2025-26 Season

KJ SIMPSON

Denver Nuggets | Guard | 6-2

2025-26 Season

KJ SIMPSON

Denver Nuggets | Guard | 6-2 | Yr 1

4.9 PPG

1.9 RPG

2.4 APG

13.8 MPG

-2.5 Impact

Simpson produces at an below average rate for a 14-minute workload.

NET IMPACT BREAKDOWN

Every stat, every credit, every cost — per game average

-2.5

Scoring +1.5

Points 4.9 PPG × +1.00 = +4.9

Missed 2PT 2.0/g × -0.78 = -1.6

Missed 3PT 1.6/g × -0.87 = -1.4

Missed FT 0.4/g × -1.00 = -0.4

Creation +1.8

Assists 2.4/g × +0.50 = +1.2

Off. Rebounds 0.5/g × +1.26 = +0.6

Turnovers -2.5

Turnovers 1.3/g × -1.95 = -2.5

Defense +0.6

Steals 0.9/g × +2.30 = +2.1

Blocks 0.0/g × +0.90 = +0.0

Def. Rebounds 1.4/g × +0.30 = +0.4

Fouls Committed 2.5/g × -0.75 = -1.9

Hustle & Effort +2.0

Contested Shots 1.3/g × +0.20 = +0.3

Deflections 1.6/g × +0.65 = +1.0

Charges Drawn 0.1/g × +2.70 = +0.3

Loose Balls 0.3/g × +0.60 = +0.2

Screen Assists 0.2/g × +0.30 = +0.1

Off. Fouls Drawn 0.1/g uncredited × +2.70 = +0.1

Raw Impact +3.4

Baseline (game-average expected) −5.9

Net Impact

-2.5

29th pctl vs Guards

About this model: Net Impact can't measure floor spacing, help defense rotations, or playmaking gravity — so wings and guards are slightly undervalued vs bigs. How Net Impact works

TEAM COMPARISON

Impact

Offense

Hustle

Defense

of 13 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)

Nikola Jokić +14.3 Jamal Murray +4.6 Jonas Valančiūnas +3.0 Aaron Gordon +1.4 Zeke Nnaji +0.7 Peyton Watson -0.4 Julian Strawther -1.8 Tim Hardaway Jr. -2.6 Spencer Jones -2.6 Christian Braun -2.9 Cameron Johnson -3.0 Bruce Brown -3.2 Jalen Pickett -3.7

SKILL DNA

Percentile rank vs 235 Guards with 10+ games

Scoring 23th

6.3 PPG

Efficiency 6th

42.5% TS

Playmaking 57th

3.0 APG

Rebounding 35th

2.4 RPG

Rim Protection 90th

0.18/min

Hustle 84th

0.13/min

Shot Creation 50th

0% pullup

TO Discipline 7th

0.10/min

IMPACT TIMELINE

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

PATTERNS

Below-average consistency. Simpson is negative impact in 72% of games, with scoring moving ~4 points game-to-game.

Streaky shooter — only cracks 45% from the field in 20% of games. Efficiency is all over the place night-to-night.

Good defender on his best nights, but it comes and goes. Some games Simpson locks in defensively, others he gets picked apart.

Flat trajectory all season — first-half impact -2.4, second-half -2.5. No major shifts, which fits with the overall steadiness.

MATCHUP HISTORY

Based on 20 games with tracking data. Shows who guarded this player on offense and who he guarded on defense, with their shooting stats in those matchups.