# 2024–25 Denver Nuggets season

The 2024–25 Denver Nuggets season is the 49th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
On March 7, 2025 Center Nikola Jokic became the first player to record a 30-20-20 game in league history.

## Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position(s) | Nationality | College / club |
| 1 | 22 | DaRon Holmes II | PF | United States | Dayton |
The Nuggets originally held one first-round pick and one second-round pick entering the draft (which was two days long instead of just one day long like it previously was since the NBA draft was shortened down to two rounds back in 1989). A second round pick that originally started out with Denver for this draft would eventually be traded to the Phoenix Suns, which later led to Phoenix forfeiting that selection entirely during the previous season due to early involvements with Drew Eubanks. This would be the third straight year in a row where a second-round pick that Denver previously held onto at one point in time would later be forfeited by another team due to tampering violations during the free agency period. Ironically, the Suns would end up trading with the Nuggets on the first night of the draft, with Phoenix acquiring both of the Nuggets' first round and second round picks they had in this draft in the 28th and 56th picks (which became Ryan Dunn from the University of Virginia and Kevin McCullar Jr. from the University of Kansas respectively) alongside second round picks in 2026 and 2031 in exchange for the 22nd pick of the draft, which became power forward DaRon Holmes II from the University of Dayton.

## Standings
### Division

| Northwest Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
| x – Oklahoma City Thunder | 56 | 12 | .824 | – | 29‍–‍5 | 27‍–‍7 | 11–4 | 68 |
| Denver Nuggets | 44 | 25 | .638 | 12.5 | 23‍–‍11 | 21‍–‍14 | 7–6 | 69 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 40 | 29 | .580 | 16.5 | 20‍–‍14 | 20‍–‍15 | 9–5 | 69 |
| Portland Trail Blazers | 30 | 39 | .435 | 26.5 | 18‍–‍16 | 12‍–‍23 | 5–9 | 69 |
| o – Utah Jazz | 15 | 54 | .217 | 41.5 | 8‍–‍26 | 7‍–‍28 | 2–10 | 69 |

### Conference

Western Conference :
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | GP |
| 1 | x – Oklahoma City Thunder * | 56 | 12 | .824 | – | 68 |
| 2 | Houston Rockets * | 44 | 25 | .638 | 12.5 | 69 |
| 3 | Denver Nuggets | 44 | 25 | .638 | 12.5 | 69 |
| 4 | Memphis Grizzlies | 43 | 25 | .632 | 13.0 | 68 |
| 5 | Los Angeles Lakers * | 42 | 25 | .627 | 13.5 | 67 |
| 6 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 40 | 29 | .580 | 16.5 | 69 |
| 7 | Golden State Warriors | 39 | 29 | .574 | 17.0 | 68 |
| 8 | Los Angeles Clippers | 38 | 30 | .559 | 18.0 | 68 |
| 9 | Sacramento Kings | 33 | 33 | .500 | 22.0 | 66 |
| 10 | Dallas Mavericks | 33 | 36 | .478 | 23.5 | 69 |
| 11 | Phoenix Suns | 32 | 37 | .464 | 24.5 | 69 |
| 12 | Portland Trail Blazers | 30 | 39 | .435 | 26.5 | 69 |
| 13 | San Antonio Spurs | 28 | 39 | .418 | 27.5 | 67 |
| 14 | o – New Orleans Pelicans | 18 | 51 | .261 | 38.5 | 69 |
| 15 | o – Utah Jazz | 15 | 54 | .217 | 41.5 | 69 |

## Game log
### Preseason

2024 preseason game log Total: 1–4 (Home: 0–3; Road: 1–1) :
Preseason: 1–4 (home: 0–3; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 4
Boston
L 103–107
Nikola Jokić (14)
Nikola Jokić (8)
Russell Westbrook (8)
Etihad Arena 12,002
0–1
2
October 6
@ Boston
L 104–130
Nikola Jokić (20)
Hunter Tyson (10)
Trey Alexander (5)
Etihad Arena 11,527
0–2
3
October 13
Phoenix
L 114–118
Jokić, Porter Jr., Strawther (21)
Nikola Jokić (14)
Nikola Jokić (9)
Ball Arena 17,310
0–3
4
October 15
Oklahoma City
L 94–124
Michael Porter Jr. (15)
DeAndre Jordan (9)
Aaron Gordon (5)
Ball Arena 17,022
0–4
5
October 17
@ Minnesota
W 132–126
Julian Strawther (33)
Michael Porter Jr. (8)
Nikola Jokić (7)
Target Center 13,166
1–4 :
2024–25 preseason schedule :

### Regular season

2024–25 game log Total: 44–25 (Home: 23–11; Road: 21–14) :
October: 2–2 (home: 0–2; road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 24
Oklahoma City
L 87–102
Braun, Jokić (16)
Nikola Jokić (12)
Nikola Jokić (13)
Ball Arena 19,786
0–1
2
October 26
L.A. Clippers
L 104–109
Nikola Jokić (41)
Jokić, Porter Jr. (9)
Jamal Murray (5)
Ball Arena 19,691
0–2
3
October 28
@ Toronto
W 127–125 (OT)
Nikola Jokić (40)
Aaron Gordon (11)
Aaron Gordon (8)
Scotiabank Arena 19,082
1–2
4
October 29
@ Brooklyn
W 144–139 (OT)
Nikola Jokić (29)
Nikola Jokić (18)
Nikola Jokić (16)
Barclays Center 17,926
2–2 :
November: 8–5 (home: 5–2; road: 3–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
November 1
@ Minnesota
L 116–119
Aaron Gordon (31)
Aaron Gordon (11)
Nikola Jokić (13)
Target Center 18,978
2–3
6
November 2
Utah
W 129–103
Nikola Jokić (27)
Nikola Jokić (16)
Nikola Jokić (9)
Ball Arena 19,702
3–3
7
November 4
Toronto
W 121–119
Nikola Jokić (28)
Nikola Jokić (14)
Nikola Jokić (13)
Ball Arena 19,525
4–3
8
November 6
Oklahoma City
W 124–122
Russell Westbrook (29)
Nikola Jokić (20)
Nikola Jokić (16)
Ball Arena 19,522
5–3
9
November 8
Miami
W 135–122
Nikola Jokić (30)
Nikola Jokić (11)
Nikola Jokić (14)
Ball Arena 19,621
6–3
10
November 10
Dallas
W 122–120
Nikola Jokić (37)
Nikola Jokić (18)
Nikola Jokić (15)
Ball Arena 19,908
7–3
11
November 15
@ New Orleans
L 94–101
Michael Porter Jr. (24)
Dario Šarić (8)
Jamal Murray (8)
Smoothie King Center 16,137
7–4
12
November 17
@ Memphis
L 90–105
Julian Strawther (19)
Dario Šarić (10)
Jamal Murray (7)
FedExForum 16,351
7–5
13
November 19
@ Memphis
W 122–110
Jamal Murray (27)
Michael Porter Jr. (11)
Russell Westbrook (14)
FedExForum 15,377
8–5
14
November 22
Dallas
L 120–123
Nikola Jokić (33)
Nikola Jokić (17)
Jamal Murray (11)
Ball Arena 19,923
8–6
15
November 23
@ L.A. Lakers
W 127–102
Nikola Jokić (34)
Nikola Jokić (13)
Russell Westbrook (11)
Crypto.com Arena 18,997
9–6
16
November 25
New York
L 118–145
Russell Westbrook (27)
Michael Porter Jr. (10)
Jokić, Murray (7)
Ball Arena 19,842
9–7
17
November 27
@ Utah
W 122–103
Nikola Jokić (30)
Nikola Jokić (10)
Jamal Murray (8)
Delta Center 18,175
10–7 :
December: 8–6 (home: 4–1; road: 4–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
18
December 1
@ L.A. Clippers
L 122–126
Nikola Jokić (28)
Nikola Jokić (14)
Nikola Jokić (11)
Intuit Dome 16,182
10–8
19
December 3
Golden State
W 119–115
Nikola Jokić (38)
Nikola Jokić (10)
Jamal Murray (7)
Ball Arena 19,912
11–8
20
December 5
@ Cleveland
L 114–126
Nikola Jokić (27)
Nikola Jokić (20)
Nikola Jokić (11)
Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse 19,432
11–9
21
December 7
@ Washington
L 113–122
Nikola Jokić (56)
Nikola Jokić (16)
Russell Westbrook (12)
Capital One Arena 16,182
11–10
22
December 8
@ Atlanta
W 141–111
Nikola Jokić (48)
Nikola Jokić (14)
Russell Westbrook (11)
State Farm Arena 16,137
12–10
23
December 13
L.A. Clippers
W 120–98
Jamal Murray (20)
DeAndre Jordan (9)
Russell Westbrook (5)
Ball Arena 19,779
13–10
24
December 16
@ Sacramento
W 130–129
Jamal Murray (28)
Nikola Jokić (14)
Nikola Jokić (13)
Golden 1 Center 16,936
14–10
25
December 19
@ Portland
L 124–126
Nikola Jokić (34)
DeAndre Jordan (7)
Jamal Murray (10)
Moda Center 16,753
14–11
26
December 22
@ New Orleans
W 132–129 (OT)
Jokić, Murray (27)
Nikola Jokić (13)
Nikola Jokić (10)
Smoothie King Center 17,474
15–11
27
December 23
Phoenix
W 117–90
Nikola Jokić (32)
Christian Braun (7)
Jalen Pickett (8)
Ball Arena 19,910
16–11
28
December 25
@ Phoenix
L 100–110
Nikola Jokić (25)
Nikola Jokić (15)
Jamal Murray (6)
Footprint Center 17,071
16–12
29
December 27
Cleveland
L 135–149
Jokić, Murray (27)
Nikola Jokić (14)
Nikola Jokić (13)
Ball Arena 19,952
16–13
30
December 28
Detroit
W 134–121
Nikola Jokić (37)
Jokić, Westbrook (9)
Jokić, Westbrook (8)
Ball Arena 19,876
17–13
31
December 30
@ Utah
W 132–121
Nikola Jokić (36)
Nikola Jokić (22)
Nikola Jokić (11)
Delta Center 18,175
18–13 :
January: 11–6 (home: 5–3; road: 6–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
32
January 1
Atlanta
W 139–120
Nikola Jokić (23)
Nikola Jokić (17)
Nikola Jokić (15)
Ball Arena 19,902
19–13
33
January 3
San Antonio
L 110–113
Nikola Jokić (41)
Nikola Jokić (18)
Nikola Jokić (9)
Ball Arena 19,922
19–14
34
January 4
@ San Antonio
W 122–111 (OT)
Nikola Jokić (46)
Porter Jr., Westbrook (10)
Nikola Jokić (10)
Frost Bank Center 19,038
20–14
35
January 7
Boston
L 106–118
Russell Westbrook (26)
Michael Porter Jr. (10)
Russell Westbrook (6)
Ball Arena 19,904
20–15
36
January 8
L.A. Clippers
W 126–103
Jamal Murray (21)
DeAndre Jordan (9)
Jamal Murray (9)
Ball Arena 19,711
21–15
37
January 10
Brooklyn
W 124–105
Nikola Jokić (35)
Nikola Jokić (12)
Nikola Jokić (15)
Ball Arena 19,959
22–15
38
January 12
@ Dallas
W 112–101
Russell Westbrook (21)
Nikola Jokić (18)
Nikola Jokić (9)
American Airlines Center 20,031
23–15
39
January 14
@ Dallas
W 118–99
Jamal Murray (45)
Nikola Jokić (14)
Nikola Jokić (10)
American Airlines Center 19,798
24–15
40
January 15
Houston
L 108–128
Braun, Murray (22)
DeAndre Jordan (8)
Murray, Pickett, Šarić (5)
Ball Arena 19,837
24–16
41
January 17
@ Miami
W 133–113
Jamal Murray (30)
Nikola Jokić (12)
Nikola Jokić (10)
Kaseya Center 19,828
25–16
42
January 19
@ Orlando
W 113–100
Braun, Jokić (20)
Nikola Jokić (14)
Nikola Jokić (10)
Kia Center 18,846
26–16
43
January 21
Philadelphia
W 144–109
Nikola Jokić (27)
Nikola Jokić (13)
Nikola Jokić (10)
Ball Arena 19,521
27–16
44
January 23
Sacramento
W 132–123
Nikola Jokić (35)
Nikola Jokić (22)
Nikola Jokić (17)
Ball Arena 19,676
28–16
45
January 25
@ Minnesota
L 104–133
Jamal Murray (25)
Jordan, Westbrook (6)
Nikola Jokić (11)
Target Center 18,978
28–17
46
January 27
@ Chicago
L 121–129
Nikola Jokić (33)
Nikola Jokić (12)
Nikola Jokić (14)
United Center 19,661
28–18
47
January 29
@ New York
L 112–122
Jamal Murray (33)
Russell Westbrook (14)
Jokić, Murray (6)
Madison Square Garden 19,812
28–19
48
January 31
@ Philadelphia
W 137–134
Jamal Murray (31)
Nikola Jokić (9)
Nikola Jokić (13)
Wells Fargo Center 19,764
29–19 :
February: 10–2 (home: 6–1; road: 4–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
49
February 1
@ Charlotte
W 107–104
Nikola Jokić (28)
Nikola Jokić (13)
Nikola Jokić (17)
Spectrum Center 19,106
30–19
50
February 3
New Orleans
W 125–113
Michael Porter Jr. (36)
Nikola Jokić (14)
Nikola Jokić (10)
Ball Arena 19,587
31–19
51
February 5
New Orleans
W 144–119
Michael Porter Jr. (39)
Michael Porter Jr. (12)
Aaron Gordon (12)
Ball Arena 19,526
32–19
52
February 6
Orlando
W 112–90
Michael Porter Jr. (30)
Nikola Jokić (10)
Nikola Jokić (12)
Ball Arena 19,616
33–19
53
February 8
@ Phoenix
W 122–105
Jamal Murray (30)
Jokić, Jordan (11)
Nikola Jokić (9)
Footprint Center 17,071
34–19
54
February 10
Portland
W 146–117
Nikola Jokić (40)
Nikola Jokić (7)
Jalen Pickett (9)
Ball Arena 19,535
35–19
55
February 12
Portland
W 132–121
Jamal Murray (55)
Nikola Jokić (15)
Nikola Jokić (10)
Ball Arena 19,901
36–19
All-Star Game
56
February 20
Charlotte
W 129–115
Jamal Murray (34)
Nikola Jokic (17)
Nikola Jokic (9)
Ball Arena 19,870
37–19
57
February 22
L.A. Lakers
L 100–123
Aaron Gordon (24)
Nikola Jokić (13)
Nikola Jokić (10)
Ball Arena 19,998
37–20
58
February 24
@ Indiana
W 125–116
Aaron Gordon (25)
Michael Porter Jr. (11)
Nikola Jokić (19)
Gainbridge Fieldhouse 16,549
38–20
59
February 27
@ Milwaukee
L 112–121
Nikola Jokić (32)
Nikola Jokić (14)
Nikola Jokić (10)
Fiserv Forum 17,566
38–21
60
February 28
@ Detroit
W 134–119
Jamal Murray (31)
Nikola Jokić (17)
Nikola Jokić (15)
Little Caesars Arena 20,062
39–21 :
March: 5–4 (home: 3–2; road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
61
March 2
@ Boston
L 103–110
Jamal Murray (26)
Nikola Jokić (14)
Nikola Jokić (9)
TD Garden 19,156
39–22
62
March 5
Sacramento
W 116–110
Russell Westbrook (25)
Nikola Jokić (15)
Jamal Murray (8)
Ball Arena 19,618
40–22
63
March 7
Phoenix
W 149–141 (OT)
Nikola Jokić (31)
Nikola Jokić (21)
Nikola Jokić (22)
Ball Arena 19,808
41–22
64
March 9
@ Oklahoma City
L 103–127
Jokić, Porter Jr. (24)
Michael Porter Jr. (15)
Nikola Jokić (9)
Paycom Center 18,203
41–23
65
March 10
@ Oklahoma City
W 140–127
Nikola Jokić (35)
Nikola Jokić (18)
Nikola Jokić (8)
Paycom Center 18,203
42–23
66
March 12
Minnesota
L 95–115
Nikola Jokić (34)
Michael Porter Jr. (9)
Jamal Murray (8)
Ball Arena 19,832
42–24
67
March 14
L.A. Lakers
W 131–126
Nikola Jokić (28)
Jokić, Gordon (7)
Russell Westbrook (7)
Ball Arena 19,946
43–24
68
March 15
Washington
L 123–126
Nikola Jokić (40)
Nikola Jokić (13)
Russell Westbrook (11)
Ball Arena 19,833
43–25
69
March 17
@ Golden State
W 114–105
Aaron Gordon (38)
Russell Westbrook (12)
Russell Westbrook (16)
Chase Center 18,064
44–25
70
March 19
@ L.A. Lakers
Crypto.com Arena
71
March 21
@ Portland
Moda Center
72
March 23
@ Houston
Toyota Center
73
March 24
Chicago
Ball Arena
74
March 26
Milwaukee
Ball Arena
75
March 28
Utah
Ball Arena :
April: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
76
April 1
Minnesota
Ball Arena
77
April 2
San Antonio
Ball Arena
78
April 4
@ Golden State
Chase Center
79
April 6
Indiana
Ball Arena
80
April 9
@ Sacramento
Golden 1 Center
81
April 11
Memphis
Ball Arena
82
April 13
@ Houston
Toyota Center :
2024–25 season schedule :

### NBA Cup

The groups were revealed during the tournament announcement on July 12, 2024.

#### West Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | Golden State Warriors | 4 | 3 | 1 | 470 | 462 | +8 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Dallas Mavericks | 4 | 3 | 1 | 493 | 447 | +46 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Denver Nuggets | 4 | 2 | 2 | 455 | 449 | +6 | |
| 4 | Memphis Grizzlies | 4 | 1 | 3 | 464 | 475 | −11 | |
| 5 | New Orleans Pelicans | 4 | 1 | 3 | 409 | 458 | −49 | |

## Transactions
### Trades

| June 26, 2024 | To Denver NuggetsDraft rights to DaRon Holmes II (No. 22) | To Phoenix SunsDraft rights to Ryan Dunn (No. 28) Draft rights to Kevin McCullar Jr. (No. 56) 2026 DEN second-round pick 2031 DEN second-round pick |
| July 6, 2024 | Six-team trade | Six-team trade |
| July 6, 2024 | To Denver Nuggets 2025 PHI second-round pick (from Charlotte) Cash considerations (from Charlotte) | To Charlotte Hornets Josh Green (from Dallas) Reggie Jackson (from Denver) 2029 DEN second-round pick (from Denver) 2030 DEN second-round pick (from Denver) |
| July 6, 2024 | To Dallas Mavericks Klay Thompson (sign-and-trade) (from Golden State) 2025 second-round pick (from Denver) | To Golden State Warriors Kyle Anderson (sign-and-trade) (from Minnesota) Buddy Hield (sign-and-trade) (from Philadelphia) |
| July 6, 2024 | To Minnesota Timberwolves 2025 second-round pick (from Denver) 2031 second-round pick swap right (from Golden State) Cash considerations (from Golden State) | To Philadelphia 76ers 2031 DAL second-round pick (from Dallas) |

### Free agency
#### Re-signed

| Date | Player | Signed |
| July 9, 2024 | Vlatko Čančar | 1-year, $2 million |
| July 24, 2024 | DeAndre Jordan | 1-year, $2 million |
| September 7, 2024 | Jamal Murray | 4-year, $208 million extension |
| October 21, 2024 | Aaron Gordon | 4-year, $133 million extension |

#### Additions

| Date | Player | Signed | Former team |
| July 9 | Trey Alexander | Two-way Contract | Creighton |
| July 9 | PJ Hall | Two-way Contract | Clemson |
| July 12 | Dario Šarić | 2-year, $10.5 million | Golden State Warriors |
| July 26 | Russell Westbrook | 2-year, $6.8 million | Los Angeles Clippers |
| July 30 | Spencer Jones | Two-way Contract | Stanford |

#### Subtractions

| Date | Player | Reason left | New team |
| July 2, 2024 | Collin Gillespie | Free Agent | Phoenix Suns |
| July 6, 2024 | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | Free Agent | Orlando Magic |
| July 24, 2024 | Jay Huff | Free Agent | Memphis Grizzlies |
| October 12, 2024 | Braxton Key | Free Agent | Los Angeles Clippers |
| Ferbuary 1, 2025 | Justin Holiday | Contract Expired | Virtus Bologna |