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Bam Adebayo

Bam Adebayo advanced stats and career rankings

RoleC · Age 28
Availability73 games · 73 starts
Workload32.4 MPG · 2,365 minutes
Relative impactMIA #1 of 12 · C #6 of 72
UpdatedJul 21, 2026
EvidenceStrong

Low ranking precision · Likely rank #12–#267

Bottom line · 2025–26

Bam Adebayo delivered an outstanding 2025–26 campaign, ranking 32nd in per-minute impact. His box-score profile ranked 85th, led by strong passing and secure ball handling despite below-average scoring efficiency. After adjusting for teammates and opponents, his on-court impact was stronger than the box score indicated, lifting his overall rating. Playing about 2,400 minutes, he finished in the 94th percentile for total season value.

2025–26 NBA percentile rankings: What drives Bam Adebayo's impact

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

Impact Rate
92
87.4
Season Value
94
89.7

Scoring role

Usage
84
25.0%
True shooting
30
55.1%
3-point attempt rate
30
34.9%
Free-throw rate
86
36.9%

Creation and control

Assist rate
55
14.1%
Turnover avoidance
91
8.3%

Possession stats

Rebound rate
90
16.1%
Steal rate
57
1.7%
Block rate
63
1.8%

Lineup signal

Offensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
94
+2.68
Defensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
95
+2.26

Workload

Minutes per game
89
32.4
Games played
80
73
Total minutes
93
2,365

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

Bam Adebayo 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 modelMIA28732,365+1.7087.4#3289.794thStrong
2024–25MIA27782,674+2.1683.2#66223.293rdStrong
2023–24MIA26712,416+2.0484.3#59195.889thStrong
2022–23MIA25752,598+1.4680.2#76180.388thStrong
2021–22MIA24561,825+2.2085.9#55153.187thStrong
2020–21MIA23642,143+4.9895.7#17300.998thStrong
2019–20Historical Defense EstimateMIA22722,417+3.5293.2#25273.296thStrong
2018–19Historical Defense EstimateMIA21821,913+2.3087.2#48168.187thStrong
2017–18Historical Defense EstimateMIA20691,368-0.1057.6#15451.853rdStrong

Career movement

Bam Adebayo's career impact by season

Peak +4.98 in 2020–21 · 9 seasons · 19,719 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.

Bam AdebayoDan Issel

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

Similar career arcs

Players with careers similar to Bam Adebayo

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 Bam Adebayo ranks #32

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+1.27

Prior rank #85

02 · Multi-season RAPM+3.14

Current total +5.18 ±0.9
Split model · O +2.68 · D +2.26 = +4.94

03 · Bounded correction+0.52

Maximum ±0.75

04 · Model estimate+1.79

Before the within-season scale

05 · MPG-adjusted rate87.4

87.4 unadjusted · 100% role factor · rank #32

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 -0.45 to +4.01. Exact ordering is difficult when many players have overlapping estimates.

Top 25 chance
20%
Top 50 chance
34%
Top 100 chance
54%
80% rank range
#12#267
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 →