Even though the postseason didn’t end the way Denver Nuggets fans hoped it would, Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray still had incredible regular seasons.

Nikola Jokic was voted a unanimous selection for First Team All-NBA for his contributions during the 2025-26 season. It was Jokic’s eighth straight All-NBA team and sixth nomination for First Team honors.

Jamal Murray earned Third Team All-NBA honors, receiving 91 total votes. This was Murray’s first All-NBA nod of his career.

Nikola Jokic played exactly 65 games, barely qualifying for end-of-season awards but providing incredible production in those minutes. Jokic averaged 27.7 points, 12.9 rebounds, and 10.7 assists per game, logging a league-leading 34 triple-doubles. Jokic led the entire NBA in rebounds and assists per game, becoming the first player in NBA history ever to do so.

Jamal Murray played 75 games, his most since the 2018-19 season, and carried the Nuggets in the moments Jokic missed. Murray averaged a career high 25.4 points and career high 7.1 assists per game with a career high in shooting efficiency. He was one of the very best three-point shooters in the NBA finishing fifth in three-points made and seventh in three-point shooting efficiency among qualified players. That’s a rare combination for an off-the-dribble shooter, and Murray paired it with some elite playmaking.

The Nuggets won 54 games this season and were the third seed in the Western Conference, primarily due to the efforts of Jokic and Murray. Prior to a knee injury that held out Jokic for 16 games during the middle of the year, Jokic was quite clearly having the best season in the entire NBA. An absence due to a knee injury nearly prevented him from receiving this honor, but he returned just in time and played almost every game the rest of the way to help the Nuggets earn homecourt advantage in the first round.

Murray’s All-NBA honors will effectively sewn up when he helped the Nuggets survive Jokic’s absence in January. It was the longest prolonged absence of Jokic’s career, and many expected the Nuggets to struggle during that stretch. Murray and the Nuggets turned in an impressive January though as the team posted a 10-6 record and Murray upped his per game averages to 27.7 points and 8.6 assists per game to go with 63.7% True Shooting.

Both Jokic and Murray elevated the Nuggets throughout the year, and it’s unfortunate that a first round exit soured the feeling on what turned out to be incredible statistical campaigns for both players. Jokic’s efficiency numbers dropped a bit from his first significant injury, but he still was undoubtedly a top level player.

Murray reached new heights. He’s now the eighth Nugget to be named to an All-NBA team, joining David Thompson, Alex English, Fat Lever, Antonio McDyess, Chauncey Billups, Carmelo Anthony and Nikola Jokić.