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Jalen Brunson★

New York Knicks · #11 · All-Star
PG6'2"190 lbage 298 yrs expVillanovaNew Brunswick, NJ
1st best of 11 on NYKworth +7.5 wins to the rotation
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Elite playmaker & scorer
NYK
New York Knicks
Eastern · Atlantic · proj. 51-31 (▲+3.4)
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3× All-NBA3× All-StarClutch Player of the Year

The Knicks' engine and undisputed alpha, a second-team All-NBA guard who poured in 26 a night with 6.8 assists on a 30.4% usage. An elite, foul-drawing pick-and-roll maestro with a craft-over-athleticism game (91st-percentile playmaking, 80th in ball security), his only real holes are size-driven: he doesn't rebound or rim-protect and is a target on defense.

26
PPG
3.3
RPG
6.8
APG
0.8
SPG
0.1
BPG
GP 74MPG 35FG% 46.73P% 36.9FT% 84.1TS% 58USG% 30.4PER 20.1BPM +3.1VORP 3.3EPM +4.0
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Playmaking92
Scoring89
Shooting82
Inside finishing76
Perimeter defense61
Rebounding58
Rim protection52

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
19.2
PPG
3.2
RPG
5.3
APG
561
GAMES
Points 10,748Win Shares 54.2Starts 411Best season 2023-24 · 28.7 ppg
Games played, last three seasons88%

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 27 → 29
▼Declining

Jalen, at 29, is trending downward — 11.2 → 7.3 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▼ Behind curve
Falling off faster than age alone predicts.
2026-27 forecast▲ 8.3 wins (+1.0)
Starts from his player rating, which is higher than last season's total. Age takes about 0.3 wins off at 30. Range 6.1–10.5 wins.
Production (BPM)+5.8 → +3.1-2.726-27 forecast +3.5
His on-court production has slipped.
2023-24: +5.8 · 77 games2024-25: +3.3 · 65 games2025-26: +3.1 · 74 games2026-27: +3.5 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)11.2 → 7.3-3.926-27 forecast 8.3
His win contribution is trending down.
2023-24: 11.2 · 77 games2024-25: 7.0 · 65 games2025-26: 7.3 · 74 games2026-27: 8.3 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $46.5M vs $37.7M salary+$8.7M
His play is projected to be worth more than he is paid.
$37.7M salary2023-24: $52.7M · 77 games2024-25: $37.5M · 65 games2025-26: $40.8M · 74 games2026-27: $46.5M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $37,739,521 cap hit · through '29. 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
$37,739,521Guaranteed
16% of the club’s payroll · 3rd of 13 priced deals
Runs through3 seasons
Est. market value$46,460,000 /yr
Surplus+$8,720,479
BARGAINworth more than he is paid

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.