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Illustrated portrait of NBA player Al Horford

Al Horford

Al Horford advanced stats and career rankings

RoleC · Age 39
Availability45 games · 13 starts
Workload21.5 MPG · 969 minutes
Relative impactGSW #3 of 12 · C #12 of 72
UpdatedJul 21, 2026
EvidenceEstablished

Low ranking precision · Likely rank #29–#265

Bottom line · 2025–26

Al Horford delivered a strong 2025–26 campaign, ranking 44th in per-minute impact. His box-score profile ranked 38th, led by strong passing despite below-average scoring efficiency. A smaller role at 21.5 minutes per game lowered his overall impact rating. At age 39, he still played nearly 1,000 minutes and finished in the 77th percentile for total season value.

2025–26 NBA percentile rankings: What drives Al Horford's impact

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

Impact Rate
89
83.2
Season Value
77
36.1

Scoring role

Usage
34
16.5%
True shooting
32
55.4%
3-point attempt rate
88
63.3%
Free-throw rate
3
8.0%

Creation and control

Assist rate
65
17.0%
Turnover avoidance
63
11.1%

Possession stats

Rebound rate
76
12.6%
Steal rate
40
1.5%
Block rate
94
4.9%

Lineup signal

Offensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
61
+0.49
Defensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
30
−0.70

Workload

Minutes per game
42
21.5
Games played
17
45
Total minutes
27
969

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

Al Horford 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 modelGSW3945969+2.8683.2#4436.177thEstablished
2024–25BOS38601,659+0.4565.2#13681.270thStrong
2023–24BOS37651,740+2.3485.7#54153.085thStrong
2022–23BOS36631,922+2.3888.6#44172.887thStrong
2021–22BOS35692,005+3.1691.9#32208.292ndStrong
2020–21OKC3428782+4.0894.8#20100.076thEstablished
2019–20Historical Defense EstimatePHI33672,025+2.3786.4#49182.391stStrong
2018–19Historical Defense EstimateBOS32681,973+4.9795.4#18285.394thStrong
2017–18Historical Defense EstimateBOS31722,277+3.9394.5#21270.194thStrong
2016–17Historical Defense EstimateBOS30682,193+3.4992.8#27242.793rdStrong
2015–16Historical Defense EstimateATL29822,631+4.3195.0#19335.796thStrong
2014–15Historical Defense EstimateATL28762,318+4.1195.4#18276.995thStrong
2013–14Historical Defense EstimateATL2729958+3.5393.9#22104.574thEstablished
2012–13Historical Defense EstimateATL26742,756+2.7789.7#37253.694thStrong
2011–12Historical Defense EstimateATL2511348+2.20——27.5—Limited
2010–11Historical Defense EstimateATL24772,704+4.1196.3#14307.196thStrong
2009–10Historical Defense EstimateATL23812,845+2.5589.6#36243.093rdStrong
2008–09Historical Defense EstimateATL22672,242+1.9085.6#49163.386thStrong
2007–08Historical Defense EstimateATL21812,540-0.9244.1#18652.154thStrong

Career movement

Al Horford's career impact by season

Peak +4.97 in 2018–19 · 19 seasons · 36,887 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.

Al HorfordMarcus Camby

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

Similar career arcs

Players with careers similar to Al Horford

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.

C · All-Time Career #137

Marcus Camby

91%

career match

93% season match · 2018–19 ↔ 2006–07C · All-Time Career #72

Pau Gasol

90%

career match

91% season match · 2018–19 ↔ 2015–16C · All-Time Career #103

Patrick Ewing

88%

career match

84% season match · 2018–19 ↔ 1993–94C · All-Time Career #134

Moses Malone

87%

career match

89% season match · 2018–19 ↔ 1986–87SF · All-Time Career #132

Andre Iguodala

87%

career match

84% season match · 2018–19 ↔ 2011–12C · All-Time Career #162

Ben Wallace

87%

career match

86% season match · 2018–19 ↔ 2005–06

Why this rank?

Why Al Horford ranks #44

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+1.69

Prior rank #38

02 · Multi-season RAPM+2.16

Current total +0.17 ±1.0
Split model · O +0.49 · D -0.70 = -0.22

03 · Bounded correction+0.15

Maximum ±0.75

04 · Model estimate+1.84

Before the within-season scale

05 · MPG-adjusted rate83.2

89.3 unadjusted · 91% role factor · rank #44

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 -0.42 to +4.05. Exact ordering is difficult when many players have overlapping estimates.

Top 25 chance
8%
Top 50 chance
25%
Top 100 chance
49%
80% rank range
#29–#265
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 →