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Bam Adebayo★

Miami Heat · #13 · Plus starter
C6'9"260 lbage 289 yrs expKentuckyNewark, NJ
2nd best of 12 on MIAworth +6.2 wins to the rotation
OFF78DEF74
High-level playmaker & shooter
MIA
Miami Heat
Eastern · Southeast · proj. 54-28 (▲+14.6)
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3× All-Star6× All-Defensive

The defensive heartbeat of the Heat and one of the league's premier two-way bigs, a switchable anchor who finished 11th in Defensive Player of the Year voting and made All-Defensive Second Team. He's a hub on offense too — 20.1 points, 10 boards and 3.2 assists a night, drawing fouls at an elite rate — though the jumper (31.8% from three) is still more threat than weapon. Rebounds and secures the ball as well as anyone at his position.

20.1
PPG
10
RPG
3.2
APG
1.2
SPG
0.7
BPG
GP 73MPG 32.4FG% 44.23P% 31.8FT% 77.8TS% 55.1USG% 25PER 18.7BPM +2VORP 2.4EPM +3.4
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Playmaking89
Shooting82
Perimeter defense80
Rebounding77
Scoring76
Rim protection56
Inside finishing54

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

2017-18 to 2025-26 · 9 seasons
16.2
PPG
9.0
RPG
3.6
APG
640
GAMES
Points 10,391Win Shares 64.0Starts 536Best season 2020-21 · 18.7 ppg
Games played, last three seasons90%

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 26 → 28
▬Steady

Bam, at 28, has held steady — 6.2 → 5.6 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▬ On curve
Developing about on schedule for his age.
2026-27 forecast▲ 7.6 wins (+2.0)
Starts from his player rating, which is higher than last season's total. Age takes about 0.1 wins off at 29. Range 6.6–8.6 wins.
Production (BPM)+2.4 → +2.0-0.426-27 forecast +2.0
His production has held roughly steady.
2023-24: +2.4 · 71 games2024-25: +2.0 · 78 games2025-26: +2.0 · 73 games2026-27: +2.0 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)6.2 → 5.6-0.626-27 forecast 7.6
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 6.2 · 71 games2024-25: 6.2 · 78 games2025-26: 5.6 · 73 games2026-27: 7.6 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $42.9M vs $49.8M salary−$6.9M
He is paid more than his play is projected to be worth.
$49.8M salary2023-24: $29.8M · 71 games2024-25: $29.8M · 78 games2025-26: $22.8M · 73 games2026-27: $42.9M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $49,800,000 cap hit · through '29. 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
$49,800,000Guaranteed
26% of the club’s payroll · 2nd of 12 priced deals
Runs through3 seasons
Est. market value$42,872,000 /yr
Surplus−$6,928,000
ABOVE VALUEpaid above his on-court value

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.