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LaMelo Ball

CHA CHA· Guard· 2025-26· now with MIN MIN

2.01 m · 82 kg · 25 years old

1× ROY1× All-Star
🧑‍💼 Sam Permut📄 40.8 M$ · 3 yrs · Max
🎮 NBA 2K27: 88 · Playmaking 3PT Creator · potential A
Among the best in the leagueno. 9among guardsAssistsno. 20among guardsScoringno. 21among guardsRebounds
Season
72 games
20.1PTS
4.8REB
7.1AST
1.2STL
0.3BLK
28.0MIN
FG%
40.7%
3P%
36.8%
FT%
89.9%
Season by season · tap a row
SeasonTeamGPPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPFMINFG%3P%FT%
2025-26CHACHA7220.14.87.11.20.32.82.728.040.7%36.8%89.9%
2024-25CHACHA4725.24.97.41.10.33.63.33240.5%33.9%84.3%
2023-24CHACHA2223.95.181.80.23.83.632.343.3%35.5%86.5%
2022-23CHACHA3623.36.48.41.30.33.63.335.241.1%37.6%83.6%
2021-22CHACHA7520.16.77.61.60.43.33.232.342.9%38.9%87.2%
2020-21CHACHA5115.75.96.11.60.42.82.728.843.6%35.2%75.8%
Player DNA2025-26 · vs 178 players
SCORINGno. 20Very goodREBOUNDSno. 21Very goodASSISTSno. 9EliteSTEALSno. 37Very goodBLOCKSno. 94Average
Career · 6 seasons
Points
0
20.8 per game
Rebounds
0
5.7 per game
Assists
0
7.3 per game
36.8%Field goals
In the clutch
last 5 min, within 5 points · 2020–2025
PTS/game
1.7
Win %
50.4%
123 games with clutch minutes
His go-to play

Where he does the most damage: one-on-onearound the league average (1.0 pts/possession)

Who guards him2025-26 · official matchups
Anthony BlackAnthony Black74 poss20 pts/100
Davion MitchellDavion Mitchell63 poss38 pts/100
Immanuel QuickleyImmanuel Quickley63 poss24 pts/100
Miles McBrideMiles McBride59 poss36 pts/100
Dyson DanielsDyson Daniels53 poss13 pts/100

What he scores per 100 possessions against each defender, in the recorded matchups. Observed history: it does not say who defends him best.

Videosplay by play · official NBA clips

Watch him do it: his best recent plays, straight from the real play-by-play.

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TRACKING PROFILE · NBA 2025-26

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distance

3.38km#90/414

72 games · SpeedDistance

points per touch

0.3#180/342

The ball sticks with him: he dribbles a lot before deciding.

The provider does not publish this data point's sample. · Possessions

HOW IT CREATES ITS SHOTS

37.1%

He manufactures most of his own offence: he produces more off the dribble than off the catch.

The provider does not publish this data point's sample. · CatchShoot + PullUpShot

conversion rate

59.9%#48/283

The provider does not publish this data point's sample. · Rebounding

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Observed

LaMelo Ball: 6 tracking signals with a league rank in 2025-26; the highest, points created by assists (#11 of 414).

18.8
Points created by assists · 2025-26
LaMelo Ball: 6 tracking signals with a league rank in 2025-26; the highest, points created by assists (#11 of 414).Kilometres pe…Points per to…Paint touchesDrives per ga…Points create…Rebound conve…
  • 3.38 kmKilometres per game#90/414
  • 0.28Points per touch#180/342
  • 0.9Paint touches#265/414
  • 10.9Drives per game#40/414
  • 18.8Points created by assists#11/414
  • 59.9 %Rebound conversion#48/283
Optical tracking · 2025-26 · ranks among players with ≥ 30 games
Open
See evidence · 6 pieces of evidence
  1. Kilometres per game: 3.38 km · rank 90 of 414 · 72 games · 2026-04-12
  2. Points per touch: 0.28 · rank 180 of 342 · 2025-26 · 2026-04-12
  3. Paint touches: 0.9 · rank 265 of 414 · 72 games · 2026-04-12
  4. Drives per game: 10.9 · rank 40 of 414 · 2025-26 · 2026-04-12
  5. Points created by assists: 18.8 · rank 11 of 414 · 72 games · 2026-04-12
  6. Rebound conversion: 59.9 % · rank 48 of 283 · 2025-26 · 2026-04-12
Limits
  • Ranks among players with ≥ 30 box-score games; rates also require their event floor.
Revision a956a6ef · house data · 2026-04-12
Measured

LaMelo Ball sits in the 95th percentile among the league's guards in playmaking (2025-26).

95
Percentile · Playmaking · 2025-26
LaMelo Ball sits in the 95th percentile among the league's guards in playmaking (2025-26).Playmaki…P95ScoringP89Reboundi…P88
Against 178 league guards with ≥ 20 games and ≥ 15 min
Observed

LaMelo Ball drops from 25.2 to 20.1 points per game in 2024-25→2025-26 after 6 measured seasons.

20.1
Points per game · 2025-26
LaMelo Ball drops from 25.2 to 20.1 points per game in 2024-25→2025-26 after 6 measured seasons.20.1
Career · 2020-21–2025-26 · 6 seasons
Measured

With Ball on the floor his team is 5.5 points better per 100 possessions than without him (2025-26).

+5.5
On/off difference · per 100 possessions · 2025-26
With Ball on the floor his team is 5.5 points better per 100 possessions than without him (2025-26).With him on th…12.7With him off t…7.2
Real lineups of 2025-26 · 1,468 min with him · 2,464 min without
Forecast

LaMelo Ball: projected impact 3.0 in 2026-27 (band 0.7–5.3, BPM scale).

3.0
Projected impact · 2026-27
LaMelo Ball: projected impact 3.0 in 2026-27 (band 0.7–5.3, BPM scale).3.0
Season 2026-27 · current model · computed 2026-09-20
Observed

LaMelo Ball passes most to Brandon Miller (10.82 passes per game) in 2025-26; 8 teammates with ≥ 1 pass per game.

10.82
Most frequent connection · Passes per game · 2025-26
LaMelo Ball passes most to Brandon Miller (10.82 passes per game) in 2025-26; 8 teammates with ≥ 1 pass per game.Brandon… 10.82Miles B… 10.54Kon Knu… 9.31Moussa… 5.10
Passes made per game · 2025-26 · regular season
Career highs · advanced
20.8PER
5.8WS
3.4BPM
3.3VORP
56.1%TS%
35.9%USG%
Points per game · tap a bar
2020-212025-262025-26
👟 On his feet
Puma MB.05
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Current physique

Official team listing · with shoes · no measurement date

Height201 cm
Weight82 kg
Injury history
2024-11-28calf · left18 days out
2024-01-27ankle · right324 days out
2024-01-20ankle · right2 days out
2023-11-28ankle · right45 days out
2023-03-01ankle · right317 days out
2023-01-23ankle3 days out
🚫 Block duels

Play by play, since 2003.

Blocks the most
Anthony Black2
Tyler Herro2
P.J. Washington2
Jimmy Butler2
Most blocked by
Rudy Gobert6
Haywood Highsmith5
Isaiah Stewart5
Daniel Gafford4
🔗 Who he plays with

Passes per game, 2025 season. Source: NBA tracking.

Brandon Miller
His main partner
Brandon Miller
10.8 passes per game · 43% shooting after the pass
Passes to most
Brandon Miller10.822%
Miles Bridges10.521%
Kon Knueppel9.319%
Moussa Diabaté5.110%
Sion James2.55%
Receives most from
Brandon Miller12.621%
Miles Bridges10.117%
Kon Knueppel9.115%
Moussa Diabaté8.915%
Sion James4.58%
🎯 How he scores

Shot distribution from play-by-play. These are shares, not totals.

50%
32%
18%
Three36%At the rim51%Mid-range40%
Assisted baskets: 43%Buzzer-beaters: 19bandeja: 26%semigancho: 19%suspensión: 14%
🪪 Passport and numbers
🇺🇸United StatesPosition: base
🔊 Pronounced (English phonetics):luh-MEL-oh
Draft: 2020 · round 1, pick 3
His numbers
1CHA2022–20252CHA2020–2021