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Ben Sheppard

Indiana Pacers · #26 · Rotation
SG6'6"190 lbage 243 yrs expBelmontAtlanta, GA
11th best of 15 on IND
OFF67DEF71
Capable interior finisher & rebounder
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Eastern · Central · proj. 52-30 (▲+0.1)
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A low-usage 3-and-D guard who keeps the ball moving (84th-pct ball security, 66th-pct playmaking) and spaces it at a fine 36.2% from three across 65 games. He's not a shot creator — just 7.1 points on 13.8% usage — but he competes, makes the simple read, and fits as a cheap rotation piece on a team option.

7.1
PPG
3
RPG
1.8
APG
0.6
SPG
0.1
BPG
GP 65MPG 21.4FG% 43.43P% 36.2FT% 76.5TS% 56.1USG% 13.8PER 9.7BPM -3VORP -0.4EPM -0.1
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Inside finishing83
Rebounding82
Playmaking77
Shooting70
Perimeter defense66
Scoring65
Rim protection56

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
5.6
PPG
2.5
RPG
1.4
APG
185
GAMES
Points 1,043Win Shares 4.3Starts 30Best season 2024-25 · 5.3 ppg
Games played, last three seasons75%

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 22 → 24
▬Steady

Ben, at 24, has held steady — 0.6 → 0.4 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▬ On curve
Developing about on schedule for his age.
2026-27 forecast▲ 3.2 wins (+2.8)
Starts from his player rating, which is higher than last season's total. Age should add a little at 25. Range 2.0–4.4 wins.
Production (BPM)-3.4 → -3.0+0.426-27 forecast -2.5
His production has held roughly steady.
2023-24: -3.4 · 57 games2024-25: -2.0 · 63 games2025-26: -3.0 · 65 games2026-27: -2.5 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)0.6 → 0.4-0.226-27 forecast 3.2
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 0.6 · 57 games2024-25: 1.2 · 63 games2025-26: 0.4 · 65 games2026-27: 3.2 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $7.3M vs $5.0M salary+$2.3M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$5.0M salary2023-24: $2.3M · 57 games2024-25: $3.1M · 63 games2025-26: $2.1M · 65 games2026-27: $7.3M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $5,031,669 cap hit · through '27. 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
$5,031,669Team option
2% of the club’s payroll · 10th of 13 priced deals
Runs through1 season
Est. market value$7,317,000 /yr
Surplus+$2,285,331
FAIR VALUEpaid about what he is worth

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.