Jalen Suggs projections

Jalen Suggs's rating today, where players like him usually go from here, and the players from the past who looked the most like him.

Ratings as of 2026-11-08. The typical path for each age comes from every season since 2005-06.

Jalen Suggs Orlando · age 25

Overall
+1.5
Offense
−0.4
Defense
+1.9

Jalen is out with knee contusion. We expect him back around Nov 18, usually somewhere between Nov 13 and Dec 2, going by how long that injury has kept players out since 2018. Move his return date on the team page

Past seasons, and the next five

-20+2+4+6age 21age 23age 25Todayage 26age 28age 30−0.0 in 5 seasons

Grey: his rating at the end of each past season. A hollow dot is a season under 500 minutes, so that rating rests on less.

Line: the typical path. Band: where 80% of players this age ended up. Rating is points per 100 possessions compared with an average player.

Still a rotation player
age 2688%age 2782%age 2875%age 2968%age 3060%

Share of players this age who were still playing 500+ minutes that season.

Why Jalen Suggs is rated +1.6

  • +1.6 means his teams score about 1.6 more points per 100 possessions with him than with an average player in his spot, after we account for who he plays with and against. That's the 79th best of the 337 players we rate.
  • Most of it is defense: +1.9 there (16th of 337), −0.3 on offense (246th of 337).
  • It's built on 1,650 minutes from this season and last, and the recent games count more.
  • He's about where he started the season (+1.4).
  • He isn't in Orlando's rotation right now, so the forecast gives him no minutes.

What if he plays better, or worse?

Slide his rating to where you think it should be. We replay Orlando's season 2,000 times with him there and everyone else as they are.

Our rating: +1.6

Jalen isn't playing right now, so the forecast gives him no minutes and his rating can't move Orlando. Give him minutes on the team page to try it.

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Players who looked like him at this age

Closest on offense, defense and playing style, within a year of his age. Their next five seasons:

  • Marcus Smart 2017-18 · age 24Then+1.3+1+1.3+2+1.5+3+1.6+4+2.7+5+2.0
  • Raymond Felton 2009-10 · age 26Then+0.7+1+1.7+2+2.4+3+2.3+4+0.5+50.0
  • Shaun Livingston 2010-11 · age 25Then+1.0+1−0.6+2−0.8+3+0.7+4−0.6+5−0.4
  • Delonte West 2009-10 · age 26Then+2.1+1−0.2+2−1.6+3out+4out+5out
  • Dejounte Murray 2020-21 · age 24Then+1.9+1+1.5+2+0.8+3−1.0+4−1.6+5+0.2

Playing like him today

The current players closest to him in how they play and how good they are.

See Orlando's odds and the rest of the roster

How the forecast works, and how often it's right

How it works: every season-end rating since 2005-06, and what the same players did one to five seasons later. The typical change only counts players still in the league, so the line is a little rosier than reality for older players; the rotation-player row shows how many dropped out. Our ratings, built from play-by-play data. Not affiliated with the NBA.