Nicolas Batum

6'7"230 lb

Born 1988-12-14 (Age: 27)

2008Rd 1Pk 25HOU

Per game average

Season	PPG	APG	RPG	TS%
2025-26	4.0	0.9	2.5	60.3%
2024-25	4.0	1.1	2.8	63.3%
2023-24	5.3	2.1	4.1	60.3%
2022-23	6.1	1.6	3.8	59.4%
2021-22	8.3	1.7	4.3	60.8%

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2026-27 · CHA

Joined the Hornets in a trade with the Trail Blazers on Jun 24, 2015. How they got him

2015-16 percentile ranking

08-0925-26

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Season stats

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Season	Tm	G	PTS	AST	TRB	MP	ORB	DRB	TOV	PF
2025-26	LAC	74	4.0	0.9	2.5	17.5	0.3	2.2	0.5	1.4
2024-25	LAC	78	4.0	1.1	2.8	17.5	0.6	2.2	0.4	1.4
2023-24	LAC/PHI	60	5.3	2.1	4.1	25.5	1.2	3.0	0.7	1.8
2022-23	LAC	78	6.1	1.6	3.8	21.9	0.8	3.0	0.6	1.9
2021-22	LAC	59	8.3	1.7	4.3	24.8	0.5	3.8	0.7	1.4
2020-21	LAC	67	8.1	2.2	4.7	27.4	0.7	4.0	0.8	1.5
2019-20	CHA	22	3.6	3.0	4.5	23.0	1.1	3.4	1.0	1.9
2018-19	CHA	75	9.3	3.3	5.2	31.4	0.9	4.3	1.6	1.9
2017-18	CHA	64	11.6	5.5	4.8	31.0	0.9	3.9	2.0	1.1
2016-17	CHA	77	15.1	5.9	6.2	34.0	0.6	5.6	2.5	1.4
2015-16	CHA	70	14.9	5.8	6.1	35.0	0.8	5.3	2.9	1.6
2014-15	POR	71	9.4	4.8	5.9	33.5	0.9	5.0	1.9	1.5
2013-14	POR	82	13.0	5.1	7.5	36.0	1.4	6.0	2.5	1.9
2012-13	POR	73	14.3	4.9	5.6	38.5	1.3	4.3	2.6	1.9
2011-12	POR	59	13.9	1.4	4.6	30.4	1.4	3.2	1.5	1.8
2010-11	POR	80	12.4	1.5	4.5	31.5	1.4	3.2	1.0	2.4
2009-10	POR	37	10.1	1.2	3.8	24.8	0.9	2.9	0.7	2.2
2008-09	POR	79	5.4	0.9	2.8	18.4	1.1	1.7	0.6	1.8

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Contract

$5.9M over 2026-27 only

LAC payroll

Projected surplus

+$1.9M

80% range $0.0M to +$7.5M

Estimated worth

$4.6M

Against $5.9M in salary

Among contracts

39th percentile

By total surplus, of 406 we can estimate

Projected to be worth more than his salary this season.

Surplus

2026-27Paid $5.9M, worth about $4.6M (likely $1.3M to $13.4M)Team optionSurplus here isn't simply worth minus salary, because the option or guarantee terms decide who keeps the upside.

Salary
Estimated worth
Likely range (80%)
Gain or loss
Grey where option terms flip the surplus

Season	Salary	Est. worth	80% range	Surplus	Notes
2026-27Team option	$5.9M	$4.6M	$1.3M–$13.4M	+$1.9M	Team option

Worth is projected from DRBL wins over 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 (16,888 possessions). Surplus is worth minus salary, after options.

2026-27 is a team option. Signed 2-yr/$11.7M contract July 6, 2025.

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	37	LAC	PF	74	6	-0.81	-2.48	1.67	-	-	-	-	-0.9	0.3	-0.5	0.3	-1.5	17.5	4.0	2.5	0.3	2.2	0.9	0.5	1.4	1.3	3.2	40.3%	1.2	3.1	40.4%	0.1	0.1	40.0%	0.1	0.1	81.8%	59.7%	60.3%	0.6	0.3	1.8%	1.7%	14.1%	117.0	0.7	1.2	1.3	2.9	0.2	-	0.3	0.2	95.8%	0.046	9.6%	13.2%	6.5%	2.1%	8.3%	1.80	115.0	-2.0	8.4	0.6	1.8	0.066	-1.7	-1.0
2024-25	36	LAC	PF	78	8	-1.12	-1.85	0.73	-	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.7	0.6	17.5	4.0	2.8	0.6	2.2	1.1	0.4	1.4	1.3	3.1	43.7%	1.1	2.6	43.3%	0.2	0.5	45.7%	0.2	0.3	81.0%	62.2%	63.3%	0.7	0.5	1.9%	2.6%	14.0%	111.0	2.0	2.0	1.3	3.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.4	85.3%	0.088	9.0%	12.1%	7.8%	4.0%	9.0%	2.75	126.0	15.0	10.3	1.5	3.5	0.124	-1.2	0.8
2023-24	35	LAC/PHI	PF	60	38	-0.08	-1.08	1.01	-	-	-	-	-0.4	0.6	-0.2	0.7	-1.1	25.5	5.3	4.1	1.2	3.0	2.1	0.7	1.8	1.9	4.3	45.3%	1.2	3.1	39.5%	0.7	1.2	60.6%	0.3	0.4	71.4%	59.6%	60.3%	0.8	0.6	1.5%	2.3%	13.1%	115.0	0.8	1.6	1.9	4.2	0.5	0.0	0.4	0.5	72.3%	0.082	8.6%	13.1%	10.7%	5.0%	9.0%	3.00	127.0	12.0	10.2	1.7	3.3	0.103	-1.3	-0.4
2022-23	34	LAC	PF	78	19	0.37	-0.70	1.07	-	-	-	-	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.4	-0.5	21.9	6.1	3.8	0.8	3.0	1.6	0.6	1.9	2.1	4.9	42.0%	1.6	4.1	39.1%	0.5	0.8	56.3%	0.4	0.6	70.8%	58.3%	59.4%	0.7	0.6	1.5%	2.3%	15.4%	114.0	1.2	1.9	1.5	4.8	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.4	83.2%	0.126	11.5%	11.1%	9.4%	4.1%	9.8%	2.67	120.0	6.0	11.0	1.7	3.6	0.101	-0.8	0.5
2021-22	33	LAC	PF	59	54	1.27	0.45	0.82	0.15	-1.56	1.71	2.17	1.5	1.6	0.8	1.3	0.5	24.8	8.3	4.3	0.5	3.8	1.7	0.7	1.4	3.0	6.6	46.3%	1.8	4.6	40.0%	1.2	2.0	60.7%	0.4	0.6	65.8%	60.2%	60.8%	1.0	0.7	1.9%	2.4%	15.8%	109.0	1.9	2.1	2.1	5.4	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.3	69.8%	0.098	13.3%	9.0%	9.7%	2.2%	9.2%	2.43	118.0	9.0	13.5	1.6	3.7	0.123	0.5	2.3
2020-21	32	LAC	SF	67	38	-0.24	-0.21	-0.03	3.38	1.02	2.36	7.56	1.1	1.9	0.5	1.0	0.1	27.4	8.1	4.7	0.7	4.0	2.2	0.8	1.5	2.9	6.1	46.4%	1.6	4.1	40.4%	1.3	2.0	57.9%	0.7	0.9	82.8%	59.7%	61.7%	1.0	0.6	1.9%	1.8%	15.9%	110.0	1.5	2.3	2.1	6.1	0.7	0.1	0.5	0.4	66.0%	0.141	11.8%	10.8%	10.5%	3.2%	9.7%	2.75	124.0	14.0	12.9	2.7	5.0	0.132	0.6	2.1
2019-20	31	CHA	SF	22	3	-0.07	0.25	-0.32	1.84	-0.85	2.69	1.18	-	-	-	-	-	23.0	3.6	4.5	1.1	3.4	3.0	1.0	1.9	1.3	3.7	34.6%	0.6	2.2	28.6%	0.7	1.5	43.8%	0.4	0.5	90.0%	43.2%	46.3%	0.8	0.4	1.7%	1.5%	16.8%	112.0	0.9	0.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	60.5%	0.123	9.4%	20.5%	18.3%	5.2%	10.8%	3.00	107.0	-5.0	9.2	0.2	0.6	0.055	-2.8	-1.9
2018-19	30	CHA	SF	75	72	0.57	1.31	-0.74	-1.11	-0.88	-0.23	1.98	-	1.0	-	-	-	31.4	9.3	5.2	0.9	4.3	3.3	1.6	1.9	3.4	7.5	45.0%	1.5	4.0	38.9%	1.9	3.5	51.9%	1.0	1.2	86.5%	55.3%	58.1%	0.9	0.6	1.5%	1.6%	14.9%	113.0	0.4	1.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	53.0%	0.158	13.2%	16.3%	14.5%	3.2%	8.9%	2.06	112.0	-1.0	11.9	2.0	3.7	0.076	-0.7	-0.3
2017-18	29	CHA	SG	64	64	0.50	1.34	-0.84	-0.99	1.26	-2.26	1.79	-	1.2	-	-	-	31.0	11.6	4.8	0.9	3.9	5.5	2.0	1.1	4.2	10.2	41.5%	1.4	4.3	33.6%	2.8	5.9	47.3%	1.7	2.0	83.1%	48.6%	52.3%	1.0	0.4	1.6%	1.0%	13.8%	110.0	-0.1	1.8	-	-	-	-	-	-	42.2%	0.200	18.3%	15.6%	26.2%	3.1%	8.4%	2.75	107.0	-3.0	14.4	1.7	3.5	0.084	0.5	0.4
2016-17	28	CHA	SG	77	77	0.99	1.76	-0.76	0.20	0.87	-0.67	4.00	-	1.9	-	-	-	34.0	15.1	6.2	0.6	5.6	5.9	2.5	1.4	5.1	12.7	40.3%	1.8	5.3	33.3%	3.3	7.4	45.3%	3.2	3.7	85.6%	47.2%	52.9%	1.1	0.4	1.6%	1.0%	18.4%	108.0	0.2	2.8	-	-	-	-	-	-	41.5%	0.291	22.3%	15.0%	27.7%	1.9%	10.1%	2.36	105.0	-3.0	15.8	1.7	4.6	0.084	0.6	0.8
2015-16	27	CHA	SF	70	70	0.89	1.30	-0.41	-1.14	1.11	-2.24	2.10	-	2.0	-	-	-	35.0	14.9	6.1	0.8	5.3	5.8	2.9	1.6	5.3	12.5	42.6%	2.0	5.7	34.8%	3.3	6.8	49.2%	2.3	2.7	84.9%	50.6%	54.6%	0.9	0.6	1.3%	1.4%	16.8%	105.0	0.1	2.9	-	-	-	-	-	-	45.7%	0.220	21.4%	17.6%	26.9%	2.4%	9.6%	2.00	104.0	-1.0	15.6	2.0	5.0	0.097	1.1	1.2
2014-15	26	POR	SF	71	71	0.89	1.47	-0.58	0.41	0.57	-0.17	4.22	-	2.4	-	-	-	33.5	9.4	5.9	0.9	5.0	4.8	1.9	1.5	3.4	8.5	40.0%	1.4	4.4	32.4%	2.0	4.1	48.1%	1.2	1.4	85.7%	48.3%	51.6%	1.1	0.6	1.7%	1.2%	15.6%	103.0	1.8	3.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	51.5%	0.163	14.6%	17.0%	20.5%	2.8%	9.4%	2.53	106.0	3.0	13.1	2.0	5.2	0.105	0.3	2.1
2013-14	25	POR	SF	82	82	0.39	1.00	-0.61	2.14	1.83	0.31	8.67	-	4.0	-	-	-	36.0	13.0	7.5	1.4	6.0	5.1	2.5	1.9	4.6	10.0	46.5%	1.8	4.9	36.1%	2.8	5.1	56.6%	2.0	2.5	80.3%	55.4%	58.9%	0.9	0.7	1.3%	1.3%	17.8%	106.0	1.2	3.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	49.1%	0.248	16.5%	18.6%	20.9%	4.3%	11.1%	2.04	113.0	7.0	15.8	4.8	7.9	0.128	2.2	3.4
2012-13	24	POR	SF	73	73	0.63	1.27	-0.64	2.03	2.04	-0.01	6.83	-	3.4	-	-	-	38.5	14.3	5.6	1.3	4.3	4.9	2.6	1.9	4.8	11.4	42.3%	2.3	6.1	37.2%	2.5	5.3	48.1%	2.4	2.9	84.8%	52.2%	56.6%	1.2	1.1	1.7%	2.2%	13.2%	109.0	0.5	1.9	-	-	-	-	-	-	53.3%	0.252	18.2%	17.0%	20.3%	4.0%	8.5%	1.88	109.0	0.0	15.7	3.8	5.8	0.099	2.3	2.8
2011-12	23	POR	SF	59	34	0.74	0.98	-0.24	0.44	1.91	-1.46	2.91	-	2.0	-	-	-	30.4	13.9	4.6	1.4	3.2	1.4	1.5	1.8	4.9	10.9	45.1%	1.8	4.6	39.1%	3.1	6.3	49.6%	2.3	2.7	83.6%	53.4%	57.5%	1.0	1.0	1.7%	2.6%	12.6%	107.0	-	1.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	42.7%	0.248	20.5%	11.2%	7.9%	5.2%	8.8%	0.93	112.0	5.0	17.3	3.3	4.8	0.127	2.6	2.5
2010-11	22	POR	SF	80	67	1.71	1.23	0.48	-0.16	1.06	-1.22	3.53	-	2.0	-	-	-	31.5	12.4	4.5	1.4	3.2	1.5	1.0	2.4	4.6	10.1	45.5%	1.5	4.3	34.5%	3.1	5.8	53.5%	1.7	2.1	84.1%	52.8%	56.3%	0.9	0.6	1.5%	1.6%	12.8%	108.0	-	2.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	42.4%	0.203	17.8%	8.6%	8.1%	5.1%	8.8%	1.50	116.0	8.0	14.8	4.4	6.6	0.126	1.1	1.1
2009-10	21	POR	SF	37	25	0.90	-0.13	1.03	2.30	2.81	-0.51	2.73	-	1.4	-	-	-	24.8	10.1	3.8	0.9	2.9	1.2	0.7	2.2	3.8	7.2	51.9%	1.5	3.6	40.9%	2.3	3.6	62.5%	1.2	1.4	84.3%	61.9%	64.6%	0.6	0.7	1.4%	2.2%	14.8%	107.0	1.1	1.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	49.3%	0.190	16.4%	8.5%	8.0%	4.3%	9.5%	1.71	127.0	20.0	17.3	2.4	3.5	0.181	2.8	3.9
2008-09	20	POR	SF	79	76	-1.95	-2.22	0.27	0.99	0.86	0.13	2.89	-	1.2	-	-	-	18.4	5.4	2.8	1.1	1.7	0.9	0.6	1.8	2.0	4.6	44.6%	0.8	2.1	36.9%	1.2	2.5	51.3%	0.5	0.7	80.8%	53.2%	55.5%	0.6	0.5	1.9%	2.2%	11.8%	107.0	1.0	1.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	46.5%	0.144	14.0%	11.5%	7.8%	7.0%	9.4%	1.50	117.0	10.0	12.9	2.1	3.7	0.123	0.4	1.4

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