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Klay Thompson

Miami Heat · Rotation
SF6'5"220 lbage 3615 yrs expWashington StateLos Angeles, CA
8th best of 12 on MIAworth +0.9 wins to the rotation
OFF72DEF65
Capable shooter & playmaker
MIA
Miami Heat
Eastern · Southeast · proj. 54-28 (▲+14.6)
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2× All-NBA5× All-StarAll-Defensive

A first-ballot Hall-of-Fame shooter now in a low-usage spot-up role at 36, drilling 38.3% from deep and barely turning it over (94th-percentile ball security). Everything else has thinned out — he scored 11.7 a game, doesn't get to the line at all (2nd-percentile foul drawing), grabs nothing on the glass and can't stay in front defensively. Pure floor-spacing now, but the gravity is real.

11.7
PPG
2.1
RPG
1.4
APG
0.5
SPG
0.3
BPG
GP 69MPG 21.7FG% 39.33P% 38.3FT% 76.6TS% 54.1USG% 22.7PER 11.4BPM -1.4VORP 0.2EPM +0.4
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Shooting80
Playmaking68
Rim protection68
Scoring66
Perimeter defense55
Inside finishing51
Rebounding50

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 · 13 seasons
18.6
PPG
3.4
RPG
2.2
APG
934
GAMES
Points 17,346Win Shares 57.6Starts 822Best season 2014-15 · 21.7 ppg
Games played, last three seasons89%
2 seasons without an NBA game since his debut
AMONG CURRENT PLAYERS
17th in career points22nd 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 33 → 35
▼Declining

Klay, at 35, is trending downward — 2.9 → 1.6 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▬ On curve
Declining about on schedule for his age.
2026-27 forecast▲ 2.1 wins (+0.6)
Starts from his player rating, which is higher than last season's total. Age takes about 1.4 wins off at 36. Range 1.3–3.0 wins.
Production (BPM)-0.4 → -1.4-1.026-27 forecast -2.0
His production has held roughly steady.
2023-24: -0.4 · 77 games2024-25: -1.0 · 72 games2025-26: -1.4 · 69 games2026-27: -2.0 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)2.9 → 1.6-1.326-27 forecast 2.1
His win contribution is trending down.
2023-24: 2.9 · 77 games2024-25: 2.1 · 72 games2025-26: 1.6 · 69 games2026-27: 2.1 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $4.7M vs $6.5M salary−$1.8M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$6.5M salary2023-24: $6.4M · 77 games2024-25: $4.7M · 72 games2025-26: $3.8M · 69 games2026-27: $4.7M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $6,500,000 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
$6,500,000Guaranteed
3% of the club’s payroll · 8th of 12 priced deals
Runs through2 seasons
Est. market value$4,724,000 /yr
Surplus−$1,776,000
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

2 moves

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.