71.5 score · 96% MPG role factor
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Player profile · CLE / MEM / MIL
Sam Merrill
Sam Merrill advanced stats and career rankings
RoleSG · Age 29
Availability52 games · 38 starts
Workload26.5 MPG · 1,377 minutes
Relative impactCLE #4 of 11 · SG #17 of 109
UpdatedJul 21, 2026
34.1 total value · 395 qualified players
102.5 all-time composite · 6 seasons
Low ranking precision · Likely rank #27–#305
Bottom line · 2025–26
Sam Merrill delivered a strong 2025–26 campaign, ranking 81st in per-minute impact. His box-score profile ranked 149th, led by elite scoring efficiency. After adjusting for teammates and opponents, his on-court impact was stronger than the box score indicated, lifting his overall rating. Over about 1,400 minutes, he finished in the 76th percentile for total season value.
2025–26 NBA percentile rankings: What drives Sam Merrill's impact
395 qualified NBA playersEvery player in the comparison logged at least 450 minutes.
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Overall value
Impact Rate
80
71.5Season Value
76
34.1Scoring role
Usage
39
17.0%True shooting
91
64.4%3-point attempt rate
98
77.5%Free-throw rate
18
14.3%Creation and control
Assist rate
47
12.3%Turnover avoidance
95
7.5%Possession stats
Rebound rate
7
5.3%Steal rate
22
1.2%Block rate
9
0.5%Lineup signal
Offensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
88
+1.86Defensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
61
+0.45Workload
Minutes per game
63
26.5Games played
27
52Total minutes
51
1,377Farther 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
Sam Merrill 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26live model | CLE | 29 | 52 | 1,377 | +0.18 | 71.5 | #81 | 34.1 | 76th | Established |
| 2024–25 | CLE | 28 | 71 | 1,401 | -1.20 | 33.0 | #261 | 23.3 | 39th | Strong |
| 2023–24 | CLE | 27 | 61 | 1,069 | +0.83 | 73.2 | #100 | 61.4 | 61st | Strong |
| 2022–23 | CLE | 26 | 5 | 59 | -7.84 | — | — | -6.9 | — | Limited |
| 2021–22 | MEM | 25 | 6 | 58 | -10.09 | — | — | -9.8 | — | Limited |
| 2020–21 | MIL | 24 | 30 | 233 | -3.62 | — | — | -8.1 | — | Limited |
Career movement
Sam Merrill's career impact by season
Peak +0.83 in 2023–24 · 6 seasons · 4,197 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.
Sam MerrillKeita Bates-Diop
NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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Why Sam Merrill ranks #81
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.
Prior rank #149
Current total +3.38 ±1.0
Split model · O +1.86 · D +0.45 = +2.31
Maximum ±0.75
Before the within-season scale
73.4 unadjusted · 96% role factor · rank #81
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 -1.01 to +3.47. Exact ordering is difficult when many players have overlapping estimates.
- Top 25 chance
- 9%
- Top 50 chance
- 20%
- Top 100 chance
- 39%
- 80% rank range
- #27–#305
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 →