Khaman Maluach projections

Khaman Maluach'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.

Khaman Maluach Phoenix · age 20

Overall
−0.3
Offense
−0.2
Defense
−0.1

Past seasons, and the next five

-4-20+2+4+6age 19Todayage 21age 22age 23age 24age 25+1.2 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 2190%age 2285%age 2382%age 2480%age 2577%

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

Why Khaman Maluach is rated −0.1

  • −0.1 means his teams score about 0.1 fewer 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 196th best of the 337 players we rate.
  • Most of it is offense: +0.1 there (189th of 337), −0.1 on defense (195th of 337).
  • It's built on 500 minutes from this season and last, and the recent games count more. That isn't many minutes, so his rating can still move a lot.
  • He's down 0.9 since opening night, when he was at +0.8.
  • He's playing about 20 minutes a game for Phoenix.

What if he plays better, or worse?

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

Our rating: −0.1

Phoenix wins
39
Playoffs
28%
Title
<1%

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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:

  • Brook Lopez 2008-09 · age 21Then−0.3+1−2.0+2−1.7+3−0.8+4+2.2+5+1.0
  • Stanley Johnson 2016-17 · age 21Then−0.4+1+0.4+2−2.2+3−1.7+4−2.9+5−1.2
  • Tyrese Maxey 2021-22 · age 21Then−0.4+1+1.7+2+3.2+3+1.0+4+2.1+5out
  • Josh Smith 2006-07 · age 21Then−0.2+1+1.7+2+2.6+3+3.1+4+2.1+5+3.2
  • DeMarcus Cousins 2011-12 · age 21Then−0.4+1−0.6+2+0.7+3+3.3+4+3.3+5+1.9

Playing like him today

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

See Phoenix'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.