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Illustrated portrait of NBA player Derrick White

Derrick White

Derrick White advanced stats and career rankings

RoleSG · Age 31
Availability77 games · 77 starts
Workload34.1 MPG · 2,625 minutes
Relative impactBOS #2 of 10 · SG #2 of 109
UpdatedJul 21, 2026
EvidenceStrong

Low ranking precision · Likely rank #9–#239

Bottom line · 2025–26

Derrick White delivered an elite 2025–26 campaign, ranking 19th in per-minute impact. His box-score profile ranked 65th, led by elite shot blocking despite below-average scoring efficiency. After adjusting for teammates and opponents, his on-court defense was stronger than the box score indicated, lifting his overall rating. Playing about 2,600 minutes, he finished in the 97th percentile for total season value.

2025–26 NBA percentile rankings: What drives Derrick White's impact

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

Impact Rate
95
93.9
Season Value
97
110.8

Scoring role

Usage
72
22.0%
True shooting
16
52.9%
3-point attempt rate
77
57.8%
Free-throw rate
31
18.4%

Creation and control

Assist rate
81
22.2%
Turnover avoidance
77
10.1%

Possession stats

Rebound rate
30
7.1%
Steal rate
57
1.7%
Block rate
89
3.8%

Lineup signal

Offensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
85
+1.66
Defensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
99
+3.88

Workload

Minutes per game
95
34.1
Games played
89
77
Total minutes
98
2,625

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 White 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 modelBOS31772,625+2.1193.9#19110.897thStrong
2024–25BOS30762,574+2.9588.9#44254.095thStrong
2023–24BOS29732,381+2.7188.6#43227.092ndStrong
2022–23BOS28822,319+1.7283.3#64177.088thStrong
2021–22BOS/SAS27752,199+1.0275.5#95136.985thStrong
2020–21SAS26361,064+1.4276.9#8675.170thStrong
2019–20Historical Defense EstimateSAS25681,677+1.4577.6#80121.379thStrong
2018–19Historical Defense EstimateSAS24671,728+0.5168.8#11688.870thStrong
2017–18Historical Defense EstimateSAS2317139-3.28-3.5Limited

Career movement

Derrick White's career impact by season

Peak +2.95 in 2024–25 · 9 seasons · 16,706 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 WhiteFred VanVleet

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

Similar career arcs

Players with careers similar to Derrick White

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 White ranks #19

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+1.42

Prior rank #65

02 · Multi-season RAPM+4.69

Current total +5.71 ±0.9
Split model · O +1.66 · D +3.88 = +5.54

03 · Bounded correction+0.75

Maximum ±0.75

04 · Model estimate+2.17

Before the within-season scale

05 · MPG-adjusted rate93.9

93.9 unadjusted · 100% role factor · rank #19

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 -0.10 to +4.41. Exact ordering is difficult when many players have overlapping estimates.

Top 25 chance
27%
Top 50 chance
42%
Top 100 chance
61%
80% rank range
#9#239
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 →