Denver Nuggets MVP Nikola Jokic turns 30; his elite NBA career by the numbers

Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokić turned 30 on Wednesday.

"The Joker" has dazzled the NBA scene across his 10-year career with a distinct and multidimensional offensive skill set for a big man. He has the combination of being able to facilitate, hit absurdly challenging shots and play in the post at a high level. His career has also featured an NBA championship and countless accolades.

Here's Jokic's historic NBA career by the numbers:

1: Jokic is far and away first in Nuggets history with 155 career triple-doubles — which is third in NBA history as a whole. For perspective, Fat Lever is second with 43 triple-doubles, and Dikembe Mutombo is third with eight. Jokic is also first in franchise history with 7,866 total rebounds and 5,169 assists.

1.3: The big man has averaged under one steal per game just once (his second season); he's averaging a combined 1.3 steals per game for his career.

3: Jokic has claimed three NBA MVPs, winning them in three of the past four full seasons. Furthermore, he's already third in Nuggets history with 15,597 career points and third among NBA big men with 5,169 career assists, behind Hall of Famers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Karl Malone.

3-10: Across the 49 games that he has appeared in this season, Jokic is averaging a triple-double: 29.8 points, 12.6 rebounds and 10.2 assists per game. Should all those marks stay in double digits, he would become just the third player in NBA history to average a triple-double in a single season, with his teammate, Russell Westbrook, and Oscar Robertson being the other two players to accomplish the feat.

7: Jokic's 2025 NBA All-Star Game selection was the seventh such honor of his career — with each of those nods coming over the past seven consecutive