Nuggets Nightly · roster & depth chart · 2026-27
Nuggets roster
18players
under contract
under contract
18 players on the Denver Nuggets roster, average age 26.6, $215.3M in 2026-27 cap hits. The depth chart below is ordered by minutes (last season's, until the new one tips off); the expected starting five is the five most-used players, and the most-used lineup last season (A. Gordon - N. Jokić - J. Murray - C. Johnson - C. Braun) played 360 minutes with a +13.5 net rating. 2 players are on the injury report — full report. Contracts and options are on the cap sheet.
Depth chart
by minutes · 2025-26Guards
9
Bryce Hopkins
0.0 min · — pts · — reb · — ast
Forwards
3
Spencer Jones
22.1 min · 5.5 pts · 3.3 reb · 0.8 ast
Centers
Full roster
2025-26 per game · 2026-27 cap hit| # | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | Exp | From | Min | Pts | Reb | Ast | 2026-27 salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 |  Christian Braun | G | 6-6 | 220 | 25 | 4 | Kansas | 31.8 | 12.0 | 4.8 | 2.7 | $21.6M |
| 1 |  Curtis Jones | G | 6-3 | 195 | 24 | 1 | Iowa State | 8.8 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 | — |
| 3 |  Julian Strawther | G | 6-6 | 205 | 24 | 3 | Gonzaga | 15.1 | 7.2 | 2.0 | 1.1 | $4.8M |
| 5 |  Tyus Jones | G | 6-0 | 196 | 30 | 11 | Duke | 14.6 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 2.4 | $2.4M |
| 11 |  Bruce Brown | G-F | 6-4 | 202 | 30 | 8 | Miami | 24.4 | 7.9 | 3.9 | 2.1 | — |
| 14 |  DaRon Holmes II | F | 6-9 | 225 | 24 | 1 | Dayton | 8.4 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 0.6 | — |
| 15 |  Nikola Jokić | C | 6-11 | 284 | 31 | 11 | Mega Basket | 34.8 | 27.7 | 12.9 | 10.7 | $59.0M |
| 21 | Spencer Jones | F | 6-7 | 225 | 25 | 2 | Stanford | 22.1 | 5.5 | 3.3 | 0.8 | $6.0M |
| 22 |  Zeke Nnaji | F-C | 6-10 | 240 | 25 | 6 | Arizona | 12.0 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 0.6 | $7.5M |
| 23 |  Cameron Johnson | F | 6-8 | 210 | 30 | 7 | North Carolina | 30.5 | 12.2 | 3.8 | 2.4 | $23.1M |
| 25 |  KJ Simpson | G | 6-2 | 189 | 24 | 2 | Colorado | 12.9 | 4.6 | 1.9 | 2.2 | — |
| 27 |  Jamal Murray | G | 6-4 | 215 | 29 | 10 | Kentucky | 35.4 | 25.4 | 4.4 | 7.1 | $50.1M |
| 32 |  Aaron Gordon | F | 6-8 | 235 | 30 | 12 | Arizona | 27.9 | 16.2 | 5.8 | 2.7 | $33.7M |
| 35 |  Marvin Bagley III | F | 6-10 | 235 | 27 | 8 | Duke | 20.0 | 10.5 | 6.1 | 1.4 | $2.4M |
| 45 |  David Roddy | F | 6-5 | 255 | 25 | 4 | Colorado State | 14.6 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 0.8 | — |
 Alpha Diallo | 29 | R | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Bryce Hopkins | 24 | R | St. John's | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
 Trevon Brazile | F | 6-10 | 220 | 23 | R | Arkansas | — | — | — | — | $1.4M |
Roster from the league's official team pages, refreshed daily. Stats are 2025-26 per-game averages (last season, until the new one tips off). Salaries are this season's cap hits from our cap database; PO/TO/ETO = player, team or early-termination option on a later season.