Jaren Jackson Jr. projections

Jaren Jackson Jr.'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.

Jaren Jackson Jr. Utah · age 27

Overall
+0.5
Offense
−0.5
Defense
+1.1

Jaren is out with knee tear. We expect him back around Mar 23, 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

Seasons back
-4-20+2+4+6age 22age 24age 26Todayage 28age 30age 32−0.3 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 2888%age 2979%age 3071%age 3162%age 3253%

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

Why Jaren Jackson Jr. is rated +0.6

  • +0.6 means his teams score about 0.6 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 143rd best of the 337 players we rate.
  • Most of it is defense: +1.0 there (64th of 337), −0.4 on offense (251st of 337).
  • It's built on 1,550 minutes from this season and last, and the recent games count more.
  • He's down 1.2 since opening night, when he was at +1.8.
  • He isn't in Utah'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 Utah's season 2,000 times with him there and everyone else as they are.

Our rating: +0.6

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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:

  • Nikola Vučević 2017-18 · age 27Then+0.9+1+3.8+2+2.2+3−1.1+4−0.7+5−0.6
  • Glen Davis 2012-13 · age 27Then+0.4+1−0.5+2−1.5+3out+4out+5out
  • Al Horford 2013-14 · age 28Then+1.4+1+1.7+2+1.2+3+1.7+4+3.1+5+3.3
  • Tobias Harris 2019-20 · age 27Then+0.9+1+2.0+2+1.0+3+1.3+4+2.1+5+3.2
  • Jerami Grant 2021-22 · age 28Then+0.8+1−0.4+2−1.7+3−2.1+4−0.9+5out

Playing like him today

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

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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.