Nikola Jokic vs top defenses
Nikola Jokic has averaged 27.7 points and 11.9 rebounds per game in 15 games against top-5 defenses, vs 25.9 points and 12.7 rebounds in 39 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).
- Vs top-5 defenses
- 27.7
- points per game · 15 games
- Vs everyone else
- 25.9
- points per game · 39 games
- Difference
- +1.8
- per game, top 5 minus everyone else
Career and by season
| Period | Opponents | Games | PTS | REB | AST | 3PM | STL | BLK | MIN | FG% | FT% | TS% | eFG% | PTS diff vs others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | Top 5 | 15 | 27.7 | 11.9 | 9.6 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 35.2 | 51.4% | 84.9% | 63.0% | 56.7% | +1.8 |
| Everyone else | 39 | 25.9 | 12.7 | 10.7 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 35.0 | 55.1% | 81.9% | 64.3% | 59.1% | ||
| 2026-27 | Top 5 | 1 | 13.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 35.3 | 26.3% | 50.0% | 31.3% | 28.9% | −10.8 |
| Everyone else | 5 | 23.8 | 10.2 | 9.8 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 37.3 | 51.7% | 95.5% | 60.3% | 55.1% | ||
| 2025-26 | Top 5 | 14 | 28.8 | 12.3 | 9.9 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 35.1 | 53.3% | 86.1% | 65.1% | 58.7% | +2.5 |
| Everyone else | 34 | 26.3 | 13.1 | 10.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 34.7 | 55.6% | 80.7% | 64.8% | 59.8% |
Every game against top-5 defenses
- Oct 22, 2026at OKC · No. 1 defense (prior season's final)13 pts, 7 reb, 5 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 35 min
- Apr 12, 2026at SAS · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)23 pts, 8 reb, 1 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 18 min
- Apr 4, 2026vs SAS · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)40 pts, 8 reb, 13 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 3 blk · 44 min
- Mar 12, 2026at SAS · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)31 pts, 20 reb, 12 ast · 2 3PM · 3 stl, 2 blk · 39 min
- Mar 9, 2026at OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)32 pts, 14 reb, 13 ast · 3 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 40 min
- Feb 27, 2026at OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)23 pts, 17 reb, 14 ast · 2 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 45 min
- Feb 3, 2026at DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)24 pts, 15 reb, 4 ast · 3 3PM · 2 stl, 1 blk · 33 min
- Feb 1, 2026vs OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)16 pts, 7 reb, 8 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 29 min
- Dec 29, 2025at MIA · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)21 pts, 5 reb, 8 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 19 min
- Dec 25, 2025vs MIN · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)56 pts, 16 reb, 15 ast · 4 3PM · 0 stl, 2 blk · 43 min
- Dec 20, 2025vs HOU · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)25 pts, 7 reb, 5 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 29 min
- Dec 18, 2025vs ORL · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)23 pts, 11 reb, 13 ast · 0 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 38 min
- Dec 15, 2025vs HOU · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)39 pts, 15 reb, 10 ast · 5 3PM · 2 stl, 1 blk · 42 min
- Dec 1, 2025vs DAL · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)29 pts, 20 reb, 13 ast · 3 3PM · 1 stl, 2 blk · 37 min
- Nov 28, 2025vs SAS · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)21 pts, 9 reb, 10 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 36 min
What counts: a team's defensive rating is 100 × the points its opponents scored ÷ possessions, with possessions = FGA + 0.44*FTA - OREB + TOV, mean of both teams. A game's rank uses only games played before that date. Until every team has 15 games, the prior season's final ranks are used (6 games here, 48 games ranked on that season's games so far). Games are regular season; games he did not play are not counted. 17 games where the opponent's rank could not be determined are left out of both columns. TS% = PTS ÷ (2 × (FGA + 0.44 × FTA)); eFG% = (FGM + 0.5 × 3PM) ÷ FGA; both from totals for each row. Past results, not a projection.