Vlatko Čančar is a Slovenian professional basketball player in the NBA who plays for the Denver Nuggets as of May 2025. He won an NBA championship with the Denver Nuggets in 2023 in his fourth season with the team. With an average playing time of 14.8 minutes per game in the NBA regular season, the forward scores 5.0 points and 2.1 rebounds, thus contributing to the franchise's first victory.
Vlatko Cancar was selected as the 49th overall pick in the second round of the 2017 NBA draft by the Denver Nuggets. In the 2022 free agency period, the Nuggets signed the forward with a deal worth $6.8 million for three years. Čančar is playing his fifth season in the NBA as the 2024-25 NBA season is going on and has scored 485 points, grabbed 251 rebounds and dished out 123 assists during his NBA career as of May 18, 2025
Vlatko Cancar National Team
Vlatko Čančar was born in Slovenia and thus represents his country's senior national team as of May 2025. He started playing for his country from the very early days of his career. Čančar first played for Slovenia in 2013 when he was selected for the U16 European Championship Men's basketball tournament. In that tournament, he averaged 3.6 points and 2.8 rebounds per game in eight appearances. He played his last youth championship in 2016 when he played for Slovenia's Under-20 team in the FIBA U20 European Championship while averaging 13.6 points, 7.1 rebounds, and 2.4 assists in seven games.
Čančar's strong performance led him to be selected for the Slovenia senior national team. In his first tournament as a senior, he appeared in four games in the 2016 FIBA EuroBasket - Qualifiers. After getting selected for the Eurobasket ,he also helped his team become the 2017 FIBA EuroBasket champions. In that tournament, he averaged 2.4 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 1.0 assists per game in nine appearances, as per his FIBA profile. Čančar last played for Slovenia during the 2024 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Greece, where he played three games and averaged 4.7 points and 2.7 rebounds per game.
FAQs on Vlatko Cancar
A. Vlatko Cancar is listed at 6 feet 8 inches or 2.03m tall.
A. Vlatko Cancar is 28 years old as of May 2025.
A. Slovenian small forward, Vlatko Cancar, wears the number 31 jersey for the Denver Nuggets as of May 2025.
A. Vlatko Cancar made his professional debut in 2014.
