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Zach Collins

Chicago Bulls · #12 · Rotation
C6'9"250 lbage 289 yrs expGonzagaLas Vegas, NV
7th best of 13 on CHI
OFF74DEF80
Elite rebounder & interior finisher
CHI
Chicago Bulls
Eastern · Central · proj. 32-50 (▲+12.2)
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A skilled, foul-prone backup big with passing chops and a stretchable jumper when healthy. He has no 2025-26 sample to grade here, and he hits free agency as a depth frontcourt option whose value rides entirely on staying on the floor.

6.4
PPG
4.5
RPG
1.7
APG
0.5
SPG
0.5
BPG
GP 64MPG 15.3FG% 50.73P% 30.2FT% 88.5TS% 60.5USG% 17.1PER 16BPM 0VORP 0.5EPM -0.6
2024-25 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2024-25 form
Rebounding96
Inside finishing94
Rim protection89
Playmaking86
Perimeter defense81
Shooting76
Scoring74

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

2017-18 to 2025-26 · 8 seasons
8.0
PPG
4.9
RPG
1.8
APG
388
GAMES
Points 3,110Win Shares 12.4Starts 83Best season 2018-19 · 6.6 ppg
Games played, last three seasons58%
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

2023-24 → 2025-26 · age 26 → 28
▬Steady

Zach, at 28, has held steady — 1.2 → 1.4 wins of value over the window.

2026-27 forecast▲ 2.0 wins (+0.6)
Assumes a normal season; he played 10 games last year. Age takes about 0.1 wins off at 29. Range 0.7–3.3 wins.
Production (BPM)-2.0 → +0.2+2.226-27 forecast -1.0
Only 184 minutes last season, too few to call a trend.
2023-24: -2.0 · 69 games2024-25: 0.0 · 64 games2025-26: +0.2 · 10 games2026-27: -1.0 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)1.2 → 1.4+0.226-27 forecast 2.0
His value to a team has been stable.
2023-24: 1.2 · 69 games2024-25: 2.1 · 64 games2025-26: 1.4 · 10 games2026-27: 2.0 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $4.6M vs $8.5M salary−$3.9M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$8.5M salary2023-24: $3.1M · 69 games2024-25: $4.7M · 64 games2025-26: $3.4M · 10 games2026-27: $4.6M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $8,500,000 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
$8,500,000Guaranteed
5% of the club’s payroll · 8th of 14 priced deals
Runs through2 seasons
Est. market value$4,550,667 /yr
Surplus−$3,949,333
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

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.