Walker Kessler Stats, Shot Chart & Advanced Analytics — LAL 2026-27

Inside his season

Through Nov. 11

Kessler is averaging 2.2 blocks a game, second in the NBA.

He's 24th in the site's Player Rankings, at +2.4 points per 100 possessions against an average player. He's averaging 14.5 points a game on 67.8% true shooting. He's making 67.5% of his twos, and takes 36.7 free throws per 100 shots.

He takes 84.2% of his shots at the rim and is 74 for 101 there.

Tonight at Phoenix

Last time, Oct. 31, 2025: 4 points on 2 for 5 shooting, 1 assist and 13 rebounds in a 118-96 loss.
In 10 games against the Suns, he has averaged 11.5 points, 1.8 assists and 9.3 rebounds.
Of the Suns, Oso Ighodaro has guarded him the most in their careers: 39 possessions over 4 games. Kessler has 2 points on 1 for 2 shooting against him, about half his usual scoring rate or less.

Where his shots come from

Zone	Share	Made
At the rim	84.2%	73.3%
Rest of the paint	15.0%	38.9%
Midrange	0.8%	0.0%
Corner threes	0.0%
Threes above the break	0.0%

25.9% of his baskets were unassisted.

His work inside

He's grabbing 12.7 rebounds per 36 minutes, 11th among the 227 players with 200 minutes, and 4.1 on the offensive glass, 12th.
He's taking 84.2% of his shots at the rim, and he's 74 for 101 there, 73.3% (the league: 65.6%).

With him on the floor

The Lakers have outscored teams by 11.8 points per 100 possessions with him on the floor, 122.5 to 110.7, with garbage time left out. They're plus 8.9 overall.

There's no full season before this one to compare him with.

Lineup numbers leave garbage time out and count points per 100 the NBA’s way; ages are exact, game by game, from 2015-16 on.

Inside his season

His last game

Nov. 11, a 123-112 win at Milwaukee

Walker Kessler

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His shots in the order he took them: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange.

Before this game he averaged 14.9 points, 10.8 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 12 regular-season games.

Shot making: 10 points from the field on 10 shots2.7 fewer than the league scores from the same zones
Guarded by: Ware: 23 poss, 2 ptsSims: 7 poss, 0 ptsAment: 7 poss, 0 pts
He guarded: Ware: 28 poss, 8 ptsSims: 7 poss, 0 ptsAment: 6 poss, 2 pts
On the move: 2.05 miles4.23 mph on average41 touches
Hustle: 1 deflection10 shots contested1 loose ball2 box-outs5 screen assists
Rating: Performance Score +1.4+0.01 wins added50.0% true shooting14.7% usage

His last game

His season

2026-27 so far, 13 games

Best game: 22 points, 8 rebounds, 3 steals and 6 blocks against the Clippers on Oct. 23, +11.9.Box score

Impact

His Player Rankings card

+2.4

points per 100 possessions against an average player, from this season’s lineup data

24th of 271 players with 317 possessions or more, likely 11th to 141st.
Offense −0.2 (132nd), defense +2.7 (3rd).
1.1 wins added so far over a replacement player, likely 0.4 to 1.7, 21st in the league.
The Lakers are 10.4 points per 100 better with him on the floor than off it (857 and 477 possessions).
13 games in, his box score, minutes and team’s results this season are about 89% of the rating; nothing carries over from last season. Counting last season, he would be at +1.4, 63rd.

His season

His game

Regular seasons

Putbacks have been 27% of Kessler’s shots since 2022-23, five times the league’s rate, and he has made 67.6% of them (the league: 60.0%).

He catches the ball in the paint 11.1 times a game, the fifth-most in the NBA since 2025-26.

He blocks 2.1 shots a game, more than anyone but Victor Wembanyama since 2025-26.

He grabs 3.8 offensive rebounds a game, the sixth-most in the NBA since 2025-26. His screens lead directly to 7.7 points a game, the eighth-most in the NBA.

Career

5 seasons

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3PM	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−	Honors
2022-23UTA	UTA	74	23.0	9.2	8.4	0.9	0.4	2.3	0.8	.720	0.0	.333	.516	.702	+1.0	All-Rookie 1st
2023-24UTA	UTA	64	23.3	8.1	7.5	0.9	0.5	2.4	1.0	.654	0.1	.211	.602	.663	−2.3
2024-25UTA	UTA	58	30.0	11.1	12.2	1.7	0.6	2.4	1.5	.663	0.1	.176	.520	.660	−5.7
2025-26UTA	UTA	5	30.8	14.4	10.8	3.0	1.4	1.8	3.2	.703	1.2	.750	.700	.786	+2.8
2026-27so farLAL, so far	LAL	13	30.8	14.5	10.8	1.8	1.2	2.2	1.7	.675	0.0	–	.614	.678	+7.8
NBA rank			62nd	77th	6th	158th	47th	2nd		1st			112th	7th	24th
Career5 seasons	5 seasons	214	25.7	9.8	9.4	1.2	0.5	2.4	1.2	.681	0.1	.266	.551	.679	−1.4

Blue: his best season in each column (20 games or more, four in the playoffs; 3P% with two tries a game, FT% with one).

Career bests

Performance Score, 214 games

Best game+15.725 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists on 10 for 10 shooting against Sacramento, Feb. 26, 2025The story Best four games+38.715.3 points a game, Jan. 13 to 18, 2023Last game

Where his points come from

This season, against the league

Source	Kessler	NBA avg
Paint	85.7%	41.2%
Mid-range	0.0%	6.3%
Threes	0.0%	35.2%
Free throws	14.3%	17.2%
Fast break	12.2%	12.7%
Off turnovers	24.9%	16.2%
Unassisted makes	25.9%	34.8%

Who stops him, and who he stops

Every matchup his career

Toughest defenders on him

Domantas Sabonis

Kessler scored 54 points on 25 for 30 shooting in 399 possessions against him, over 12 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Nov. 4, 2026	10	5-6	29.0
Oct. 24, 2025	1	0-0	33.1
Feb. 26, 2025	13	6-6	44.6
Dec. 8, 2024	2	1-2	37.6
Oct. 29, 2024	2	1-1	32.3
March 31, 2024	6	3-4	40.1
Dec. 16, 2023	1	0-0	30.4
Oct. 25, 2023	0	0-0	16.6
March 25, 2023	9	4-4	37.5
March 20, 2023	8	4-6	51.7
Jan. 3, 2023	0	0-0	15.8
Dec. 30, 2022	2	1-1	29.9

The NBA’s matchup counts: possessions one man guarded another, and the points and shots that came of them. Usual is a scorer’s rate on everyone else who guarded him in the same years. Ranked with 250 possessions or more, about four full games of one man on the other, and a long record counts for more than a short one.

Advanced

2026-27, 13 games

Usage rate	16.7%	159th

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	FG	3P	FT	TO	PF	+/−
Nov 11	@ MIL	W123–112	29:13	10	11	3	1	1	5–10	0–0	0–0	1	4	+19
Nov 9	@ ATL	W124–114	30:04	21	10	4	1	1	8–12	0–0	5–6	4	2	−3
Nov 8	@ DET	W121–116	28:56	12	16	4	1	3	5–10	0–0	2–3	4	3	+5
Nov 6	vs POR	W124–118	37:00	16	12	2	1	0	7–10	0–0	2–3	1	5	+8
Nov 4	@ SAC	W116–103

Distance	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Under 8 ft	79–117	97.5%	38.9%	67.5%	59.1%
8–16 ft	2–3	2.5%	13.4%	66.7%	43.9%
16–24 ft

Stat	Avg	NBA rank
Deflections	2.1	69th
Contested shots	11.5	1st
Twos contested	9.5	1st
Threes contested	2.1	60th
Charges drawn	0.00	75th
Loose balls recovered	0.6	32nd
Box outs	2.1	11th
Screen assists	3.2	9th
Points from screen assists	7.7	10th

Per game	Kessler	NBA avg
Distance (miles)	2.30	1.76
Average speed (mph)	4.42	4.43
Touches	44.7	38.0
Passes	36.7	29.0
Potential assists	2.4	4.9

Split	GP	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
Location
Home	6	18.0	11.2	1.5	75.0%	—	52.2%	72.9%	+13.3
Away	7	11.6	10.6	2.0	58.9%	—	71.4%	62.1%	+3.1
Result

Assist rate	8.2%	216th

Assists per turnover	1.05	222nd

Turnover rate (per 100 plays)	12.1	194th

Offensive rating	122.1	16th

Defensive rating	110.4	121st

Net rating	+11.6	42nd

Offensive rebound rate	12.8%	13th

Defensive rebound rate	22.9%	13th

Effective FG%	67.5%	1st

Fouls drawn a game	2.7	82nd

Zone	Kessler	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
At the rim	84.2%	27.7%	73.3%	65.6%
Paint (non-rim)	15.0%	19.0%	38.9%	44.4%
Mid-range	0.8%	10.2%	0.0%	40.0%
Corner three	0.0%	11.7%	—	36.1%
Above-break three	0.0%	31.4%	—	34.8%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	FT	TO	+/−
Nov 11	@ MIL	W123–112	29:13	10	11	3	5–10	0–0	0–0	1	+19
Nov 9	@ ATL	W124–114	30:04	21	10	4	8–12	0–0	5–6	4	−3
Nov 8	@ DET	W121–116	28:56	12	16	4	5–10	0–0	2–3	4	+5
Nov 6	vs POR	W124–118	37:00	16	12	2	7–10	0–0	2–3	1	+8
Nov 4	@ SAC	W116–103	28:51	15	8	0	6–8	0–0	3–4	0	−1
Nov 2	vs MIA	W138–117	32:08	15	15	2	7–13	0–0	1–3	1	+16
Nov 1	vs TOR	W131–125	31:07	16	15	1	6–6	0–0	4–4	2	+11
Oct 30	@ GSW	L95–112	30:52	10	13	2	4–7	0–0	2–3	1	+3
Oct 28	@ LAC	W103–87	26:15	11	9	1	4–7	0–0	3–5	0	−7
Oct 27	vs POR	L129–136	32:45	13	8	0	6–9	0–0	1–4	4	+3

24+ ft	0–0	0.0%	43.1%	—	35.1%

Type	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Dunks	42–45	37.5%	5.8%	93.3%	88.4%
Layups	36–66	55.0%	25.7%	54.5%	56.0%
Floaters	0–0	0.0%	8.8%	—	45.3%
Hooks	1–4	3.3%	2.1%	25.0%	47.5%
Pull-up jumpers	0–0	0.0%	13.7%	—	37.6%
Step-backs	0–0	0.0%	5.2%	—	37.9%
Turnarounds and fadeaways	1–4	3.3%	5.2%	25.0%	40.3%
Other jump shots	1–1	0.8%	33.5%	100.0%	36.2%

Secondary assists	0.2	0.4

Month

Oct

14.0

9.0

1.2

72.5%

—

47.6%

69.7%

+7.8

Nov

15.0

12.4

2.3

63.8%

—

73.9%

66.4%

+7.9

Stat	Kessler	NBA avg
Rim shots defended per game	7.2	2.1
Opponent FG% at the rim	45.7%	64.4%

Walker Kessler

Inside his season

Tonight at Phoenix

Where his shots come from

His work inside

With him on the floor

Inside his season

His last game

His last game

His season

Impact

His season

His game

Career

Career bests

Where his points come from

Who stops him, and who he stops

Toughest defenders on him

Advanced

Game log

Shot chart

By distance

Hustle

Movement and touches

Pick your games

Splits

Shot profile

Last 10 games

By shot type

Rim defense

Clutch

Trends

Who stops him, and who he stops

Toughest defenders on him

His game

Career bests

His last game

His season

Impact

Inside his season

Tonight at Phoenix

Where his shots come from

His work inside

With him on the floor