Zeke Nnaji

Denver Nuggets

Birthdate:

1/9/2001 (24)

Position:

PF

Primary Role:

Secondary Role:

Defensive Role:

Height:

6'9"

Weight:

240

Wingspan:

7'2"

Positional Size:

A-

Hometown:

Hopkins, MN

Zeke Nnaji Stats

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Plus Minus

Season	GP	MPG	FGM - FGA	FG%	3PM - 3PA	3P%	FTM - FTA	FT%	REB	APG	STL	BLK	PF	TOV	PTS
2021	42	9.5	1.2 - 2.5	48.1	0.6 - 1.4	40.7	0.3 - 0.4	80	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.7	0.2	3.2
2022	41	17	2.3 - 4.5	51.6	0.9 - 2	46.3	1 - 1.6	63.1	3.6	0.4	0.4	0.3	1.9	0.6	6.6
2023	53	13.7	2.1 - 3.7	56.1	0.3 - 1.2	26.2	0.8 - 1.2	64.5	2.6	0.3	0.3	0.4	2	0.6	5.2
2024	58	9.9	1.2 - 2.6	46.3	0.1 - 0.4	26.1	0.7 - 1.1	67.7	2.2	0.6	0.3	0.7	1.4	0.5	3.2
2025	57	10.7	1.2 - 2.5	49.6	0.3 - 0.9	32.7	0.5 - 0.8	61.4	1.6	0.4	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.2	3.2
2026	12	8.5 ↓	0.8 - 1.6 ↓	52.6 ↑	0.3 - 0.9 ↓	27.3 ↓	0.4 - 0.6 ↓	71.4 ↑	1.5 ↓	0.3 ↓	0.3 –	0.3 ↓	1.3 ↓	0.6 ↑	2.3 ↓
Career	263	11.8	1.5 - 3	50.9	0.4 - 1.1	35.9	0.6 - 1	65.5	2.2	0.4	0.3	0.5	1.4	0.4	4.1

Season	MP	TS%	3PAR	FTR	SQ	BOXCR	OLOAD	PR	PORT	VERS	CWARP	VORP
2021	397	61.5	56.7	14.4		0.3	16.1	18	5	78		0
2022	698	62.9	43	34.9	62.3	0.6	17.7	10	4.1	97	-0.1	0
2023	728	62	33.2	31.6	46.6	0.8	17.7	5	1.6	62	-0.29	-0.3
2024	576	52.8	15.4	41.6	50.5	1.2	20.9	25	1.3	44	-0.11	-0.2
2025	608	57.4	36.9	31.2	43.8	0.5	16.2	23	2.5	93	0.38	0.1
2026	102	63.4	57.9	36.8	44.8	0.4	13.2	6	1.7	93	0.03	-0.1

Season	MP	COPM	CDPM	CPM	ODARKO	DDARKO	DARKO	ODRIP	DDRIP	DRIP	OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2021	397										-0.6	-1.1	-1.7
2022	698	-1.4	-0.9	-2.3	-1.1	-0.1	-1.2				-0.7	-1.6	-2.2
2023	728	-2.2	-0.7	-2.9	-2.2	0.2	-1.9				-2.7	-0.9	-3.7
2024	576	-2.7	0	-2.7	-3	0.2	-2.8	-1.6	-0.2	-1.8	-3.8	0.1	-3.7
2025	608	-2.3	1.2	-1.1	-2.6	0.6	-2	-1.9	0.4	-1.5	-2.1	0.7	-1.3
2026	102	-2.7 2%	0.9 79%	-1.8 23%	-2.6	0.8	-1.7	-1.9	0.3	-1.6	-4.6	-0.6	-5.2

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	58.9%	68
SQ	44	36
FTr	32.6%	80
3PAr	42.1%	50
ORB	-0.5	45
cTOV	11.3%	15
Load	15.4	8
Creation	0.5	5
Portability	2.5	29
Passer Rating	18.8	8
CraftedOPM	-2.4	3

Stat	Value
Deflections	2	44
raDTOV	-0.2	35
DRB	-0.4	40
Rim Defense	-9.6	86
Rim Frequency	32.6	38
BLKpct	4.9	94
Versatility	93	96
rPF	1.3	11
CraftedDPM	1.1	81

*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 102 minutes played during the 2025-26 season. Compared to all other players who played over 48 minutes.

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1	Spencer Jones	87
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4	Anthony Gill	84
5	Ariel Hukporti	84
6	Caleb Martin	83
7	Hugo González	83
8	Ryan Kalkbrenner	83
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1	Isaac Okoro	85
2	Kyshawn George	85
3	Nique Clifford	85
4	Dalen Terry	84
5	Josh Minott	84
6	Dominick Barlow	84
7	Mouhamed Gueye	83
8	Ausar Thompson	82
9	Derrick Jones Jr.	82
10	Ryan Dunn	82

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1	Mouhamed Gueye	82
2	Derrick Jones Jr.	82
3	Johnny Furphy	82
4	Peyton Watson	82
5	Dalen Terry	81
6	Dominick Barlow	81
7	Adem Bona	81
8	Drew Eubanks	80
9	Jordan Walsh	80
10	Matas Buzelis	80

*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.