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Steven Adams

Houston Rockets · #12 · Starter
C6'11"265 lbage 3213 yrs expPittsburghRotorua, New Zealand
6th best of 14 on HOUworth +1.1 wins to the rotation
OFF69DEF74
High-level rebounder & perimeter defender
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Houston Rockets
Western · Southwest · proj. 60-22 (▲+4.9)
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A throwback bruiser of a center who pounds the glass and sets bone-rattling screens. In 32 games he grabbed 8.6 rebounds in just 23 minutes and ranked near the very top of the league in both rebounding and foul-drawing. He gives you zero spacing — no threes at all and 58% from the line — but the physicality is the point.

5.8
PPG
8.6
RPG
1.5
APG
0.7
SPG
0.6
BPG
GP 32MPG 22.8FG% 50.43P% —FT% 58TS% 53.5USG% 12.1PER 15.8BPM -0.5VORP 0.3EPM +1.2
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Rebounding91
Perimeter defense70
Playmaking66
Rim protection64
Shooting60
Scoring54
Inside finishing53

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 · 12 seasons
8.7
PPG
8.0
RPG
1.5
APG
796
GAMES
Points 6,930Win Shares 63.7Starts 655Best season 2017-18 · 13.9 ppg
Games played, last three seasons37%
1 season without an NBA game since his debut

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

2024-25 → 2025-26 · age 31 → 32
▬Steady

Steven, at 32, has held steady — 2.1 → 1.7 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▬ On curve
Declining about on schedule for his age.
2026-27 forecast▲ 3.9 wins (+2.1)
Assumes a normal season; he played 32 games last year. Age takes about 0.8 wins off at 33. Range 3.1–4.7 wins.
Production (BPM)+0.3 → -0.5-0.826-27 forecast -0.8
His production has held roughly steady.
2024-25: +0.3 · 58 games2025-26: -0.5 · 32 games2026-27: -0.8 (forecast)24-2525-2626-27
Value to team (wins)2.1 → 1.7-0.426-27 forecast 3.9
His value to a team has been stable.
2024-25: 2.1 · 58 games2025-26: 1.7 · 32 games2026-27: 3.9 (forecast)24-2525-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $9.7M vs $13.0M salary−$3.3M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$13.0M salary2024-25: $4.7M · 58 games2025-26: $4.1M · 32 games2026-27: $9.7M (forecast)24-2525-2626-27
Current deal: $13,000,000 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 (2024-25 → 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
$13,000,000Guaranteed
6% of the club’s payroll · 7th of 12 priced deals
Runs through2 seasons
Est. market value$9,684,000 /yr
Surplus−$3,316,000
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.

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.