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Out · expected back around Nov 20
Nurkic is progressing in his recovery, but the two-week re-evaluation timeline indicates he remains some distance from returning to game action. His absence should continue to create opportunities in Utah's frontcourt, with Jaxson Hayes and Mo Bamba among the players positioned to benefit from additional playing time. Nurkic's next evaluation will provide a clearer picture of his potential return date.
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DAL· Fri Nov 6Game preview →2025-26 season (his most recent)
- GP
- 41
- MIN
- 26.4
- PTS
- 10.9
- REB
- 10.4
- AST
- 4.8
- STL
- 1.3
- BLK
- 0.5
- 3PM
- 0.6
- FG%
- 50.3
Game log
| Date | Opp | Result | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | 3PM | FG | STL | BLK | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11 | vs SAC | W 121-93 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4-6 | 1 | 0 | +7 |
| Feb 9 | @MIA | W 115-111 | 25 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 4-9 | 0 | 1 | -3 |
| Feb 7 | @ORL | L 117-120 | 24 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Feb 1 | @TOR | L 100-107 | 33 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3-11 | 1 | 3 | -7 |
| Jan 28 | vs GS | L 124-140 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4-7 | 1 | 0 | -30 |
| Jan 24 | vs MIA | L 116-147 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 8-13 | 1 | 1 | -30 |
| Jan 22 | vs SA | L 109-126 | 35 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 7-19 | 1 | 1 | -21 |
| Jan 20 | vs MIN | W 127-122 | 31 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 7-11 | 1 | 1 | +8 |
| Jan 19 | @SA | L 110-123 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 9-17 | 0 | 0 | -8 |
| Jan 12 | @CLE | W 123-112 | 30 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4-9 | 3 | 2 | +13 |
| Jan 7 | @OKC | L 125-129 OT | 33 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 6-16 | 3 | 1 | +13 |
| Jan 5 | @POR | L 117-137 | 31 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 9-12 | 2 | 0 | -10 |
| Dec 30 | vs BOS | L 119-129 | 34 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 10-11 | 0 | 0 | +9 |
| Dec 27 | @SA | W 127-114 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 6-12 | 0 | 0 | +9 |
| Dec 26 | vs DET | W 131-129 | 32 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 6-9 | 1 | 2 | +13 |
| Dec 22 | @DEN | L 112-135 | 35 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6-10 | 0 | 0 | -31 |
| Dec 20 | vs ORL | L 127-128 OT | 21 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2-5 | 1 | 0 | -5 |
| Dec 18 | vs LAL | L 135-143 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5-8 | 1 | 0 | -2 |
| Dec 12 | @MEM | W 130-126 | 28 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 6-9 | 1 | 1 | -2 |
| Dec 7 | vs OKC | L 101-131 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3-9 | 0 | 0 | -12 |
| Dec 5 | @NY | L 112-146 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2-5 | 2 | 0 | -19 |
| Dec 1 | vs HOU | W 133-125 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 8-15 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Nov 30 | vs HOU | L 101-129 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 6-7 | 0 | 1 | -15 |
| Nov 28 | vs SAC | W 128-119 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 4-8 | 3 | 0 | +2 |
| Nov 24 | @GS | L 117-134 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4-6 | 0 | 1 | -19 |
| Nov 23 | vs LAL | L 106-108 | 31 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 5-6 | 2 | 0 | +14 |
| Nov 21 | vs OKC | L 112-144 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2-7 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
| Nov 18 | @LAL | L 126-140 | 29 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4-5 | 2 | 0 | -13 |
| Nov 16 | vs CHI | W 150-147 OT | 38 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2-6 | 3 | 1 | +9 |
| Nov 13 | vs ATL | L 122-132 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4-7 | 5 | 1 | -5 |
| Nov 11 | vs IND | W 152-128 | 31 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3-6 | 0 | 0 | +15 |
| Nov 10 | vs MIN | L 113-120 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2-11 | 1 | 0 | -13 |
| Nov 7 | @MIN | L 97-137 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | -20 |
| Nov 5 | @DET | L 103-114 | 33 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2-8 | 4 | 1 | -2 |
| Nov 3 | @BOS | W 105-103 | 31 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 5-12 | 0 | 1 | +1 |
| Nov 2 | @CHA | L 103-126 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1-6 | 2 | 0 | -22 |
| Oct 31 | @PHX | L 96-118 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2-3 | 1 | 1 | -13 |
| Oct 29 | vs POR | L 134-136 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4-10 | 1 | 0 | -2 |
| Oct 27 | vs PHX | W 138-134 OT | 18 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3-6 | 2 | 0 | +3 |
| Oct 24 | @SAC | L 104-105 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2-7 | 1 | 0 | -8 |
| Oct 22 | vs LAC | W 129-108 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4-9 | 2 | 0 | +9 |
| 2024-25 season | |||||||||||
| Apr 13 | @BOS | L 86-93 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6-10 | 3 | 1 | -10 |
| Apr 11 | @BOS | L 94-130 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5-14 | 1 | 0 | -3 |
| Apr 9 | @TOR | L 96-126 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 12-19 | 0 | 0 | -23 |
| Apr 6 | vs CHI | L 117-131 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8-11 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| Apr 4 | vs SAC | L 102-125 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3-10 | 0 | 1 | -17 |
| Apr 2 | @IND | L 105-119 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
| Mar 31 | vs UTAH | W 110-106 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3-7 | 0 | 0 | -8 |
| Mar 30 | @NO | L 94-98 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 4-10 | 1 | 3 | +11 |
| Mar 28 | @TOR | L 97-108 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1-6 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
| Mar 25 | vs ORL | L 104-111 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2-5 | 0 | 2 | -7 |
| Mar 23 | @MIA | L 105-122 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2-6 | 0 | 0 | -9 |
| Mar 22 | @OKC | L 106-141 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2-5 | 1 | 1 | -6 |
| Mar 20 | vs NY | W 115-98 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +16 |
| Mar 18 | vs ATL | L 102-134 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4-7 | 0 | 1 | -6 |
| Mar 16 | @LAC | L 88-123 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2-6 | 1 | 0 | -10 |
| Mar 15 | @SA | W 145-134 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6-7 | 0 | 0 | +4 |
| Mar 12 | @ATL | L 110-123 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | -4 |
| Mar 10 | @MIA | W 105-102 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | -11 |
| Mar 8 | vs CLE | L 117-118 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 6-11 | 1 | 1 | +18 |
| Mar 6 | vs MIN | L 110-125 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0-4 | 1 | 0 | -16 |
| Mar 4 | vs GS | L 101-119 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Feb 25 | @SAC | L 88-130 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4-6 | 3 | 1 | -19 |
| Feb 23 | @POR | L 88-141 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 5-9 | 1 | 1 | -22 |
| Feb 21 | @DEN | L 115-129 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4-11 | 1 | 1 | +4 |
| Feb 20 | @LAL | W 100-97 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0-3 | 1 | 2 | +8 |
| Feb 13 | @ORL | L 86-102 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3-5 | 1 | 1 | +2 |
| Jan 8 | @CHA | L 104-115 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3-6 | 1 | 1 | -22 |
| Jan 7 | @PHI | W 109-99 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +6 |
| Dec 28 | vs DAL | L 89-98 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1-4 | 1 | 1 | -10 |
| Dec 26 | vs DEN | W 110-100 | 30 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3-6 | 0 | 0 | +5 |
| Dec 24 | @DEN | L 90-117 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1-3 | 1 | 0 | -5 |
| Dec 22 | vs DET | L 125-133 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4-7 | 2 | 0 | -6 |
| Dec 20 | vs IND | L 111-120 | 32 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4-7 | 1 | 0 | -15 |
| Dec 16 | vs POR | W 116-109 | 26 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 4-9 | 1 | 1 | +4 |
| Dec 14 | @UTAH | W 134-126 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6-7 | 1 | 3 | +6 |
| Nov 28 | vs BKN | L 117-127 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | -13 |
| Nov 27 | vs LAL | W 127-100 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 5-11 | 1 | 1 | +20 |
| Nov 21 | vs NY | L 122-138 | 33 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5-8 | 3 | 2 | -21 |
| Nov 17 | @MIN | L 117-120 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | +1 |
| Nov 16 | @OKC | L 83-99 | 29 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0-7 | 0 | 0 | -10 |
| Nov 14 | @SAC | L 104-127 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1-7 | 3 | 0 | -11 |
| Nov 11 | vs SAC | L 118-127 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0-4 | 1 | 0 | -6 |
| Nov 9 | @DAL | W 114-113 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6-12 | 2 | 0 | -3 |
| Nov 7 | vs MIA | W 115-112 | 33 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 6-8 | 1 | 2 | +5 |
| Nov 5 | vs PHI | W 118-116 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 5-8 | 2 | 1 | +16 |
| Nov 3 | vs POR | W 103-97 | 24 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1-6 | 0 | 0 | +15 |
| Nov 1 | @LAC | W 125-119 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3-6 | 0 | 0 | +11 |
| Oct 29 | vs LAL | W 109-105 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1-6 | 0 | 2 | -20 |
| Oct 27 | vs DAL | W 114-102 | 30 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 7-12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | @LAL | L 116-123 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1-5 | 0 | 1 | -19 |
| Oct 24 | @LAC | W 116-113 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2-5 | 2 | 0 | +3 |
| 2023-24 season | |||||||||||
| Apr 14 | @MIN | W 125-106 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3-4 | 5 | 1 | +27 |
| Apr 13 | @SAC | W 108-107 | 32 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3-5 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
| Apr 11 | @LAC | W 124-108 | 30 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | +10 |
| Apr 7 | vs NO | L 105-113 | 31 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2-7 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
| Apr 6 | vs MIN | W 97-87 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 5-11 | 3 | 1 | +13 |
| Apr 4 | vs CLE | W 122-101 | 32 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0-4 | 2 | 0 | +8 |
| Apr 2 | @NO | W 124-111 | 36 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 5-11 | 1 | 2 | +19 |
| Mar 30 | @OKC | L 103-128 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | 1 | -22 |
Latest news
Nurkic (toe) has begun participating in on-court activities as he continues recovering from a right foot injury sustained during an Oct. 4 preseason game against Denver. He will be re-evaluated in two weeks, the Jazz announced Friday.
Nurkic is progressing in his recovery, but the two-week re-evaluation timeline indicates he remains some distance from returning to game action. His absence should continue to create opportunities in Utah's frontcourt, with Jaxson Hayes and Mo Bamba among the players positioned to benefit from additional playing time. Nurkic's next evaluation will provide a clearer picture of his potential return date.
RotoWire via ESPN · 8h ago
Nurkic (foot) is out for Wednesday's game against the Pelicans.
Nurkic has been a spectator to begin the season, and he's still not ready for game action due to a foot injury. The veteran big man should be considered week-to-week until the Jazz update his recovery, so Jaxson Hayes is expected to remain the team's primary center going forward.
RotoWire via ESPN · 3d ago
Nurkic will miss at least the next four weeks due to a partial plantar plate tear of the second toe on his right foot, Chris Haynes of NBA TV reports.
Nurkic will begin the 2026-27 season on the sidelines, and given the tricky nature of foot injuries for big men, it wouldn't be shocking to see his absence extend beyond this initial four-week window. Jaren Jackson will likely spend more time at center while Nurkic is out, and there will be more minutes available for Jaxson Hayes and Mo Bamba.
RotoWire via ESPN · Oct 7
Nurkic (foot) is listed as out for Tuesday's preseason game against Denver.
Nurkic is dealing with a foot issue, so he will miss Utah's second preseason game on the schedule. With Kyle Filipowski (back) also sidelined, Jaxson Hayes, Mo Bamba and Jonas Aidoo should handle the bulk of the minutes at the center position.
RotoWire via ESPN · Oct 7
Nurkic didn't participate in Monday's practice due to a right foot injury, Shreyas Laddha of The Salt Lake Tribune reports.
Nurkic logged 11 minutes in Sunday's preseason-opening win over Denver, posting four points (1-5 FG, 2-2 FT, 0-2 3Pt), five rebounds, four assists, one steal and one block. The big man can be considered questionable for Tuesday's preseason rematch against Denver until the Jazz offer an update on his status.
RotoWire via ESPN · Oct 5
Nurkic totaled four points (1-5 FG, 2-2 FT, 0-2 3Pt), five rebounds, four assists, one steal and one block in 11 minutes during Sunday's 109-97 preseason win over the Nuggets.
Nurkic was given the starting nod Sunday and yet played fewer minutes than newly acquired Jaxson Hayes, who ended with 19 minutes off the bench. All signs point to Nurkic being the starting center come Opening Night, putting him on the radar as a potential top-100 candidate. Although his role may not be reflective of what might be considered that of a typical starter, his ability to put up numbers across the board should lend itself to multiple builds. Considering him as a third center in standard leagues feels relatively safe.
RotoWire via ESPN · Oct 5
- Jusuf Nurkic Is Out at Least Four Weeks With a Toe Tear and Jaxson Hayes Is Utah's Center for Now
Verdexed · Oct 8