Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

6'5"204 lb

Born 1993-02-18 (Age: 23)Pre-NBA: Georgia

2013Rd 1Pk 8DET

Per game average

Season	PPG	APG	RPG	TS%
2026-27	-	-	-	-
2025-26	8.4	2.7	2.5	53.3%
2024-25	8.7	1.8	2.2	57.4%
2023-24	10.1	2.4	2.4	60.2%
2022-23	10.8	2.4	2.7	59.8%

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2026-27 · PHI

Drafted by the Pistons with the 8th pick in 2013. How they got him

2016-17 percentile ranking

13-1425-26

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Season stats

Career trend + season grid. Click a season to open that year’s game log.

Season	Tm	G	PTS	AST	TRB	MP	ORB	DRB	TOV	PF
2025-26	MEM	51	8.4	2.7	2.5	21.3	0.4	2.1	1.2	1.1
2024-25	ORL	77	8.7	1.8	2.2	29.6	0.4	1.8	0.8	1.8
2023-24	DEN	76	10.1	2.4	2.4	31.6	0.4	2.0	1.0	2.0
2022-23	DEN	76	10.8	2.4	2.7	31.3	0.5	2.3	1.1	1.9
2021-22	WAS	77	13.2	1.9	3.4	30.2	0.5	2.9	1.3	1.8
2020-21	LAL	67	9.7	1.9	2.7	28.4	0.4	2.3	1.0	1.7
2019-20	LAL	69	9.3	1.6	2.1	25.5	0.6	1.5	0.9	1.9
2018-19	LAL	82	11.4	1.3	2.9	24.8	0.6	2.3	0.8	1.7
2017-18	LAL	74	13.4	2.2	5.2	33.2	0.8	4.4	1.3	2.0
2016-17	DET	76	13.8	2.5	3.3	33.3	0.7	2.5	1.1	1.6
2015-16	DET	76	14.5	1.8	3.7	36.7	0.9	2.8	1.4	2.2
2014-15	DET	82	12.7	1.3	3.1	31.5	0.6	2.5	1.1	2.0
2013-14	DET	80	5.9	0.7	2.0	19.8	0.5	1.5	0.4	1.8

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Contract

$2.4M over 2026-27 only · $2.4M guaranteed

PHI payroll

Projected surplus

+$4.7M

80% range -$1.2M to +$16.4M

Estimated worth

$7.1M

Against $2.4M in salary

Among contracts

54th percentile

By total surplus, of 406 we can estimate

Projected to be worth more than his salary this season.

Surplus

2026-27Paid $2.4M, worth about $7.1M (likely $1.3M to $18.8M)

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

Season	Salary	Est. worth	80% range	Surplus	Notes
2026-27	$2.4M	$7.1M	$1.3M–$18.8M	+$4.7M	—

Worth is projected from DRBL wins over 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 (23,256 possessions). Surplus is worth minus salary, after options.

Signed 1-yr minimum contract August 5, 2026.

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	Chrg	Loose	BoxOut	3PAr	FTr	USG%	TOV%	AST%	ORB%	TRB%	AST/TO	ORtg	NET	PER	OWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	BPM
2025-26	32	MEM	SG	51	14	1.27	-0.16	1.43	-	-	-	-	-0.5	-0.1	-0.3	0.1	-0.9	21.3	8.4	2.5	0.4	2.1	2.7	1.2	1.1	2.9	7.2	41.0%	1.1	3.4	31.6%	1.8	3.8	49.5%	1.4	1.6	91.3%	48.5%	53.3%	0.8	0.2	1.9%	0.7%	10.6%	121.0	-0.2	0.5	1.4	1.2	0.1	-	0.4	0.2	47.5%	0.219	17.7%	13.2%	17.7%	2.0%	6.2%	2.25	108.0	-13.0	11.0	0.2	0.7	0.032	-2.3	-2.5
2024-25	31	ORL	SG	77	77	1.61	0.39	1.22	-	-	-	-	1.2	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.6	29.6	8.7	2.2	0.4	1.8	1.8	0.8	1.8	3.1	7.1	43.9%	1.5	4.3	34.2%	1.6	2.8	58.9%	1.1	1.2	86.3%	54.3%	57.4%	1.3	0.4	2.2%	1.4%	7.2%	112.0	1.6	3.1	2.0	2.3	0.6	0.0	0.6	0.2	60.7%	0.175	12.4%	9.6%	8.7%	1.6%	4.3%	2.25	115.0	3.0	9.9	1.5	4.6	0.096	-3.0	-1.4
2023-24	30	DEN	SG	76	76	1.68	0.63	1.05	-	-	-	-	1.3	0.4	0.4	1.1	-0.1	31.6	10.1	2.4	0.4	2.0	2.4	1.0	2.0	3.6	7.7	46.0%	1.6	4.1	40.6%	2.0	3.6	52.0%	1.3	1.5	89.4%	56.6%	60.2%	1.3	0.6	2.0%	1.5%	6.8%	115.0	0.7	2.6	2.4	2.4	0.5	-	0.8	0.2	52.5%	0.193	12.9%	10.5%	9.5%	1.5%	4.2%	2.40	119.0	4.0	10.7	2.2	4.8	0.096	-2.1	-1.4
2022-23	29	DEN	SG	76	76	-1.26	-0.45	-0.81	-	-	-	-	1.1	0.6	0.4	0.9	-0.1	31.3	10.8	2.7	0.5	2.3	2.4	1.1	1.9	3.8	8.3	46.2%	1.8	4.2	42.3%	2.0	4.1	50.2%	1.4	1.6	82.4%	56.9%	59.8%	1.5	0.5	2.3%	1.3%	8.1%	115.0	0.6	2.5	2.6	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.3	50.5%	0.198	14.1%	11.1%	9.8%	1.7%	5.0%	2.18	117.0	2.0	11.5	2.0	4.5	0.091	-1.6	-1.0
2021-22	28	WAS	SG	77	77	0.28	-0.49	0.77	-1.11	-0.99	-0.12	1.96	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.8	-0.3	30.2	13.2	3.4	0.5	2.9	1.9	1.3	1.8	4.7	10.8	43.5%	2.1	5.3	39.0%	2.6	5.5	48.0%	1.8	2.0	89.0%	53.1%	56.8%	1.1	0.3	1.8%	0.9%	10.3%	116.0	-0.6	1.4	1.9	2.8	0.5	0.0	0.8	0.7	49.2%	0.186	19.0%	9.8%	9.1%	2.0%	6.2%	1.46	109.0	-7.0	12.6	1.4	2.8	0.058	-0.9	-1.5
2020-21	27	LAL	SG	67	67	-0.33	0.15	-0.47	0.08	-0.22	0.30	2.95	1.5	0.7	0.6	1.2	0.2	28.4	9.7	2.7	0.4	2.3	1.9	1.0	1.7	3.3	7.6	43.1%	1.8	4.4	41.0%	1.5	3.2	46.0%	1.4	1.7	86.6%	54.9%	58.8%	0.9	0.4	1.6%	1.2%	8.9%	109.0	1.0	2.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	57.9%	0.221	14.2%	10.6%	9.2%	1.6%	5.3%	1.90	114.0	5.0	10.7	1.6	4.2	0.107	-1.6	-0.5
2019-20	26	LAL	SG	69	26	-0.59	0.01	-0.60	-0.70	-0.14	-0.55	2.49	-	0.5	-	-	-	25.5	9.3	2.1	0.6	1.5	1.6	0.9	1.9	3.4	7.3	46.7%	1.3	3.5	38.5%	2.1	3.8	54.1%	1.1	1.5	77.5%	55.8%	58.4%	0.8	0.2	1.5%	0.7%	6.4%	110.0	0.4	1.9	-	-	-	-	-	-	47.1%	0.201	14.7%	10.1%	8.5%	2.4%	4.4%	1.78	115.0	5.0	11.0	1.9	3.7	0.102	-1.2	-0.8
2018-19	25	LAL	SG	82	23	0.88	0.59	0.29	0.51	0.81	-0.30	3.39	-	0.8	-	-	-	24.8	11.4	2.9	0.6	2.3	1.3	0.8	1.7	4.0	9.2	43.0%	1.8	5.3	34.7%	2.2	3.9	54.2%	1.7	1.9	86.7%	53.0%	56.8%	0.9	0.2	1.7%	0.5%	9.4%	112.0	-0.1	1.8	-	-	-	-	-	-	57.5%	0.209	18.1%	7.3%	7.5%	2.5%	6.0%	1.63	113.0	1.0	12.9	2.3	4.0	0.095	-0.3	-0.5
2017-18	24	LAL	SG	74	74	-0.65	0.29	-0.94	0.24	0.77	-0.53	3.77	-	1.4	-	-	-	33.2	13.4	5.2	0.8	4.4	2.2	1.3	2.0	4.6	10.8	42.6%	2.1	5.6	38.3%	2.5	5.2	47.3%	2.1	2.6	78.9%	52.6%	56.1%	1.4	0.2	2.1%	0.5%	14.1%	108.0	0.6	2.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	52.0%	0.243	16.9%	9.9%	9.4%	2.6%	8.4%	1.69	111.0	3.0	13.2	2.6	5.3	0.103	-0.4	0.3
2016-17	23	DET	SG	76	75	1.04	1.38	-0.34	-0.06	0.67	-0.73	3.48	-	1.1	-	-	-	33.3	13.8	3.3	0.7	2.5	2.5	1.1	1.6	4.9	12.2	39.9%	2.0	5.8	35.0%	2.9	6.4	44.2%	2.0	2.4	83.2%	48.1%	51.9%	1.2	0.2	1.8%	0.4%	8.7%	109.0	0.4	2.5	-	-	-	-	-	-	47.1%	0.199	19.2%	7.9%	11.2%	2.3%	5.3%	2.27	107.0	-2.0	12.8	2.0	4.5	0.086	-0.6	-0.2
2015-16	22	DET	SG	76	76	0.30	0.51	-0.21	2.54	0.82	1.72	7.99	-	1.2	-	-	-	36.7	14.5	3.7	0.9	2.8	1.8	1.4	2.2	5.3	12.6	42.0%	1.5	4.9	30.9%	3.8	7.7	48.9%	2.4	3.0	81.1%	47.9%	52.1%	1.4	0.2	2.0%	0.5%	8.6%	107.0	0.8	2.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	38.4%	0.238	18.2%	9.0%	7.8%	2.6%	5.5%	1.29	107.0	0.0	12.4	2.6	5.3	0.092	-1.1	-0.3
2014-15	21	DET	SG	82	82	-1.38	-1.38	0.00	0.34	0.79	-0.45	4.09	-	0.2	-	-	-	31.5	12.7	3.1	0.6	2.5	1.3	1.1	2.0	4.8	11.9	40.1%	1.9	5.4	34.5%	2.9	6.5	44.9%	1.3	1.9	69.6%	48.0%	50.1%	1.1	0.2	1.9%	0.5%	9.1%	109.0	-0.4	1.8	-	-	-	-	-	-	45.7%	0.163	19.5%	8.3%	6.8%	1.9%	5.4%	1.18	101.0	-8.0	11.2	1.1	2.8	0.052	-1.3	-1.7
2013-14	20	DET	SG	80	41	-1.94	-1.35	-0.59	-0.67	-0.90	0.23	1.68	-	-0.2	-	-	-	19.8	5.9	2.0	0.5	1.5	0.7	0.4	1.8	2.3	5.8	39.6%	0.7	2.3	31.9%	1.6	3.5	44.7%	0.6	0.8	77.0%	46.0%	48.3%	0.9	0.2	2.4%	0.6%	8.6%	111.0	0.5	0.8	-	-	-	-	-	-	40.2%	0.133	13.9%	5.4%	5.0%	2.5%	5.4%	1.75	106.0	-5.0	9.4	1.0	1.8	0.055	-3.0	-2.6

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

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