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Golden State Warriors
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Will Richard

Golden State Warriors · #3 · Reserve
SG6'3"206 lbage 231 yr expFloridaFairburn, GA
12th best of 14 on GSW
OFF67DEF79
Elite interior finisher & perimeter defender
GSW
Golden State Warriors
Western · Pacific · proj. 50-32 (▲+9.7)

A defense-first rookie wing who flashed an elite motor — 87th-percentile perimeter defense and 96th-percentile inside finishing across 69 games. Richard contributed 6.4 points on 59.6% true shooting at a tiny 13% usage; at 23 and signed through 2029, he's a developmental 3-and-D project whose outside shot (33.5%) needs to come around.

6.4
PPG
2.5
RPG
1.3
APG
1.2
SPG
0.1
BPG
GP 69MPG 20FG% 46.83P% 33.5FT% 85.2TS% 59.6USG% 13PER 11BPM -1.7VORP 0.1
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Inside finishing99
Perimeter defense92
Rebounding77
Shooting76
Scoring72
Rim protection62
Playmaking59

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.

Contract

2026-27
$2,150,917Guaranteed
1% of the club’s payroll · 14th of 14 priced deals
Runs through3 seasons
Est. market value$4,926,760 /yr
Surplus+$2,775,843
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.