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Paul George

Paul George advanced stats and career rankings

RolePF · Age 35
Availability37 games · 37 starts
Workload30.7 MPG · 1,135 minutes
Relative impactPHI #3 of 12 · PF #9 of 76
UpdatedJul 21, 2026
EvidenceEstablished

Low ranking precision · Likely rank #13–#281

Bottom line · 2025–26

Paul George delivered a strong 2025–26 campaign, ranking 41st in per-minute impact. His box-score profile ranked 57th, led by strong passing and secure ball handling. With only about 1,100 minutes, he finished in the 78th percentile for total season value.

2025–26 NBA percentile rankings: What drives Paul George's impact

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

Impact Rate
90
84.9
Season Value
78
38.5

Scoring role

Usage
78
23.3%
True shooting
44
57.0%
3-point attempt rate
64
49.7%
Free-throw rate
39
21.6%

Creation and control

Assist rate
68
17.7%
Turnover avoidance
75
10.2%

Possession stats

Rebound rate
55
9.4%
Steal rate
93
2.6%
Block rate
47
1.3%

Lineup signal

Offensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
54
+0.33
Defensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
62
+0.47

Workload

Minutes per game
83
30.7
Games played
8
37
Total minutes
36
1,135

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

Paul George 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 modelPHI35371,135+2.2484.9#4138.578thEstablished
2024–25PHI34411,334+0.5265.7#13468.265thStrong
2023–24LAC33742,502+2.4286.5#51223.891stStrong
2022–23LAC32561,939+2.5989.7#40181.888thStrong
2021–22LAC31311,077+2.4087.8#4896.773rdStrong
2020–21LAC30541,821+2.7688.3#44174.989thStrong
2019–20Historical Defense EstimateLAC29481,419+4.6396.0#15198.893rdStrong
2018–19Historical Defense EstimateOKC28772,841+7.4698.6#6575.399thStrong
2017–18Historical Defense EstimateOKC27792,891+3.4793.1#26318.796thStrong
2016–17Historical Defense EstimateIND26752,689+3.3592.3#29287.494thStrong
2015–16Historical Defense EstimateIND25812,819+4.9697.0#12394.998thStrong
2014–15Historical Defense EstimateIND24691-6.18——-7.4—Limited
2013–14Historical Defense EstimateIND23802,898+4.4795.9#15361.598thStrong
2012–13Historical Defense EstimateIND22792,972+3.4894.3#21306.098thStrong
2011–12Historical Defense EstimateIND21661,958+3.0191.0#32185.591stStrong
2010–11Historical Defense EstimateIND20611,265+0.5169.8#10762.661stStrong

Career movement

Paul George's career impact by season

Peak +7.46 in 2018–19 · 16 seasons · 31,651 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.

Paul GeorgeDominique Wilkins

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.

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87%

career match

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87%

career match

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Shawn Marion

86%

career match

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Chris Webber

86%

career match

89% season match · 2018–19 ↔ 1999–00PF · All-Time Career #150

Elton Brand

86%

career match

90% season match · 2018–19 ↔ 2005–06

Why this rank?

Why Paul George ranks #41

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+1.46

Prior rank #57

02 · Multi-season RAPM+2.15

Current total +0.87 ±1.0
Split model · O +0.33 · D +0.47 = +0.80

03 · Bounded correction+0.21

Maximum ±0.75

04 · Model estimate+1.67

Before the within-season scale

05 · MPG-adjusted rate84.9

84.9 unadjusted · 100% role factor · rank #41

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 -0.63 to +3.96. Exact ordering is difficult when many players have overlapping estimates.

Top 25 chance
18%
Top 50 chance
31%
Top 100 chance
50%
80% rank range
#13–#281
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 →