Filip Jović (basketball)
Serbian basketball player (born 2005)
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Filip Jović (Serbian Cyrillic: Филип Јовић; born 1 February 2005)[1] is a Bosnian Serb college basketball player for the UCLA Bruins of the Big Ten Conference. He previously played for the Auburn Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
Jović in 2026 | |||||||||||||||
| UCLA Bruins | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||
| Conference | Big Ten Conference | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | February 1, 2005 | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Serbian / Bosnian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| College | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2021–2025 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | OKK Spars | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | Mega | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | →OKK Beograd | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights | |||||||||||||||
Medals
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Career
Jović played for OKK Spars in the 2021–22 season, before moving to OKK Beograd for the 2022–23 season.[2]
KK Mega Basket
Jović first played for KK Mega Basket in the 2023–24 season. In the 2024–25 season, he averaged 12 points and 22 minutes per game.[3]
Auburn
Jović committed to the Auburn Tigers in May 2025.[4] He made his first start in Auburn's first game of the season against the Bethune–Cookman Wildcats.[5] Against the South Carolina Gamecocks in January 2026, he led the team to a four-point victory.[6] He scored a season-high 23 points in the game, along with six rebounds, two steals, and a block. Head coach Steven Pearl described his performance in the game as "phenomenal."[7]
Jović won the 2026 National Invitation Tournament alongside the team, scoring 12 points.[8] He entered the transfer portal two days later, on April 7.[9]
UCLA
Jović committed to UCLA on April 9.[10]
International career
Jović played for the Serbia men's national under-17 basketball team at the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup.[11] He also played in the 2024 FIBA U20 EuroBasket competition for the Serbia men's national under-20 basketball team.[1]
Career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
