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Deandre Ayton

Washington Wizards · Rotation
C7'0"252 lbage 278 yrs expArizonaNassau, Bahamas
5th best of 15 on WASworth +0.8 wins to the rotation
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High-level interior finisher & scorer
WAS
Washington Wizards
Eastern · Southeast · proj. 34-48 (▲+10.8)
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A skilled, mobile center who finishes everything around the rim (96th-percentile inside, 67.1% from the field) and anchors the glass and the paint — 8 boards and a rim-protection rate in the 87th percentile. He gives you almost nothing as a passer and zero floor spacing, but as a vertical, efficient five he's a real piece. Holds a player option.

12.5
PPG
8
RPG
0.8
APG
0.6
SPG
1
BPG
GP 72MPG 27.2FG% 67.13P% —FT% 64.5TS% 67.6USG% 16.7PER 18.2BPM -0.9VORP 0.6EPM +0.3
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Inside finishing91
Scoring88
Rebounding81
Rim protection73
Shooting64
Perimeter defense58
Playmaking51

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

2018-19 to 2025-26 · 8 seasons
15.8
PPG
10.1
RPG
1.5
APG
470
GAMES
Points 7,439Win Shares 43.8Starts 463Best season 2020-21 · 14.4 ppg
Games played, last three seasons68%

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 25 → 27
▼Declining

Deandre, at 27, is trending downward — +0.3 → -0.9 box plus-minus over the window.

Age curve▼ Behind curve
Developing slower than his age would suggest.
2026-27 forecast▲ 3.4 wins (+1.1)
Starts from his player rating, which is higher than last season's total. Range 2.2–4.7 wins.
Production (BPM)+0.3 → -0.9-1.226-27 forecast -0.6
His on-court production has slipped.
2023-24: +0.3 · 55 games2024-25: -0.7 · 40 games2025-26: -0.9 · 72 games2026-27: -0.6 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)3.0 → 2.3-0.726-27 forecast 3.4
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 3.0 · 55 games2024-25: 1.9 · 40 games2025-26: 2.3 · 72 games2026-27: 3.4 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $7.9M vs $8.1M salary−$0.2M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$8.1M salary2023-24: $6.9M · 55 games2024-25: $4.4M · 40 games2025-26: $5.0M · 72 games2026-27: $7.9M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $8,104,000 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
$8,104,000Player option
4% of the club’s payroll · 7th of 14 priced deals
Runs through1 season
Est. market value$7,884,000 /yr
Surplus−$220,000
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.

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.