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Deandre Ayton

LAL · Big · 2025-26 · Arizona · Year 8 · age 27 · born Jul 23, 1998

12.5 PPG8.0 RPG0.8 APG1.2 TPG27.2 MPG

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Height
7'0"
Weight
252

Deandre Ayton, 2025-26 with LAL: 12.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 0.8 assists in 27.2 minutes a game. Against the 349 players who qualified that season, his highest marks are Effective FG% (98th percentile), True shooting % (96th) and 2-point % (96th); his lowest are Assist % (1st percentile) and Assists / 75 (1st).

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 / game636627.2
Minutes share757749.7%
Availability757387.8%

Offense

StatPercentile vs leaguevs bigsValue
Shooting
True shooting %9680.676
Effective FG%9887.671
Points per shot91701.49
3-point attempts / g2100.0
3PA rate (of FGA)180.0%
2-point %968567.1%
Free throw %92464.5%
FT attempts / g52362.0
FT rate (of FGA)482323.5%
% points from 32110.0%
Creation & playmaking
Points / 75534816.6
Assist %114.4%
Assists / 75121.1
Assist / turnover110.71
Potential assists / 75122.2
Usage %343616.4%
Turnover %626111.1%
Turnovers / 7575811.5
Offensive rebound %926310.3%
Off-ball gravity1140-3.0
Drive rate / 755220.7
Self-creation9270elite
Shot-making (PPP %ile)817967
Defender difficulty9995elite (+0.4)
Impact
On/Off net2723-2.7

Defense

StatPercentile vs leaguevs bigsValue
Rebounding
Rebounds / 75915510.6
Def. rebound %905720.0%
Activity & outcomes
Steals / 759130.8
Blocks / 7588511.3
Stocks / 7561302.0
Steal %7131.0%
Block %87503.3%
Rim FG% def. diff7451−4.5%
Matchup difficulty6483high (13.0)
Opp FG% on matchups3829+1.1%
Deflections / 7510181.5
Physical ingredients
Height95717'0"
Strength (weight)9468252

Value

StatPercentile vs leaguevs bigsValue
Overall value
PER815518.2
Win Shares / 488663.152
Box Plus/Minus4215−0.9
Offensive BPM5436+0.0
Defensive BPM2612−0.9
VORP49270.6
Game Score / g716211.8

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
2018-19PHX207130.716.310.31.8.608+0.262All-Rookie 1st
2019-20PHX213832.518.211.51.9.568+0.461
2020-21PHX226930.614.410.51.4.653+1.274
2021-22★PHX235829.517.210.21.4.656+2.889
2022-23PHX246730.418.010.01.7.617+0.972
2023-24POR255532.416.711.11.6.587+0.359
2024-25POR264030.114.410.21.6.583−0.744
2025-26LAL277227.212.58.00.8.676−0.942

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.