Player Dossier

Nikola Jokic

DEN · 2025-26Franchise engineHigh evidence

Post hub · Primary creator · Screener / handoff hub · Defensive rebounder · Helper / rotator · Matchup big

What does Nikola Jokic actually supply on the floor?

Nikola Jokic's strongest evidenced functions are interior finishing, passing, rebounding; the weakest available areas are rim protection, shooting, event creation. The profile is tied to DEN for 2025-26.

Function profile

2025-26 — eleven separate readings on a league scale. They are not additive.

Creation77

Rim pressure66

Shooting65

Passing82

Screening*—

Interior finish83

Point of attack*—

Switch coverage*—

Rim protection65

Event creation66

Rebounding80

* limited evidence for that function. A dash means the evidence was insufficient — not a zero. Use the separate function strengths to evaluate role and roster fit; do not treat them as one player-value score. POA or switch conclusions require lineup, matchup, and assignment evidence beyond this profile.

Season by season

Every governed season profile on record.

Season	Team	Role	Evidence	Creation	Rim pressure	Shooting	Passing	Screening	Interior finish	Point of attack	Switch coverage	Rim protection	Event creation	Rebounding
2025-26	DEN	Franchise engine	High evidence	77	66	65	82	—	83	—	—	65	66	80
2024-25	DEN	—	High evidence	72	69	78	81	71	80	72	67	52	72	78
2023-24	DEN	—	High evidence	73	71	55	81	65	73	63	72	65	74	81
2022-23	DEN	—	High evidence	72	70	65	88	69	77	33	45	61	69	83
2021-22	DEN	—	High evidence	71	73	56	77	53	75	44	44	64	71	76
2020-21	DEN	—	High evidence	74	70	67	78	61	74	55	58	60	67	72
2019-20	DEN	—	High evidence	73	65	41	73	—	76	—	—	62	68	65
2018-19	DEN	—	High evidence	78	63	38	80	—	71	—	—	69	78	73
2017-18	DEN	—	High evidence	74	52	71	75	—	69	—	—	61	72	83
2016-17	DEN	—	High evidence	71	62	45	71	—	83	—	—	64	56	84
2015-16	DEN	—	Limited evidence	58	35	50	67	—	—	—	—	76	79	—

What teams depended on him for

Seasons where a team's situation report named him a dependency case.

No team-situation report names this player as a dependency case.

Known contract calendar

Governed contract events naming this player — dates carry their honest quality.

No governed contract-calendar events name this player.

Function scores, roles, dependence records and contract events are separate evidence. No combined player value, trade value or ranking is computed from them, and none of them is a causal impact claim.