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Jakob Poeltl

Toronto Raptors · #19 · Plus starter
C7'0"253 lbage 3010 yrs expUtahVienna, Austria
2nd best of 12 on TORworth +3.9 wins to the rotation
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Elite interior finisher & perimeter defender
TOR
Toronto Raptors
Eastern · Atlantic · proj. 46-36
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A throwback rim-running, rim-protecting center who finishes everything around the basket — a ridiculous 70% from the field and 97th-percentile inside finishing — while cleaning the glass (91st percentile) and anchoring the back line. He gives you zero spacing (one three all year, 6th percentile) and clanks free throws at 60%, but on 25 minutes a night he's a rock-solid two-way pivot.

10.7
PPG
7
RPG
2
APG
0.9
SPG
0.7
BPG
GP 46MPG 25FG% 703P% —FT% 60.2TS% 69.8USG% 15.3PER 18.1BPM +1.6VORP 1EPM +2.0
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Inside finishing93
Perimeter defense89
Scoring85
Playmaking82
Rebounding76
Rim protection67
Shooting61

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
9.1
PPG
7.0
RPG
1.8
APG
641
GAMES
Points 5,804Win Shares 48.5Starts 385Best season 2021-22 · 13.5 ppg
Games played, last three seasons62%

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 28 → 30
▬Steady

Jakob, at 30, has held steady — 2.9 → 3.0 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▲ Ahead of curve
Aging better than the curve — holding his level longer than most.
2026-27 forecast▲ 5.3 wins (+2.3)
Starts from his player rating, which is higher than last season's total. Age takes about 0.5 wins off at 31. Range 3.7–7.0 wins.
Production (BPM)+0.7 → +1.6+0.926-27 forecast +1.3
His production has held roughly steady.
2023-24: +0.7 · 50 games2024-25: +2.0 · 57 games2025-26: +1.6 · 46 games2026-27: +1.3 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)2.9 → 3.0+0.226-27 forecast 5.3
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 2.9 · 50 games2024-25: 4.3 · 57 games2025-26: 3.0 · 46 games2026-27: 5.3 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $19.6M vs $19.5M salary+$0.1M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$19.5M salary2023-24: $6.4M · 50 games2024-25: $11.8M · 57 games2025-26: $6.9M · 46 games2026-27: $19.6M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $19,500,000 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
$19,500,000Player option
10% of the club’s payroll · 5th of 14 priced deals
Runs through4 seasons
Est. market value$19,640,000 /yr
Surplus+$140,000
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.

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.