285 minutes · 450 required
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Lindy Waters III
Lindy Waters III advanced stats and career rankings
285 minutes · 450 required
118.3 all-time composite · 5 seasons
285 minutes · observed box inputs
Bottom line · 2025–26
Lindy Waters III played 285 minutes in 2025–26, short of the 450-minute minimum. He is not ranked in Impact Rate or Season Value.
Every season
Lindy Waters III 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | SAS | 28 | 40 | 285 | -5.38 | — | — | -20.0 | — | Limited |
| 2024–25 | DET/GSW | 27 | 52 | 778 | -2.18 | 18.0 | #319 | -2.8 | 19th | Established |
| 2023–24 | OKC | 26 | 38 | 280 | -0.47 | — | — | 8.9 | — | Limited |
| 2022–23 | OKC | 25 | 41 | 531 | +0.46 | 65.3 | #132 | 27.5 | 46th | Established |
| 2021–22 | OKC | 24 | 25 | 465 | +2.00 | 83.1 | #66 | 38.2 | 48th | Established |
Why this rank?
How the across-era box estimate is built
Archived seasons use the published Raw BPM reconstruction and remove that season's league mean. Lineup context is not retroactively invented.
Published box-score coefficients
Season mean —
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Career movement
Lindy Waters III's career impact by season
Peak +2.00 in 2021–22 · 5 seasons · 2,339 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.
Career comparison
Compare the shape, not the calendar
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NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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