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Illustrated portrait of NBA player Derrick Jones Jr.

Derrick Jones Jr.

Derrick Jones Jr. advanced stats and career rankings

RoleSF · Age 28
Availability50 games · 45 starts
Workload27.0 MPG · 1,350 minutes
Relative impactLAC #2 of 10 · SF #26 of 68
UpdatedJul 21, 2026
EvidenceEstablished

Low ranking precision · Likely rank #44–#339

Bottom line · 2025–26

In 2025–26, Derrick Jones Jr. ranked 157th in per-minute impact. His box-score profile ranked 222nd, led by elite shot blocking. After adjusting for teammates and opponents, his on-court impact was stronger than the box score indicated, lifting his overall rating. Over about 1,400 minutes, he finished in the 60th percentile for total season value.

2025–26 NBA percentile rankings: What drives Derrick Jones Jr.'s impact

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

Impact Rate
60
49.2
Season Value
60
16.6

Scoring role

Usage
24
15.1%
True shooting
69
60.0%
3-point attempt rate
43
40.4%
Free-throw rate
52
24.5%

Creation and control

Assist rate
12
7.3%
Turnover avoidance
88
8.7%

Possession stats

Rebound rate
35
7.5%
Steal rate
57
1.7%
Block rate
87
3.5%

Lineup signal

Offensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
86
+1.80
Defensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
61
+0.45

Workload

Minutes per game
66
27.0
Games played
24
50
Total minutes
48
1,350

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

Derrick Jones Jr. 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 modelLAC28501,350-0.8149.2#15716.660thEstablished
2024–25LAC27771,873-1.5427.3#28317.635thStrong
2023–24DAL26761,783-1.9126.5#2733.328thStrong
2022–23CHI2564893-0.5850.0#19026.145thEstablished
2021–22CHI2451899-1.5132.3#2619.030thEstablished
2020–21POR23581,318-1.3531.0#25517.535thStrong
2019–20Historical Defense EstimateMIA22591,375+1.0271.9#10084.969thStrong
2018–19Historical Defense EstimateMIA21601,153+0.1162.5#13949.858thStrong
2017–18Historical Defense EstimateMIA/PHO2020245-4.39-11.7Limited
2016–17Historical Defense EstimatePHO1932545-2.1727.5#264-2.029thEstablished

Career movement

Derrick Jones Jr.'s career impact by season

Peak +1.02 in 2019–20 · 10 seasons · 11,434 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.

Derrick Jones Jr.Mickaël Piétrus

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

Similar career arcs

Players with careers similar to Derrick Jones Jr.

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 Derrick Jones Jr. ranks #157

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+0.35

Prior rank #222

02 · Multi-season RAPM+1.37

Current total +2.12 ±1.0
Split model · O +1.80 · D +0.45 = +2.25

03 · Bounded correction+0.29

Maximum ±0.75

04 · Model estimate+0.64

Before the within-season scale

05 · MPG-adjusted rate49.2

50.0 unadjusted · 97% role factor · rank #157

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 -1.67 to +2.85. Exact ordering is difficult when many players have overlapping estimates.

Top 25 chance
5%
Top 50 chance
12%
Top 100 chance
26%
80% rank range
#44#339
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 →