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Rudy Gobert

Rudy Gobert advanced stats and career rankings

RoleC · Age 33
Availability76 games · 76 starts
Workload31.3 MPG · 2,380 minutes
Relative impactMIN #2 of 10 · C #20 of 72
UpdatedJul 21, 2026
EvidenceStrong

Low ranking precision · Likely rank #22–#309

Bottom line · 2025–26

Rudy Gobert delivered a strong 2025–26 campaign, ranking 82nd in per-minute impact. His box-score profile ranked 147th. After adjusting for teammates and opponents, his on-court defense was stronger than the box score indicated, lifting his overall rating. Playing about 2,400 minutes, he finished in the 87th percentile for total season value.

2025–26 NBA percentile rankings: What drives Rudy Gobert's impact

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

Impact Rate
79
71.2
Season Value
87
57.0

Scoring role

Usage
10
12.9%
True shooting
94
66.4%
3-point attempt rate
4
1.0%
Free-throw rate
99
61.5%

Creation and control

Assist rate
11
7.2%
Turnover avoidance
22
14.5%

Possession stats

Rebound rate
95
20.1%
Steal rate
22
1.2%
Block rate
93
4.5%

Lineup signal

Offensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
10
−1.79
Defensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
100
+4.33

Workload

Minutes per game
86
31.3
Games played
86
76
Total minutes
93
2,380

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

Rudy Gobert 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 modelMIN33762,380+0.2771.2#8257.087thStrong
2024–25MIN32722,389+0.6767.0#129129.581stStrong
2023–24MIN31762,593+0.5368.4#118132.982ndStrong
2022–23MIN30702,148+0.2563.2#140101.774thStrong
2021–22UTA29662,120+3.1091.7#33218.893rdStrong
2020–21UTA28712,187+2.7688.9#42213.793rdStrong
2019–20Historical Defense EstimateUTA27682,333+2.4988.4#42215.494thStrong
2018–19Historical Defense EstimateUTA26812,577+4.9995.7#17376.296thStrong
2017–18Historical Defense EstimateUTA25561,816+2.6588.4#43168.588thStrong
2016–17Historical Defense EstimateUTA24812,744+3.6293.1#26294.294thStrong
2015–16Historical Defense EstimateUTA23611,932+1.5681.3#69130.281stStrong
2014–15Historical Defense EstimateUTA22822,158+4.3695.9#16258.695thStrong
2013–14Historical Defense EstimateUTA2145434-2.15-1.2Limited

Career movement

Rudy Gobert's career impact by season

Peak +4.99 in 2018–19 · 13 seasons · 27,811 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.

Rudy GobertKevin McHale

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 Rudy Gobert ranks #82

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+0.74

Prior rank #147

02 · Multi-season RAPM+2.27

Current total +1.69 ±0.9
Split model · O -1.79 · D +4.33 = +2.54

03 · Bounded correction+0.43

Maximum ±0.75

04 · Model estimate+1.17

Before the within-season scale

05 · MPG-adjusted rate71.2

71.2 unadjusted · 100% role factor · rank #82

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 -1.09 to +3.41. Exact ordering is difficult when many players have overlapping estimates.

Top 25 chance
12%
Top 50 chance
22%
Top 100 chance
40%
80% rank range
#22#309
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 →