LaMelo Ball

6'7"180 lb

Born 2001-08-22 (Age: 24)

2020Rd 1Pk 3CHA

Per game average

Season	PPG	APG	RPG	TS%
2025-26	20.1	7.1	4.8	54.6%
2024-25	25.2	7.4	4.9	53.6%
2023-24	23.9	8.0	5.1	56.1%
2022-23	23.3	8.4	6.4	54.1%
2021-22	20.1	7.6	6.7

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2026-27 · CHA

Drafted by the Hornets with the 3rd pick in 2020. How they got him

2025-26 percentile ranking

20-2125-26

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Season stats

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Season	Tm	G	PTS	AST	TRB	MP	ORB	DRB	TOV	PF
2025-26	CHA	72	20.1	7.1	4.8	28.0	0.9	3.9	2.8	2.7
2024-25	CHA	47	25.2	7.4	4.9	32.0	1.0	3.9	3.6	3.3
2023-24	CHA	22	23.9	8.0	5.1	32.3	1.3	3.8	3.8	3.6
2022-23	CHA	36	23.3	8.4	6.4	35.2	1.2	5.3	3.6	3.3
2021-22	CHA	75	20.1	7.6	6.7	32.3	1.4	5.2	3.3	3.2
2020-21	CHA	51	15.7	6.1	5.9	28.8	1.2	4.7	2.8	2.7

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Contract

$130.7M over 3 seasons through 2028-29 · $130.7M guaranteed

MIN payroll

Projected surplus

-$74.9M

80% range -$126.7M to +$10.3M

Estimated worth

$55.9M

Against $130.7M in salary

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6th percentile

By total surplus, of 406 we can estimate

Paid more than he's projected to be worth in every season.

Surplus

2026-27Paid $40.8M, worth about $17.1M (likely $1.3M to $42.4M)

Salary
Estimated worth
Likely range (80%)
Gain or loss

Season	Salary	Est. worth	80% range	Surplus	Notes
2026-27	$40.8M	$17.1M	$1.3M–$42.4M	-$23.7M	—
2027-28	$43.6M	$18.8M	$1.4M–$47.3M	-$24.8M	—
2028-29	$46.4M	$20.0M	$1.4M–$51.3M	-$26.4M	—

Worth is projected from DRBL wins over 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 (17,672 possessions). Surplus is worth minus salary, after options.

Traded from CHO to MIN July 10, 2026. Signed 5-yr/$206M contract extension July 6, 2023.

How this works

Worth is what his projected DRBL wins would cost on the open market. We count wins above a minimum-salary player in the same minutes and price them at what teams paid per DRBL win from 2020-21 to 2025-26: 9.8% of the cap, about $16.2M in 2026-27.

Projections weight his last 3 seasons 3, 2 and 1, newest first, and pull toward what players at his salary usually produce, then adjust for age. Playing time comes from recent minutes, age and salary, since teams play the players they pay. A season lost to injury still pulls the playing time down.

Surplus is worth minus salary. A team can always bench a player, so worth never drops below the minimum salary. A player option leaves the team only the downside, because he walks when he could earn more. A team option or a non-guaranteed year leaves only the upside.

To test it, we refit the model three times, each with only the seasons through 2022-23, 2023-24 or 2024-25, valued what players were actually paid afterward, and compared with what they did. The typical miss the next season was 0.91 wins, against 1.09 for assuming a player repeats his last season. Three seasons out it was 1.18 wins, against 1.54. 12% of players beat the top of the range. Fewer than 2% fell below the bottom, since worth can't drop under the minimum salary.

Cap figures after 2026-27 assume 5.8% growth a year, the recent average. The percentile compares total surplus across the 406 current contracts we can estimate.

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Season	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Impact												Profile								Shooting														Defense								Hustle					Advanced
Season	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	DARKO	DARKO-O	DARKO-D	RAPTOR	O-RAPTOR	D-RAPTOR	WAR	WAR1	VORP	DRBL/100	DRBL-O	DRBL-D	MP	PTS	TRB	ORB	DRB	AST	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	FT	FTA	FT%	eFG%	TS%	STL	BLK	STL%	BLK%	DRB%	DRtg	DBPM	DWS	Defl	Contest	ScrAst	Loose	BoxOut	3PAr	FTr	USG%	TOV%	AST%	ORB%	TRB%	AST/TO	ORtg	NET	PER	OWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	BPM
2025-26	24	CHA	PG	72	69	0.62	1.79	-1.17	-	-	-	-	-0.0	3.4	-0.0	0.7	-0.7	28.0	20.1	4.8	0.9	3.9	7.1	2.8	2.7	7.0	17.3	40.7%	3.8	10.3	36.8%	3.2	7.0	46.4%	2.2	2.5	89.9%	51.6%	54.6%	1.2	0.2	2.1%	0.8%	15.5%	114.0	-0.1	2.6	2.0	1.9	0.3	0.6	0.3	59.5%	0.144	32.0%	13.2%	42.6%	3.7%	9.7%	2.54	116.0	2.0	19.7	3.6	6.2	0.147	4.8	4.7
2024-25	23	CHA	PG	47	47	1.78	2.24	-0.46	-	-	-	-	-0.1	2.0	-0.0	0.8	-0.9	32.0	25.2	4.9	1.0	3.9	7.4	3.6	3.3	8.6	21.3	40.5%	3.8	11.2	33.9%	4.8	10.1	47.8%	4.1	4.9	84.3%	49.4%	53.6%	1.1	0.3	1.8%	0.8%	13.4%	117.0	-0.9	1.1	2.9	2.3	0.4	0.9	0.3	52.6%	0.228	35.9%	13.1%	43.8%	3.3%	8.2%	2.06	108.0	-9.0	19.1	0.9	2.0	0.065	4.1	3.2
2023-24	22	CHA	PG	22	22	1.29	1.49	-0.20	-	-	-	-	0.1	1.0	0.1	0.5	-0.3	32.3	23.9	5.1	1.3	3.8	8.0	3.8	3.6	8.3	19.2	43.3%	3.2	9.0	35.5%	5.1	10.2	50.0%	4.1	4.7	86.5%	51.5%	56.1%	1.8	0.2	2.8%	0.5%	13.7%	118.0	-0.5	0.5	2.9	2.8	0.4	0.7	0.1	46.6%	0.246	34.3%	15.0%	43.1%	4.4%	8.9%	2.11	110.0	-8.0	20.8	0.6	1.1	0.074	3.8	3.3
2022-23	21	CHA	PG	36	36	2.04	1.59	0.45	-	-	-	-	-2.1	1.4	-1.1	-1.6	-1.1	35.2	23.3	6.4	1.2	5.3	8.4	3.6	3.3	8.2	20.0	41.1%	4.0	10.6	37.6%	4.2	9.4	45.0%	2.8	3.4	83.6%	51.0%	54.1%	1.3	0.3	1.7%	0.8%	16.2%	115.0	-0.8	1.2	2.5	3.2	0.1	0.9	0.1	53.1%	0.169	30.0%	14.3%	38.7%	3.5%	9.7%	2.33	108.0	-7.0	17.9	0.6	1.8	0.068	3.2	2.4
2021-22	20	CHA	PG	75	75	0.22	-0.06	0.29	2.05	2.71	-0.66	6.07	-1.2	3.3	-0.4	-0.9	0.1	32.3	20.1	6.7	1.4	5.2	7.6	3.3	3.2	7.2	16.7	42.9%	2.9	7.5	38.9%	4.3	9.2	46.2%	2.8	3.2	87.2%	51.7%	55.4%	1.6	0.4	2.4%	1.2%	17.4%	112.0	0.1	2.5	2.8	3.7	0.1	1.1	0.2	45.1%	0.194	28.2%	15.3%	35.7%	4.7%	11.0%	2.30	111.0	-1.0	19.7	3.4	5.8	0.116	3.3	3.4
2020-21	19	CHA	PG	51	31	-0.87	-0.98	0.11	0.26	1.15	-0.89	2.31	-0.8	1.4	-0.4	-1.5	0.6	28.8	15.7	5.9	1.2	4.7	6.1	2.8	2.7	5.7	13.2	43.6%	1.8	5.1	35.2%	3.9	8.1	48.9%	2.5	3.2	75.8%	50.4%	53.9%	1.6	0.4	2.7%	1.2%	17.9%	110.0	0.7	1.9	3.0	3.9	0.1	1.2	0.3	38.8%	0.246	26.1%	16.3%	33.9%	4.6%	11.1%	2.18	108.0	-2.0	17.5	1.0	2.8	0.093	1.1	1.8

LaMelo Ball

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