Jokic's five-man unit with a +20.1 net rating
In 171 minutes together last season, the Nuggets lineup of Jokic, Murray, Johnson, Watson and Jones outscored opponents at a rate few groups reach.
Through 13 games in 2025-26, the Nuggets five-man lineup of N. Jokić, J. Murray, C. Johnson, P. Watson and S. Jones posted a net rating of +20.1 over 171 minutes.
That mark comes from an offensive rating of 136.7 against a defensive rating of 116.6. The offense is doing more of the work than the defense, which gives up a fair number of points even while scoring heavily.
A sample of 171 minutes is a real workload, not a flash. But it is still a fraction of a full season, and lineups built around five specific players depend on health, rotation decisions and matchups to keep running together.
For the gap to hold, this group would need to keep playing a meaningful number of minutes as a unit through the rest of 2025-26, with the offense sustaining a rate near 136.7. If the defensive rating drifts higher while the offense cools, the net rating narrows. If Denver keeps feeding these five minutes together, the number stands as a marker of how well this specific combination has worked so far this season.