57.1 score · 92% MPG role factor
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Steven Adams
Steven Adams advanced stats and career rankings
RoleC · Age 32
Availability32 games · 11 starts
Workload22.8 MPG · 730 minutes
Relative impactHOU #5 of 11 · C #32 of 72
UpdatedJul 21, 2026
12.7 total value · 395 qualified players
93.6 all-time composite · 12 seasons
Low ranking precision · Likely rank #43–#323
Bottom line · 2025–26
In 2025–26, Steven Adams ranked 129th in per-minute impact. His box-score profile ranked 261st, led by strong rebounding despite poor scoring efficiency. After adjusting for teammates and opponents, his on-court defense was stronger than the box score indicated, lifting his overall rating. With only about 700 minutes, he finished in the 54th percentile for total season value.
2025–26 NBA percentile rankings: What drives Steven Adams's impact
395 qualified NBA playersEvery player in the comparison logged at least 450 minutes.
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Overall value
Impact Rate
68
57.1Season Value
54
12.7Scoring role
Usage
7
12.1%True shooting
20
53.5%3-point attempt rate
1
0.0%Free-throw rate
98
58.3%Creation and control
Assist rate
19
8.3%Turnover avoidance
9
16.7%Possession stats
Rebound rate
97
21.0%Steal rate
40
1.5%Block rate
76
2.5%Lineup signal
Offensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
66
+0.73Defensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
96
+2.28Workload
Minutes per game
48
22.8Games played
4
32Total minutes
15
730Farther 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
Steven Adams 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 | HOU | 32 | 32 | 730 | -1.35 | 57.1 | #129 | 12.7 | 54th | Established |
| 2024–25 | HOU | 31 | 58 | 794 | -0.95 | 39.2 | #237 | 17.1 | 34th | Established |
| 2022–23 | MEM | 29 | 42 | 1,133 | +0.20 | 62.4 | #143 | 52.5 | 57th | Strong |
| 2021–22 | MEM | 28 | 76 | 1,999 | +2.07 | 83.3 | #65 | 170.0 | 89th | Strong |
| 2020–21 | NOP | 27 | 58 | 1,605 | -0.07 | 56.3 | #162 | 64.5 | 64th | Strong |
| 2019–20Historical Defense Estimate | OKC | 26 | 63 | 1,680 | +2.26 | 85.8 | #51 | 147.2 | 86th | Strong |
| 2018–19Historical Defense Estimate | OKC | 25 | 80 | 2,669 | +1.17 | 75.5 | #91 | 180.9 | 89th | Strong |
| 2017–18Historical Defense Estimate | OKC | 24 | 76 | 2,487 | +1.24 | 78.1 | #80 | 162.5 | 87th | Strong |
| 2016–17Historical Defense Estimate | OKC | 23 | 80 | 2,389 | -0.27 | 59.8 | #147 | 84.1 | 72nd | Strong |
| 2015–16Historical Defense Estimate | OKC | 22 | 80 | 2,014 | -1.07 | 40.2 | #218 | 37.9 | 50th | Strong |
| 2014–15Historical Defense Estimate | OKC | 21 | 70 | 1,771 | -1.89 | 25.1 | #278 | 3.9 | 27th | Strong |
| 2013–14Historical Defense Estimate | OKC | 20 | 81 | 1,197 | -2.90 | 11.9 | #305 | -21.5 | 10th | Strong |
Career movement
Steven Adams's career impact by season
Peak +2.26 in 2019–20 · 12 seasons · 20,468 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
—’24
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.
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NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
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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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92% season match · 2021–22 ↔ 2002–03Why this rank?
Why Steven Adams ranks #129
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 #261
Current total +3.69 ±0.9
Split model · O +0.73 · D +2.28 = +3.00
Maximum ±0.75
Before the within-season scale
59.9 unadjusted · 92% role factor · rank #129
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 -1.35 to +3.20. Exact ordering is difficult when many players have overlapping estimates.
- Top 25 chance
- 4%
- Top 50 chance
- 13%
- Top 100 chance
- 30%
- 80% rank range
- #43–#323
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 →