DEN

Denver Nuggets

Western Conference · Northwest

6-4 · #9 in the West · Streak: 1 win

Offense: 115.9 #9 in the NBA
Defense: 115.1 #22 in the NBA
Net rating: +0.7 #17 in the NBA
Pace: 97.6 #26 in the NBA

Points scored and allowed per 100 possessions, and possessions per game. On defense, lower is better.

The Denver Nuggets starting lineup on the depth chart is Jamal Murray (point guard), Christian Braun (shooting guard), Cameron Johnson (small forward), Aaron Gordon (power forward), and Nikola Jokić (center). Their top options, in order, are Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, and Aaron Gordon. Julian Strawther (expected back 2026-11-29) is out. The roster has 17 players.

Next game

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans · Sat 11/14, 7:00 PM

Probable starters

Point Guard

Jamal Murray
Shooting Guard

Christian Braun
Small Forward

Cameron Johnson
Power Forward

Aaron Gordon
Center

Nikola Jokić

Starters in the last game: Cameron Johnson, Jamal Murray, Christian Braun, Nikola Jokić, and Aaron Gordon.

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Depth chart

	Starter	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Point Guard	#27 Jamal Murray ★ 2nd option	#5 Tyus Jones	#9 Ryan Nembhard	Unassigned	Unassigned
Shooting Guard	#0 Christian Braun	#10 DeMar DeRozan	#1 Julian Strawther Out · Returns: 2026-11-29	#21 Spencer Jones	#5 Tyus Jones
Small Forward	#23 Cameron Johnson	#10 DeMar DeRozan	#1 Julian Strawther Out · Returns: 2026-11-29	#11 Alpha Diallo	#21 Spencer Jones
Power Forward	#32 Aaron Gordon ★ 3rd option	#10 DeMar DeRozan	#21 Spencer Jones	#11 Alpha Diallo	#7 Trevon Brazile
Center	#15 Nikola Jokić ★ 1st option	#3 Marvin Bagley III	#32 Aaron Gordon ★ 3rd option	#22 Zeke Nnaji	#14 DaRon Holmes II

Roster

Stats: per-game averages in the 2026-27 season. Click a column to sort by it. If a player has changed teams, they include his games with his previous team (except starts, which only count this team).

■ In orange, the high in each column. For percentages, among players attempting at least 5 field goals, 3 two-pointers or 2 three-pointers or free throws per game.


27	Jamal Murray ★ 2nd option	29	PG	10	10	36.4	8.7	17.1	50.9	4.0	7.8	51.3	4.7	9.3	50.5	62.6	4.8	5.7	84.2	0.9	4.1	5.0	5.9	0.9	0.9	2.3	1.8	26.2
15	Nikola Jokić ★ 1st option	31	C	10	10	36.3	9.2	18.4	50.0	1.0	4.3	23.3	8.2	14.1	58.2	52.7	4.1	4.7	87.2	2.6	8.2	10.8	9.0	1.8	1.2	3.0	2.9	23.5
0	Christian Braun	25	SG/SF	10	10	34.4	4.8	9.9	48.5	1.6	4.7	34.0	3.2	5.2	61.5	56.6	1.2	1.6	75.0	0.9	3.2	4.1	2.4	2.0	0.2	1.2	2.7	12.4
32	Aaron Gordon ★ 3rd option	31	PF	10	10	29.1	3.5	9.2	38.0	1.1	4.3	25.6	2.4	4.9	49.0	44.0	2.9	3.6	80.6	1.1	3.9	5.0	2.1	1.0	0.5	1.4	2.5	11.0
23	Cameron Johnson	30	SF/PF	7	7	28.2	4.6	9.1	50.0	2.3	5.3	43.2	2.3	3.9	59.3	62.5	0.7	1.1	62.5	0.9	3.0	3.9	1.9	1.1	0.0	1.3	1.9	12.1
10	DeMar DeRozan	37	SF	9	0	23.5	3.6	8.7	41.0	0.2	1.6	14.3	3.3	7.1	46.9	42.3	2.7	3.4	77.4	0.4	1.6	2.0	3.0	0.7	0.2	1.0	2.1	10.0
7	Trevon Brazile	23	PF	10	1	19.5	2.8	5.0	56.0	0.8	2.4	33.3	2.0	2.6	76.9	64.0	0.7	1.3	53.8	1.4	4.2	5.6	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.6	1.7	7.1
21	Spencer Jones	25	PF	3	0	18.9	2.0	4.0	50.0	1.3	2.7	50.0	0.7	1.3	50.0	66.7	0.0	0.0	–	0.3	2.0	2.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.3	1.7	5.3
13	Bryce Hopkins	24	SF	7	2	14.2	2.0	3.1	63.6	0.3	0.7	40.0	1.7	2.4	70.6	68.2	1.1	1.6	72.7	0.6	1.4	2.0	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.4	5.4
3	Marvin Bagley III	27	PF/C	10	0	12.3	2.1	3.9	53.8	0.0	0.4	0.0	2.1	3.5	60.0	53.8	1.6	2.2	72.7	1.5	1.8	3.3	0.6	0.2	0.5	0.5	1.2	5.8
5	Tyus Jones	30	PG	10	0	10.5	0.8	2.4	33.3	0.3	1.2	25.0	0.5	1.2	41.7	39.6	0.6	0.6	100.0	0.1	0.5	0.6	2.0	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.2	2.5
11	Alpha Diallo	29	SG/SF	4	0	8.0	0.5	1.5	33.3	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.5	0.8	66.7	33.3	0.0	0.0	–	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.8	1.0	1.0
00	Cam Whitmore	22	PF	2	0	7.4	2.0	3.5	57.1	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	2.5	80.0	57.1	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	4.0
22	Zeke Nnaji	25	PF/C	2	0	3.7	0.5	0.5	100.0	0.5	0.5	100.0	0.0	0.0	–	150.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	3.5
9	Ryan Nembhard	23	PG	3	0	3.2	1.0	1.7	60.0	0.3	0.3	100.0	0.7	1.3	50.0	70.0	0.7	0.7	100.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	3.0
14	DaRon Holmes II	24	PF	4	0	2.4	0.3	0.8	33.3	0.3	0.8	33.3	0.0	0.0	–	50.0	0.0	0.0	–	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.8
1	Julian Strawther Out · Returns: 2026-11-29	–	SG/SF	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Team total			10		242.5	41.4	85.7	48.3	11.5	32.5	35.4	29.9	53.2	56.2	55.0	20.2	25.4	79.5	10.3	31.5	41.8	27.6	9.0	4.5	13.3	18.5	114.5

Lineup performance

2026-27 season. Net rating = points scored minus points allowed per 100 possessions with that lineup on the floor. Best and worst among lineups with at least 100 possessions.

Most used

Lineup	GP	MIN	+/-	Off / Def	Net rating
Gordon · Jokić · Murray · Johnson · Braun	7	113	+32	120.4 / 107.3	+13.2
Gordon · Jokić · Murray · Braun · Brazile	6	41	+33	125.0 / 89.1	+35.9
Gordon · Jokić · Murray · Braun · Hopkins	4	27	-25	83.9 / 126.2	-42.4
DeRozan · Jokić · Murray · Braun · Brazile	7	25	+9	107.1 / 92.7	+14.4
DeRozan · Gordon · Jokić · Murray · Braun	7	24	-1	96.2 / 113.3	-17.2

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