Buddy Hield

GSWSG

ATLSG

6'4"220 lb

Born 1992-12-17 (Age: 33)Pre-NBA: Oklahoma

2016Rd 1Pk 6NO

Per game average

Season	PPG	APG	RPG	TS%
2026-27	-	-	-	-
2025-26	7.6	1.4	2.3	56.8%
2024-25	11.1	1.6	3.2	56.0%
2023-24	12.1	2.8	3.2	57.8%
2022-23	16.8	2.8

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2026-27 · CHI

Joined the Hawks in a trade with the Warriors on Feb 5, 2026. How they got him

2025-26 percentile ranking

16-1725-26

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Season stats

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Season	Tm	G	PTS	AST	TRB	MP	ORB	DRB	TOV	PF
2025-26	GSW/ATL	51	7.6	1.4	2.3	16.1	0.5	1.7	0.9	1.1
2024-25	GSW	82	11.1	1.6	3.2	22.7	0.6	2.6	1.1	1.6
2023-24	IND/PHI	84	12.1	2.8	3.2	25.7	0.7	2.5	1.2	2.0
2022-23	IND	80	16.8	2.8	5.0	31.0	0.8	4.2	1.7	2.0
2021-22	SAC/IND	81	15.6	2.8	4.4	30.9	0.8	3.5	1.9	2.3
2020-21	SAC	71	16.6	3.6	4.7	34.3	0.4	4.3	1.8	2.5
2019-20	SAC	72	19.2	3.0	4.6	30.8	0.8	3.8	2.3	2.3
2018-19	SAC	82	20.7	2.5	5.0	31.9	1.3	3.7	1.8	2.5
2017-18	SAC	80	13.5	1.9	3.8	25.3	0.7	3.2	1.6	1.9
2016-17	NOP/SAC	82	10.6	1.5	3.3	23.0	0.4	2.9	1.2	1.4

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Contract

$19.8M over 2 seasons through 2027-28 · $9.7M guaranteed

CHI payroll

Projected surplus

-$7.7M

80% range -$17.1M to +$11.0M

Estimated worth

$14.2M

Against $19.8M in salary

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25th percentile

By total surplus, of 406 we can estimate

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

Surplus

2026-27Paid $9.7M, worth about $7.7M (likely $1.3M to $20.6M)

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

Season	Salary	Est. worth	80% range	Surplus	Notes
2026-27	$9.7M	$7.7M	$1.3M–$20.6M	-$2.0M	—
2027-28Player option	$10.1M	$6.5M	$1.4M–$18.5M	-$5.7M	Player option

Worth is projected from DRBL wins over 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 (19,863 possessions). Surplus is worth minus salary, after options.

Traded from CHO to CHI September 27, 2026. Traded from ATL to CHO September 22, 2026. Traded from GSW to ATL February 5, 2026. 2027-28 is a player option. Traded from PHI to GSW July 6, 2024. Signed 4-yr/$38M contract July 6, 2024.

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	33	GSW/ATL	SG	51	3	-0.62	-0.12	-0.51	-	-	-	-	-0.2	0.2	-0.2	0.5	-1.0	16.1	7.6	2.3	0.5	1.7	1.4	0.9	1.1	2.8	6.4	43.7%	1.5	4.2	34.9%	1.3	2.2	60.0%	0.6	0.7	81.1%	55.0%	56.8%	0.8	0.2	2.3%	1.0%	12.3%	115.0	-0.1	0.8	1.5	2.6	0.1	0.4	0.1	64.8%	0.113	20.3%	12.3%	12.8%	3.6%	7.9%	1.56	105.0	-10.0	12.8	0.2	1.0	0.060	-0.9	-1.0
2024-25	32	GSW	SG	82	22	-0.18	0.26	-0.44	-	-	-	-	0.9	0.5	0.4	1.1	-0.3	22.7	11.1	3.2	0.6	2.6	1.6	1.1	1.6	4.0	9.6	41.7%	2.5	6.7	37.0%	1.5	2.9	52.7%	0.6	0.8	82.8%	54.6%	56.0%	0.8	0.3	1.8%	1.2%	12.7%	113.0	-0.3	2.2	1.8	3.6	0.2	0.4	0.2	69.8%	0.081	20.5%	10.1%	10.7%	2.9%	7.6%	1.45	108.0	-5.0	12.3	0.6	2.8	0.073	-0.7	-1.0
2023-24	31	IND/PHI	SF	84	42	0.24	1.01	-0.76	-	-	-	-	0.3	1.3	0.1	1.6	-1.4	25.7	12.1	3.2	0.7	2.5	2.8	1.2	2.0	4.4	10.1	43.6%	2.6	6.8	38.6%	1.8	3.3	53.9%	0.6	0.7	88.1%	56.5%	57.8%	0.8	0.5	1.6%	1.6%	10.9%	116.0	-0.6	1.6	1.6	4.6	0.5	0.6	0.2	66.8%	0.069	19.2%	10.5%	14.5%	3.1%	7.0%	2.33	114.0	-2.0	13.3	1.9	3.5	0.077	1.0	0.4
2022-23	30	IND	SF	80	73	-0.47	0.77	-1.24	-	-	-	-	2.3	2.4	0.7	2.5	-0.9	31.0	16.8	5.0	0.8	4.2	2.8	1.7	2.0	5.9	13.0	45.8%	3.6	8.5	42.5%	2.3	4.5	51.8%	1.3	1.6	82.2%	59.6%	61.4%	1.2	0.3	1.8%	0.9%	14.9%	118.0	-0.6	1.6	2.1	5.5	0.5	0.8	0.2	65.2%	0.124	20.8%	11.3%	13.3%	3.0%	8.9%	1.65	115.0	-3.0	15.4	2.7	4.4	0.085	2.5	1.9
2021-22	29	SAC/IND	SG	81	32	-0.06	0.95	-1.01	0.21	1.34	-1.13	3.79	0.1	0.5	0.0	1.0	-0.9	30.9	15.6	4.4	0.8	3.5	2.8	1.9	2.3	5.5	13.6	40.6%	3.2	8.8	36.6%	2.3	4.8	48.2%	1.4	1.6	87.4%	52.6%	54.8%	0.9	0.3	1.4%	0.9%	12.8%	118.0	-1.7	1.1	1.7	5.8	0.4	0.7	0.2	65.2%	0.116	22.4%	11.7%	13.8%	2.9%	7.8%	1.47	110.0	-8.0	12.9	0.8	1.9	0.036	0.5	-1.2
2020-21	28	SAC	SG	71	71	0.37	1.17	-0.79	0.42	1.91	-1.50	3.95	-0.9	0.9	-0.3	0.7	-1.4	34.3	16.6	4.7	0.4	4.3	3.6	1.8	2.5	5.7	14.0	40.6%	4.0	10.2	39.1%	1.7	3.8	44.6%	1.2	1.5	84.6%	54.8%	56.7%	0.9	0.4	1.2%	1.0%	14.1%	119.0	-1.6	0.7	-	-	-	-	-	72.7%	0.105	20.7%	11.1%	14.7%	1.3%	7.6%	2.00	109.0	-10.0	12.8	1.5	2.2	0.044	1.0	-0.6
2019-20	27	SAC	SG	72	44	0.46	1.23	-0.77	-0.65	1.22	-1.87	2.39	-	1.7	-	-	-	30.8	19.2	4.6	0.8	3.8	3.0	2.3	2.3	6.9	16.1	42.9%	3.8	9.6	39.4%	3.1	6.5	47.9%	1.6	1.9	84.6%	54.5%	56.6%	0.9	0.2	1.4%	0.7%	14.1%	114.0	-1.4	1.5	-	-	-	-	-	59.2%	0.117	27.2%	12.1%	15.5%	2.8%	8.3%	1.30	106.0	-8.0	16.0	1.4	3.0	0.064	2.5	1.1
2018-19	26	SAC	SG	82	82	0.29	0.33	-0.05	1.36	2.17	-0.81	5.52	-	2.7	-	-	-	31.9	20.7	5.0	1.3	3.7	2.5	1.8	2.5	7.6	16.6	45.8%	3.4	7.9	42.7%	4.2	8.7	48.7%	2.1	2.4	88.6%	56.0%	58.7%	0.7	0.4	1.0%	1.1%	12.4%	114.0	-1.4	1.6	-	-	-	-	-	47.9%	0.142	25.1%	9.2%	11.9%	4.1%	8.1%	1.39	113.0	-1.0	17.5	4.3	5.9	0.108	3.5	2.1
2017-18	25	SAC	SG	80	13	-0.72	0.29	-1.01	1.36	1.10	0.26	4.24	-	1.5	-	-	-	25.3	13.5	3.8	0.7	3.2	1.9	1.6	1.9	5.2	11.7	44.6%	2.2	5.1	43.1%	3.0	6.6	45.7%	0.9	1.0	87.7%	54.0%	55.7%	1.1	0.3	2.1%	1.0%	14.8%	111.0	-0.5	1.5	-	-	-	-	-	43.7%	0.087	24.3%	11.3%	12.8%	3.0%	8.6%	1.19	104.0	-7.0	16.1	1.3	2.8	0.067	1.6	1.0
2016-17	24	NOP/SAC	SG	82	55	-1.40	-0.70	-0.70	-2.25	-0.85	-1.40	0.51	-	-	-	-	-	23.0	10.6	3.3	0.4	2.9	1.5	1.2	1.4	4.0	9.4	42.6%	1.8	4.6	39.1%	2.2	4.8	46.1%	0.8	0.9	84.2%	52.3%	54.1%	0.5	0.1	1.0%	0.4%	13.5%	113.0	-1.4	1.3	-	-	-	-	-	49.4%	0.099	21.3%	11.2%	10.3%	2.0%	7.8%	1.25	105.0	-8.0	11.8	-	1.3	0.032	-0.6	-2.0

Buddy Hield

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