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Nikola Jokic vs top-10 defenses

DEN · 2025-26 to 2026-27 · regular season

Nikola Jokic has averaged 27.8 points and 12.0 rebounds per game in 26 games against top-10 defenses, vs 25.2 points and 13.0 rebounds in 28 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).

Vs top-10 defenses
27.8
points per game · 26 games
Vs everyone else
25.2
points per game · 28 games
Difference
+2.6
per game, top 10 minus everyone else

Career and by season

per game averages · 2025-26 to 2026-27 · regular season
Nikola Jokic per game averages against top-10 defenses and everyone else, career and by season
PeriodOpponentsGamesPTSREBAST3PMSTLBLKMINFG%FT%TS%eFG%PTS diff vs others
CareerTop 102627.812.010.01.81.30.834.953.3%83.7%63.8%58.1%+2.6
Everyone else2825.213.010.81.31.51.035.154.7%82.0%64.0%58.7%
2026-27Top 10215.57.07.50.52.00.536.340.6%66.7%44.7%42.2%−9.8
Everyone else425.311.09.81.52.01.837.350.0%95.0%59.6%53.9%
2025-26Top 102428.812.510.31.91.30.834.854.2%84.2%65.0%59.3%+3.6
Everyone else2425.213.311.01.31.50.834.855.6%80.5%64.8%59.6%

Every game against top-10 defenses

26 games · newest first · opponent's defensive rank that day
  1. Oct 30, 2026at PHX · No. 9 defense (prior season's final)18 pts, 7 reb, 10 ast · 0 3PM · 3 stl, 0 blk · 37 min
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. Mar 24, 2026at PHX · No. 10 defense (that season, games so far)23 pts, 17 reb, 17 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 35 min
  6. Mar 20, 2026vs TOR · No. 7 defense (that season, games so far)22 pts, 8 reb, 9 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 37 min
  7. 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
  8. Mar 11, 2026vs HOU · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)16 pts, 12 reb, 13 ast · 0 3PM · 5 stl, 1 blk · 30 min
  9. 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
  10. Mar 6, 2026vs NYK · No. 7 defense (that season, games so far)38 pts, 8 reb, 5 ast · 1 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 31 min
  11. Mar 1, 2026vs MIN · No. 8 defense (that season, games so far)35 pts, 13 reb, 9 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 2 blk · 37 min
  12. 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
  13. Feb 25, 2026vs BOS · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)30 pts, 12 reb, 6 ast · 4 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 33 min
  14. Feb 22, 2026at GSW · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)35 pts, 20 reb, 12 ast · 3 3PM · 3 stl, 2 blk · 36 min
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. Dec 27, 2025at ORL · No. 10 defense (that season, games so far)34 pts, 21 reb, 12 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 38 min
  19. 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
  20. Dec 23, 2025at DAL · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)29 pts, 7 reb, 14 ast · 5 3PM · 4 stl, 0 blk · 36 min
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. Nov 29, 2025at PHX · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)26 pts, 9 reb, 10 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 31 min
  26. 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.