Derrick Jones Jr.Los Angeles Clippers · #5
Derrick Jones Jr. is a 6-foot-6 LA Clippers 3-and-D wing and 2020 Slam Dunk Contest champion, an undrafted UNLV product who reached two NBA Finals (2020 Miami, 2024 Dallas) as one of the league's most explosive athletes and versatile perimeter defenders.
Derrick Jones Jr. — the report card
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Where Derrick Jones Jr. stands
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Derrick Jones Jr. — every number, three levels deep
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How the model sees Derrick Jones Jr.
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Derrick Jones Jr. career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | 32 | 17.0 | 5.3 | 2.5 | 0.4 | .562 | .273 |
| 2017-18 | 6 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | .500 | .000 |
| 2018-19 | 60 | 19.2 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 0.6 | .494 | .308 |
| 2019-20 | 59 | 23.3 | 8.5 | 3.9 | 1.1 | .527 | .280 |
| 2020-21 | 58 | 22.7 | 6.8 | 3.5 | 0.8 | .484 | .316 |
| 2021-22 | 51 | 17.6 | 5.6 | 3.3 | 0.6 | .538 | .328 |
| 2022-23 | 64 | 14.0 | 5.0 | 2.4 | 0.5 | .500 | .338 |
| 2023-24 | 76 | 23.5 | 8.6 | 3.3 | 1.0 | .483 | .343 |
| 2024-25 | 77 | 24.3 | 10.1 | 3.4 | 0.8 | .526 | .356 |
| 2025-26 | 50 | 27.0 | 10.1 | 3.5 | 1.4 | .499 | .359 |
| Career | 533 | 21.1 | 7.6 | 3.3 | 0.8 |
The Lab
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Are the Los Angeles Clippers built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
The Ballad of Derrick Jones Jr.
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
The beginning
One of the most electric leapers in basketball, Derrick Jones Jr.
Turning pro
Drafted Undrafted, 2016 as a Forward.
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Derrick Jones Jr. went undrafted — then dunked his way into NBA highlight history.
Chapter
A one-and-done at UNLV, he signed with Phoenix in 2016 and broke out in Miami as an athletic defender.
Chapter
He won the 2020 Slam Dunk Contest and reached the bubble Finals with the Heat, then bounced through Portland and Chicago.
Off the court
- Height
- 6' 6"
- Weight
- 210 lbs
- College
- UNLV
- Experience
- 10th Season
- NBA debut
- 2016
- Draft
- Undrafted, 2016
- Born
- Chester, Pennsylvania
- Age
- 29
- Jersey
- #5
Jones grew up in Chester, Pennsylvania with one brother and two sisters, and became engaged in early 2023 during the Bulls' trip to Paris. His off-court profile is relatively low-key with no notable controversies.
His nickname 'Airplane Mode' captures the above-the-rim athleticism that made him a dunk-contest champion.
Explosive, energetic and defensively willing, Jones is an above-the-rim highlight machine who grew into a dependable role player.
Derrick Jones Jr. — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Derrick Jones Jr., answered.
