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Caris LeVert

Milwaukee Bucks · Rotation
SG6'7"205 lbage 3110 yrs expMichiganPickerington, OH
7th best of 15 on MILworth +0.8 wins to the rotation
OFF66DEF81
Elite rim protector & perimeter defender
MIL
Milwaukee Bucks
Eastern · Central · proj. 30-52 (▼10.5)
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A veteran combo guard whose offensive role shrank dramatically — 7.4 points on 33% from three in 19 minutes — but who reinvented himself as a connective defender, grading in the 87th percentile on the perimeter. The shot creation that once defined him has faded (scoring and finishing both in the teens by percentile), so his value now hinges on defense, secondary playmaking, and veteran reliability.

7.4
PPG
2
RPG
2.7
APG
0.9
SPG
0.7
BPG
GP 60MPG 19.2FG% 41.73P% 33.3FT% 67.9TS% 51.8USG% 18.4PER 10.9BPM -0.4VORP 0.5EPM +0.4
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Rim protection99
Perimeter defense91
Playmaking71
Inside finishing63
Shooting61
Rebounding61
Scoring60

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

2016-17 to 2025-26 · 10 seasons
13.2
PPG
3.6
RPG
3.9
APG
584
GAMES
Points 7,717Win Shares 25.4Starts 223Best season 2022-23 · 12.1 ppg
Games played, last three seasons78%

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 29 → 31
▼Declining

Caris, at 31, is trending downward — 3.2 → 2.1 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▬ On curve
Declining about on schedule for his age.
2026-27 forecast▲ 2.9 wins (+0.8)
Starts from his player rating, which is higher than last season's total. Age takes about 0.6 wins off at 32. Range 1.7–4.2 wins.
Production (BPM)+0.2 → -0.4-0.626-27 forecast -0.3
His production has held roughly steady.
2023-24: +0.2 · 68 games2024-25: +0.9 · 64 games2025-26: -0.4 · 60 games2026-27: -0.3 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)3.2 → 2.1-1.126-27 forecast 2.9
His win contribution is trending down.
2023-24: 3.2 · 68 games2024-25: 3.4 · 64 games2025-26: 2.1 · 60 games2026-27: 2.9 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $6.6M vs $14.8M salary−$8.2M
He is paid more than his play is projected to be worth.
$14.8M salary2023-24: $7.4M · 68 games2024-25: $7.9M · 64 games2025-26: $4.7M · 60 games2026-27: $6.6M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $14,809,200 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
$14,809,200Guaranteed
9% of the club’s payroll · 5th of 15 priced deals
Runs through1 season
Est. market value$6,588,000 /yr
Surplus−$8,221,200
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.

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.