1979 denver nuggets roster

The 1978-79 roster for the Nuggets included Charlie Scott at point guard, David Thompson at shooting guard, Bob Wilkerson at small forward, George McGinnis at power forward and Dan Issel at center.

NO.NAMEPOSHEIGHTWEIGHTDOBAGECOLLEGE
1
41
Tom Boswell
T. Boswell
PF
6'9"
220
10/2/1953
25
South Carolina
2
22
Geoff Crompton
G. Crompton
C
6'11"
280
7/4/1955
23
North Carolina
3
31
Bo Ellis
B. Ellis
PF
6'9"
197
8/8/1954
24
Marquette
4
55
Phil Hicks
P. Hicks
SF
6'7"
205
1/31/1953
26
Tulane
5
35
Kim Hughes
K. Hughes
C
6'11"
220
6/4/1952
26
Wisconsin
6
44
Dan Issel
D. Issel
C
6'9"
235
10/25/1948
30
Kentucky
7
10
John Kuester
J. Kuester
PG
6'2"
180
2/6/1955
23
North Carolina
8
30
George McGinnis
G. McGinnis
PF
6'8"
235
8/12/1950
28
Indiana
9
21
Anthony Roberts
A. Roberts
SF
6'5"
185
4/15/1955
23
Oral Roberts
10
11
Charlie Scott
C. Scott
PG
6'5"
175
12/15/1948
30
North Carolina
11
5
Robert Smith
R. Smith
PG
5'11"
165
3/10/1955
23
Nevada-Las Vegas
12
33
David Thompson
D. Thompson
SG
6'4"
195
7/13/1954
24
North Carolina State
13
32
Bob Wilkerson
B. Wilkerson
SF
6'6"
195
8/15/1954
24
Indiana

More Nuggets Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

28.7

Jokić

Nikola Jokić

RPG

12.6

Jokić

Nikola Jokić

APG

10.3

Jokić

Nikola Jokić
Team Rankings

ORTG

121.6

1st

DRTG

117.2

21st

NETRTG

4.4

8th

3P%

39.2

1st

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
3
38
22
.633
8.0
4
38
23
.623
8.5
5
Nuggets Nuggets
38
24
.613
9.0
6
36
24
.600
10.0
7
34
26
.567
12.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
3/5
@
10:00 PM
Fri
3/6
@
9:00 PM
Mon
3/9
@
7:30 PM
Wed
3/11
@
10:00 PM
Thu
3/12
@
9:00 PM
Last Game
DEN Nuggets

38 - 24

128

Final

125

UTA Jazz

18 - 43

Mon 2 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
45
14
.763
2
41
20
.672
5.0
3
39
22
.639
7.0
4
38
24
.613
8.5
5
35
25
.583
10.5
6
33
27
.550
12.5
7
31
28
.525
14.0
8
32
29
.525
14.0
9
31
31
.500
15.5
10
30
31
.492
16.0
11
26
34
.433
19.5
12
25
36
.410
21.0
13
16
44
.267
29.5
14
15
45
.250
30.5
15
15
46
.246
31.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
47
15
.758
2
43
17
.717
3.0
3
38
22
.633
8.0
4
38
23
.623
8.5
5
38
24
.613
9.0
6
36
24
.600
10.0
7
34
26
.567
12.0
8
31
30
.508
15.5
9
29
31
.483
17.0
10
29
33
.468
18.0
11
23
36
.390
22.5
12
21
39
.350
25.0
13
19
43
.306
28.0
14
18
43
.295
28.5
15
14
48
.226
33.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
1/28
@
116-113
Wed
1/28
@
103-107
Wed
1/28
@
96-114
Wed
1/28
@
111-123
Thu
1/29
@
142-111

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
3/3
@
7:00 PM
Tue
3/3
@
7:00 PM
Tue
3/3
@
7:00 PM
Tue
3/3
@
7:30 PM
Tue
3/3
@
7:30 PM