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Jusuf Nurkić

Utah Jazz · #30 · Rotation
C6'11"290 lbage 3112 yrs expTuzla, Bosnia & Herzegovina
8th best of 13 on UTA
OFF72DEF80
Elite perimeter defender & rebounder
UTA
Utah Jazz
Western · Northwest · proj. 25-57 (▲+4.7)
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A burly playmaking center who rebounds everything in sight — 10.4 boards a game, 99th percentile — and runs offense from the elbow with 4.8 assists a night. He's a willing passer and surprisingly mobile defender, but the warts are loud: brutal 54.9% from the line, the league's worst ball security (2nd percentile), and minimal rim deterrence. An unrestricted free agent at 31.

10.9
PPG
10.4
RPG
4.8
APG
1.3
SPG
0.5
BPG
GP 41MPG 26.4FG% 50.33P% 35.2FT% 54.9TS% 54.8USG% 19.3PER 16.4BPM +1.1VORP 0.9EPM -0.7
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Perimeter defense96
Rebounding95
Playmaking94
Scoring67
Shooting65
Inside finishing62
Rim protection58

Skill ratings are 2025-26 per-game and advanced stats (Basketball-Reference) ranked 0–99 within position (guards vs guards, bigs vs bigs). Overall is anchored to EPM impact on a non-linear curve, nudged by these skills; Offense and Defense come from box plus-minus. A player who missed the latest season is shown from his most recent one.

Career

2014-15 to 2025-26 · 12 seasons
11.8
PPG
8.9
RPG
2.6
APG
631
GAMES
Points 7,438Win Shares 34.7Starts 526Best season 2018-19 · 15.6 ppg
Games played, last three seasons68%

Regular season, 2003-04 onward (Basketball-Reference). Averages are weighted by games played; honours count awards won, not finishes. “Current players” means the 802 who played in the last three seasons.

Trajectory

2023-24 → 2025-26 · age 29 → 31
▬Steady

Jusuf, at 31, was as productive as ever when he played, but managed only 41 games last season, so his value to a team dipped (4.2 → 2.9 wins).

Age curve▬ On curve
Declining about on schedule for his age.
2026-27 forecast▼ 1.4 wins (-1.5)
Assumes a normal season; he played 41 games last year. Age takes about 0.6 wins off at 32. Range 0.0–3.4 wins.
Production (BPM)+1.1 → +1.1+0.026-27 forecast +0.1
His production has held roughly steady.
2023-24: +1.1 · 76 games2024-25: -1.3 · 51 games2025-26: +1.1 · 41 games2026-27: +0.1 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)4.2 → 2.9-1.326-27 forecast 1.4
Down because he played 41 games last season, not because his game slipped.
2023-24: 4.2 · 76 games2024-25: 1.6 · 51 games2025-26: 2.9 · 41 games2026-27: 1.4 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $3.5M vs $11.0M salary−$7.5M
He is paid more than his play is projected to be worth.
$11.0M salary2023-24: $11.0M · 76 games2024-25: $3.8M · 51 games2025-26: $6.4M · 41 games2026-27: $3.5M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $11,000,000 cap hit · through '28. On the contract row the flat dashed line is this salary, so the gap to the 2026-27 forecast is the surplus.

Seasons from Basketball-Reference (2023-24 → 2025-26). Production is box plus-minus, a per-possession measure. Value is VORP-based wins, so it also counts games played. Contract value is what each season’s play would fetch on the open market. The dotted 2026-27 point is a forecast: his established level, a year older, assuming a normal season.

Contract

2026-27
$11,000,000Guaranteed
6% of the club’s payroll · 5th of 13 priced deals
Runs through2 seasons
Est. market value$3,493,333 /yr
Surplus−$7,506,667
ABOVE VALUEpaid above his on-court value

Market value is an estimate, not a reported figure: what his play is forecast to fetch on the open market in 2026-27 — his current rating, a year older. Cap thresholds are projected for 2026-27 until the league sets them.

2026-27 off-season

1 move

OFFICIAL means the league’s own records carry the move; AGREED means a trusted insider reported it and the league has not processed it yet. Terms and attribution come from the wire, which is the only source that carries them.

Plays like

same position

Nearest skill profiles across the seven rating axes — who he plays like, not who is as good. The rating beside each name answers that second question.