Tyus Jones Denver Nuggets · #5
Tyus Jones is a steady veteran backup point guard for the Denver Nuggets, famous for the best assist-to-turnover ratio in NBA history. A 2015 NCAA champion and Final Four Most Outstanding Player at Duke, he was drafted 24th in 2015 and built a decade-long career as one of the league's safest ball-handlers across Minnesota, Memphis, Washington, Phoenix, Orlando, and Dallas before joining Denver. His brother Tre also plays in the NBA.
Tyus Jones — the report card
Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.
Where Tyus Jones stands
Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.
Tyus Jones — every number, three levels deep
Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.
How the model sees Tyus Jones
Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.
Tyus Jones career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 37 | 15.5 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 2.9 | .359 | .302 |
| 2016-17 | 60 | 12.9 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 2.6 | .414 | .356 |
| 2017-18 | 82 | 17.9 | 5.1 | 1.6 | 2.8 | .457 | .349 |
| 2018-19 | 68 | 22.9 | 6.9 | 2.0 | 4.8 | .415 | .317 |
| 2019-20 | 65 | 19.0 | 7.4 | 1.6 | 4.4 | .459 | .379 |
| 2020-21 | 70 | 17.5 | 6.3 | 2.0 | 3.7 | .431 | .321 |
| 2021-22 | 73 | 21.2 | 8.7 | 2.4 | 4.4 | .451 | .390 |
| 2022-23 | 80 | 24.2 | 10.3 | 2.5 | 5.2 | .438 | .371 |
| 2023-24 | 66 | 29.3 | 12.0 | 2.7 | 7.3 | .489 | .414 |
| 2024-25 | 81 | 26.8 | 10.2 | 2.4 | 5.3 | .448 | .414 |
| 2025-26 (Orlando) | 48 | 15.7 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 2.4 | .342 | .294 |
| 2025-26 (Dallas) | 8 | 16.8 | 3.9 | 1.1 | 3.8 | .382 | .211 |
| 2025-26 (Denver) | 11 | 8.4 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | .346 | .375 |
| Career | 749 | 20.6 | 7.3 | 1.9 | 4.2 |
The Lab
Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.
Are the Denver Nuggets built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
The Ballad of Tyus Jones
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
The beginning
The safest hands in basketball — a champion floor general and record-setting caretaker of the ball.
Turning pro
Drafted 24th overall, 2015 as a Guard.
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The safest hands in basketball — a national champion floor general who simply does not turn the ball over.
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An Apple Valley, Minnesota kid, Jones won the 2015 NCAA title at Duke and was named Final Four Most Outstanding Player before going 24th in the draft.
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He became the most careful ball-handler in the league — a five-time assist-to-turnover leader with the single-season record — across Minnesota, Memphis, Washington, Phoenix, Orlando, and Dallas.
Off the court
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Weight
- 196 lbs
- College
- Duke
- Experience
- 12th Season
- NBA debut
- 2015
- Draft
- 24th overall, 2015
- Born
- Burnsville, Minnesota
- Age
- 30
- Jersey
- #5
Basketball runs in the Jones family: Tyus and his younger brother Tre both reached the NBA out of Apple Valley, Minnesota, and both are known as heady, low-ego point guards. Tyus's entire professional identity — careful, unselfish, mistake-free — reflects a player who has always valued winning the possession over the highlight.
A calm, mistake-free floor general — the human security blanket for a second unit.
Tyus Jones — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Tyus Jones, answered.
