highest ppg as a starter in nuggets history

Isaiah Rider has scored the most career points per game as a starter for the Nuggets, with 28.0 per game.

	NAME	PPG	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Isaiah Rider I. Rider	28.0	1	31.0	10.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	12.0	19.0	63.2	0.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	7.0	57.1	63.4	3.0	7.0	0.0	31	28	10	1	0	1	0	1	+19
2	Alex English A. English	26.3	727	35.4	5.2	4.5			10.9	21.4	51.1	0.0			4.4	5.3	84.2	55.5			2.6	25,768	19,094	3,789	3,276			1,917	1,940
3	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	25.8	228	35.1	5.3	2.9			10.1	18.2	55.6	0.1			5.5	6.4	86.3	61.6			2.2	7,995	5,889	1,207	656			498	568
4	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	25.7	134	42.0	3.0	7.1	1.9	0.2	8.6	18.9	45.5	1.1	3.2	34.2	7.4	9.3	79.2	55.8	0.5	2.5	3.4	5,628	3,439	401	955	253	25	455	183	+408
5	Orlando Woolridge O. Woolridge	25.2	50	35.0	7.0	2.2	1.4	0.5	9.4	18.7	50.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.5	8.1	79.4	56.6	2.7	4.3	2.9	1,749	1,261	350	110	68	23	143	139
6	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	24.8	564	36.4	6.3	3.1	1.1	0.5	8.8	19.3	45.9	0.7	2.3	31.1	6.4	7.9	80.3	54.4	2.0	4.4	3.1	20,521	13,970	3,566	1,729	634	260	1,726	1,693	+1230
7	Bryn Forbes B. Forbes	24.0	1	36.4	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	6.0	14.0	42.9	5.0	11.0	45.5	7.0	7.0	100.0	70.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	36	24	1	1	1	0	1	2	-3
8	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	24.0	2	23.5	9.0	4.5	2.0	1.5	7.5	10.5	71.4	2.5	3.5	71.4	6.5	7.5	86.7	87.0	3.5	5.5	3.5	47	48	18	9	4	3	7	10	+11
9	Walter Davis W. Davis	23.3	13	30.1	3.1	2.5	1.9	0.1	10.2	20.3	50.0	0.4	0.8	45.5	2.6	2.8	91.9	54.1	1.4	1.7	1.6	391	303	40	33	25	1	21	43
10	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	22.9	769	32.6	11.3	7.8	1.3	0.7	8.7	15.6	56.1	1.2	3.3	36.2	4.2	5.1	82.4	64.2	2.7	8.6	3.1	25,051	17,592	8,709	5,988	1,014	563	2,366	2,075	+4465
11	Don MacLean D. MacLean	22.4	5	31.4	6.6	1.8	1.0	0.0	8.4	16.4	51.2	0.2	1.2	16.7	5.4	7.6	71.1	56.7	3.0	3.6	2.4	157	112	33	9	5	0	12	7
12	Jay Vincent J. Vincent	21.6	9	33.7	6.3	2.3	0.7	0.6	8.4	17.8	47.5	0.1	0.2	50.0	4.6	5.3	85.4	53.6	1.2	5.1	2.7	303	194	57	21	6	5	24	30
13	Dan Issel D. Issel	21.3	236	29.3	7.1	2.4			7.9	15.4	51.3	0.0			5.5	6.5	84.0	58.4			1.9	6,918	5,038	1,674	573			453	653
14	Calvin Natt C. Natt	20.7	146	31.9	7.1	2.8	0.9	0.3	7.9	14.9	53.0	0.0	0.1	25.0	4.9	6.2	79.7	58.8	2.2	4.8	2.2	4,653	3,024	1,032	404	133	47	315	320
15	Jamal Murray J. Murray	20.2	536	33.4	4.0	5.4	1.1	0.4	7.4	15.9	46.4	2.4	6.1	39.4	3.0	3.5	87.4	57.9	0.7	3.3	2.2	17,929	10,805	2,152	2,906	567	204	1,159	995	+2412
16	Markus Howard M. Howard	20.0	1	33.9	3.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	9.0	14.0	64.3	2.0	6.0	33.3	0.0	0.0		71.4	0.0	3.0	4.0	34	20	3	2	0	1	4	1	+8
17	Michael Adams M. Adams	18.7	292	35.4	3.3	7.3	2.0	0.1	6.2	14.9	41.7	2.1	6.2	34.1	4.1	4.8	85.1	54.8	0.7	2.6	2.4	10,338	5,451	961	2,125	592	35	692	566
18	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf M. Abdul-Rauf	18.6	285	33.7	2.4	4.9	1.1	0.1	7.6	16.8	44.9	1.0	2.9	35.9	2.4	2.6	92.6	51.6	0.5	1.9	2.1	9,615	5,293	696	1,398	309	29	589	590
19	Ron Mercer R. Mercer	18.3	37	38.1	4.1	2.8	0.9	0.4	7.4	16.5	44.4	0.4	1.1	38.5	3.2	4.1	78.8	50.0	0.8	3.3	2.4	1,408	678	152	104	33	15	87	75	-110
20	Juwan Howard J. Howard	18.3	105	35.3	7.7	3.0	0.9	0.4	7.2	16.0	45.2	0.0	0.0	40.0	3.8	4.8	79.3	50.4	2.5	5.2	2.5	3,706	1,919	807	310	95	44	263	334	-656
21	Antonio McDyess A. McDyess	18.2	359	34.1	9.0	1.6	0.9	1.7	7.3	14.9	48.7	0.0	0.1	14.0	3.7	5.4	67.9	52.6	2.9	6.1	2.5	12,231	6,543	3,218	586	309	603	901	1,256	-875
22	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	17.7	291	31.7	6.8	1.5	0.6	0.6	6.7	13.4	50.1	2.7	6.7	40.4	1.6	2.0	79.7	62.0	1.4	5.4	1.2	9,227	5,162	1,975	448	177	179	356	581	+1557
23	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	17.7	243	37.6	3.4	8.4	0.8	0.2	6.6	16.4	40.3	1.7	5.1	34.2	2.8	3.4	81.0	49.5	0.5	3.0	2.5	9,126	4,309	829	2,036	199	39	619	412	-573
24	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	17.3	247	34.0	2.8	5.5	1.1	0.2	5.0	12.0	41.6	2.0	5.2	39.5	5.3	5.8	91.3	59.4	0.4	2.4	2.3	8,387	4,274	696	1,351	281	53	579	525	+415
25	Danilo Gallinari D. Gallinari	17.2	266	32.9	5.1	2.4	0.9	0.4	5.2	12.2	42.5	1.8	5.0	37.3	5.0	5.8	86.3	58.4	0.8	4.3	1.5	8,755	4,582	1,356	628	231	114	389	467	+669

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Team Leaders

PPG

27.7

Jokić

RPG

12.9

Jokić

APG

10.7

Jokić

Team Rankings

ORTG

122.6

1st

DRTG

117.4

21st

NETRTG

5.2

7th

3P%

39.6

1st

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	64	18	.780
2	Spurs	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets	52	30	.634	12.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/22	DEN	@	OKC	9:30 PM
Sat 10/24	NOP	@	DEN	9:00 PM
Mon 10/26	GSW	@	DEN	10:00 PM
Wed 10/28	DEN	@	NOP	8:00 PM
Fri 10/30	DEN	@	PHX	10:00 PM

Last Game

Nuggets

2 - 4

Final

110

Timberwolves

4 - 2

Thu 30 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	122-113
Mon 3/30	DET	@	OKC	110-114

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM

Isaiah Rider has scored the most career points per game as a starter for the Nuggets, with 28.0 per game.

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27.7

12.9

10.7

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

33.5

31.1

28.8

12.9

11.9

11.6

10.7

9.9

8.3

2.0

2.0

1.9

3.1

1.9

1.9

4.0

3.8

3.4

68.8

67.6

67.4

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

4,039.7

3,694

3,474

4,298.5

3,909.3

3,685.5

38.0

36.1

33.4

38.0

37.4

36.4

1.78

1.61

1.52

1.90

1.71

1.52

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

Schedule