#1 · Guard· 6' 4"· 23 years
Inside the game of Walter Clayton Jr..
PORTRAIT / NBA GUARD2026-27 · Regular season
2 games · DALEarly returns 2 games are a starting point. These are recorded results, not a projection of player strength.
01 / The film room
02 / The scouting file
The role. The questions. The person.
The statistical read
League percentiles: 412 players with at least 20 games, 300 minutes and 100 field-goal attempts in 2025-26. Higher means more of the named statistic. Per-36 rates describe production in the recorded role; they do not project starter minutes.
Points per 36 minutes
Assists per 36 minutes; does not measure every advantage created
Rebounds per 36 minutes; role and available rebounds matter
Percentage of field-goal attempts taken from three
Free-throw attempts per 100 field-goal attempts
True shooting percentage, weighted by attempts
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 ↗7.1 AST / 36 places Walter Clayton Jr. at the 92nd percentile among all qualified players, across positions. Assists make passing worth studying. They do not capture missed reads or possessions without the ball.
Inspect the record ↓52.9% of attempts from three places Walter Clayton Jr. at the 71st percentile among all qualified players, across positions. The willingness is in the record. Whether defenders stay attached is a separate film question.
Inspect the record ↓30.7% from three on 244 attempts. Separate catch-and-shoot looks from pull-ups, and open attempts from contested ones, before projecting the percentage.
Inspect the record ↓2.41 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
1 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. 100.0% of made field goals carried an assist credit in these logs.
The roster around him
Current DAL 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Christie ↗ | G | 29.1 | 2.0 | 40.4% | 446 | 3.2 |
| Jett Howard ↗ | G | 12.7 | 0.8 | 37.2% | 145 | 1.6 |
| Marcus Sasser ↗ | G | 12.1 | 2.0 | 41.5% | 106 | 1.0 |
A comparison worth investigating
2025-26 · Closest standardized profiles across the six measures above, with equal weight. Numerical resemblance says little about defensive assignments, shot difficulty or career ceiling.
The reporting file
Read Clayton’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
2026-27 regular season · 2 games
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| Sample | GP | PTS | REB | AST | TS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Available games | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 50.0% |
| Last 10 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 50.0% |
| Last 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 50.0% |
| Off bench | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 50.0% |
The shooting profile
2026-27 · Percentages and attempt volume.
04 / The reading room
Read the Game
Reviewed player analysis appears here as game reports are published.
Open the latest game ↗Every recorded appearance ↓
ESPN ·
André Snellings and Eric Moody
05 / The long view
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 | DAL | 2 | 7.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 33.3% | 100.0% | — |
| 2025-26 | MEM / UTA | 69 | 20.4 | 7.8 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 38.4% | 30.7% | 90.1% |
06 / Every appearance
| Competition | Game | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Contribution | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24 | Regular season | DAL vs SAS ↗ | 14.5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 33.3% | 100.0% | — | -1.4Box only · provisional |
| Oct 23 | Regular season | DAL vs IND ↗ | 0.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | -0.1Box only · provisional |
| Oct 9 | Preseason | MEM vs CHI ↗ | 14.6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16.7% | 0.0% | — | -11.5Box only · provisional |
| Oct 7 | Preseason | MEM vs ORL ↗ | 12.8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 37.5% | 33.3% | 50.0% | -3.7Box only · provisional |
| Oct 5 | Preseason | MEM vs ATL ↗ | 12.5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40.0% | 25.0% | 100.0% | -2.9Box 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.
Regular season
Oct 24, 2026 · DAL vs SAS
Bench · 14.5 minutes
Walter Clayton Jr. scored 3 points, shooting 33.3% from the field. He added 5 assists and 1 steal.
Box-score read
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 25, 2026 · 02:52 UTC. Game contribution is not player strength or points caused.
Regular season
Oct 23, 2026 · DAL vs IND
Bench · 0.9 minutes
Walter Clayton Jr. scored 0 points. He added 1 rebound.
Box-score read
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 9, 2026 · MEM vs CHI
Bench · 14.6 minutes
A player write-up is not available for these statistics yet.
A matching component breakdown is not published for this rating. Missing components are not zero.
Box only · provisional · Calculated Oct 13, 2026 · 09:52 UTC. Game contribution is not player strength or points caused.
Preseason
Oct 7, 2026 · MEM vs ORL
Bench · 12.8 minutes
A player write-up is not available for these statistics yet.
A matching component breakdown is not published for this rating. Missing components are not zero.
Box only · provisional · Calculated Oct 13, 2026 · 09:31 UTC. Game contribution is not player strength or points caused.
Preseason
Oct 5, 2026 · MEM vs ATL
Bench · 12.5 minutes
A player write-up is not available for these statistics yet.
A matching component breakdown is not published for this rating. Missing components are not zero.
Box only · provisional · Calculated Oct 13, 2026 · 09:32 UTC. Game contribution is not player strength or points caused.
07 / The player file
First observed on this dated official roster
Biography source · ESPN ↗The contract
A dated salary for this player and team is not available in the current contract collection.
· Waived · MEM Source ↗
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