2026 NBA Team Depth Chart: Denver Nuggets

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Functional size roles are inferred from each player’s height relative to the other four teammates in his five-man lineups. Listed positions are shown separately for traditional basketball context. A player’s functional size role does not necessarily indicate his offensive position or defensive matchup. On, Off, and Swing are raw team point differential per 48 minutes. WF RAPM is a first-pass adjusted plus-minus estimate that attempts to account for teammates and opponents.

Functional Center

Top role player: N. Jokić · #3 / 57 · WF RAPM: +10.9 · Group avg: +5.5
League role avg: +2.0 · Starter avg: +3.2
Elite
Player G GS MPG Min On Off Swing WF RAPM Role Rank
N. Jokić
6-11 · C Starter
65 65 34.8 2,265 +11.30 -5.71 +17.00 +10.9 #3 / 57
J. Valančiūnas
6-11 · C Rotation
65 6 13.4 871 -2.48 +9.81 -12.29 +0.1 #36 / 57
Z. Nnaji
6-10 · PF Rotation
52 4 12.0 626 -6.90 +11.74 -18.64 -4.9 #54 / 57
D. Holmes II
6-9 · PF Depth
25 6 8.4 210 -3.89 +6.12 -10.02 +1.0

Forward / Big Wing

Top role player: A. Gordon · #6 / 37 · WF RAPM: +6.1 · Group avg: +4.7
League role avg: +0.7 · Starter avg: +1.3
Solid
Player G GS MPG Min On Off Swing WF RAPM Role Rank
C. Johnson
6-8 · PF/SF Starter
54 54 30.5 1,647 +10.32 +3.40 +6.92 +5.0 #9 / 37
P. Watson
6-8 · SF/SG Starter
54 40 29.6 1,598 +6.19 +2.86 +3.33 +4.2 #10 / 37
A. Gordon
6-8 · PF/SF Starter
36 33 27.9 1,005 +12.47 -2.26 +14.73 +6.1 #6 / 37
H. Tyson
6-8 · PF Depth
21 2 7.7 162 -5.63 +7.90 -13.53 -1.9

Wing / Forward

Top role player: T. Hardaway Jr. · #23 / 84 · WF RAPM: +3.6 · Group avg: +1.9
League role avg: +0.6 · Starter avg: +1.8
Concern
Player G GS MPG Min On Off Swing WF RAPM Role Rank
S. Jones
6-7 · SF Starter
64 37 22.1 1,417 +1.42 +8.21 -6.79 -0.1 #47 / 84
C. Braun
6-6 · SG Starter
44 44 31.8 1,399 +9.88 +0.58 +9.30 +2.3 #28 / 84
T. Hardaway Jr.
6-5 · SG/SF Core Rotation
80 6 26.6 2,127 +3.97 +6.42 -2.44 +3.6 #23 / 84
J. Strawther
6-6 · SG/SF Rotation
57 14 15.1 861 +1.39 +7.61 -6.22 +0.8 #40 / 84
D. Roddy
6-5 · PF Rotation
5 0 14.6 73 +2.63 +10.35 -7.72 -3.1

Guard / Wing

Top role player: Unranked · WF RAPM: 0.0 · Group avg: 0.0
League role avg: +0.6 · Starter avg: +3.0
Unranked
Player G GS MPG Min On Off Swing WF RAPM Role Rank
C. Jones
6-3 · SG Depth
10 0 8.8 88 +13.68 +6.77 +6.91 +7.7

Functional Guard

Top role player: J. Murray · #29 / 80 · WF RAPM: +2.6 · Group avg: -1.6
League role avg: +0.9 · Starter avg: +2.6
Concern
Player G GS MPG Min On Off Swing WF RAPM Role Rank
J. Murray
6-4 · PG/SG Starter
75 75 35.4 2,652 +7.15 -0.19 +7.34 +2.6 #29 / 80
B. Brown
6-4 · PG/SF/SG Core Rotation
82 4 24.4 1,998 -1.15 +11.35 -12.50 -8.0 #78 / 80
J. Pickett
6-2 · SG Rotation
50 18 16.1 806 -0.71 +9.46 -10.17 +1.2 #39 / 80
T. Jones
6-0 · PG Depth
11 2 8.3 92 +1.57 +12.07 -10.50 -4.9
K. Simpson
6-2 · PG Depth
6 0 5.7 34 +40.37 +16.09 +24.27 +0.8