PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Appeared in 79 games (all starts) while averaging 26.4 points, 12.4 rebounds, 9.0 assists, and 1.4 steals in 34.6 minutes and shooting 58.3% from the field and 81.7% from the free-throw line … Finished with 30+ points in 28 games, 10+ rebounds in 63 games, 10+ assists in 31 games, and 3+ steals in 16 games … Had 68 double-doubles and 25 triple-doubles, good for second in the league behind Domantas Sabonis (26) … Tallied 708 assists, marking his most in a single season and became the second player in franchise history to have five or more seasons with 550+ total assists (Fat Lever had 550+ assists during each season from 1984-89) ... Concluded the season with 4,667 career assists, passing Wilt Chamberlain (4,643) for second-most assists by a center in NBA history; The only other center with more assists is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (5,660) … Moved ahead of Carmelo Anthony (13,970) into third on the Nuggets all-time scoring list with 14,139 points … Named an NBA All-Star for the sixth consecutive season and selected as an All-Star starter for the fourth straight year … Earned Western Conference Player of the Week in October and April … Recorded a season-high 42 points, 16 rebounds, six assists, one steal, and two blocks in 37 minutes vs. SAS on 4/2 … Tallied 21 points (10-10 FG), 19 rebounds, 15 assists, and one steal in 31 minutes vs. WAS on 2/22, marking the fourth time in his career he’s collected a triple-double with perfect shooting from the field, setting an NBA record … Posted 32 points (11-19 FG, 10-10 FT), 12 rebounds, 11 assists, two steals, and zero turnovers in 38 minutes vs. BOS on 3/7, marking his eighth career game going 100% FT with 10+ FTA; It also marked Jokić’s fifth career triple-double with 30+ points and zero turnovers (the rest of the NBA has seven 30-point triple-doubles with zero turnovers combined).

Honors: Named the 2021-22 NBA MVP … Named the 2020-21 NBA MVP … Named the 2023-24 NBA MVP … Named the 2023 Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP … Named the 2023 Magic Johnson Western Conference Finals MVP … Six-time NBA All-Star (’19, ’20, ’21, ’22, ’23, ‘24), named as a starter in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 … Selected to the All-NBA First Team for the 2018-19, 2020-21, 2021-22, and 2023-24 seasons … Named to the 2019-20 and 2022-23 All-NBA Second Team … Seven-time Player of the Month (Jan. ’21, Mar. ’21, Jan. ’22, Mar. ’22, Jan, ’23, Feb. ’23, Nov. ‘23) … Named Western Conference Player of the Week 14 times … Named to the 2015-16 All NBA Rookie First Team

NBA: NBA Champion (2023) … Appeared in 675 games (634 starts), averaging 20.9 points, 10.7 rebounds, 6.9 assists, and 1.2 steals while shooting 55.7% from the field and 82.7% from the free-throw line … Has posted 124 games with 30+ points, including 20 games with 40+ point efforts and a career high 50 points once … Has recorded 444 career double-doubles and 130 career triple-doubles

Playoffs: Appeared in 80 games (all-starts), over six playoff runs, averaging 27.7 points, 12.3 rebounds, 7.5 assists and 1.1 steals in 38.0 minutes … Has posted 18 triple-doubles and 59 double-doubles … Scored 40+ points five times and 30+ points 32 times … Owns shooting averages of 53.1% from the field, 39.0% from the three-point line, and 83.7% from the free-throw line … 2024: Appeared in 12 games (all starts), averaging 28.7 points, 13.4 rebounds, 8.7 assists, and 1.4 steals per game while shooting 54.5% from the field and 90.1% from the free-throw line … Jokić tallied 34 points, 19 rebounds, seven assists, and one block in 46 minutes on 5/19 (Game 7 against Minnesota), marking the 13th time in his career he tallied a double-double before halftime (9-4) … Recorded a postseason-high of 40 points, seven rebounds, 13 assists, two steals, and one block in 41 minutes in Game 5 against the Minnesota Timberwolves on 5/14; Jokic joined Chris Paul as the only players since 1977-78 to record 40+ points with 10+ assists and 0 turnovers in a playoff game … Posted 16 points (5-13 FG, 6-6 FT), 16 rebounds, eight assists, and one block in 38 minutes on 5/6, extending his franchise record for longest streak of 20+ points in a game to 26 consecutive playoff games; it also marked three consecutive games without missing a free-throw (25 consecutive free-throws made), marking the longest streak of his career and the first time since 5/24/21-5/27/21 he’s gone 100% from the free-throw line in back-to-back games

BEFORE NBA

2015-16: Appeared in eight games during the 2016 Olympics in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil with the Serbian National team … Averaged 9.1 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.4 assists while helping Serbia reach the gold medal game against the USA and ultimately win the silver medal … 2014-15: Played in 38 games for KK Mega Vizura of Serbia averaging 16.5 points, 9.7 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 29.5 minutes per game … In the first game of the Adriatic League, led his team to a 103–98 win over MZT Skopje, by scoring 27 points and grabbing 15 rebounds, in route to being named the MVP of round 1 … Was selected Round MVP of the Adriatic League on four occasions (round 1, round 6, round 21 & round 26) … 2013-14: With KK Mega appeared in 39 games averaging 11.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 24.7 minutes … Was a member of the Serbian U-19 national basketball team that won the silver medal at the 2013 World Championships in Czech Republic … over eight tournament games, he averaged 7.1 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists. 2011-12: Played for KK Mega but mostly for the junior team, he appeared in nine games (five starts) averaging 7.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 18.2 minutes.

PERSONAL LIFE

Born Feb. 19, 1995 in Sombor, West Backa (Serbia) … Nickname is “Joker” … He has two older brothers, the oldest Strahinja and the middle brother Nemanja. Nemanja played three seasons (2006-09) at the University of Detroit before declaring for the 2010 NBA Draft. Nikola is married and has one daughter.

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