who had the most games started for the nuggets in the 1980s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Alex English had the most starts for the Nuggets, with 647 starts.

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	NAME	GS	GP	MPG	PPG	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	Alex English A. English	647	652	36.4	27.3	5.4	4.7	1.0	0.7	11.3	22.0	51.2	0.0	0.1	16.7	4.7	5.6	84.0	55.7	2.4	3.0	2.8	23,714	17,771	3,529	3,082	669	472	1,839	1,825
2	T.R. Dunn	451	570	28.1	5.3	5.3	2.0	1.7	0.3	2.1	4.5	47.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	1.5	72.7	51.9	2.0	3.3	0.9	16,021	3,048	3,015	1,163	951	155	508	1,414
3	Fat Lever F. Lever	394	395	35.5	16.8	7.3	7.7	2.5	0.3	6.9	15.2	45.6	0.2	0.7	27.1	2.8	3.6	77.4	50.2	2.3	5.1	2.3	14,035	6,638	2,887	3,049	999	120	919	1,041
4	Wayne Cooper W. Cooper	324	351	24.0	9.5	7.4	1.0	0.4	2.4	4.0	8.5	46.6	0.0	0.0	23.5	1.5	2.1	73.8	50.3	2.5	4.9	1.4	8,433	3,345	2,603	343	131	830	476	1,323
5	Dan Issel D. Issel	236	314	27.6	19.3	6.5	2.3	0.9	0.6	7.1	14.3	50.1	0.0	0.2	25.5	5.0	6.0	83.3	57.2	1.6	4.9	1.8	8,663	6,068	2,048	712	275	173	558	825
6	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	228	242	34.8	25.8	5.3	2.8	0.7	0.5	10.1	18.2	55.5	0.1	0.4	28.7	5.5	6.4	86.1	61.4	1.5	3.8	2.2	8,418	6,241	1,271	688	171	117	522	602
7	Danny Schayes D. Schayes	207	483	20.5	9.3	5.7	1.1	0.5	0.9	3.0	5.9	51.2	0.0	0.0	21.4	3.2	4.0	80.3	60.4	1.8	3.9	1.5	9,902	4,478	2,744	544	233	425	736	1,722
8	Michael Adams M. Adams	152	159	35.0	16.1	3.2	6.2	2.1	0.2	5.6	12.6	44.0	1.9	5.3	36.1	3.1	3.7	82.4	56.4	0.7	2.5	2.0	5,565	2,561	506	993	334	27	324	287
9	Calvin Natt C. Natt	146	189	28.5	17.8	6.3	2.4	0.8	0.3	6.8	13.0	52.3	0.0	0.1	18.2	4.2	5.4	79.0	58.1	2.0	4.3	1.9	5,385	3,369	1,193	458	153	50	362	383
10	Rob Williams R. Williams	99	153	22.0	8.6	2.2	5.4	1.1	0.1	3.3	7.4	43.9	0.1	0.4	27.4	2.0	2.5	78.9	50.4	0.6	1.6	2.3	3,367	1,319	330	825	173	17	354	489
11	Blair Rasmussen B. Rasmussen	91	278	17.4	8.8	4.6	0.7	0.3	0.7	3.7	7.8	46.8	0.0	0.0		1.4	1.9	77.0	50.7	1.6	3.0	0.9	4,838	2,443	1,286	203	78	190	241	722
12	Billy McKinney B. McKinney	65	149	23.6	10.4	1.8	4.2	0.7	0.1	4.3	8.4	51.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.8	2.3	81.0	55.4	0.3	1.4	1.4	3,522	1,543	263	626	108	21	216	328
13	Kenny Higgs K. Higgs	49	76	22.3	7.5	1.9	5.2	0.9	0.1	2.7	6.2	43.2	0.1	0.3	19.0	2.1	2.6	81.7	51.3	0.3	1.6	2.1	1,696	569	144	395	72	6	156	263
14	Bill Hanzlik B. Hanzlik	33	512	20.9	7.9	2.8	3.1	1.0	0.2	2.6	6.2	42.4	0.1	0.3	22.2	2.5	3.2	78.4	51.6	0.9	1.9	1.6	10,696	4,046	1,432	1,578	510	126	813	1,555
15	Mark Alarie M. Alarie	25	64	17.3	7.9	3.3	1.2	0.3	0.4	3.4	6.9	49.0	0.0	0.1	22.2	1.0	1.6	66.3	51.6	1.1	2.2	0.9	1,110	503	214	74	22	28	56	138
16	Darrell Walker D. Walker	25	81	24.9	12.2	4.0	3.5	1.5	0.5	4.4	9.2	48.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	4.5	74.5	54.7	1.9	2.1	2.3	2,020	988	327	282	120	37	187	229
17	Richard Anderson R. Anderson	17	78	17.7	8.5	5.2	2.5	0.6	0.4	3.5	8.2	42.6	0.0	0.2	15.8	1.5	1.9	77.3	47.1	1.7	3.5	1.4	1,380	663	406	193	46	28	109	183
18	Mike Evans M. Evans	15	419	17.7	8.7	1.4	2.6	0.8	0.1	3.5	7.7	45.3	0.5	1.6	31.4	1.2	1.5	83.2	52.2	0.3	1.1	1.4	7,431	3,642	592	1,075	323	38	592	829
19	Elston Turner E. Turner	14	232	19.7	4.8	3.0	2.0	1.1	0.1	2.1	4.8	44.4	0.0	0.1	13.6	0.5	0.8	70.7	46.8	1.1	1.9	0.9	4,561	1,120	704	467	256	21	210	511
20	Pete Williams P. Williams	11	58	10.1	2.6	2.5	0.3	0.3	0.4	1.2	1.9	60.2	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.7	42.5	58.6	0.8	1.7	0.3	583	153	147	15	19	23	20	69
21	Jay Vincent J. Vincent	9	78	23.7	14.8	4.2	1.9	0.6	0.3	5.9	12.8	46.1	0.0	0.1	33.3	3.0	3.8	79.7	51.3	1.1	3.1	1.8	1,850	1,156	327	148	47	27	142	209
22	James Ray J. Ray	7	85	8.2	3.5	2.2	0.8	0.4	0.4	1.4	3.2	45.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	0.6	1.0	62.1	48.3	0.6	1.6	1.0	695	297	191	65	34	35	87	142
23	Otis Smith O. Smith	6	43	8.3	4.0	1.5	0.8	0.1	0.2	1.6	4.0	40.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.1	67.3	44.7	0.8	0.7	0.7	359	173	64	33	6	7	31	53
24	Howard Carter H. Carter	5	55	12.5	6.2	1.6	1.3	0.3	0.1	2.6	5.7	45.9	0.1	0.3	26.3	0.9	1.1	77.0	49.9	0.7	0.9	0.8	688	342	86	71	19	4	42	81
25	David Thompson D. Thompson	5	61	20.4	14.9	2.4	1.9	0.6	0.5	5.1	10.6	48.6	0.1	0.2	28.6	4.5	5.6	81.4	57.1	0.9	1.5	2.3	1,246	906	148	117	34	29	142	149

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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

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Alex English had the most starts for the Nuggets, with 647 starts.

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27.7

12.9

10.7

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

33.5

31.1

28.8

12.9

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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

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