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Rudy Gobert★

Minnesota Timberwolves · #27 · Plus starter
C7'1"258 lbage 3413 yrs expFrance
2nd best of 12 on MINworth +5.6 wins to the rotation
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Elite interior finisher & rebounder
MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Western · Northwest · proj. 48-34 (▲+1.8)
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4× All-NBA3× All-Star4× Defensive Player of the Year9× All-Defensive

The defensive anchor this whole team is built around — an All-Defensive lock who protects the rim, rebounds everything in sight (11.5 a game) and finishes a ridiculous 68.2% of his looks inside. He's pure rim-running on offense and won't space the floor (he didn't make a three all year), but as a backline deterrent he remains elite at 34.

10.9
PPG
11.5
RPG
1.7
APG
0.8
SPG
1.6
BPG
GP 76MPG 31.3FG% 68.23P% 0FT% 52.6TS% 66.4USG% 12.9PER 17.5BPM +1VORP 1.8EPM +3.0
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Inside finishing92
Rebounding86
Rim protection84
Scoring81
Perimeter defense76
Playmaking60
Shooting58

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

2013-14 to 2025-26 · 13 seasons
12.5
PPG
11.7
RPG
1.4
APG
905
GAMES
Points 11,287Win Shares 124.9Starts 813Best season 2018-19 · 15.9 ppg
Games played, last three seasons91%
AMONG CURRENT PLAYERS
9th in Win Shares

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 31 → 33
▼Declining

Rudy, at 33, is trending downward — 5.8 → 4.5 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▬ On curve
Declining about on schedule for his age.
2026-27 forecast▲ 6.1 wins (+1.6)
Starts from his player rating, which is higher than last season's total. Age takes about 1.1 wins off at 34. Range 5.1–7.2 wins.
Production (BPM)+1.8 → +1.0-0.826-27 forecast +0.7
His production has held roughly steady.
2023-24: +1.8 · 76 games2024-25: +1.9 · 72 games2025-26: +1.0 · 76 games2026-27: +0.7 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)5.8 → 4.5-1.326-27 forecast 6.1
His win contribution is trending down.
2023-24: 5.8 · 76 games2024-25: 5.6 · 72 games2025-26: 4.5 · 76 games2026-27: 6.1 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $29.1M vs $36.5M salary−$7.4M
He is paid more than his play is projected to be worth.
$36.5M salary2023-24: $25.1M · 76 games2024-25: $22.8M · 72 games2025-26: $12.8M · 76 games2026-27: $29.1M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $36,500,000 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
$36,500,000Guaranteed
17% of the club’s payroll · 3rd of 12 priced deals
Runs through2 seasons
Est. market value$29,090,000 /yr
Surplus−$7,410,000
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.

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.