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Kawhi Leonard★

Los Angeles Clippers · #2 · All-Star
SF6'6"225 lbage 3415 yrs expSan Diego StateLos Angeles, CA
1st best of 13 on LACworth +5.6 wins to the rotation
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Elite scorer & shooter
LAC
Los Angeles Clippers
Western · Pacific · proj. 42-40 (▲+0.9)
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7× All-NBA7× All-Star2× Defensive Player of the Year7× All-Defensive

Still a top-shelf two-way wing at 34, the Klaw poured in 27.9 a night on a gaudy 62.9% true shooting and made All-NBA Second Team again. He's a midrange surgeon who barely turns it over, drains 38.7% from three and 89.2% at the line, and locks up the perimeter — the rare superstar whose only knock is health.

27.9
PPG
6.4
RPG
3.6
APG
1.9
SPG
0.4
BPG
GP 65MPG 32.1FG% 50.53P% 38.7FT% 89.2TS% 62.9USG% 33.5PER 27.9BPM +8VORP 5.3EPM +3.2
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Scoring96
Shooting94
Perimeter defense93
Playmaking87
Rebounding87
Inside finishing80
Rim protection68

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

2011-12 to 2025-26 · 14 seasons
20.7
PPG
6.4
RPG
3.1
APG
798
GAMES
Points 16,546Win Shares 111.9Starts 769Best season 2015-16 · 21.2 ppg
Games played, last three seasons69%
1 season without an NBA game since his debut
AMONG CURRENT PLAYERS
23rd in career points16th in Win Shares13th in All-Star selections

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 32 → 34
▲Rising

Kawhi, at 34, is on a clear upward trajectory — 9.4 → 11.0 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▼ 6.2 wins (-4.8)
Starts from his player rating, which is more cautious than last season's total. Age takes about 1.3 wins off at 35. Range 3.2–9.2 wins.
Production (BPM)+5.5 → +8.0+2.526-27 forecast +5.6
His per-possession game has clearly sharpened.
2023-24: +5.5 · 68 games2024-25: +3.1 · 37 games2025-26: +8.0 · 65 games2026-27: +5.6 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)9.4 → 11.0+1.726-27 forecast 6.2
He's worth more wins to a team than he was.
2023-24: 9.4 · 68 games2024-25: 4.0 · 37 games2025-26: 11.0 · 65 games2026-27: 6.2 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $30.1M vs $50.3M salary−$20.2M
He is paid more than his play is projected to be worth.
$50.3M salary2023-24: $50.5M · 68 games2024-25: $10.2M · 37 games2025-26: $52.5M · 65 games2026-27: $30.1M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $50,300,000 cap hit · through '27. 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
$50,300,000Guaranteed
26% of the club’s payroll · 1st of 17 priced deals
Runs through1 season
Est. market value$30,098,000 /yr
Surplus−$20,202,000
ABOVE VALUEpaid above his on-court value

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.