6.8 score · 89% MPG role factor
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Walter Clayton
Walter Clayton advanced stats and career rankings
RolePG · Age 22
Availability69 games · 6 starts
Workload20.4 MPG · 1,410 minutes
Relative impactMEM/UTA #2 of 2 · PG #63 of 70
UpdatedJul 21, 2026
-20.1 total value · 395 qualified players
93.4 all-time composite · 1 seasons
Low ranking precision · Likely rank #119–#378
Bottom line · 2025–26
In 2025–26, Walter Clayton ranked 349th in per-minute impact. His box-score profile ranked 338th, led by strong shot blocking despite costly turnovers. Over about 1,400 minutes, he finished in the 7th percentile for total season value.
2025–26 NBA percentile rankings: What drives Walter Clayton's impact
395 qualified NBA playersEvery player in the comparison logged at least 450 minutes.
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Overall value
Impact Rate
12
6.8Season Value
7
-20.1Scoring role
Usage
50
18.5%True shooting
12
52.3%3-point attempt rate
71
52.9%Free-throw rate
59
26.2%Creation and control
Assist rate
89
26.6%Turnover avoidance
5
18.4%Possession stats
Rebound rate
7
5.3%Steal rate
40
1.5%Block rate
47
1.3%Lineup signal
Offensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
67
+0.79Defensive lineup impact387-player lineup pool
3
−2.57Workload
Minutes per game
35
20.4Games played
68
69Total minutes
53
1,410Farther 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
Walter Clayton 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 | MEM/UTA | 22 | 69 | 1,410 | -2.68 | 6.8 | #349 | -20.1 | 7th | Established |
Career movement
Walter Clayton's career impact by season
Peak -2.68 in 2025–26 · 1 seasons · 1,410 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
Early-career comparison
Compare the first 1 seasons
Only the first 1 NBA seasons are compared, so this is a similarity of starts—not a prediction of the full career.
Walter ClaytonJamal Shead
NBA season number · fixed impact axis −5 to +15
Similar starts
Players with starts similar to Walter Clayton
The score compares the first 1 seasons by impact, workload, position, and trajectory. It does not claim the careers will finish alike.
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89%start match
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97% season match · 2025–26 ↔ 1983–84Why this rank?
Why Walter Clayton ranks #349
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 #338
Current total -1.55 ±1.0
Split model · O +0.79 · D -2.57 = -1.78
Maximum ±0.75
Before the within-season scale
6.8 unadjusted · 89% role factor · rank #349
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 -2.95 to +1.62. Exact ordering is difficult when many players have overlapping estimates.
- Top 25 chance
- 0%
- Top 50 chance
- 2%
- Top 100 chance
- 7%
- 80% rank range
- #119–#378
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 →