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Jimmy Butler

Jimmy Butler advanced stats and career rankings

RoleSF · Age 36
Availability38 games · 38 starts
Workload31.1 MPG · 1,182 minutes
Relative impactGSW #2 of 12 · SF #2 of 68
UpdatedJul 21, 2026
EvidenceEstablished

Low ranking precision · Likely rank #4–#161

Bottom line · 2025–26

Jimmy Butler delivered an elite 2025–26 campaign, ranking 8th in per-minute impact. His box-score profile ranked 8th, led by high-volume, efficient scoring. With only about 1,200 minutes, he finished in the 92nd percentile for total season value.

2025–26 NBA percentile rankings: What drives Jimmy Butler's impact

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

Impact Rate
98
97.5
Season Value
92
73.4

Scoring role

Usage
78
23.3%
True shooting
92
64.6%
3-point attempt rate
13
18.4%
Free-throw rate
99
62.1%

Creation and control

Assist rate
85
24.3%
Turnover avoidance
83
9.3%

Possession stats

Rebound rate
59
10.0%
Steal rate
86
2.3%
Block rate
13
0.6%

Lineup signal

Offensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
96
+2.94
Defensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
90
+1.89

Workload

Minutes per game
85
31.1
Games played
9
38
Total minutes
40
1,182

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

Jimmy Butler 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 modelGSW36381,182+6.0197.5#873.492ndEstablished
2024–25GSW/MIA35551,746+5.5497.9#9267.796thStrong
2023–24MIA34602,042+4.4395.7#17263.394thStrong
2022–23MIA33642,138+8.7599.5#3461.399thStrong
2021–22MIA32571,931+4.5796.1#16253.595thStrong
2020–21MIA31521,745+7.7499.2#4342.098thStrong
2019–20Historical Defense EstimateMIA30581,959+5.0696.9#12283.397thStrong
2018–19Historical Defense EstimateMIN/PHI29652,185+3.3793.8#24247.893rdStrong
2017–18Historical Defense EstimateMIN28592,164+4.8896.4#14297.895thStrong
2016–17Historical Defense EstimateCHI27762,809+7.7498.6#6543.599thStrong
2015–16Historical Defense EstimateCHI26672,474+4.7696.7#13333.396thStrong
2014–15Historical Defense EstimateCHI25652,513+4.6597.0#12323.298thStrong
2013–14Historical Defense EstimateCHI24672,591+2.0787.2#45198.291stStrong
2012–13Historical Defense EstimateCHI23822,134+2.3785.7#51173.386thStrong
2011–12Historical Defense EstimateCHI2242359-0.837.8Limited

Career movement

Jimmy Butler's career impact by season

Peak +8.75 in 2022–23 · 15 seasons · 29,972 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.

Jimmy ButlerClyde Drexler

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

Similar career arcs

Players with careers similar to Jimmy Butler

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 Jimmy Butler ranks #8

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+2.84

Prior rank #8

02 · Multi-season RAPM+3.49

Current total +4.72 ±1.0
Split model · O +2.94 · D +1.89 = +4.83

03 · Bounded correction+0.20

Maximum ±0.75

04 · Model estimate+3.04

Before the within-season scale

05 · MPG-adjusted rate97.5

97.5 unadjusted · 100% role factor · rank #8

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 +0.85 to +5.34. Exact ordering is difficult when many players have overlapping estimates.

Top 25 chance
45%
Top 50 chance
62%
Top 100 chance
79%
80% rank range
#4#161
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 →