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Evan Mobley★

Cleveland Cavaliers · #4 · All-Star
PF6'11"215 lbage 255 yrs expUSCMurrieta, CA
1st best of 9 on CLEworth +7.6 wins to the rotation
OFF81DEF82
Elite rim protector & rebounder
CLE
Cleveland Cavaliers
Eastern · Central · proj. 52-30 (▼4.2)
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All-NBAAll-StarDefensive Player of the Year2× All-Defensive

Cleveland's two-way anchor and the league's premier interior deterrent — top-of-the-charts rim protection (96th percentile) and elite rebounding, swatting 1.7 a night while finishing inside at a 54.6% clip. He scored 18.2 a game with budding playmaking for a big, and the only real hole is the jumper: 29.7% from three and a shaky 60.6% at the line keep him from being a true floor-spacer.

18.2
PPG
9
RPG
3.6
APG
0.7
SPG
1.7
BPG
GP 65MPG 31.9FG% 54.63P% 29.7FT% 60.6TS% 59.6USG% 22.6PER 20BPM +3VORP 2.6EPM +4.0
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Rim protection99
Rebounding97
Inside finishing95
Scoring86
Playmaking85
Perimeter defense77
Shooting55

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

2021-22 to 2025-26 · 5 seasons
16.7
PPG
9.0
RPG
3.0
APG
334
GAMES
Points 5,592Win Shares 34.8Starts 332Best season 2024-25 · 18.5 ppg
Games played, last three seasons76%

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
▲Rising

Evan, at 24, is on a clear upward trajectory — 4.7 → 6.0 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▬ On curve
Developing about on schedule for his age.
2026-27 forecast▲ 8.9 wins (+2.9)
Starts from his player rating, which is higher than last season's total. Age should add a little at 25. Range 6.6–11.3 wins.
Production (BPM)+2.9 → +3.0+0.126-27 forecast +3.8
His production has held roughly steady.
2023-24: +2.9 · 50 games2024-25: +4.6 · 71 games2025-26: +3.0 · 65 games2026-27: +3.8 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)4.7 → 6.0+1.326-27 forecast 8.9
He's worth more wins to a team than he was.
2023-24: 4.7 · 50 games2024-25: 7.9 · 71 games2025-26: 6.0 · 65 games2026-27: 8.9 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $49.8M vs $50.1M salary−$0.3M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$50.1M salary2023-24: $14.3M · 50 games2024-25: $44.3M · 71 games2025-26: $27.5M · 65 games2026-27: $49.8M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $50,105,628 cap hit · through '30. 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
$50,105,628Guaranteed
22% of the club’s payroll · 2nd of 13 priced deals
Runs through4 seasons
Est. market value$49,840,000 /yr
Surplus−$265,628
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.