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Nicolas Batum

Nicolas Batum advanced stats and career rankings

RolePF · Age 37
Availability74 games · 6 starts
Workload17.5 MPG · 1,295 minutes
Relative impactLAC #5 of 10 · PF #39 of 76
UpdatedJul 21, 2026
EvidenceEstablished

Low ranking precision · Likely rank #76–#350

Bottom line · 2025–26

In 2025–26, Nicolas Batum ranked 220th in per-minute impact. His box-score profile ranked 273rd, led by strong steal creation despite weak rebounding. After adjusting for teammates and opponents, his on-court impact was stronger than the box score indicated, lifting his overall rating. Over about 1,300 minutes, he finished in the 45th percentile for total season value.

2025–26 NBA percentile rankings: What drives Nicolas Batum's impact

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

Impact Rate
44
33.8
Season Value
45
7.6

Scoring role

Usage
1
9.6%
True shooting
70
60.3%
3-point attempt rate
100
95.8%
Free-throw rate
1
4.6%

Creation and control

Assist rate
7
6.5%
Turnover avoidance
37
13.2%

Possession stats

Rebound rate
44
8.3%
Steal rate
64
1.8%
Block rate
60
1.7%

Lineup signal

Offensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
42
−0.06
Defensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
39
−0.38

Workload

Minutes per game
24
17.5
Games played
82
74
Total minutes
45
1,295

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

Nicolas Batum 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 modelLAC37741,295-1.5133.8#2207.645thEstablished
2024–25LAC36781,367-0.0557.7#16554.259thStrong
2023–24LAC/PHI35601,529-0.0256.5#16261.461stStrong
2022–23LAC34781,709+0.3364.0#13781.367thStrong
2021–22LAC33591,463+2.1084.4#61122.482ndStrong
2020–21LAC32671,835+1.1172.8#101115.279thStrong
2019–20Historical Defense EstimateCHO3122505-0.6046.6#18914.133rdEstablished
2018–19Historical Defense EstimateCHO30752,354-0.1359.0#15290.370thStrong
2017–18Historical Defense EstimateCHO29641,981+0.6770.1#109108.674thStrong
2016–17Historical Defense EstimateCHO28772,617+1.7683.7#60196.488thStrong
2015–16Historical Defense EstimateCHO27702,448+1.6282.6#64176.789thStrong
2014–15Historical Defense EstimatePOR26712,380+1.0776.8#87143.384thStrong
2013–14Historical Defense EstimatePOR25822,956+2.4489.3#38259.794thStrong
2012–13Historical Defense EstimatePOR24732,807+2.5387.4#45242.294thStrong
2011–12Historical Defense EstimatePOR23591,791+2.4385.4#51150.786thStrong
2010–11Historical Defense EstimatePOR22802,522+1.2779.2#74151.283rdStrong
2009–10Historical Defense EstimatePOR2137918+3.4094.3#2090.671stEstablished
2008–09Historical Defense EstimatePOR20791,454+0.7771.5#9672.762ndStrong

Career movement

Nicolas Batum's career impact by season

Peak +3.40 in 2009–10 · 18 seasons · 33,931 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.

Nicolas BatumMetta World Peace

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

Similar career arcs

Players with careers similar to Nicolas Batum

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.

SF · All-Time Career #388

Metta World Peace

92%

career match

88% season match · 2009–10 ↔ 2001–02SF · All-Time Career #928

Mike Miller

92%

career match

82% season match · 2009–10 ↔ 2003–04PF · All-Time Career #671

Thaddeus Young

92%

career match

84% season match · 2009–10 ↔ 2011–12SG · All-Time Career #419

Jason Terry

91%

career match

74% season match · 2009–10 ↔ 1999–00SF · All-Time Career #791

Dale Ellis

91%

career match

77% season match · 2009–10 ↔ 1985–86SF · All-Time Career #544

Detlef Schrempf

90%

career match

77% season match · 2009–10 ↔ 1987–88

Why this rank?

Why Nicolas Batum ranks #220

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+0.09

Prior rank #273

02 · Multi-season RAPM+0.87

Current total -0.34 ±1.0
Split model · O -0.06 · D -0.38 = -0.44

03 · Bounded correction+0.23

Maximum ±0.75

04 · Model estimate+0.32

Before the within-season scale

05 · MPG-adjusted rate33.8

35.3 unadjusted · 86% role factor · rank #220

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 -1.95 to +2.59. Exact ordering is difficult when many players have overlapping estimates.

Top 25 chance
0%
Top 50 chance
4%
Top 100 chance
17%
80% rank range
#76–#350
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 →