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P.J. Washington

P.J. Washington advanced stats and career rankings

RolePF · Age 27
Availability56 games · 53 starts
Workload31.0 MPG · 1,736 minutes
Relative impactDAL #10 of 13 · PF #55 of 76
UpdatedJul 21, 2026
EvidenceEstablished

Low ranking precision · Likely rank #63–#362

Bottom line · 2025–26

In 2025–26, P.J. Washington ranked 266th in per-minute impact. His box-score profile ranked 281st, led by strong shot blocking despite below-average scoring efficiency. Over about 1,700 minutes, he finished in the 31st percentile for total season value.

2025–26 NBA percentile rankings: What drives P.J. Washington's impact

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

Impact Rate
33
23.7
Season Value
31
-1.0

Scoring role

Usage
62
20.1%
True shooting
20
53.7%
3-point attempt rate
33
35.6%
Free-throw rate
62
27.7%

Creation and control

Assist rate
17
8.1%
Turnover avoidance
60
11.3%

Possession stats

Rebound rate
73
12.0%
Steal rate
40
1.5%
Block rate
81
2.9%

Lineup signal

Offensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
11
−1.74
Defensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
57
+0.31

Workload

Minutes per game
84
31.0
Games played
36
56
Total minutes
68
1,736

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

P.J. Washington 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 modelDAL27561,736-1.6223.7#266-1.031stEstablished
2024–25DAL26571,835-1.3330.2#27225.341stStrong
2023–24CHO/DAL25732,221-1.4933.0#24923.140thStrong
2022–23CHO24732,380+0.0458.7#157101.874thStrong
2021–22CHO23651,768+0.8672.4#107105.576thStrong
2020–21CHO22641,954+0.1460.1#14885.773rdStrong
2019–20Historical Defense EstimateCHO21581,759-0.4749.1#18053.655thStrong

Career movement

P.J. Washington's career impact by season

Peak +0.86 in 2021–22 · 7 seasons · 13,653 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.

P.J. WashingtonGreg Smith

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

Similar career arcs

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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.

Why this rank?

Why P.J. Washington ranks #266

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+0.05

Prior rank #281

02 · Multi-season RAPM-0.21

Current total -1.58 ±1.0
Split model · O -1.74 · D +0.31 = -1.44

03 · Bounded correction-0.05

Maximum ±0.75

04 · Model estimate+0.00

Before the within-season scale

05 · MPG-adjusted rate23.7

23.7 unadjusted · 100% role factor · rank #266

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 -2.29 to +2.27. Exact ordering is difficult when many players have overlapping estimates.

Top 25 chance
3%
Top 50 chance
8%
Top 100 chance
18%
80% rank range
#63#362
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 →