98.6 score · 100% MPG role factor
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Kawhi Leonard
Kawhi Leonard advanced stats and career rankings
RoleSF · Age 34
Availability65 games · 65 starts
Workload32.1 MPG · 2,085 minutes
Relative impactLAC #1 of 10 · SF #1 of 68
UpdatedJul 21, 2026
171.7 total value · 395 qualified players
5.5 all-time composite · 14 seasons
Medium ranking precision · Likely rank #2–#87
Bottom line · 2025–26
Kawhi Leonard delivered an elite 2025–26 campaign, ranking 3rd in per-minute impact. His box-score profile ranked 6th, led by high-volume, efficient scoring. After adjusting for teammates and opponents, his on-court offense was stronger than the box score indicated, lifting his overall rating. Over about 2,100 minutes, he finished in the 99th percentile for total season value.
2025–26 NBA percentile rankings: What drives Kawhi Leonard's impact
395 qualified NBA playersEvery player in the comparison logged at least 450 minutes.
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Overall value
Impact Rate
99
98.6Season Value
99
171.7Scoring role
Usage
99
33.5%True shooting
86
62.9%3-point attempt rate
32
35.4%Free-throw rate
77
33.1%Creation and control
Assist rate
78
21.0%Turnover avoidance
90
8.4%Possession stats
Rebound rate
71
11.5%Steal rate
96
2.9%Block rate
43
1.2%Lineup signal
Offensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
100
+5.13Defensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
89
+1.82Workload
Minutes per game
89
32.1Games played
56
65Total minutes
84
2,085Farther 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
Kawhi Leonard 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 | LAC | 34 | 65 | 2,085 | +7.92 | 98.6 | #3 | 171.7 | 99th | Strong |
| 2024–25 | LAC | 33 | 37 | 1,180 | +2.63 | 86.9 | #52 | 111.0 | 78th | Strong |
| 2023–24 | LAC | 32 | 68 | 2,330 | +4.96 | 97.3 | #11 | 328.4 | 97th | Strong |
| 2022–23 | LAC | 31 | 52 | 1,748 | +5.82 | 97.1 | #12 | 279.0 | 95th | Strong |
| 2020–21 | LAC | 29 | 52 | 1,773 | +6.08 | 97.0 | #12 | 289.3 | 97th | Strong |
| 2019–20Historical Defense Estimate | LAC | 28 | 57 | 1,848 | +7.62 | 98.3 | #7 | 376.0 | 98th | Strong |
| 2018–19Historical Defense Estimate | TOR | 27 | 60 | 2,040 | +6.41 | 97.6 | #10 | 358.0 | 96th | Strong |
| 2017–18Historical Defense Estimate | SAS | 26 | 9 | 210 | +4.29 | — | — | 26.2 | — | Limited |
| 2016–17Historical Defense Estimate | SAS | 25 | 74 | 2,474 | +8.94 | 99.4 | #3 | 531.1 | 99th | Strong |
| 2015–16Historical Defense Estimate | SAS | 24 | 72 | 2,380 | +8.14 | 99.2 | #4 | 471.7 | 99th | Strong |
| 2014–15Historical Defense Estimate | SAS | 23 | 64 | 2,033 | +5.81 | 98.1 | #8 | 310.4 | 97th | Strong |
| 2013–14Historical Defense Estimate | SAS | 22 | 66 | 1,923 | +4.56 | 96.5 | #13 | 249.7 | 94th | Strong |
| 2012–13Historical Defense Estimate | SAS | 21 | 58 | 1,810 | +2.65 | 88.0 | #43 | 165.1 | 85th | Strong |
| 2011–12Historical Defense Estimate | SAS | 20 | 64 | 1,534 | +2.69 | 87.5 | #44 | 139.1 | 85th | Strong |
Career movement
Kawhi Leonard's career impact by season
Peak +8.94 in 2016–17 · 14 seasons · 25,368 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
—’22
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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78% season match · 2016–17 ↔ 1963–64Why this rank?
Why Kawhi Leonard ranks #3
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 #6
Current total +6.89 ±1.0
Split model · O +5.13 · D +1.82 = +6.95
Maximum ±0.75
Before the within-season scale
98.6 unadjusted · 100% role factor · rank #3
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 meansMedium precision
The model's 80% impact interval is +1.85 to +6.37. Exact ordering is difficult when many players have overlapping estimates.
- Top 25 chance
- 69%
- Top 50 chance
- 81%
- Top 100 chance
- 92%
- 80% rank range
- #2–#87
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 →