Snapshot
- Team / role: New Orleans Pelicans fourth center, locker-room leader and emergency rim finisher.
- 2025-26 baseline: 12 games, 16.6 MPG, 4.4 PTS, 6.3 REB, 0.9 AST, 0.3 STL and 0.8 BLK on .656 FG and .647 FT. NBA team statistics, accessed 2026-07-18
- Transaction: re-signed in July; contract tables report two years and about $7.9 million fully guaranteed, correcting one-year shorthand in some summaries. Pelicans roster photo/announcement, 2026-07-11 · Basketball-Reference contracts, accessed 2026-07-18
2026-27 projection
| GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | 3PM | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 8 | .650 | .600 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Correction 2026-07-18 GP 14 to 18 as part of closing the team board's 1,608-minute shortfall. Per-game line unchanged; he remains an emergency fourth center with no fantasy relevance in any standard format.
Fantasy translation
- Nine-category: 250+; emergency blocks/rebounds streamer only.
- Points: 250+; no draft value.
- Dynasty: 250+; veteran leadership is more valuable to the team than to fantasy rosters.
Role, floor and ceiling
Jordan is behind Derik Queen, Yves Missi and Karlo Matković. Floor: mentor with almost no rotation minutes. Ceiling: short bursts of 15 minutes, six rebounds and one block when two centers are unavailable. He won the 2025-26 Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year award, reinforcing the non-statistical reason for the signing. NBA, 2026
Injury and transaction monitor
The July re-signing secures his roster place more than his playing role. At his age, scheduled maintenance and matchup DNPs should be expected even without a specific carryover injury.
Career record
Pre-NBA: One season at Texas A&M (2007-08): 7.9 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.3 blocks, starting 21 of 35 games, shooting .617 from the field and .437 from the line — the free-throw problem was visible from the beginning. Born July 21, 1988. Draft: 2008, second round, 35th overall, Los Angeles Clippers.
| Season | Age | Team | GP | MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | FT% | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-09 | 20 | LAC | 53 | 14.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0.0 | .633 | .385 | 0.8 |
| 2009-10 | 21 | LAC | 70 | 16.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 | .605 | .375 | 1.1 |
| 2010-11 | 22 | LAC | 80 | 25.6 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 0.0 | .686 | .452 | 1.3 |
| 2011-12 | 23 | LAC | 66 | 27.2 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | .632 | .525 | 1.1 |
| 2012-13 | 24 | LAC | 82 | 24.5 | 8.8 | 7.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.0 | .643 | .386 | 1.2 |
| 2013-14 | 25 | LAC | 82 | 35.0 | 10.4 | 13.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | .676 | .428 | 1.5 |
| 2014-15 | 26 | LAC | 82 | 34.4 | 11.5 | 15.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | .710 | .397 | 1.3 |
| 2015-16 | 27 | LAC | 77 | 33.7 | 12.7 | 13.8 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 0.0 | .703 | .430 | 1.4 |
| 2016-17 | 28 | LAC | 81 | 31.7 | 12.7 | 13.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.0 | .714 | .482 | 1.4 |
| 2017-18 | 29 | LAC | 77 | 31.5 | 12.0 | 15.2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.0 | .645 | .580 | 1.8 |
| 2018-19 | 30 | DAL/NY | 69 | 29.7 | 11.0 | 13.1 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.0 | .641 | .705 | 2.2 |
| 2019-20 | 31 | BKN | 56 | 22.0 | 8.3 | 10.0 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 | .666 | .680 | 1.3 |
| 2020-21 | 32 | BKN | 57 | 21.9 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.0 | .763 | .500 | 1.5 |
| 2021-22 | 33 | LAL/PHI | 48 | 13.0 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | .643 | .550 | 0.8 |
| 2022-23 | 34 | DEN | 39 | 15.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | .765 | .458 | 1.2 |
| 2023-24 | 35 | DEN | 36 | 11.0 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | .624 | .491 | 0.6 |
| 2024-25 | 36 | DEN | 56 | 12.3 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | .650 | .422 | 0.7 |
| 2025-26 | 37 | NOP | 12 | 16.6 | 4.4 | 6.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | .656 | .647 | 0.8 |
| Career | 1123 | 25.0 | 8.5 | 9.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 0.0 | .673 | .475 | 1.3 |
Honors: All-NBA First Team (2016), All-NBA Third Team (2015, 2017), All-Defensive First Team (2015, 2016), All-Star (2017), NBA rebounding leader (2014, 2015), field-goal-percentage leader five straight years (2013-2017), NBA champion with Denver (2023), Olympic gold (2016), and Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year (2026). He holds the NBA career regular-season field-goal-percentage record.
Durability: Exceptionally available in his prime — 360 consecutive games before pneumonia ended the streak in January 2016, and four seasons of 80-plus appearances. The decline since 2021-22 is role-driven rather than injury-driven: 48, 39, 36 and 56 games as a third center in Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Denver. The 12 games in 2025-26 are the fewest of his career, and the public record does not attribute them to a specific injury; they are consistent with sitting behind three younger centers.
Trajectory: Eighteen seasons and 1,123 games describe one of the most efficient finishers in league history — a career .673 from the field, two rebounding titles, and a five-year peak as an elite rim-protecting defensive anchor — attached to a free-throw stroke that made him unplayable in close games. That player has been gone for five years. What remains at 38 is a fourth center behind Derik Queen, Yves Missi and Karlo Matković, re-signed in July 2026 for the locker room as much as the roster spot. He becomes fantasy-relevant only if two of the three centers ahead of him are unavailable simultaneously, and even then the ceiling is a 15-minute rebounding burst, not a sustained role.
Career sources: ESPN player stats · Wikipedia · NBA, Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year 2025-26
Open questions
- Is Jordan's second contract year fully protected throughout the season?
- Does Matković's back create an early emergency role?
- Will New Orleans dress four centers or keep Jordan inactive on healthy nights?