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Alperen Şengün

Houston Rockets · #28 · All-Star
C6'11"243 lbage 235 yrs expGiresun, Türkiye
2nd best of 14 on HOUworth +5.3 wins to the rotation
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Elite playmaker & perimeter defender
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Houston Rockets
Western · Southwest · proj. 60-22 (▲+4.9)
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2× All-Star

The All-Star fulcrum of Houston's offense, a skilled point-center who fills the box score — 20.4 points, 8.9 boards and 6.2 assists — and orchestrates from the elbows with rare passing vision. He rebounds and protects the rim at an elite clip, but the jumper is a real hole: just 30.5% from three and 69% at the line.

20.4
PPG
8.9
RPG
6.2
APG
1.2
SPG
1.1
BPG
GP 72MPG 33.3FG% 51.93P% 30.5FT% 69.1TS% 56.9USG% 26.6PER 21.4BPM +4.2VORP 3.7EPM +3.6
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Playmaking95
Perimeter defense92
Scoring79
Shooting72
Rebounding70
Rim protection70
Inside finishing64

Skill ratings are 2025-26 per-game and advanced stats (Basketball-Reference) ranked 0–99 within position (guards vs guards, bigs vs bigs). Overall is anchored to EPM impact on a non-linear curve, nudged by these skills; Offense and Defense come from box plus-minus. A player who missed the latest season is shown from his most recent one.

Career

2021-22 to 2025-26 · 5 seasons
16.9
PPG
8.6
RPG
4.5
APG
358
GAMES
Points 6,049Win Shares 30.5Starts 296Best season 2024-25 · 19.1 ppg
Games played, last three seasons86%

Regular season, 2003-04 onward (Basketball-Reference). Averages are weighted by games played; honours count awards won, not finishes. “Current players” means the 802 who played in the last three seasons.

Trajectory

2023-24 → 2025-26 · age 21 → 23
▬Steady

Alperen, at 23, has held steady — 7.7 → 8.1 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▼ Behind curve
Developing slower than his age would suggest.
2026-27 forecast▲ 8.5 wins (+0.5)
Age should add a little at 24. Range 7.4–9.7 wins.
Production (BPM)+4.9 → +4.2-0.726-27 forecast +4.7
His production has held roughly steady.
2023-24: +4.9 · 63 games2024-25: +4.4 · 76 games2025-26: +4.2 · 72 games2026-27: +4.7 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)7.7 → 8.1+0.426-27 forecast 8.5
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 7.7 · 63 games2024-25: 8.4 · 76 games2025-26: 8.1 · 72 games2026-27: 8.5 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $47.7M vs $35.6M salary+$12.1M
His play is projected to be worth more than he is paid.
$35.6M salary2023-24: $43.3M · 63 games2024-25: $47.2M · 76 games2025-26: $45.3M · 72 games2026-27: $47.7M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $35,642,202 cap hit · through '30. On the contract row the flat dashed line is this salary, so the gap to the 2026-27 forecast is the surplus.

Seasons from Basketball-Reference (2023-24 → 2025-26). Production is box plus-minus, a per-possession measure. Value is VORP-based wins, so it also counts games played. Contract value is what each season’s play would fetch on the open market. The dotted 2026-27 point is a forecast: his established level, a year older, assuming a normal season.

Contract

2026-27
$35,642,202Guaranteed
16% of the club’s payroll · 3rd of 12 priced deals
Runs through4 seasons
Est. market value$47,708,000 /yr
Surplus+$12,065,798
BARGAINworth more than he is paid

Market value is an estimate, not a reported figure: what his play is forecast to fetch on the open market in 2026-27 — his current rating, a year older. Cap thresholds are projected for 2026-27 until the league sets them.

Plays like

same position

Nearest skill profiles across the seven rating axes — who he plays like, not who is as good. The rating beside each name answers that second question.