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2025-26 Season

JOAN BERINGER

Minnesota Timberwolves | Forward | 6-11
Joan Beringer
3.9 PPG
2.3 RPG
0.3 APG
7.9 MPG
-4.5 Impact

Beringer produces at an below average rate for a 8-minute workload.

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NET IMPACT BREAKDOWN
Every stat, every credit, every cost — per game average
-4.5
Scoring +3.6
Points 3.9 PPG = +3.2
Shot Making above expected FG% = +0.4
Creation +0.3
Creation 0.3 AST/g = +0.3
Turnovers -0.7
Turnovers 0.3/g = -0.7
Defense -0.9
Defense 0.2 STL, 0.7 BLK = -0.9
Hustle & Effort +2.7
Rebounds 2.3 RPG = +2.7
Raw Impact +5.0
Baseline (game-average expected) −9.5
Net Impact
-4.5
21st pctl vs Forwards

PBP Credit: Every play is analyzed from play-by-play data. Scorers get difficulty-adjusted credit, assisters get creation value based on the shot opportunity they created, and turnovers are classified by type. Shot difficulty is derived from 1M+ shots across 4 seasons. Full methodology

SKILL DNA

Percentile rank vs 234 Forwards with 10+ games

Scoring 25th
6.2 PPG
Efficiency 60th
58.0% TS
Playmaking 4th
0.6 APG
Rebounding 49th
4.1 RPG
Defense 13th
+4.6/g
Hustle 81th
+16.5/g
Creation 23th
+1.63/g
Shot Making 14th
+2.86/g
TO Discipline 90th
0.03/min

THE SEASON SO FAR

Joan Beringer's first twenty games of the 2025-26 season were defined by a sudden mid-winter breakout, transforming him from a garbage-time afterthought into a highly efficient interior wrecking ball. Early on, his eagerness often betrayed him. Look at 11/07 vs UTA, where his perfect shooting still yielded a -1.9 impact score because of a disastrous tendency to foul jump shooters. But something clicked in January. On 01/10 vs CLE, he crammed six points into just three minutes, generating an absurd +9.5 impact score simply by exploiting a sleeping interior defense. That explosive cameo earned him a real rotation spot on 01/17 vs SAS, where he posted 10 points and 8 rebounds in 23 minutes. His massive +12.2 impact score in that contest stemmed directly from excellent weak-side defensive anchoring and hyper-efficient finishing around the rim. When he stops committing careless fouls and sticks strictly to rim deterrence and dunker-spot finishes, Beringer is a genuinely disruptive force.

Joan Beringer spent most of this stretch as a microscopic blip at the end of the bench before erupting into an absolute interior force in the season's final days. When he was thrust into the starting lineup on Feb 22 vs PHI, his flawless interior shooting yielded a dismal -4.2 impact score because opposing bigs mercilessly exploited his defensive liabilities in the paint. Despite racking up nine points and eight rebounds on Apr 08 vs ORL, his inefficient 4-for-10 finishing around the basket dragged his overall impact down to a miserable -6.8. He looked entirely out of his depth. Then, a switch flipped. Beringer bullied his way back into the starting five and unleashed pure havoc on Apr 12 vs NOP, dominating the opposition for 24 points and 13 rebounds. His elite work on the glass and sheer physical dominance in the painted area fueled a monstrous +18.6 impact score, completely rewriting the book on his ceiling as a rotational big.

IMPACT TIMELINE

Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.

PATTERNS

Struggling. Beringer has posted negative impact in 82% of games this season. The production rarely outweighs the cost.

Middle-of-the-road efficiency — shoots 45%+ from the field in 67% of games. Not automatic, but not a problem either.

Average defender. Beringer doesn't hurt you defensively, but he's not making opponents uncomfortable either.

Tends to go on runs. Longest hot streak: 2 games. Longest cold streak: 16 games.

MATCHUP HISTORY

Based on 65 games with tracking data. Shows who guarded this player on offense and who he guarded on defense, with their shooting stats in those matchups.

ON OFFENSE: WHO GUARDED HIM

His shooting stats against each primary defender this season

D. Powell 22.6 poss
FG% 80.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.44
PTS 10
G. Antetokounmpo 15.7 poss
FG% 100.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.13
PTS 2
V. Wembanyama 15.3 poss
FG% 66.7%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.26
PTS 4
D. Gafford 14.1 poss
FG% 50.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.14
PTS 2
L. Kornet 13.5 poss
FG% 100.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.3
PTS 4
P. Nance 13.0 poss
FG% 0.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.0
PTS 0
K. Filipowski 12.4 poss
FG% 40.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.32
PTS 4
B. Portis 11.8 poss
FG% 100.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.51
PTS 6
A. Drummond 11.5 poss
FG% 100.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.35
PTS 4
O. Tshiebwe 11.4 poss
FG% 0.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.0
PTS 0

ON DEFENSE: WHO HE GUARDED

How opponents shot when he was the primary defender. Lower FG% = better defense.

D. Powell 18.5 poss
FG% 100.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.16
PTS 3
D. Gafford 14.9 poss
FG% 66.7%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.27
PTS 4
T. Jackson-Davis 14.2 poss
FG% 33.3%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.28
PTS 4
K. Filipowski 14.1 poss
FG% 50.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.14
PTS 2
K. Kuzma 12.8 poss
FG% 0.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.0
PTS 0
A. Drummond 12.6 poss
FG% 100.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.24
PTS 3
A. Bona 12.4 poss
FG% 100.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.16
PTS 2
V. Wembanyama 11.9 poss
FG% 40.0%
3P% 33.3%
PPP 0.76
PTS 9
O. Tshiebwe 10.8 poss
FG% 33.3%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.28
PTS 3
L. Kornet 10.0 poss
FG% 0.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.0
PTS 0

SEASON STATS

40
Games
3.9
PPG
2.3
RPG
0.3
APG
0.2
SPG
0.7
BPG
66.3
FG%
0.0
3P%
70.3
FT%
7.9
MPG

GAME LOG

40 games played