Bruce Brown is set to be the only Denver Nuggets player to appear in all 82 regular-season games in 2025-26, and he goes into the final game against the San Antonio Spurs with no injury designation. Brown has played in 81 regular-season games heading into the last day of the year, leaving one more night to finish the rare run.
Brown is one of 19 NBA players to have played in 81 regular-season games leading up to the last day of the year, but his case stands out in Denver. He has appeared in every Nuggets game from October to April in his first season back with the team, while Aaron Gordon missed several weeks with a hamstring injury, Peyton Watson missed several weeks with a hamstring injury, Cam Johnson missed a month with a knee injury, Christian Braun missed a month with an ankle injury and Nikola Jokic missed nearly a month with a knee injury.
That string of absences made Brown's availability a steadying presence for a roster that kept changing around him. Tim Hardaway Jr. also missed a game against the Philadelphia 76ers in early January, another reminder of how much Denver has had to juggle through the regular season.
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The last game against the Spurs gives Brown the chance to close out a full 82-game season in the kind of year that has made simply showing up look like an achievement.
