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Peyton Watson

DEN · Guard · 2025-26 · UCLA · Year 4 · age 23 · born Sep 11, 2002

14.6 PPG4.9 RPG2.1 APG1.7 TPG29.6 MPG

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Height
6'8"
Wingspan
7'1"
Reach
8'12"
Max vert
33.5"
Weight
200
Lane agility
11.0s

Peyton Watson, 2025-26 with DEN: 14.6 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 29.6 minutes a game. Against the 349 players who qualified that season, his highest marks are 3-point % (91st percentile), Blocks / 75 (90th) and Stocks / 75 (80th); his lowest are Assist % (26th percentile) and Free throw % (27th).

Bars rank him against all 349 qualified players in 2025-26; the second number is his rank among the 178 qualified guards. 50 is average, and a higher percentile is always the better mark.

Small sample

Role

StatPercentile vs leaguevs guardsValue
Minutes / game757529.6
Minutes share586140.1%
Availability303265.9%

Offense

StatPercentile vs leaguevs guardsValue
Shooting
True shooting %6371.594
Effective FG%6372.560
Points per shot70791.36
3-point %919241.1%
3-point attempts / g48423.6
3PA rate (of FGA)281533.9%
2-point %446153.1%
Free throw %271473.0%
FT attempts / g79793.5
FT rate (of FGA)758432.5%
% points from 3382430.8%
Creation & playmaking
Points / 75656217.9
Assist %26159.6%
Assists / 7529162.5
Assist / turnover1031.19
Potential assists / 7534164.7
Usage %656020.4%
Turnover %465212.3%
Turnovers / 7539472.1
Offensive rebound %48703.3%
Drive rate / 7554366.8
Self-creation5365avg
Shot-making (PPP %ile)595857
Defender difficulty3952low (−0.1)
Impact
On/Off net61611.9

Defense

StatPercentile vs leaguevs guardsValue
Rebounding
Rebounds / 7555836.0
Def. rebound %578512.7%
Activity & outcomes
Steals / 7544371.1
Blocks / 7590991.4
Stocks / 7580872.5
Steal %42351.5%
Block %90993.6%
Rim FG% def. diff5063−1.2%
Matchup difficulty9697elite (15.7)
Opp FG% on matchups5862−0.5%
Deflections / 7525191.9
Physical ingredients
Length (wingspan)71937'1"
Height68986'8"
Strength (weight)2747200
Standing reach81998'12"
Lateral agility615111.0s
Vertical241633.5"

Value

StatPercentile vs leaguevs guardsValue
Overall value
PER505614.3
Win Shares / 483644.078
Box Plus/Minus3639−1.2
Offensive BPM4347−0.8
Defensive BPM3742−0.5
VORP39430.3
Game Score / g676811.1

Statistical comps

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Weakness comps

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Where he ranks worst

Season by season

SeasonTeamAgeGPMPGPPGRPGAPGTS%BPMBPM %ileHonours
2022-23DEN20238.13.31.60.5.553−2.815Champion
2023-24DEN218018.66.73.21.1.539−2.222
2024-25★DEN226824.38.13.41.4.564−1.827
2025-26DEN235429.614.64.92.1.594−1.236

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.