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Isaiah Stewart

Memphis Grizzlies · Starter
C6'8"250 lbage 256 yrs expWashingtonRochester, NY
5th best of 19 on MEMworth +0.7 wins to the rotation
OFF72DEF77
Elite rim protector & interior finisher
MEM
Memphis Grizzlies
Western · Southwest · proj. 37-45 (▼9)
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A bruising, high-energy big who anchors the second unit and protects the rim better than almost anyone — a 99th-percentile rim protector who swatted 1.6 a game and finished a ridiculous 91st percentile inside on 63.2% true shooting. He's a screen-and-roll, foul-drawing menace who won't pass (5th-percentile playmaking) or stretch the floor, but the defense and efficiency make him a valuable role player.

10
PPG
5
RPG
1.1
APG
0.3
SPG
1.6
BPG
GP 58MPG 22.7FG% 553P% 33.3FT% 75.6TS% 63.2USG% 16.6PER 15.2BPM 0VORP 0.7EPM +0.8
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Rim protection96
Inside finishing83
Shooting83
Scoring75
Perimeter defense69
Playmaking57
Rebounding56

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

2020-21 to 2025-26 · 6 seasons
8.8
PPG
6.8
RPG
1.3
APG
365
GAMES
Points 3,212Win Shares 19.5Starts 194Best season 2024-25 · 6.0 ppg
Games played, last three seasons72%

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

Isaiah, at 24, is on a clear upward trajectory — 1.0 → 2.5 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▲ Ahead of curve
Developing faster than a typical player his age.
2026-27 forecast▲ 4.5 wins (+2.0)
Starts from his player rating, which is higher than last season's total. Age should add a little at 25. Range 3.0–5.9 wins.
Production (BPM)-2.3 → 0.0+2.326-27 forecast -0.0
His per-possession game has clearly sharpened.
2023-24: -2.3 · 46 games2024-25: +0.6 · 72 games2025-26: 0.0 · 58 games2026-27: -0.0 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)1.0 → 2.5+1.526-27 forecast 4.5
He's worth more wins to a team than he was.
2023-24: 1.0 · 46 games2024-25: 2.9 · 72 games2025-26: 2.5 · 58 games2026-27: 4.5 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $12.4M vs $15.0M salary−$2.6M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$15.0M salary2023-24: $2.8M · 46 games2024-25: $6.4M · 72 games2025-26: $5.4M · 58 games2026-27: $12.4M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $15,000,000 cap hit · through '28. 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
$15,000,000Guaranteed
11% of the club’s payroll · 2nd of 18 priced deals
Runs through2 seasons
Est. market value$12,368,000 /yr
Surplus−$2,632,000
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.