How much should you trust the jumper?
75.0% from three on 8 attempts. Fewer than 100 attempts leave plenty of room for the percentage to move. Watch the misses and the closeouts, too.
Inspect the record ↓Players Walker Kessler
WalkerKessler
#14 · Center· 7' 2"· 25 years
Inside the game of Walker Kessler.
PORTRAIT / NBA CENTER2026-27 · Regular season
2 games · LALPoints / G24.0
Rebounds / G8.5
Assists / G2.0
Minutes / G32.3
Field goal84.6%
Three-point—
Early returns 2 games are a starting point. These are recorded results, not a projection of player strength.
Recent official source check · 2026-27 regular-season appearances through 2026-10-23. Season totals include published final games.
01 / The film room
The game, in motion.
Clip / ESPN
Watch on ESPN
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ESPN · 2026-10-24
Walker Kessler with the massive block at the rim
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02 / The scouting file
Look closer.
The role. The questions. The person.
The statistical read
What changes when you look past points per game?
155 recorded minutes
No league ranking without a qualified, same-season comparison sample. Per-36 rates describe production in the recorded role; they do not project starter minutes.
Scoring volume16.7 PTS / 36Comparison unavailable
Points per 36 minutes
Assist production3.5 AST / 36Comparison unavailable
Assists per 36 minutes; does not measure every advantage created
Rebound production12.5 REB / 36Comparison unavailable
Rebounds per 36 minutes; role and available rebounds matter
Three-point appetite21.6% of FGAComparison unavailable
Percentage of field-goal attempts taken from three
Free-throw volume54.1 FTA / 100 FGAComparison unavailable
Free-throw attempts per 100 field-goal attempts
Scoring efficiency78.6% TSComparison unavailable
True shooting percentage, weighted by attempts
How to read this profile
Percentiles compare this season’s qualified NBA players across all positions. Rebounding reflects opportunity as well as skill; assists depend on touches and teammates; shot volume does not measure gravity. True shooting uses aggregate points and attempts, with a 0.44 free-throw multiplier. Per-36 rates use recorded minutes, which may be rounded in historical NBA game logs.
NBA source record ↗Decisions under pressure
0.94 assists per turnover is a starting point. Rewatch possessions against traps and late-clock pressure; this ratio alone cannot tell you how difficult the passing job was.
Inspect the record ↓Possession detail · 2026-27
Where the shots actually came from.
26 attempts
2 of the last 2 recorded regular-season appearances have event logs that reconcile with the player’s box-score shooting totals. These zones describe that subset.
Rim: under 4 feet. Short twos: 4 to under 14 feet. Long twos: 14 feet and farther. NBA event labels determine three-pointers. 81.8% of made field goals carried an assist credit in these logs.
The roster around him
Who else occupies this part of the floor?
Current LAL teammates with an overlapping listed position. Their 2025-26 records put the available skill sets side by side; these are individual season numbers, not lineup results.
| Player | Position | MIN / G | AST / G | 3P% | 3PA | REB / G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandro Mamukelashvili ↗ | F-C | 21.9 | 1.9 | 38.9% | 296 | 4.9 |
The reporting file
Start with the people who were there.
Read Kessler’s official biography and the reporting below for the path to the NBA. A reviewed account of upbringing, scouting disagreements and development is not yet in this file.
Official biography ↗Player reporting ↓03 / The numbers
A season in motion.
2026-27 regular season · 2 games
Game by game
Per game Rolling 5-game average
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| Sample | GP | PTS | REB | AST | TS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Available games | 2 | 24.0 | 8.5 | 2.0 | 80.1% |
| Last 10 | 2 | 24.0 | 8.5 | 2.0 | 80.1% |
| Last 5 | 2 | 24.0 | 8.5 | 2.0 | 80.1% |
| Starts | 2 | 24.0 | 8.5 | 2.0 | 80.1% |
The shooting profile
Every point has a source.
2026-27 · Percentages and attempt volume.
80.1%True shooting
84.6%Effective FG
84.6%
Two-point26 attempts—
Three-point0 attempts44.4%
Free throws9 attemptsShare of points48 total points
Two-pointers 91.7%Three-pointers 0.0%Free throws 8.3%
04 / The reading room
Beyond the stat line.
Read the Game
Oct 21, 2026 · Regular season
LAL vs GSW ↗
Walker Kessler scored 26 points on 100.0% from the field across 12 attempts. Kessler also gathered nine rebounds and blocked two shots.
05 / The long view
The career, chapter by chapter.
Points per game · Regular season · Team stints are shown separately where supplied.
| Season | Team | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | LAL | 2 | 32.3 | 24.0 | 8.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 84.6% | — | 44.4% |
| 2025-26 | UTA | 5 | 31.0 | 14.4 | 10.8 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 70.3% | 75.0% | 70.0% |
| 2024-25 | UTAH | 58 | 30.0 | 11.1 | 12.2 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 66.3% | 17.6% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | UTAH | 64 | 23.3 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 65.4% | 21.1% | 60.2% |
| 2022-23 | UTAH | 74 | 23.0 | 9.2 | 8.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 72.0% | 33.3% | 51.6% |
1xAll-Rookie 1st Team2023
06 / Every appearance
The game log.
3 games
| Competition | Game | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Contribution | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23 | Regular season | LAL vs LAC ↗ | 34.9 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 71.4% | — | 40.0% | +19.4Box only · provisional |
| Oct 21 | Regular season | LAL vs GSW ↗ | 29.8 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 100.0% | — | 50.0% | +14.5Box only · provisional |
| Oct 13 | Preseason | LAL vs GSW ↗ | 15.9 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 66.7% | — | 75.0% | +10.2Box only · provisional |
No games match these filters.
Shooting percentages use recorded attempts; no attempts is unavailable. Game contribution is not player strength or points caused.
Individual performance breakdowns +
Regular season
Oct 23, 2026 · LAL vs LAC
Starter · 34.9 minutes
Impact+19.4
- PTS
- 22
- REB
- 8
- AST
- 3
- STL
- 3
- BLK
- 6
- TO
- 1
Walker Kessler scored 22 points, shooting 71.4% from the field. He shot 40% at the line on 5 attempts. He added 6 blocks and 3 steals.
Box-score read
Shooting & impact breakdown
Shooting
- FG
- 71.4% 14 attempts
- 3PT
- — 0 attempts
- FT
- 40% 5 attempts
- Plus/minus
- +18
- True shooting
- 67.9%
How this score adds up
- Offensive box value
- +21.57
- Defensive box value
- +12.00
- Minutes baseline
- -14.13
- Game impact
- +19.44
Offense credits scoring, assists and offensive rebounds, with deductions for misses and turnovers. Defense uses defensive rebounds, steals, blocks and fouls. The baseline adjusts for minutes at this game's average box value. Tracking and hustle inputs are unavailable.
Box only · provisional · Calculated Oct 24, 2026 · 13:10 UTC. Game contribution is not player strength or points caused.
Regular season
Oct 21, 2026 · LAL vs GSW
Starter · 29.8 minutes
Impact+14.5
- PTS
- 26
- REB
- 9
- AST
- 1
- STL
- 0
- BLK
- 2
- TO
- 2
Walker Kessler scored 26 points on 100.0% from the field across 12 attempts. Kessler also gathered nine rebounds and blocked two shots.
Player analysis
Shooting & impact breakdown
Shooting
- FG
- 100% 12 attempts
- 3PT
- — 0 attempts
- FT
- 50% 4 attempts
- Plus/minus
- +24
- True shooting
- 94.5%
How this score adds up
- Offensive box value
- +24.01
- Defensive box value
- +3.15
- Minutes baseline
- -12.67
- Game impact
- +14.49
Offense credits scoring, assists and offensive rebounds, with deductions for misses and turnovers. Defense uses defensive rebounds, steals, blocks and fouls. The baseline adjusts for minutes at this game's average box value. Tracking and hustle inputs are unavailable.
Box only · provisional · Calculated Oct 24, 2026 · 13:10 UTC. Game contribution is not player strength or points caused.
Preseason
Oct 13, 2026 · LAL vs GSW
Starter · 15.9 minutes
Impact+10.2
- PTS
- 11
- REB
- 9
- AST
- 1
- STL
- 1
- BLK
- 1
- TO
- 1
A player write-up is not available for these statistics yet.
Shooting & impact breakdown
Shooting
- FG
- 66.7% 6 attempts
- 3PT
- — 0 attempts
- FT
- 75% 4 attempts
- Plus/minus
- +15
- True shooting
- 70.9%
How this score adds up
A matching component breakdown is not published for this rating. Missing components are not zero.
Box only · provisional · Calculated Oct 14, 2026 · 05:33 UTC. Game contribution is not player strength or points caused.
07 / The player file
How Kessler got here.
At a glance.
- Height
- 7' 2"
- Weight
- 245 lbs
- Age now
- 25 years
- Born
- 2001-07-26
- Hometown
- Newnan, GA
- College
- Auburn
- Draft
- 2022: Rd 1, Pk 22 (MEM)
- Experience
- 5th Season
Traded from UTA on 07/08/26
Biography source · ESPN ↗The contract
$30.11M
2026-27 reported base salary
2026-27
$30.11M
2027-28
$31.61M
2028-29
$33.12M
2029-30
$34.63MPlayer option
Reported base salary. Guarantees and trade restrictions are unverified.
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