11.30	–	–	–
Michael Porter Jr.	1,798	2,565	2,593	–	–	21.63	19.04	19.41	–	–	62.1%	60.1%	61.7%	–	–	+10.40	+8.10	+4.40	–	–
PJ Hall	–	–	66	–	–	–	–	17.95	–	–	–	–	64.1%	–	–	–	–	+0.50	–	–
Reggie Jackson	1,657	1,817	–	–	–	15.06	16.51	–	–	–	51.4%	52.1%	–	–	–	-2.20	+1.40	–	–	–
Russell Westbrook	–	–	2,092	–	–	–	–	17.10	–	–	–	–	53.2%	–	–	–	–	-0.60	–	–
Thomas Bryant	1,081	–	–	–	–	19.27	–	–	–	–	68.2%	–	–	–	–	-4.70	–	–	–	–
Trey Alexander	–	–	117	–	–	–	–	9.83	–	–	–	–	37.4%	–	–	–	–	-10.90	–	–
Vlatko Cancar	889	–	–	–	–	12.03	–	–	–	–	60.6%	–	–	–	–	-3.90	–	–	–	–
Vlatko Čančar	–	–	136	–	–	–	–	6.36	–	–	–	–	46.2%	–	–	–	–	-6.90	–	–