2025-26 Season
DWIGHT POWELL
2025-26 Season
DWIGHT POWELL
Powell produces at an poor rate for a 14-minute workload.
Powell produces at an poor rate for a 14-minute workload.
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
TEAM COMPARISON
of 17 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)
Similar Players
Same position, closest production profile this season.
SKILL DNA
Percentile rank vs 235 Forwards with 10+ games
THE SEASON SO FAR
Dwight Powell spent the opening stretch of the 2025-26 season operating as a deep-bench afterthought, logging brief, empty cardio sessions interrupted by a couple of surprisingly effective extended runs. When given actual runway on 10/30 vs IND, the veteran big man thrived. He poured in 18 points and grabbed six boards in 29 minutes, generating a stellar +11.9 Impact score through highly efficient interior finishing. He later earned a spot start on 11/30 vs LAC and logged a season-high 34 minutes. Despite scoring just nine points, Powell posted a +10.6 Impact score in that contest by doing the dirty work, keeping the offense flowing with three assists and battling for five crucial rebounds. Outside of those isolated bursts, however, his floor time was actively detrimental. During a brutal stint on 11/04 vs HOU, he recorded zero points, zero rebounds, and zero assists in nine minutes, resulting in a disastrous -16.3 Impact score due to his complete inability to generate any tangible production. At this stage of his career, Powell simply cannot anchor a second unit, serving better as a locker-room leader than a nightly rotation piece.
Dwight Powell’s mid-season stretch was defined by a desperate promotion to the starting lineup that quickly deteriorated into bench-warming irrelevance. He offered a fleeting glimpse of veteran utility on 01/17 vs UTA. Powell posted a +10.5 Impact score in that contest. He generated this positive value through flawless execution and active rebounding rather than high-volume scoring, hitting all three of his field goal attempts to anchor the frontcourt. The illusion did not last. Look no further than the 01/19 vs NYK matchup, where he managed just two points across 28 minutes. That passive outing yielded a brutal -11.6 Impact mark because his absolute lack of scoring gravity allowed defenders to completely ignore him and clog the paint. By the time he logged a catastrophic -15.8 Impact score in just six scoreless minutes on 01/31 vs HOU, his rotation spot had vanished entirely.
Dwight Powell’s late-season stretch was defined by extreme offensive passivity punctuated by random bursts of rebounding dominance. When fully engaged, he could still swing a contest purely through interior hustle. He logged a massive +15.6 Impact score during the 03/13 vs CLE matchup by hauling in 11 rebounds and missing just one of his five shot attempts. He even found ways to generate value without looking at the rim. On 03/30 vs MIN, Powell posted a +9.5 Impact despite attempting zero field goals, relying entirely on drawing fouls for his nine points and using relentless board work to create non-scoring equity. Yet that same reluctance to shoot frequently crippled his unit's spacing. During a brutal 24-minute stint on 04/03 vs ORL, Powell refused to take a single shot and tallied zero points, dragging his Impact down to -10.1 because his total offensive invisibility allowed defenders to freely roam the paint.
IMPACT TIMELINE
Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.
Struggling. Powell has posted negative impact in 83% of games this season. The production rarely outweighs the cost.
Reliable shooter — hits 45%+ from the field in 83% of games. You can count on efficient nights more often than not.
Good defender on his best nights, but it comes and goes. Some games Powell locks in defensively, others he gets picked apart.
Tends to go on runs. Longest hot streak: 3 games. Longest cold streak: 12 games.
MATCHUP HISTORY ⚠ Updated 46 days ago
Based on 76 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
ON DEFENSE: WHO HE GUARDED
How opponents shot when he was the primary defender. Lower FG% = better defense.
SEASON STATS
GAME LOG
64 games played
