What did Nikola Jokic actually supply in 2018-19 for DEN?
Nikola Jokic's strongest evidenced functions are passing, event creation, creation; the weakest available areas are shooting, rim pressure, rim protection. The profile is tied to DEN for 2018-19.
High1,823,250 observed minutes
Function profile
Directly observed offensive and defensive functions — separate readings, never a grade.
11 of 11 — complete
Career arc
Stabilized impact across governed seasons — a trend line, not a career grade. Hollow points mean evidence unavailable.
Lineup context
Exact five-player context with honest sample strength.
DEN · 2025-26Rotation-size lineup sample757 possessions
Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Christian Braun produced 124.3 offense and 115.1 defense over 757 possessions (5.6 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
DEN · 2025-26Small lineup sample333 possessions
Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Peyton Watson, Spencer Jones produced 137.1 offense and 116.2 defense over 333 possessions (8.4 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
DEN · 2025-26Small lineup sample238 possessions
Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Julian Strawther, Christian Braun produced 126.9 offense and 117.6 defense over 238 possessions (3.0 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
DEN · 2025-26Small lineup sample
Contract & salary
Season rows under the serving definition; provisional status sits beside the amount.
Body & injury history
Every governed medical episode, mapped to the body. Evidence about the player — never a team decision or a durability grade.
2Left wrist
+ Injuryleft left wrist sprainNov 29, 2025 → back Dec 3, 2025
Injury
Acquisition history
How he arrived at each team — fit, role realization and price stay separate lanes.
No governed acquisition rows for this player.
CoverageResolved
withheld: falsesalary rows: 23resolved player: trueseason profiles: 11medical episodes: 2lineup rows returned: 20current acquisition signal count: 0current acquisition date unresolved count: 0actual nba minutes required for season profiles: true
+Supporting relations (7)
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Creation
78
Rim pressure
63
Shooting*
38
Passing
80
Screening*—
Interior finish
71
Point of attack*—
Switch coverage*—
Rim protection
69
Event creation
78
Rebounding
73
* limited evidence. A dash means the evidence was insufficient — not a zero. The radar plots only scored functions; missing axes are marked with a dash, never drawn at zero.
Performance lanes
Three separate lanes — never merged into one number.
On/Off
+3.3 net per 100
on +4.8 · off +1.5 · 5,469 possessions
RAPM (single season)
+0.6 per 100
10,946 possessions
Stabilized RAPM
+2.6 per 100
O +2.5 / D +0.1 · 3 season history
Season summaries are retrospective descriptions, not causal player-value estimates.
190 possessions
Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Christian Braun, Spencer Jones produced 113.4 offense and 113.2 defense over 190 possessions (0.1 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
DEN · 2025-26Small lineup sample174 possessions
Tim Hardaway Jr., Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, Bruce Brown, Christian Braun produced 119.5 offense and 102.9 defense over 174 possessions (4.3 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
DEN · 2025-26Small lineup sample171 possessions
Tim Hardaway Jr., Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, Peyton Watson, Spencer Jones produced 135.8 offense and 125.1 defense over 171 possessions (2.7 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
DEN · 2025-26Small lineup sample153 possessions
Tim Hardaway Jr., Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, Bruce Brown, Peyton Watson produced 122.2 offense and 145.2 defense over 153 possessions (-5.4 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
DEN · 2024-25Rotation-size lineup sample1,349 possessions
Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, Michael Porter Jr., Christian Braun produced 125.0 offense and 113.9 defense over 1349 possessions (8.1 shrunk net). All five function profiles are exact to this franchise-season.
showing 8 of 20 lineup rows returned by the route
* hatched bars are provisional or scheduled figures, not canonically resolved cap hits.
Season
Kind
Amount
Status
2015-16
cap hit
$1.30M
canonical
2016-17
cap hit
$1.36M
canonical
2017-18
cap hit
$1.47M
canonical
2018-19
cap hit
$25.5M
provisional
2019-20
cap hit
$27.5M
canonical
2020-21
cap hit
$29.5M
canonical
2021-22
cap hit
$31.0M
canonical
2021-22
player salary
$31.0M
provisional
2022-23
cap hit
$33.0M
canonical
2023-24
cap hit
$47.6M
provisional
2024-25
cap hit
$51.4M
provisional
2025-26
cap hit
$55.2M
canonical
2025-26
player salary
$55.2M
provisional
+
left left wrist sprain
Nov 14, 2025 → back Nov 17, 2025
Marker size and count reflect governed episode volume only; a pulsing ring means an episode is open at this knowledge date. This maps evidence — it is not a durability score.
