What team does KJ Simpson play for?

KJ Simpson plays for the Denver Nuggets in the 2025-26 NBA season.

What are KJ Simpson's stats for 2025-26?

KJ Simpson's key stats for 2025-26: 5.2 PPG, 2 RPG, 2.5 APG, 43.5% TS, -2.7 CraftedPM

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KJ Simpson

Denver Nuggets

Birthdate:

8/8/2002 (23)

Position:

PG

Primary Role:

Secondary Role:

Defensive Role:

Height:

Weight:

Wingspan:

N/A

Positional Size:

Hometown:

Los Angeles, CA

KJ Simpson Stats

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Season	GP	MPG	FGM - FGA	FG%	3PM - 3PA	3P%	FTM - FTA	FT%	REB	APG	STL	BLK	PF	TOV	PTS
2025	36	23.4	2.9 - 8.4	34.6	0.9 - 3.6	25.4	1.1 - 1.4	82	3	3.1	0.9	0.2	1.6	1.6	7.8
2026	17	14.5 ↓	1.9 - 5.6 ↓	34.4 ↓	0.7 - 2.3 ↓	30.8 ↑	0.6 - 1.1 ↓	61.1 ↓	2 ↓	2.5 ↓	0.9 –	0 ↓	0.9 ↓	1.4 ↓	5.2 ↓
Career	53	20.5	2.6 - 7.5	34.5	0.8 - 3.2	26.6	1 - 1.3	76.5	2.7	2.9	0.9	0.1	1.3	1.5	7

Season	MP	TS%	3PAR	FTR	SQ	BOXCR	OLOAD	PR	PORT	VERS	CWARP	VORP
2025	842	43.7	43.2	16.6	38.2	3.2	32.6	56	0.1	40	-0.4	-0.7
2026	246	42.8	40.6	18.8	35.3	5.4	39.7	65	0.4	36	-0.04	-0.2

Season	MP	COPM	CDPM	CPM	ODARKO	DDARKO	DARKO	ODRIP	DDRIP	DRIP	OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2025	842	-2	-1.3	-3.3	-1.6	-0.8	-2.4	-1.2	-0.3	-1.5	-4.5	-0.9	-5.4
2026	246	-2.1 9%	-0.5 30%	-2.7 10%	-2.2	-0.5	-2.6	-1.4	-0.5	-1.9	-5	0.5	-4.5

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	43.5%	3
SQ	37.3	17
FTr	17.2%	29
3PAr	42.6%	46
ORB	1.2	76
cTOV	10.6%	20
Load	34.4	71
Creation	3.8	64
Portability	0.2	1
Passer Rating	20.4	22
CraftedOPM	-2.1	9

Stat	Value
Deflections	3.5	78
raDTOV	0.1	61
DRB	-0.2	38
Rim Defense	1.8	26
Rim Frequency	44.5	88
Versatility	38.9	41
rPF	-0.3	67
CraftedDPM	-1	18

*hover or click any stat for a detailed description.

*This scouting report combines the player's last two seasons of performance, with greater emphasis on the most recent 246 minutes played during the 2025-26 season. Compared to all other players who played over 48 minutes.

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offense

	Player	Score
1	AJ Johnson	90
2	Bronny James	87
3	Ronald Holland II	86
4	Nique Clifford	86
5	Andre Jackson Jr.	85
6	Rayan Rupert	85
7	Garrett Temple	84
8	Johnny Furphy	84
9	Cam Christie	84
10	Kris Murray	83
11	Rob Dillingham	83
12	Yang Hansen	83
13	Devin Carter	83
14	Cam Whitmore	82
15	Jonathan Mogbo	82
16	Jahmai Mashack	82
17	Jeremy Sochan	81
18	Jordan Clarkson	81
19	P.J. Washington	81
20	GG Jackson	81
21	Dario Šarić	81
22	Dalen Terry	80
23	Xavier Tillman	80
24	RayJ Dennis	80
25	Jeremiah Fears	80
26	Hugo González	80
27	Bilal Coulibaly	79
28	Taylor Hendricks	79
29	Tre Mann	79
30	Blake Wesley	79
31	Kevin McCullar Jr.	79
32	Vince Williams Jr.	79
33	Kobe Brown	79
34	Rasheer Fleming	79
35	Jae'Sean Tate	78
36	Andre Drummond	78
37	Mo Bamba	78
38	Ochai Agbaji	78
39	Alex Sarr	78
40	Cole Anthony	78
41	Tosan Evbuomwan	78
42	Tari Eason	78
43	Cody Williams	78
44	Malevy Leons	78
45	Nigel Hayes-Davis	78
46	Carter Bryant	78
47	Ben Saraf	78
48	Danny Wolf	78
49	Micah Peavy	78
50	Jamir Watkins	78

defense

	Player	Score
1	Dejounte Murray	87
2	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	86
3	Patrick Williams	86
4	VJ Edgecombe	86
5	Cam Spencer	86
6	Jeremiah Fears	86
7	Buddy Hield	85
8	Gradey Dick	85
9	Drake Powell	85
10	LaMelo Ball	84
11	Luke Kennard	84
12	Rob Dillingham	84
13	Scoot Henderson	84
14	Pat Spencer	84
15	Devin Vassell	84
16	Trey Murphy III	83
17	Andrew Nembhard	83
18	De'Andre Hunter	83
19	Ty Jerome	83
20	Egor Dëmin	83
21	Kelly Oubre Jr.	82
22	Naji Marshall	82
23	D'Angelo Russell	82
24	Terance Mann	82
25	Dennis Schröder	82
26	Blake Wesley	82
27	Jared McCain	82
28	Dario Šarić	82
29	Chris Paul	82
30	Bronny James	82
31	Tre Johnson	82
32	James Harden	81
33	Bryce McGowens	81
34	Max Christie	81
35	DeMar DeRozan	81
36	Brandon Williams	81
37	Taelon Peter	81
38	Isaiah Joe	80
39	Ja Morant	80
40	Jaden Hardy	80
41	Austin Reaves	80
42	Donte DiVincenzo	80
43	Quentin Grimes	80
44	Shaedon Sharpe	80
45	Tyrese Maxey	80
46	Cam Whitmore	80
47	AJ Johnson	80
48	Kam Jones	80
49	Tyrese Proctor	80
50	Miles Kelly	80

overall

	Player	Score
1	Bronny James	86
2	AJ Johnson	85
3	Rob Dillingham	84
4	Jeremiah Fears	84
5	Dario Šarić	83
6	Patrick Williams	81
7	Blake Wesley	81
8	Andre Jackson Jr.	81
9	Cam Whitmore	81
10	Rayan Rupert	81
11	Dejounte Murray	81
12	Ronald Holland II	80
13	VJ Edgecombe	80
14	Scoot Henderson	80
15	Johnny Furphy	80
16	Devin Carter	80
17	Taelon Peter	80
18	Jahmai Mashack	80
19	Kris Murray	79
20	Gradey Dick	79
21	Drake Powell	79
22	Pat Spencer	79
23	Kobe Brown	79
24	Nique Clifford	79
25	Ben Saraf	79
26	Kam Jones	79
27	Jaden Hardy	78
28	MarJon Beauchamp	78
29	Shaedon Sharpe	78
30	Tre Mann	78
31	Kevin McCullar Jr.	78
32	Zaccharie Risacher	78
33	Nigel Hayes-Davis	78
34	Jaden Ivey	77
35	Jeremy Sochan	77
36	Jordan Hawkins	77
37	Bilal Coulibaly	77
38	Wendell Moore Jr.	77
39	Xavier Tillman	77
40	Garrett Temple	77
41	Rasheer Fleming	77
42	Miles Kelly	77
43	Jordan Clarkson	76
44	GG Jackson	76
45	Taylor Hendricks	76
46	De'Andre Hunter	76
47	Julian Strawther	76
48	Cam Christie	76
49	Jamal Cain	76
50	Malevy Leons	76

*Similarity Score | The difference between the percentile scores of this player and that of all other players in his position group (guards, wings, forwards, bigs). Converted to a 1-100 scale where 100 is most similar, and 1 is least similar.

KJ Simpson FAQ

What team does KJ Simpson play for?: KJ Simpson plays for the Denver Nuggets in the 2025-26 NBA season.
What position does KJ Simpson play?: KJ Simpson plays PG.
What are KJ Simpson's stats for 2025-26?: KJ Simpson's key stats for 2025-26: 5.2 PPG, 2 RPG, 2.5 APG, 43.5% TS, -2.7 CraftedPM

Date	Opp	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	GmSc	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TOV	PF	+/-
Mar 1, 2026	MIN	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	+2
Feb 25, 2026	BOS	14	2	4	4	1	8.2	1	5	20.0%	0	0	—	0	0	—	2	2	0	0	+13
Feb 20, 2026	POR	7	3	1	4	0	6.0	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	1	2	50.0%	1	0	0	1	+14
Dec 18, 2025	ATL	13	4	0	2	1	1.0	2	7	28.6%	0	3	0.0%	0	0	—	0	0	2	0	-5
Dec 14, 2025	CLE	19	6	0	4	2	3.0	2	9	22.2%	1	6	16.7%	1	2	50.0%	0	0	3	1	-9
Dec 12, 2025	CHI	25	10	5	3	1	11.5	4	9	44.4%	2	3	66.7%	0	0	—	1	4	1	2	+11
Dec 7, 2025	DEN	29	16	5	1	1	14.1	6	14	42.9%	2	8	25.0%	2	4	50.0%	1	4	0	0	-14
Dec 5, 2025	TOR	28	8	3	4	5	8.6	2	6	33.3%	1	2	50.0%	3	4	75.0%	0	3	7	3	+14
Dec 3, 2025	NYK	4	1	0	1	0	0.6	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0.0%	1	2	50.0%	0	0	0	0	+3
Nov 23, 2025	ATL	12	5	2	2	1	6.3	2	4	50.0%	1	1	100.0%	0	0	—	0	2	1	0	0
Nov 19, 2025	IND	3	0	0	0	0	-1.4	0	2	0.0%	0	1	0.0%	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	-7
Nov 15, 2025	OKC	18	9	1	5	2	7.4	4	13	30.8%	1	3	33.3%	0	0	—	0	1	2	0	+7
Nov 12, 2025	MIL	9	2	2	2	0	2.3	1	4	25.0%	0	2	0.0%	0	0	—	0	2	0	0	-11
Nov 10, 2025	LAL	20	8	3	4	0	5.3	3	6	50.0%	2	4	50.0%	0	0	—	0	3	3	3	+4
Nov 7, 2025	MIA	13	0	1	3	1	2.6	0	3	0.0%	0	0	—	0	0	—	0	1	0	0	-18
Nov 4, 2025	NOP	13	8	3	0	0	6.5	3	6	50.0%	1	2	50.0%	1	2	50.0%	2	1	1	2	-13
Nov 2, 2025	UTA	17	7	4	4	1	6.8	2	5	40.0%	1	3	33.3%	2	2	100.0%	1	3	4	3	+6