38.5 score · 85% MPG role factor
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Buddy Hield
Buddy Hield advanced stats and career rankings
RoleSG · Age 33
Availability51 games · 3 starts
Workload16.1 MPG · 819 minutes
Relative impactATL/GSW #1 of 2 · SG #46 of 109
UpdatedJul 21, 2026
6.5 total value · 395 qualified players
91.9 all-time composite · 10 seasons
Low ranking precision · Likely rank #76–#346
Bottom line · 2025–26
In 2025–26, Buddy Hield ranked 202nd in per-minute impact. His box-score profile ranked 199th, led by strong steal creation. A smaller role at 16.1 minutes per game lowered his overall impact rating. With only about 800 minutes, he finished in the 43rd percentile for total season value.
2025–26 NBA percentile rankings: What drives Buddy Hield's impact
395 qualified NBA playersEvery player in the comparison logged at least 450 minutes.
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Overall value
Impact Rate
49
38.5Season Value
43
6.5Scoring role
Usage
64
20.3%True shooting
42
56.8%3-point attempt rate
89
64.8%Free-throw rate
11
11.3%Creation and control
Assist rate
50
12.8%Turnover avoidance
47
12.3%Possession stats
Rebound rate
40
7.9%Steal rate
86
2.3%Block rate
34
1.0%Lineup signal
Offensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
35
−0.28Defensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
23
−0.95Workload
Minutes per game
18
16.1Games played
26
51Total minutes
18
819Farther 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
Buddy Hield advanced stats by season
Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.
| Season | Team | Age | GP | MP | Era-centered box impact | Impact Rate | Rate rank | Season Value | Value percentile | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26live model | ATL/GSW | 33 | 51 | 819 | -0.41 | 38.5 | #202 | 6.5 | 43rd | Established |
| 2024–25 | GSW | 32 | 82 | 1,863 | -0.42 | 50.3 | #194 | 60.6 | 61st | Strong |
| 2023–24 | IND/PHI | 31 | 84 | 2,160 | +0.03 | 58.4 | #155 | 91.6 | 70th | Strong |
| 2022–23 | IND | 30 | 80 | 2,482 | +2.13 | 87.0 | #50 | 216.0 | 92nd | Strong |
| 2021–22 | IND/SAC | 29 | 81 | 2,499 | -0.65 | 45.6 | #210 | 69.9 | 63rd | Strong |
| 2020–21 | SAC | 28 | 71 | 2,433 | +0.05 | 58.7 | #153 | 104.0 | 77th | Strong |
| 2019–20Historical Defense Estimate | SAC | 27 | 72 | 2,216 | +0.95 | 71.0 | #103 | 134.5 | 83rd | Strong |
| 2018–19Historical Defense Estimate | SAC | 26 | 82 | 2,615 | +2.03 | 85.6 | #54 | 226.5 | 92nd | Strong |
| 2017–18Historical Defense Estimate | SAC | 25 | 80 | 2,024 | +2.04 | 85.0 | #55 | 161.5 | 86th | Strong |
| 2016–17Historical Defense Estimate | NOP/SAC | 24 | 82 | 1,888 | -1.44 | 39.7 | #220 | 21.3 | 43rd | Strong |
Career movement
Buddy Hield's career impact by season
Peak +2.13 in 2022–23 · 10 seasons · 20,999 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.
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NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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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.
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91% season match · 2017–18 ↔ 1982–83Why this rank?
Why Buddy Hield ranks #202
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.
Prior rank #199
Current total -1.29 ±1.0
Split model · O -0.28 · D -0.95 = -1.24
Maximum ±0.75
Before the within-season scale
41.0 unadjusted · 85% role factor · rank #202
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 -1.82 to +2.69. Exact ordering is difficult when many players have overlapping estimates.
- Top 25 chance
- 0%
- Top 50 chance
- 4%
- Top 100 chance
- 17%
- 80% rank range
- #76–#346
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 →