Jameer Nelson

6'0" · 190 lbsBorn February 9, 19822005–2018College: Saint Joseph'sDraft: 2004 · Rd 1, Pick 20 · Denver NuggetsESPN ↗

NBA Stats

Career Snapshot

Sport-specific career totals from the active profile tables, with VAL shown whenever the sport has a value file.

NBA profile

Peak 3Y VAL

9.0

2008, 2009, 2011 avg

Career VAL

67.1

Value Above League

Games

878

Points

9,940

Rebounds

2,595

Assists

4,508

Win Shares

48.7

Playoff VAL

30.8

postseason

College Stats

College Per Game

Season	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2001	Saint Joseph's	33	33	33.8	46.1%	37.3%	82.0%	4.0	6.5	1.7	0.1	12.5
2002	Saint Joseph's	30	30	35.5	43.8%	35.9%

All-time standings

Career boards only, within NBA · corpus from 2002

33rdall-timeCareer AST4,508

Cross-sport prominence: 93.1th percentile among NBA careers — a within-sport percentile, because career value is not comparable across sports.

Franchise face

Etched into the franchise monument

#3 · Orlando Magic47.9 legacy · 71% attributed career shareVAL × verified franchise tenure, with bounded honors evidence

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Boards that rank NBA careers

NBA Age Milestones — Youngest to 20 PPG, 10 RPG and 100 Career VAL NBA Breakout Seasons — Biggest Career-High Leaps NBA Career Arc Types NBA Career Dominance — top-25 in multiple all-time categories NBA Clutch Delta — Who Rises in the Playoffs NBA Compilers vs Comets — Career Shape NBA Consistency Index — Mr. Reliable vs Boom-Bust NBA Era-Adjusted Careers — Greatest Careers on One Scale NBA Era-Adjusted Seasons — Greatest Seasons in Modern Terms NBA Franchise Mt. Rushmores — Four Faces of Every Team NBA Greatest Single Seasons by VAL (All Positions)NBA Hall of Very Good — Great Careers on the Hall's Doorstep NBA Journeymen NBA League Leader Marks — Most League-Leading Seasons NBA Loyalty NBA Only Club — Statistical Exclusivity

Similar careers

Players whose careers had the same shape — total value, peak, best three-season stretch, length and when the value came — measured with VAL against their own leagues.

Where this data comes from

Box scores, rosters, and draft data (2002+) come from sportsdataverse's hoopR release. College, international, and pre-2002 per-game rows are backfilled additively from Wikipedia.

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Methodology · Trust Center

Season	Age	Team	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	VAL
2005	22–23	ORL	79	20.4	8.7	2.4	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.5	45.5%	31.2%	68.2%	0.05
2006	23–24	ORL	62	28.8	14.6	2.9	4.9	1.1	0.1	2.4	48.3%	42.4%	77.9%	0.12
2007	24–25	ORL	77	30.3	13.0	3.1	4.3	0.9	0.1	2.4	43.0%	33.5%	82.8%	0.06
2008	25–26	ORL	69	28.4	10.9	3.5	5.6	0.9	0.1	2.0	46.9%	41.6%	82.8%	0.11
2009	26–27	ORL	42	31.2	16.7	3.5	5.4	1.2	0.1	2.0	50.3%	45.3%	88.7%	0.22
2010	27–28	ORL	65	28.6	12.6	3.0	5.4	0.7	0.0	2.1	44.9%	38.1%	84.5%	0.11
2011	28–29	ORL	76	30.6	13.1	3.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	2.6	44.6%	40.1%	80.2%	0.13
2012	29–30	ORL	57	30.0	11.9	3.2	5.7	0.7	0.1	2.4	42.7%	37.7%	80.7%	0.08
2013	30–31	ORL	56	35.3	14.7	3.7	7.4	1.3	0.1	2.8	39.2%	34.1%	87.3%	0.06
2014	31–32	ORL	68	32.0	12.1	3.4	7.0	0.8	0.1	2.4	39.4%	34.8%	85.7%	0.08
2015	32–33	All teams	63	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.03
2016	33–34	DEN	39	26.6	7.7	2.9	4.9	0.6	0.1	1.7	36.8%	29.9%	85.7%	0.00
2017	34–35	DEN	75	27.3	9.2	2.6	5.1	0.7	0.1	1.7	44.4%	38.8%	71.4%	0.02
2018	35–36	All teams	50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00