Herbert Jones
New Orleans Pelicans · F
Injury risk score: 51/100 (Medium).
Current status: not on today’s NBA injury report.
Why Herbert Jones’s risk score is 51
- Injury History (+34): 9 recorded injury events, 4 in the past 18 months, 4 severe
- Recurring Injury (+8): Shoulder has been the site of 2 separate injury episodes — a recurring, chronic-pattern concern rather than isolated bad luck
- Return to Play (-1): 9 healthy games since returning from his ankle injury — each 5 lowers the score a little (up to 8 points) during the first year back
The injury risk score (0–100) is built from a player’s injury history — how often, how recently and how seriously he has been hurt — plus a body part that keeps failing, age, a recent return from injury, and his contract situation. 70+ is High risk, 40–69 Medium, under 40 Low.
Herbert Jones injury history
Herbert Jones has 4 recorded injuries since 2024, 3 of which cost games (28 games missed in total). Most common: ankle (1), calf (1), shoulder (1).
- Dec 2025: Ankle sprain (Questionable) — 9 games missed
- Nov 2025: Calf strain (Questionable) — 6 games missed
- Nov 2024: Shoulder sprain (Questionable) — 13 games missed
- Mar 2024: Back contusion (Probable)
New Orleans Pelicans injury report
- Trendon Watford — Out: Ankle
- Trey Murphy III — Out: Knee
- Yves Missi — Out: Knee
New Orleans Pelicans injury risk
- Yves Missi, C — 87 High
- Zion Williamson, F — 81 High
- Saddiq Bey, F — 79 High
- Trey Murphy III, F — 71 High
- Dejounte Murray, G — 64 Medium
- Bennedict Mathurin, G — 61 Medium
- Trendon Watford, F — 59 Medium
- Karlo Matkovic, F — 53 Medium
- Jordan Poole, G — 52 Medium
- Bryce McGowens, G — 42 Medium
- DeAndre Jordan, C — 28 Low
- AJ Johnson, G — 21 Low
- Derik Queen, C — 19 Low
- Jaron Pierre Jr., G — 12 Low
- Julian Reese, F — 12 Low