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Illustrated portrait of NBA player Brook Lopez

Brook Lopez

Brook Lopez advanced stats and career rankings

RoleC · Age 37
Availability75 games · 40 starts
Workload21.8 MPG · 1,635 minutes
Relative impactLAC #4 of 10 · C #52 of 72
UpdatedJul 21, 2026
EvidenceEstablished

Low ranking precision · Likely rank #63–#346

Bottom line · 2025–26

In 2025–26, Brook Lopez ranked 206th in per-minute impact. His box-score profile ranked 258th, led by strong ball security despite weak rebounding. Over about 1,600 minutes, he finished in the 52nd percentile for total season value.

2025–26 NBA percentile rankings: What drives Brook Lopez's impact

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

Impact Rate
48
37.3
Season Value
52
11.3

Scoring role

Usage
40
17.2%
True shooting
31
55.2%
3-point attempt rate
79
58.5%
Free-throw rate
17
13.7%

Creation and control

Assist rate
20
8.5%
Turnover avoidance
80
9.6%

Possession stats

Rebound rate
57
9.7%
Steal rate
34
1.4%
Block rate
94
5.0%

Lineup signal

Offensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
32
−0.45
Defensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
60
+0.43

Workload

Minutes per game
43
21.8
Games played
84
75
Total minutes
64
1,635

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

Brook Lopez 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 modelLAC37751,635-1.3237.3#20611.352ndEstablished
2024–25MIL36802,546+0.2160.1#156116.379thStrong
2023–24MIL35792,411+0.3965.1#130120.179thStrong
2022–23MIL34782,373+1.6882.3#68182.789thStrong
2021–22MIL3313298-2.95——-5.9—Limited
2020–21MIL32701,902-0.6045.9#20056.660thStrong
2019–20Historical Defense EstimateMIL31681,817+1.4377.3#81136.484thStrong
2018–19Historical Defense EstimateMIL30812,322+1.7683.4#62188.189thStrong
2017–18Historical Defense EstimateLAL29741,735+1.2077.6#82116.176thStrong
2016–17Historical Defense EstimateBRK28752,222+2.5988.4#43215.390thStrong
2015–16Historical Defense EstimateBRK27732,457+1.7883.5#61184.190thStrong
2014–15Historical Defense EstimateBRK26722,100+1.2178.9#79130.381stStrong
2013–14Historical Defense EstimateBRK2517533+2.7591.0#3248.253rdEstablished
2012–13Historical Defense EstimateBRK24742,253+2.6888.3#42195.188thStrong
2011–12Historical Defense EstimateNJN235136-3.76——-4.5—Limited
2010–11Historical Defense EstimateNJN22822,889+1.2678.9#75176.587thStrong
2009–10Historical Defense EstimateNJN21823,027+2.3987.8#42253.193rdStrong
2008–09Historical Defense EstimateNJN20822,501-0.2458.3#14082.565thStrong

Career movement

Brook Lopez's career impact by season

Peak +2.75 in 2013–14 · 18 seasons · 35,157 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.

Brook LopezDikembe Mutombo

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

Similar career arcs

Players with careers similar to Brook Lopez

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 #328

Dikembe Mutombo

92%

career match

75% season match · 2013–14 ↔ 1998–99C · All-Time Career #750

DeAndre Jordan

92%

career match

82% season match · 2013–14 ↔ 2019–20PF · All-Time Career #671

Thaddeus Young

90%

career match

81% season match · 2013–14 ↔ 2011–12C · All-Time Career #284

Tree Rollins

90%

career match

88% season match · 2013–14 ↔ 1980–81PF · All-Time Career #649

Sam Perkins

90%

career match

72% season match · 2013–14 ↔ 1991–92C · All-Time Career #743

Nenê

89%

career match

84% season match · 2013–14 ↔ 2011–12

Why this rank?

Why Brook Lopez ranks #206

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+0.16

Prior rank #258

02 · Multi-season RAPM+0.87

Current total -0.15 ±0.9
Split model · O -0.45 · D +0.43 = -0.02

03 · Bounded correction+0.21

Maximum ±0.75

04 · Model estimate+0.37

Before the within-season scale

05 · MPG-adjusted rate37.3

38.5 unadjusted · 91% role factor · rank #206

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 -1.86 to +2.66. Exact ordering is difficult when many players have overlapping estimates.

Top 25 chance
1%
Top 50 chance
7%
Top 100 chance
20%
80% rank range
#63–#346
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 →