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Not to be confused with basketball forward Nikola Jovi\u0107.

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Nikola Joki\u0107

Joki\u0107 with the Denver Nuggets in 2020

No. 15 \u2013 Denver Nuggets

Position

Center

League

NBA

Personal information

Born

February 19, 1995 (age 29)
Sombor, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia

Nationality

Serbian

Listed height

6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)

Listed weight

284 lb (129 kg)

Career information

NBA draft

2014: 2nd round, 41st overall pick

Selected by the Denver Nuggets

Playing career

2012\u2013present

Career history

2012\u20132015

Mega Basket

2015\u2013present

Denver Nuggets

Career highlights and awards

NBA champion (2023)
NBA Finals MVP (2023)
3\u00d7 NBA Most Valuable Player (2021, 2022, 2024)
7\u00d7 NBA All-Star (2019\u20132025)
4\u00d7 All-NBA First Team (2019, 2021, 2022, 2024)
2\u00d7 All-NBA Second Team (2020, 2023)
NBA All-Rookie First Team (2016)
4\u00d7 Serbian Player of the Year (2018, 2021, 2022, 2024)
ABA League MVP (2015)
ABA League Top Prospect (2015)

Stats at NBA.com $\"Edit$

Stats at Basketball Reference $\"Edit$

Medals

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Men's basketball\n
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Representing $\"\"$ Serbia\n
Olympic Games\n
$\"Silver$	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Team\n
$\"Bronze$	2024 Paris	Team\n
U19 World Championship\n
$\"Silver$	2013 Czech Republic	Team\n

Nikola Joki\u0107 (Serbian Cyrillic: \u041d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0430 \u0408\u043e\u043a\u0438\u045b, pronounced [n\u01d0kola j\u00f4kit\u0255] ^\u24d8; born February 19, 1995) is a Serbian professional basketball player who is a center for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed \"the Joker\", he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players and centers of all time,^[a] and is often considered the greatest draft steal in NBA history.^[10]^[11]^[12] A seven-time NBA All-Star, Joki\u0107 has been named to the All-NBA Team on six occasions (including four first-team selections), and won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award for the 2020\u201321, 2021\u201322, and 2023\u201324 seasons. He represents the Serbian national team, with which he won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.\n

Joki\u0107 was selected by the Nuggets in the second round of the 2014 NBA draft. He was voted to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 2016. In the 2018\u201319 NBA season, while leading the Nuggets to the Western Conference Semifinals, Joki\u0107 received his first All-Star and All-NBA First Team selections. The following season, he once again received All-Star and All-NBA honors, while leading his team to the Western Conference Finals. In the 2022\u201323 NBA season, Joki\u0107 was awarded NBA Finals MVP after leading the Nuggets to their first-ever NBA championship. He ranks among the top three on the all-time list of the NBA players with the most triple-doubles (regular season and playoffs), where Joki\u0107 is the leading international player and center,^[13] and he holds the record for the fastest triple-double (achieved in 14 minutes and 33 seconds).^[14]\n

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GP\n	Games played\n	GS \n	Games started\n	MPG \n	Minutes per game\n
FG% \n	Field goal percentage\n	3P% \n	3-point field goal percentage\n	FT% \n	Free throw percentage\n
RPG \n	Rebounds per game\n	APG \n	Assists per game\n	SPG \n	Steals per game\n
BPG \n	Blocks per game\n	PPG \n	Points per game\n	Bold \n	Career high\n
\u2020 \n	Won an NBA championship	\" \n	Led the league	\n

Year\n	Team\n	GP\n	GS\n	MPG\n	FG%\n	3P%\n	FT%\n	RPG\n	APG\n	SPG\n	BPG\n	PPG\n
2015\u201316\n	Denver\n	80	55	21.7	.512	.333	.811	7.0	2.4	1.0	.6	10.0\n
2016\u201317\n	Denver\n	73	59	27.9	.577	.324	.825	9.8	4.9	.8	.8	16.7\n
2017\u201318\n	Denver\n	75	73	32.6	.500	.396	.850	10.7	6.1	1.2	.8	18.5\n
2018\u201319\n	Denver\n	80	80	31.3	.511	.307	.821	10.8	7.3	1.4	.7	20.1\n
2019\u201320\n	Denver\n	73	73\"	32.0	.528	.314	.817	9.7	7.0	1.2	.6	19.9\n
2020\u201321\n	Denver\n	72\"	72\"	34.6	.566	.388	.868	10.8	8.3	1.3	.7	26.4\n
2021\u201322\n	Denver\n	74	74	33.5	.583	.337	.810	13.8	7.9	1.5	.9	27.1\n
2022\u201323\u2020\n	Denver\n	69	69	33.7	.632	.383	.822	11.8	9.8	1.3	.7	24.5\n
2023\u201324\n	Denver\n	79	79	34.6	.583	.359	.817	12.4	9.0	1.4	.9	26.4\n
Career\n	675	634	31.2	.557	.350	.827	10.7	6.9	1.2	.7	20.9\n
All-Star\n	6	4	18.2	.690	.500	\u2014	6.0	4.8	1.0	.2	7.3\n

Year\n	Team\n	GP\n	GS\n	MPG\n	FG%\n	3P%\n	FT%\n	RPG\n	APG\n	SPG\n	BPG\n	PPG\n
2019\n	Denver\n	14	14	39.7	.506	.393	.846	13.0	8.4	1.1	.9	25.1\n
2020\n	Denver\n	19	19	36.5	.519	.429	.835	9.8	5.7	1.1	.8	24.4\n
2021\n	Denver\n	10	10	34.5	.509	.377	.836	11.6	5.0	.6	.9	29.8\n
2022\n	Denver\n	5	5	34.2	.575	.278	.848	13.2	5.8	1.6	1.0	31.0\n
2023\u2020\n	Denver\n	20	20	39.4	.548	.461	.799	13.5	9.5	1.1	1.0	30.0\n
2024\n	Denver\n	12	12	40.2	.545	.264	.901	13.4	8.7	1.4	.7	28.7\n
Career\n	80	80	38.0	.531	.390	.837	12.3	7.5	1.1	.9	27.7\n

Year\n	Team\n	League\n	GP\n	MPG\n	FG%\n	3P%\n	FT%\n	RPG\n	APG\n	SPG\n	BPG\n	PPG\n
2013\u201314\n	Mega Basket\n	ABA League\n	26	25.0	.636	.221	.667	6.4	2.0	0.8	1.0	11.4\n
2014\u201315\n	Mega Basket\n	ABA League\n	24	30.5	.593	.346	.667	9.3	3.5	1.5	0.9	15.4\n

v t e Denver Nuggets roster
\n 0 Braun \n 1 Porter \n 3 Strawther \n 4 Westbrook \n 5 Tyson \n 6 Jordan \n 8 Watson \n 9 \u0160ari\u0107 \n 13 Hall (TW) \n 14 Holmes \n 15 Joki\u0107 \n 21 Jones (TW) \n 22 Nnaji \n 23 Alexander (TW) \n 24 Pickett \n 27 Murray \n 31 \u010can\u010dar \n 32 Gordon \n
\n Head coach: Malone \n Assistant coaches: Adelman \n Beckett \n Bowen \n Jones \n Klask \n Saunders \n Stojakovi\u0107 \n Valcarcel \n

Early life and education

Professional career

Mega Basket (2012\u20132015)

2014\u201315 season: ABA League MVP and rebounding title

Denver Nuggets (2015\u2013present)

2015\u201316 season: All-Rookie honors

2016\u201317 season: Improving as a sophomore

2017\u201318 season: Franchise player

2018\u201319 season: Breakout season, first All-Star and All-NBA appearances

2019\u201320 season: Western Conference Finals and NBA Bubble comebacks

2020\u201321 season: First MVP award

2021\u201322 season: Second MVP award

2022\u201323 season: First NBA championship and Finals MVP

2023\u201324 season: Third MVP award

2024\u201325 season

National team career

Junior national team

Senior national team

Player profile

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

Playoffs

ABA League

Records

Personal life

See also

Notes

References

External links

Nikola Jokić

Media collections