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Jonas Valančiūnas

Jonas Valančiūnas advanced stats and career rankings

RoleC · Age 33
Availability65 games · 6 starts
Workload13.4 MPG · 871 minutes
Relative impactDEN #7 of 13 · C #57 of 72
UpdatedJul 21, 2026
EvidenceEstablished

Low ranking precision · Likely rank #94–#357

Bottom line · 2025–26

In 2025–26, Jonas Valančiūnas ranked 250th in per-minute impact. His box-score profile ranked 200th, led by elite rebounding. After adjusting for teammates and opponents, his on-court impact was weaker than the box score indicated, lowering his overall rating. Over about 900 minutes, he finished in the 37th percentile for total season value.

2025–26 NBA percentile rankings: What drives Jonas Valančiūnas's impact

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

Impact Rate
37
26.7
Season Value
37
2.0

Scoring role

Usage
88
26.1%
True shooting
86
63.0%
3-point attempt rate
8
6.7%
Free-throw rate
81
34.9%

Creation and control

Assist rate
55
14.1%
Turnover avoidance
27
14.0%

Possession stats

Rebound rate
98
21.2%
Steal rate
3
0.8%
Block rate
90
4.0%

Lineup signal

Offensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
49
+0.12
Defensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
22
−1.00

Workload

Minutes per game
9
13.4
Games played
56
65
Total minutes
22
871

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

Jonas Valančiūnas 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 modelDEN3365871-0.4326.7#2502.037thEstablished
2024–25SAC/WAS32811,524+1.6878.6#84116.979thStrong
2023–24NOP31821,925+0.9675.4#92116.078thStrong
2022–23NOP30791,968-0.5450.5#18859.360thStrong
2021–22NOP29742,240+2.0984.1#62185.791stStrong
2020–21MEM28621,755+3.1291.0#34188.091stStrong
2019–20Historical Defense EstimateMEM27701,845+2.9591.2#32195.592ndStrong
2018–19Historical Defense EstimateMEM/TOR26491,091+2.9691.6#32111.175thStrong
2017–18Historical Defense EstimateTOR25771,727+1.6581.4#68127.980thStrong
2016–17Historical Defense EstimateTOR24802,066-0.3159.0#15069.066thStrong
2015–16Historical Defense EstimateTOR23601,557+1.2477.4#8397.674thStrong
2014–15Historical Defense EstimateTOR22802,096+0.0561.6#14383.171stStrong
2013–14Historical Defense EstimateTOR21812,282-1.7026.4#25512.931stStrong
2012–13Historical Defense EstimateTOR20621,482-1.6432.0#23910.133rdStrong

Career movement

Jonas Valančiūnas's career impact by season

Peak +3.12 in 2020–21 · 14 seasons · 24,429 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.

Jonas ValančiūnasAndre Drummond

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

Similar career arcs

Players with careers similar to Jonas Valančiūnas

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 Jonas Valančiūnas ranks #250

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+0.48

Prior rank #200

02 · Multi-season RAPM-0.88

Current total -0.97 ±0.9
Split model · O +0.12 · D -1.00 = -0.88

03 · Bounded correction-0.34

Maximum ±0.75

04 · Model estimate+0.14

Before the within-season scale

05 · MPG-adjusted rate26.7

27.0 unadjusted · 82% role factor · rank #250

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 -2.13 to +2.38. Exact ordering is difficult when many players have overlapping estimates.

Top 25 chance
0%
Top 50 chance
2%
Top 100 chance
12%
80% rank range
#94#357
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 →