DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell
Guard-Forward
at Denver Nuggets
Career
268 games · 12 seasons
17.0PPG
4.8RPG
2.8APG
Career snapshot
12seasons
268games
4,553career pts
8.2PER (avg)
Most-played franchise:
Bakary Camara
· 66 games · 2016-2017–2017-2018
Position rank · 2025-26
#1PPG rank
#1PER rank
#1WS rank
Among 14 Guard-Forward players (min. 41 games)
Career highs (single season)
PPG
21.4
2016-2017 · BAK
RPG
6.6
2019-20 · Blue
APG
4.2
2025-26 · SHA
Draft
2016
Round 0 ·
Pick 0
from Illinois State
Career by team
Shandong
2025-26 – 2025-26 · 1 seasons
16.3 PPG
3.1 RPG
4.2 APG
46 games
Galatasaray
2021-22 – 2021-22 · 2 seasons
15.8 PPG
4.0 RPG
1.8 APG
34 games
Tofas SC
2020-21 – 2020-21 · 2 seasons
15.3 PPG
4.6 RPG
2.3 APG
40 games
Oklahoma City Blue
2019-20 – 2019-20 · 1 seasons
17.7 PPG
6.6 RPG
2.0 APG
41 games
Denver Nuggets
2018-19 – 2018-19 · 1 seasons
1.0 PPG
0.6 RPG
0.9 APG
7 games
Delaware Blue Coats
2018-19 – 2018-19 · 1 seasons
24.5 PPG
4.5 RPG
4.0 APG
2 games
Bakary Camara
2016-2017 – 2017-2018 · 2 seasons
19.6 PPG
5.4 RPG
3.4 APG
66 games
Bakken Bears
2016-17 – 2017-2018 · 2 seasons
18.1 PPG
5.8 RPG
3.1 APG
32 games
Stats by season
| Season | Team | G | GS | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% | 3P% | FT% | PER | WS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | BAK | 14 | 0 | 29.0 | 17.4 | 6.6 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 41.5 | 34.0 | 84.2 | — | — |
| 2016-2017 | BAK | 37 | 0 | 27.1 | 21.4 | 5.9 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 52.2 | 45.5 | 79.9 | — | — |
| 2017-2018 | BAK | 29 | 0 | 27.1 | 17.3 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 48.4 | 35.2 | 88.1 | — | — |
| 2017-2018 | BAK | 18 | 0 | 32.7 | 18.6 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 41.5 | 25.5 | 71.8 | — | — |
| 2018-19 | DEN | 7 | 0 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 30.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 8.2 | 0.0 |
| 2018-19 | Coats | 2 | 0 | 29.0 | 24.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 43.8 | 58.3 | 82.4 | — | — |
| 2019-20 | Blue | 41 | 0 | 27.0 | 17.7 | 6.6 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 49.3 | 39.2 | 77.5 | — | — |
| 2020-21 | TOF | 29 | 0 | 25.9 | 15.4 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 51.1 | 41.1 | 80.9 | — | — |
| 2020-21 | TOF | 11 | 0 | 27.7 | 15.2 | 6.1 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 42.6 | 26.4 | 80.5 | — | — |
| 2021-22 | GAL | 12 | 0 | 30.1 | 16.6 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 50.0 | 38.8 | 82.5 | — | — |
| 2021-22 | GAL | 22 | 0 | 26.3 | 15.3 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 50.6 | 38.1 | 79.3 | — | — |
| 2025-26 | SHA | 46 | 0 | 23.2 | 16.3 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 42.2 | 32.0 | 90.0 | — | — |
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