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Amen Thompson

Houston Rockets · #1 · All-Star
PG6'7"200 lbage 233 yrs expOakland, CA
3rd best of 14 on HOUworth +5.0 wins to the rotation
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Elite rebounder & interior finisher
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Houston Rockets
Western · Southwest · proj. 60-22 (▲+4.9)
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All-Defensive

An electric two-way athlete and one of the best perimeter defenders in basketball — he finished in the DPOY voting and harasses ballhandlers full-court. Offensively he attacks the rim relentlessly (53.4% shooting, 18.3 points, 5.3 assists) but the jumper is a glaring weakness at just 21.6% from three. A budding star once the shot comes.

18.3
PPG
7.8
RPG
5.3
APG
1.5
SPG
0.6
BPG
GP 79MPG 37.4FG% 53.43P% 21.6FT% 77.9TS% 59.4USG% 20PER 18.9BPM +2.6VORP 3.4EPM +3.4
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Rebounding97
Inside finishing90
Rim protection90
Scoring88
Perimeter defense88
Playmaking77
Shooting58

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

2023-24 to 2025-26 · 3 seasons
14.3
PPG
7.6
RPG
4.0
APG
210
GAMES
Points 3,005Win Shares 22.6Starts 144Best season 2025-26 · 18.3 ppg
Games played, last three seasons85%

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
▲Rising

Amen, at 23, is on a clear upward trajectory — 3.6 → 7.5 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▬ On curve
Developing about on schedule for his age.
2026-27 forecast▲ 8.3 wins (+0.7)
Age should add a little at 24. Range 6.3–10.2 wins.
Production (BPM)+1.8 → +2.6+0.826-27 forecast +3.3
His production has held roughly steady.
2023-24: +1.8 · 62 games2024-25: +4.1 · 69 games2025-26: +2.6 · 79 games2026-27: +3.3 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)3.6 → 7.5+3.926-27 forecast 8.3
He's worth more wins to a team than he was.
2023-24: 3.6 · 62 games2024-25: 7.5 · 69 games2025-26: 7.5 · 79 games2026-27: 8.3 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $46.3M vs $41.6M salary+$4.7M
His play is projected to be worth more than he is paid.
$41.6M salary2023-24: $8.5M · 62 games2024-25: $42.4M · 69 games2025-26: $42.4M · 79 games2026-27: $46.3M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $41,600,000 cap hit · through '31. 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
$41,600,000Guaranteed
18% of the club’s payroll · 2nd of 12 priced deals
Runs through5 seasons
Est. market value$46,252,000 /yr
Surplus+$4,652,000
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.

2026-27 off-season

1 move

OFFICIAL means the league’s own records carry the move; AGREED means a trusted insider reported it and the league has not processed it yet. Terms and attribution come from the wire, which is the only source that carries 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.