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Aaron Gordon

Aaron Gordon advanced stats and career rankings

RolePF · Age 30
Availability36 games · 33 starts
Workload27.9 MPG · 1,005 minutes
Relative impactDEN #3 of 13 · PF #12 of 76
UpdatedJul 21, 2026
EvidenceEstablished

Low ranking precision · Likely rank #22–#295

Bottom line · 2025–26

In 2025–26, Aaron Gordon ranked 67th in per-minute impact. His box-score profile ranked 117th, led by high-volume, efficient scoring. After adjusting for teammates and opponents, his on-court impact was stronger than the box score indicated, lifting his overall rating. With only about 1,000 minutes, he finished in the 72nd percentile for total season value.

2025–26 NBA percentile rankings: What drives Aaron Gordon's impact

395 qualified NBA playersEvery player in the comparison logged at least 450 minutes.
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Overall value

Impact Rate
83
76.5
Season Value
72
27.8

Scoring role

Usage
71
21.9%
True shooting
82
62.0%
3-point attempt rate
41
39.4%
Free-throw rate
90
41.0%

Creation and control

Assist rate
53
13.7%
Turnover avoidance
95
7.5%

Possession stats

Rebound rate
71
11.6%
Steal rate
9
1.0%
Block rate
29
0.9%

Lineup signal

Offensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
81
+1.49
Defensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
85
+1.43

Workload

Minutes per game
70
27.9
Games played
6
36
Total minutes
30
1,005

Farther right means more of the named trait, not automatically better basketball. Turnover avoidance reverses turnover rate. Lineup rows exclude players below the 1,000-possession lineup-sample floor.

Every season

Aaron Gordon advanced stats by season

Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.

SeasonTeamAgeGPMPEra-centered box impactImpact RateRate rankSeason ValueValue percentileEvidence
2025–26live modelDEN30361,005+0.9676.5#6727.872ndEstablished
2024–25DEN29511,447+0.7468.0#12582.671stStrong
2023–24DEN28732,297+0.9174.1#97134.882ndStrong
2022–23DEN27682,055+2.1186.5#52172.887thStrong
2021–22DEN26752,376-0.7643.0#22060.058thStrong
2020–21DEN/ORL25501,384+0.5567.4#12172.169thStrong
2019–20Historical Defense EstimateORL24622,017+1.3075.0#89136.784thStrong
2018–19Historical Defense EstimateORL23782,633+1.0974.7#94166.486thStrong
2017–18Historical Defense EstimateORL22581,909+1.4179.2#76133.182ndStrong
2016–17Historical Defense EstimateORL21802,298+0.2366.4#123103.477thStrong
2015–16Historical Defense EstimateORL20781,863+1.9184.6#57145.784thStrong
2014–15Historical Defense EstimateORL1947797-2.0621.6#291-1.022ndEstablished

Career movement

Aaron Gordon's career impact by season

Peak +2.11 in 2022–23 · 12 seasons · 22,081 minutes

The same historical box-score model is used for every season, making the career shape comparable through time. This is separate from the current lineup-context ranking.

Era-centered box impactMinutes
Across-era box estimateWorkload

Career comparison

Compare the shape, not the calendar

Align by NBA experience to compare season one with season one, or by age to compare players at the same stage of life.

Aaron GordonChristian Laettner

NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15

Similar career arcs

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The score compares era-centered box impact, peak, prime, workload, career length, position, and trajectory aligned by NBA experience. It describes career shape, not playing style or equal ability.

Why this rank?

Why Aaron Gordon ranks #67

The current model starts with box production, checks it against multi-season lineup evidence, caps that correction, then accounts for how many minutes the player was trusted to play each game.

01 · Box-score prior+0.99

Prior rank #117

02 · Multi-season RAPM+2.35

Current total +2.86 ±1.0
Split model · O +1.49 · D +1.43 = +2.92

03 · Bounded correction+0.39

Maximum ±0.75

04 · Model estimate+1.38

Before the within-season scale

05 · MPG-adjusted rate76.5

77.7 unadjusted · 98% role factor · rank #67

RAPM estimates lineup impact while controlling for the other nine players on the floor. The multi-season blend, current total model, and current offensive/defensive split are separate estimates, so they need not equal one another. hussEyquation uses the multi-season signal as a bounded correction, not as a standalone verdict.

What the point estimate meansLow precision

The model's 80% impact interval is -0.87 to +3.62. Exact ordering is difficult when many players have overlapping estimates.

Top 25 chance
12%
Top 50 chance
24%
Top 100 chance
43%
80% rank range
#22#295
How to read this page

Impact Rate shows how strong a player was compared with everyone else that season. Season Value adds how much he played. The career ranking rewards a high peak, a long prime, and repeated seasons near the top. Older seasons use clearly labeled estimates where the NBA did not record today's full set of statistics. Read how every ranking works →