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Nikola Jović: ROLE PLAYER

Defensive impact · 2025-26 · 47 games

67

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Nikola Jović
Confidence: lowData through: 2025-26

The question

What kind of player is Nikola Jović?

The evidence

Nikola Jović · Defensive impact: 67th percentile (DBPM 0.6: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player)

67 percentilcompared against: 50 percentil (+17) · 452 players with a sample in 2025-26

Nikola Jović: what moved most is Playmaking

62 percentilcompared against: 13 percentil (+49) · Nikola Jović, from 2022-23 to 2023-24

The read

What they are, the role they held and what sets them apart. Every line comes from a figure further down this same page.

  • What they areROLE PLAYER
  • RoleShort rotation: 17.2 minutes per game across 47 games
  • What sets them apartDefensive impact · 67th percentile

    DBPM 0.6: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

The axes, one by one

Every axis with its percentile against 452 players with a sample in 2025-26. An axis without enough sample says «no data» and is not filled in.

  • Scoring39th percentile

    7.3 points per game

  • Playmaking57th percentile

    2.2 assists per game

  • Outside shooting23th percentile

    26.9 % from three · 167 attempts

  • Defensive impact67th percentile

    DBPM 0.6: defensive impact per 100 possessions compared with an average player

  • Finishing at the rim26th percentile

    63.4 % · 71 attempts

  • Rebounding47th percentile

    3.3 rebounds per game

Limitations

  • Rebounding47th percentile

    Average · 3.3 rebounds per game

  • Scoring39th percentile

    Low · 7.3 points per game

  • Finishing at the rim26th percentile

    Low · 63.4 % · 71 attempts

  • Outside shooting23th percentile

    Very low · 26.9 % from three · 167 attempts

  • Availability47/82

    missed 35 of his team's games in 2025-26

Recent change

Scoring: 27th percentile → 39th percentile (+12) · Playmaking: 13th percentile → 57th percentile (+44) · Rebounding: 20th percentile → 47th percentile (+27)

  • 2022-2313th percentile

    15 games · 13.6 minutes per game

    Scoring
    27th percentile
    Playmaking
    13th percentile
    Rebounding
    20th percentile
  • 2023-2457th percentile

    46 games · 19.5 minutes per game

    Scoring
    48th percentile
    Playmaking
    57th percentile
    Rebounding
    65th percentile
  • 2024-2571th percentile

    46 games · 25.1 minutes per game

    Scoring
    64th percentile
    Playmaking
    71th percentile
    Rebounding
    59th percentile
  • 2025-2657th percentile

    47 games · 17.2 minutes per game

    Scoring
    39th percentile
    Playmaking
    57th percentile
    Rebounding
    47th percentile

Context

2025-26 · 47 games · 17.2 minutes per game · Percentile against 452 measured players in 2025-26 · SportiveWorld own data

FactDerivedAssumption

What this does not prove

  • Percentiles compare inside the NBA. Outside it they do not mean the same thing.
  • It portrays the 2025-26 season, already closed. It is not what comes next.
  • This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.

From here

Where it comes from

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This answer

2026-10-13

Where this comes from

Season averages · closed season · its clock is the seasonBox scores · closed season · its clock is the season
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