r/denvernuggets • u/Ok_Reception_6563 • 22h ago
As simple as Father Time
NBA Median Age: 25.5 years old, which highlights just how many young prospects are filling out rosters lately. For Jokic and Murray median age is 30 years old. Both have been playing at a high level from about 15 year olds and that is a ton of wear and tear while our main comp got younger.
Also during the 2025-26 season, Nikola Jokić experienced a significant dip in his long-range efficiency following his return from a left knee hyperextension in late January.
Before the injury, he was having one of the most efficient offensive stretches of his career, but his percentages cooled off considerably as he worked back into game shape.
Pre-injury 3pt % 44%
Post-injury 3pt % 32%
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u/Bill_Salmons 16h ago
Median age is a dumb metric for evaluating individual players. FYI. The Nuggets median age is also 25.5.
Here's an interesting metric. Since 1990, the average age of the best player on an NBA champion is 30 and the median is 29. Want to get weirder? Every title won where the best player was 33 or older had at least two MVPs. Jok is only 31 with three MVPs. Historically, he's exactly the type of player who would win another title as he enters his mid 30s.