Luke Kennard

6'5"206 lb

Born 1996-06-24 (Age: 22)Pre-NBA: Duke

2017Rd 1Pk 12DET

Per game average

Season	PPG	APG	RPG	TS%
2026-27	-	-	-	-
2025-26	8.4	2.2	2.3	68.9%
2024-25	8.9	3.3	2.8	63.1%
2023-24	11.0	3.5	2.9	64.1%
2022-23	9.3	1.5	2.7	68.4%

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2026-27 · PHX

Drafted by the Pistons with the 12th pick in 2017. How they got him

2018-19 percentile ranking

17-1825-26

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Season stats

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Season	Tm	G	PTS	AST	TRB	MP	ORB	DRB	TOV	PF
2025-26	ATL/LAL	78	8.4	2.2	2.3	21.6	0.4	1.9	0.8	1.3
2024-25	MEM	65	8.9	3.3	2.8	22.6	0.6	2.2	1.1	0.9
2023-24	MEM	39	11.0	3.5	2.9	25.6	0.3	2.6	1.4	1.0
2022-23	LAC/MEM	59	9.3	1.5	2.7	22.3	0.3	2.4	0.8	1.4
2021-22	LAC	70	11.9	2.1	3.3	27.4	0.3	3.0	0.9	1.4
2020-21	LAC	63	8.3	1.7	2.6	19.6	0.2	2.3	0.8	1.4
2019-20	DET	28	15.8	4.1	3.5	32.9	0.3	3.2	1.5	2.3
2018-19	DET	63	9.7	1.8	2.9	22.8	0.2	2.7	0.9	1.5
2017-18	DET	73	7.6	1.7	2.4	20.0	0.3	2.1	0.9	1.2

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Contract

$12.4M over 2 seasons through 2027-28 · $6.1M guaranteed

PHX payroll

Projected surplus

+$10.8M

80% range -$9.8M to +$33.8M

Estimated worth

$34.2M

Against $12.4M in salary

Among contracts

72nd percentile

By total surplus, of 406 we can estimate

Worth more than his salary in 1 of 2 seasons. The edge shrinks over the deal.

Surplus

2026-27Paid $6.1M, worth about $18.5M (likely $1.3M to $39.9M)

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

Season	Salary	Est. worth	80% range	Surplus	Notes
2026-27	$6.1M	$18.5M	$1.3M–$39.9M	+$12.4M	—
2027-28Player option	$6.4M	$15.7M	$1.4M–$36.5M	-$1.6M	Player option

Worth is projected from DRBL wins over 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 (17,370 possessions). Surplus is worth minus salary, after options.

2027-28 is a player option. Signed 2-yr/$12M contract July 14, 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	29	ATL/LAL	SG	78	6	-0.81	0.05	-0.86	-	-	-	-	2.1	0.9	0.9	3.2	-1.1	21.6	8.4	2.3	0.4	1.9	2.2	0.8	1.3	3.0	5.7	53.3%	1.5	3.1	47.8%	1.5	2.6	60.1%	0.8	0.9	91.3%	66.5%	68.9%	0.7	0.1	1.6%	0.4%	10.0%	119.0	0.1	1.4	1.3	2.2	0.5	-	0.2	0.2	55.3%	0.156	13.5%	11.2%	13.8%	2.1%	6.1%	2.75	129.0	10.0	13.5	3.2	4.5	0.130	0.1	0.1
2024-25	28	MEM	SG	65	11	-0.52	0.14	-0.67	-	-	-	-	0.5	1.2	0.2	1.6	-1.0	22.6	8.9	2.8	0.6	2.2	3.3	1.1	0.9	3.2	6.6	47.8%	1.7	4.0	43.3%	1.5	2.6	54.7%	0.8	0.9	89.5%	60.9%	63.1%	0.8	0.1	1.6%	0.3%	10.4%	116.0	0.2	1.3	1.4	1.7	0.3	-	0.3	0.3	60.6%	0.132	14.5%	13.6%	18.5%	2.7%	6.6%	3.00	127.0	11.0	13.6	2.6	3.9	0.127	0.9	1.1
2023-24	27	MEM	SG	39	22	0.18	0.76	-0.58	-	-	-	-	0.4	0.4	0.2	2.2	-1.6	25.6	11.0	2.9	0.3	2.6	3.5	1.4	1.0	3.6	8.1	44.8%	2.7	6.1	45.0%	0.9	2.0	44.2%	1.0	1.2	88.9%	61.7%	64.1%	0.5	0.1	1.0%	0.2%	11.6%	119.0	-0.9	0.7	0.9	2.0	0.4	-	0.8	0.5	75.6%	0.143	16.7%	13.9%	20.8%	1.2%	6.2%	2.50	121.0	2.0	13.1	1.4	2.1	0.099	0.6	-0.3
2022-23	26	LAC/MEM	SG	59	14	-0.24	0.88	-1.12	-	-	-	-	2.0	0.8	1.1	3.2	-0.6	22.3	9.3	2.7	0.3	2.4	1.5	0.8	1.4	3.2	6.5	49.2%	2.3	4.6	49.4%	0.9	1.9	48.7%	0.6	0.7	94.9%	66.6%	68.4%	0.5	0.1	1.2%	0.3%	11.8%	115.0	-0.1	1.2	0.9	3.3	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.4	70.4%	0.102	14.5%	10.3%	9.4%	1.2%	6.6%	1.87	146.0	31.0	13.0	2.2	3.4	0.124	0.6	0.5
2021-22	25	LAC	SG	70	13	-1.59	0.29	-1.88	0.87	1.54	-0.67	3.53	3.0	1.2	1.2	2.6	0.1	27.4	11.9	3.3	0.3	3.0	2.1	0.9	1.4	4.1	9.1	44.9%	2.7	6.0	44.9%	1.4	3.1	44.9%	1.0	1.1	89.6%	59.8%	61.9%	0.6	0.1	1.1%	0.3%	11.2%	113.0	-0.3	1.7	0.8	2.9	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.5	66.2%	0.121	16.8%	8.2%	11.2%	1.1%	6.3%	2.33	119.0	6.0	13.3	2.8	4.5	0.113	0.8	0.5
2020-21	24	LAC	SG	63	17	-0.87	0.46	-1.32	-3.14	0.57	-3.71	-0.26	-0.3	0.6	-0.2	1.2	-1.6	19.6	8.3	2.6	0.2	2.3	1.7	0.8	1.4	3.1	6.6	47.6%	1.6	3.6	44.6%	1.5	3.0	51.1%	0.4	0.5	83.9%	59.7%	60.8%	0.4	0.1	0.9%	0.7%	13.0%	114.0	-0.5	1.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	54.1%	0.075	17.1%	10.1%	11.9%	1.4%	7.3%	2.12	117.0	3.0	12.7	1.6	2.7	0.105	0.3	-0.2
2019-20	23	DET	SG	28	25	-0.15	0.16	-0.31	-0.55	2.43	-2.98	1.03	-	0.4	-	-	-	32.9	15.8	3.5	0.3	3.2	4.1	1.5	2.3	5.4	12.2	44.2%	2.6	6.5	39.9%	2.8	5.7	49.1%	2.4	2.7	89.3%	54.8%	58.9%	0.4	0.2	0.6%	0.5%	11.1%	117.0	-1.4	0.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	53.5%	0.219	19.8%	10.3%	19.2%	1.1%	6.0%	2.73	117.0	0.0	14.4	1.6	1.9	0.100	1.1	-0.3
2018-19	22	DET	SG	63	10	-0.18	-0.14	-0.04	-2.07	0.07	-2.14	0.54	-	0.3	-	-	-	22.8	9.7	2.9	0.2	2.7	1.8	0.9	1.5	3.6	8.3	43.8%	1.7	4.3	39.4%	1.9	4.0	48.6%	0.8	1.0	83.6%	54.0%	56.0%	0.4	0.2	0.9%	0.6%	13.5%	112.0	-0.6	1.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	51.7%	0.117	18.1%	9.4%	12.3%	0.9%	7.0%	2.00	110.0	-2.0	11.9	1.3	2.5	0.085	-0.4	-1.1
2017-18	21	DET	SG	73	9	-2.46	-1.88	-0.58	-0.51	0.23	-0.75	1.67	-	0.5	-	-	-	20.0	7.6	2.4	0.3	2.1	1.7	0.9	1.2	2.8	6.4	44.3%	1.1	2.7	41.5%	1.7	3.7	46.3%	0.9	1.0	85.5%	53.0%	56.0%	0.6	0.2	1.5%	0.8%	11.9%	109.0	0.1	1.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	41.9%	0.163	17.2%	12.2%	12.7%	1.6%	6.6%	1.89	108.0	-1.0	12.1	1.1	2.6	0.084	-0.9	-0.8

Luke Kennard

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Overview

Impact

Profile

Shooting

Defense

Hustle

Advanced

Season stats