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Dean Wade

CLE · Big · 2025-26 · Kansas State · Year 7 · age 29 · born Nov 20, 1996

5.8 PPG4.2 RPG1.5 APG0.3 TPG22.3 MPG

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Height
6'9"
Weight
228

Dean Wade, 2025-26 with CLE: 5.8 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 22.3 minutes a game. Against the 349 players who qualified that season, his highest marks are Turnover % (99th percentile), Opp FG% on matchups (84th) and Effective FG% (68th); his lowest are Points / 75 (3rd percentile) and FT attempts / g (6th).

Bars rank him against all 349 qualified players in 2025-26; the second number is his rank among the 64 qualified bigs. 50 is average, and a higher percentile is always the better mark.

Small sample

Role

StatPercentile vs leaguevs bigsValue
Minutes / game403822.3
Minutes share404233.4%
Availability403472.0%

Offense

StatPercentile vs leaguevs bigsValue
Shooting
True shooting %5229.580
Effective FG%6841.567
Points per shot36131.23
3-point %566636.2%
3-point attempts / g42623.3
3PA rate (of FGA)929870.5%
2-point %865762.2%
Free throw %214171.1%
FT attempts / g620.6
FT rate (of FGA)16613.7%
% points from 3919862.3%
Creation & playmaking
Points / 75319.2
Assist %15228.2%
Assists / 7526382.4
Assist / turnover99995.50
Potential assists / 7524454.0
Usage %129.7%
Turnover %99995.1%
Turnovers / 7599990.4
Offensive rebound %5663.9%
Off-ball gravity43852.2
Drive rate / 7518572.4
Self-creation51low
Shot-making (PPP %ile)666160
Defender difficulty599avg (+0.0)
Impact
On/Off net71663.2

Defense

StatPercentile vs leaguevs bigsValue
Rebounding
Rebounds / 756476.7
Def. rebound %671613.9%
Activity & outcomes
Steals / 7552631.2
Blocks / 7560110.6
Stocks / 7549201.8
Steal %51631.6%
Block %62101.7%
Rim FG% def. diff6338−2.8%
Matchup difficulty9399elite (15.2)
Opp FG% on matchups8480−2.7%
Deflections / 7576883.1
Physical ingredients
Height78156'9"
Strength (weight)7313228

Value

StatPercentile vs leaguevs bigsValue
Overall value
PER17110.9
Win Shares / 486129.114
Box Plus/Minus5835+0.2
Offensive BPM4321−0.8
Defensive BPM8171+1.0
VORP54340.7
Game Score / g1946.0

Statistical comps

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Weakness comps

who shares his flaws, ranked against other bigs · 2025-26 · 500+ min

Where he ranks worst

Season by season

SeasonTeamAgeGPMPGPPGRPGAPGTS%BPMBPM %ileHonours
2019-20CLE23126.01.71.60.2.744−1.334
2020-21CLE246319.26.03.41.2.573−1.337
2021-22CLE255119.25.32.91.0.584−0.644
2022-23CLE264420.34.73.40.8.550−0.747
2023-24CLE275420.55.44.00.8.598+0.156
2024-25★CLE285921.25.44.21.3.563+0.359
2025-26CLE295922.35.84.21.5.580+0.258

BPM %ile ranks his Box Plus/Minus against that season’s qualified players. ★ is his best season by Box Plus/Minus, among seasons that clear the games floor.