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Jarred Vanderbilt

Los Angeles Lakers · #2 · Starter
PF6'8"214 lbage 278 yrs expKentuckyHouston, TX
4th best of 15 on LALworth +1.5 wins to the rotation
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Elite rebounder & perimeter defender
LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Western · Pacific · proj. 49-33 (▲+17.2)
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A defensive specialist and glass-cleaning menace who guards multiple positions and chases down everything — 88th-percentile rebounding, 85th on the perimeter. The offense is strictly garbage points and dunks: he took almost no jumpers and shot 29% from deep, so spacing isn't part of the deal. Energy, switches, and rebounds off the bench.

4.4
PPG
4.5
RPG
1.3
APG
0.8
SPG
0.3
BPG
GP 65MPG 17.4FG% 47.13P% 29.3FT% 58.9TS% 54.4USG% 12.4PER 11.2BPM -1.5VORP 0.1EPM +1.0
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Rebounding97
Perimeter defense93
Inside finishing88
Rim protection76
Playmaking66
Scoring55
Shooting53

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
5.6
PPG
5.9
RPG
1.4
APG
374
GAMES
Points 2,096Win Shares 18.6Starts 173Best season 2021-22 · 6.9 ppg
Games played, last three seasons53%

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 24 → 26
▬Steady

Jarred, at 26, has held steady — 1.2 → 1.4 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▬ On curve
Developing about on schedule for his age.
2026-27 forecast▲ 4.5 wins (+3.1)
Starts from his player rating, which is higher than last season's total. Range 3.5–5.4 wins.
Production (BPM)-1.6 → -1.5+0.126-27 forecast -1.4
His production has held roughly steady.
2023-24: -1.6 · 29 games2024-25: -1.0 · 36 games2025-26: -1.5 · 65 games2026-27: -1.4 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)1.2 → 1.4+0.226-27 forecast 4.5
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 1.2 · 29 games2024-25: 1.6 · 36 games2025-26: 1.4 · 65 games2026-27: 4.5 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $12.4M vs $12.4M salary−$0.0M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$12.4M salary2023-24: $3.1M · 29 games2024-25: $3.8M · 36 games2025-26: $3.4M · 65 games2026-27: $12.4M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $12,428,571 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
$12,428,571Guaranteed
6% of the club’s payroll · 6th of 16 priced deals
Runs through2 seasons
Est. market value$12,412,000 /yr
Surplus−$16,571
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.