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Trae Young★

Washington Wizards · #3 · Plus starter
PG6'2"164 lbage 278 yrs expOklahomaLubbock, TX
2nd best of 15 on WASworth +4.9 wins to the rotation
OFF85DEF62
High-level playmaker & scorer
WAS
Washington Wizards
Eastern · Southeast · proj. 34-48 (▲+10.8)
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All-NBA4× All-Star

One of the best offensive engines and deep-range pull-up shooters in basketball, a high-volume scorer and elite playmaker hitting unrestricted free agency. No 2025-26 line is logged in this packet, but the profile is well-established: an All-Star lead guard who tilts a defense with his gravity and passing, with the defensive end the long-standing knock.

24.2
PPG
3.1
RPG
11.6
APG
1.2
SPG
0.2
BPG
GP 76MPG 36FG% 41.13P% 34FT% 87.5TS% 56.7USG% 29.6PER 18.3BPM +0.5VORP 1.7EPM +2.6
2024-25 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2024-25 form
Playmaking90
Scoring85
Shooting77
Inside finishing63
Perimeter defense61
Rim protection57
Rebounding53

Skill ratings are 2024-25 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
25.1
PPG
3.4
RPG
9.8
APG
498
GAMES
Points 12,489Win Shares 44.7Starts 498Best season 2021-22 · 28.4 ppg
Games played, last three seasons59%

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 25 → 27
▬Steady

Trae, at 27, was as productive as ever when he played, but managed only 15 games last season, so his value to a team dipped (5.3 → 2.1 wins).

2026-27 forecast▲ 6.6 wins (+4.5)
Assumes a normal season; he played 15 games last year. Range 5.4–7.8 wins.
Production (BPM)+2.6 → +2.8+0.226-27 forecast +1.4
Only 384 minutes last season, too few to call a trend.
2023-24: +2.6 · 54 games2024-25: +0.5 · 76 games2025-26: +2.8 · 15 games2026-27: +1.4 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)5.3 → 2.1-3.226-27 forecast 6.6
Down because he played 15 games last season, not because his game slipped.
2023-24: 5.3 · 54 games2024-25: 4.3 · 76 games2025-26: 2.1 · 15 games2026-27: 6.6 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $34.7M vs $53.0M salary−$18.3M
He is paid more than his play is projected to be worth.
$53.0M salary2023-24: $19.0M · 54 games2024-25: $11.8M · 76 games2025-26: $4.7M · 15 games2026-27: $34.7M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $53,000,000 cap hit · through '30. 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
$53,000,000Guaranteed
27% of the club’s payroll · 2nd of 14 priced deals
Runs through4 seasons
Est. market value$34,732,000 /yr
Surplus−$18,268,000
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.