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Ziaire Williams

Los Angeles Lakers · Reserve
SF6'9"185 lbage 245 yrs expStanfordLancaster, CA
13th best of 15 on LAL
OFF67DEF75
High-level perimeter defender & shooter
LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Western · Pacific · proj. 49-33 (▲+17.2)
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A long, athletic wing whose calling card is perimeter defense (81st percentile) and getting to the line at a high clip. He's a capable enough scorer at 10.2 points with a serviceable 34% three, but the playmaking and rebounding are nearly nonexistent; on a team option, he's a 3-and-D project still rounding into form.

10.2
PPG
2.4
RPG
1.1
APG
1.4
SPG
0.4
BPG
GP 56MPG 22.9FG% 42.53P% 34.3FT% 85TS% 57.9USG% 18.9PER 12.4BPM -1.7VORP 0.1
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Perimeter defense91
Shooting81
Rim protection75
Scoring73
Inside finishing70
Playmaking55
Rebounding52

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

2021-22 to 2025-26 · 5 seasons
8.7
PPG
3.0
RPG
1.2
APG
269
GAMES
Points 2,336Win Shares 6.2Starts 108Best season 2021-22 · 8.1 ppg
Games played, last three seasons69%

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 22 → 24
▲Rising

Ziaire, at 24, is on a clear upward trajectory — 0.1 → 1.4 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▲ Ahead of curve
Developing faster than a typical player his age.
2026-27 forecast▲ 2.1 wins (+0.8)
Age should add a little at 25. Range 1.2–3.1 wins.
Production (BPM)-4.5 → -1.7+2.826-27 forecast -2.1
His per-possession game has clearly sharpened.
2023-24: -4.5 · 51 games2024-25: -2.3 · 63 games2025-26: -1.7 · 56 games2026-27: -2.1 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)0.1 → 1.4+1.326-27 forecast 2.1
He's worth more wins to a team than he was.
2023-24: 0.1 · 51 games2024-25: 1.0 · 63 games2025-26: 1.4 · 56 games2026-27: 2.1 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $4.7M vs $3.0M salary+$1.7M
He is paid about what his play is projected to be worth.
$3.0M salary2023-24: $1.6M · 51 games2024-25: $2.8M · 63 games2025-26: $3.4M · 56 games2026-27: $4.7M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $3,000,000 cap hit · through '27. 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
$3,000,000Guaranteed
1% of the club’s payroll · 13th of 16 priced deals
Runs through1 season
Est. market value$4,742,199 /yr
Surplus+$1,742,199
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.