Professional DNA
Nikola Jović: ROLE PLAYER
Defensive impact · 2025-26 · 47 games
67
percentil

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)
Nikola Jović: what moved most is Playmaking
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.
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This answer
2026-10-13
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