Nikola Vučević

6'9"260 lb

Born 1990-10-24 (Age: 26)Pre-NBA: USC

2011Rd 1Pk 16PHI

2x All Star

Per game average

Season	PPG	APG	RPG	TS%
2025-26	15.1	3.3	8.4	57.4%
2024-25	18.5	3.5	10.1	61.1%
2023-24	18.0	3.3	10.5	54.0%
2022-23	17.6	3.2	11.0	59.4%
2021-22	17.6	3.2	11.0

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2026-27 · ORL

Signed with the Magic on Jul 1, 2026. How they got him

2016-17 percentile ranking

11-1225-26

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Season stats

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Season	Tm	G	PTS	AST	TRB	MP	ORB	DRB	TOV	PF
2025-26	CHI/BOS	64	15.1	3.3	8.4	28.4	2.0	6.4	1.3	2.0
2024-25	CHI	73	18.5	3.5	10.1	31.2	2.4	7.6	1.6	2.2
2023-24	CHI	76	18.0	3.3	10.5	34.3	2.8	7.8	1.6	2.5
2022-23	CHI	82	17.6	3.2	11.0	33.5	1.9	9.1	1.7	2.2
2021-22	CHI	73	17.6	3.2	11.0	33.1	1.9	9.1	1.9	2.5
2020-21	ORL/CHI	70	23.4	3.8	11.7	33.5	2.1	9.6	1.8	2.0
2019-20	ORL	62	19.6	3.6	10.9	32.2	2.3	8.6	1.4	2.2
2018-19	ORL	80	20.8	3.8	12.0	31.4	2.8	9.2	2.0	2.0
2017-18	ORL	57	16.5	3.4	9.2	29.5	1.8	7.4	1.9	2.5
2016-17	ORL	75	14.6	2.8	10.4	28.8	2.3	8.0	1.6	2.4
2015-16	ORL	65	18.2	2.8	8.9	31.3	2.7	6.2	1.9	2.7
2014-15	ORL	74	19.3	2.0	10.9	34.2	3.2	7.7	2.0	3.0
2013-14	ORL	57	14.2	1.8	11.0	31.8	3.2	7.7	2.0	3.0
2012-13	ORL	77	13.1	1.9	11.9	33.2	3.5	8.4	1.8	2.8
2011-12	PHI	51	5.5	0.6	4.8	15.9	1.7	3.1	0.6	2.2

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Contract

$2.4M over 2026-27 only · $2.4M guaranteed

Surplus rankings ORL payroll

Projected surplus

+$6.2M

80% range -$1.2M to +$20.8M

Estimated worth

$8.6M

Against $2.4M in salary

Among contracts

59th percentile

By total surplus, of 406 we can estimate

Projected to be worth more than his salary this season.

Surplus

2026-27Paid $2.4M, worth about $8.6M (likely $1.3M to $23.2M)

Salary
Estimated worth
Likely range (80%)
Gain or loss

Season	Salary	Est. worth	80% range	Surplus	Notes
2026-27	$2.4M	$8.6M	$1.3M–$23.2M	+$6.2M	—

Worth is projected from DRBL wins over 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 (27,899 possessions). Surplus is worth minus salary, after options.

Signed 1-yr minimum contract July 1, 2026.

How this works

Worth is what his projected DRBL wins would cost on the open market. We count wins above a minimum-salary player in the same minutes and price them at what teams paid per DRBL win from 2020-21 to 2025-26: 9.8% of the cap, about $16.2M in 2026-27.

Projections weight his last 3 seasons 3, 2 and 1, newest first, and pull toward what players at his salary usually produce, then adjust for age. Playing time comes from recent minutes, age and salary, since teams play the players they pay. A season lost to injury still pulls the playing time down.

Surplus is worth minus salary. A team can always bench a player, so worth never drops below the minimum salary. A player option leaves the team only the downside, because he walks when he could earn more. A team option or a non-guaranteed year leaves only the upside.

To test it, we refit the model three times, each with only the seasons through 2022-23, 2023-24 or 2024-25, valued what players were actually paid afterward, and compared with what they did. The typical miss the next season was 0.91 wins, against 1.09 for assuming a player repeats his last season. Three seasons out it was 1.18 wins, against 1.54. 12% of players beat the top of the range. Fewer than 2% fell below the bottom, since worth can't drop under the minimum salary.

Cap figures after 2026-27 assume 5.8% growth a year, the recent average. The percentile compares total surplus across the 406 current contracts we can estimate.

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Season	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Impact												Profile								Shooting														Defense								Hustle						Advanced
Season	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	DARKO	DARKO-O	DARKO-D	RAPTOR	O-RAPTOR	D-RAPTOR	WAR	WAR1	VORP	DRBL/100	DRBL-O	DRBL-D	MP	PTS	TRB	ORB	DRB	AST	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	eFG%	TS%	STL	BLK	STL%	BLK%	DRB%	DRtg	DBPM	DWS	Defl	Contest	ScrAst	Chrg	Loose	BoxOut	3PAr	FTr	USG%	TOV%	AST%	ORB%	TRB%	AST/TO	ORtg	NET	PER	OWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	BPM
2025-26	35	CHI/BOS	C	64	49	-2.15	-1.26	-0.88	-	-	-	-	0.2	1.6	0.1	1.3	-1.1	28.4	15.1	8.4	2.0	6.4	3.3	1.3	2.0	6.2	12.5	49.3%	1.6	4.2	36.9%	4.6	8.3	55.7%	1.2	1.5	82.8%	55.6%	57.4%	0.6	0.6	1.0%	2.0%	23.9%	110.0	0.1	1.9	1.4	7.8	2.3	0.0	0.3	2.0	33.9%	0.116	21.4%	9.2%	17.7%	7.5%	15.8%	2.54	114.0	4.0	17.7	2.5	4.4	0.116	1.4	1.5
2024-25	34	CHI	C	73	72	-2.17	-1.18	-0.99	-	-	-	-	2.2	2.7	0.7	2.6	-1.0	31.2	18.5	10.1	2.4	7.6	3.5	1.6	2.2	7.5	14.2	53.0%	1.8	4.4	40.2%	5.7	9.8	58.7%	1.6	2.0	80.5%	59.2%	61.1%	0.8	0.7	1.2%	2.0%	25.2%	113.0	0.1	2.6	1.6	8.4	2.9	-	0.3	2.1	30.9%	0.144	22.4%	9.7%	17.1%	8.3%	16.9%	2.19	122.0	9.0	20.3	4.7	7.3	0.153	2.5	2.6
2023-24	33	CHI	C	76	74	-0.84	-0.63	-0.21	-	-	-	-	-1.6	1.4	-0.5	0.1	-1.3	34.3	18.0	10.5	2.8	7.8	3.3	1.6	2.5	7.7	15.9	48.4%	1.2	4.1	29.4%	6.5	11.8	55.0%	1.4	1.7	82.2%	52.2%	54.0%	0.7	0.8	1.0%	2.4%	25.8%	115.0	-0.7	2.8	1.8	8.2	4.2	0.0	0.5	2.2	25.8%	0.107	23.3%	8.6%	15.2%	8.8%	17.1%	2.06	114.0	-1.0	17.7	2.7	5.4	0.100	0.8	0.1
2022-23	32	CHI	C	82	82	-0.98	-0.62	-0.35	-	-	-	-	-0.4	3.2	-0.1	0.5	-0.8	33.5	17.6	11.0	1.9	9.1	3.2	1.7	2.2	7.3	14.0	52.0%	1.5	4.2	34.9%	5.8	9.8	59.4%	1.6	1.9	83.5%	57.3%	59.4%	0.7	0.7	1.1%	2.0%	30.2%	110.0	0.7	4.4	2.0	8.2	4.2	0.0	0.5	1.9	30.2%	0.138	21.9%	10.2%	14.6%	6.7%	18.6%	1.88	117.0	7.0	19.1	3.9	8.3	0.145	1.9	2.7
2021-22	31	CHI	C	73	73	0.53	0.84	-0.31	-0.26	-1.82	1.56	3.31	-2.1	1.8	-0.7	-1.2	-0.3	33.1	17.6	11.0	1.9	9.1	3.2	1.9	2.5	7.5	15.8	47.3%	1.4	4.5	31.4%	6.1	11.3	53.7%	1.3	1.7	76.0%	51.8%	53.3%	1.0	1.0	1.4%	2.5%	30.7%	110.0	0.1	3.2	2.2	9.8	4.8	0.0	0.6	3.2	28.7%	0.105	24.5%	10.1%	15.2%	6.6%	18.7%	1.68	107.0	-3.0	18.2	1.4	4.5	0.090	0.8	0.9
2020-21	30	ORL/CHI	C	70	70	1.43	-0.22	1.65	1.62	0.85	0.77	5.24	1.1	4.4	0.4	1.0	-0.2	33.5	23.4	11.7	2.1	9.6	3.8	1.8	2.0	9.5	19.9	47.7%	2.5	6.3	40.0%	7.0	13.6	51.3%	1.9	2.2	84.0%	54.0%	56.0%	0.9	0.7	1.3%	1.8%	30.9%	109.0	0.4	3.0	1.7	8.8	3.9	0.0	0.7	2.5	31.5%	0.112	29.3%	7.9%	21.3%	6.5%	18.5%	2.11	112.0	3.0	22.9	3.3	6.3	0.129	4.9	5.3
2019-20	29	ORL	C	62	62	2.35	0.04	2.31	2.24	0.98	1.26	5.58	-	3.1	-	-	-	32.2	19.6	10.9	2.3	8.6	3.6	1.4	2.2	8.0	16.7	47.7%	1.6	4.7	33.9%	6.4	12.0	53.1%	2.1	2.7	78.4%	52.5%	54.9%	0.9	0.8	1.3%	2.1%	29.7%	107.0	0.5	2.9	-	-	-	-	-	-	28.0%	0.162	25.8%	7.4%	19.5%	7.3%	18.1%	2.57	114.0	7.0	21.9	3.5	6.4	0.153	3.7	4.2
2018-19	28	ORL	C	80	80	0.86	-0.96	1.82	4.80	1.41	3.40	10.23	-	5.5	-	-	-	31.4	20.8	12.0	2.8	9.2	3.8	2.0	2.0	8.8	16.9	51.8%	1.1	2.9	36.4%	7.7	14.0	54.9%	2.2	2.8	78.9%	54.9%	57.3%	1.0	1.1	1.6%	3.0%	31.9%	103.0	1.7	4.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	17.1%	0.168	28.0%	9.9%	21.9%	9.4%	20.5%	1.90	115.0	12.0	25.5	5.4	10.1	0.193	5.0	6.6
2017-18	27	ORL	C	57	57	0.59	-0.78	1.37	-0.45	-0.85	0.40	1.99	-	2.0	-	-	-	29.5	16.5	9.2	1.8	7.4	3.4	1.9	2.5	7.0	14.7	47.5%	1.1	3.6	31.4%	5.9	11.1	52.7%	1.4	1.6	81.9%	51.3%	53.3%	1.0	1.1	1.6%	3.0%	27.8%	106.0	1.0	2.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	24.3%	0.112	25.9%	11.0%	19.9%	6.6%	17.1%	1.79	105.0	-1.0	19.7	1.3	3.6	0.102	1.7	2.7
2016-17	26	ORL	C	75	55	0.46	-0.19	0.66	0.47	-1.53	2.00	3.58	-	1.9	-	-	-	28.8	14.6	10.4	2.3	8.0	2.8	1.6	2.4	6.4	13.7	46.8%	0.3	1.0	30.7%	6.1	12.7	48.1%	1.4	2.1	66.9%	48.0%	49.8%	1.0	1.0	1.7%	2.8%	31.3%	105.0	0.6	3.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	7.3%	0.155	24.8%	9.6%	16.9%	8.6%	19.6%	1.75	103.0	-2.0	19.1	0.8	4.0	0.088	0.8	1.4
2015-16	25	ORL	C	65	60	-0.57	-0.14	-0.43	0.75	0.26	0.49	3.62	-	2.0	-	-	-	31.3	18.2	8.9	2.7	6.2	2.8	1.9	2.7	8.2	16.1	51.0%	0.0	0.1	22.2%	8.2	16.0	51.2%	1.7	2.3	75.3%	51.1%	53.1%	0.8	1.1	1.3%	2.8%	22.2%	105.0	-	2.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9%	0.143	26.8%	10.0%	15.9%	9.3%	15.7%	1.47	106.0	1.0	21.1	2.8	5.2	0.122	1.9	1.9
2014-15	24	ORL	C	74	74	-1.01	-0.62	-0.40	-1.67	-0.67	-1.00	1.40	-	1.8	-	-	-	34.2	19.3	10.9	3.2	7.7	2.0	2.0	3.0	8.5	16.3	52.3%	0.0	0.1	33.3%	8.5	16.2	52.4%	2.2	2.9	75.2%	52.4%	54.8%	0.7	0.7	1.1%	1.7%	26.0%	106.0	-1.2	2.5	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5%	0.181	26.0%	10.2%	11.0%	10.4%	18.1%	1.00	109.0	3.0	21.5	4.5	7.0	0.133	2.0	0.9
2013-14	23	ORL	C	57	57	-1.15	-1.11	-0.04	0.12	-0.78	0.90	2.66	-	1.0	-	-	-	31.8	14.2	11.0	3.2	7.7	1.8	2.0	3.0	6.2	12.2	50.7%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	6.2	12.2	50.7%	1.8	2.4	76.6%	50.7%	53.6%	1.1	0.8	1.7%	2.0%	27.6%	103.0	-	2.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0%	0.197	21.8%	12.9%	10.2%	11.5%	19.5%	0.90	106.0	3.0	18.8	1.8	4.4	0.116	0.1	0.1
2012-13	22	ORL	C	77	77	-3.44	-2.92	-0.52	-0.79	-1.44	0.66	2.55	-	0.9	-	-	-	33.2	13.1	11.9	3.5	8.4	1.9	1.8	2.8	6.0	11.5	51.9%	0.0	0.0	0.0%	6.0	11.5	52.0%	1.1	1.6	68.3%	51.9%	53.4%	0.8	1.0	1.2%	2.4%	28.4%	105.0	-0.5	2.9	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3%	0.142	19.3%	13.0%	9.3%	12.0%	20.2%	1.06	106.0	1.0	17.8	2.8	5.7	0.106	-	-0.5
2011-12	21	PHI	C	51	15	-1.96	-2.25	0.29	-1.06	-2.65	1.58	0.70	-	-	-	-	-	15.9	5.5	4.8	1.7	3.1	0.6	0.6	2.2	2.6	5.7	45.0%	0.1	0.2	37.5%	2.5	5.5	45.2%	0.4	0.7	52.9%	45.5%	46.2%	0.4	0.7	1.3%	3.1%	21.7%	97.0	0.3	1.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.7%	0.117	19.6%	9.7%	6.2%	12.0%	16.8%	1.00	99.0	2.0	14.3	0.2	1.8	0.109	-2.5	-2.2

Nikola Vučević

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