Walker Kessler

Utah Jazz

Position:

C

Offensive Role:

Roll/Cut Big

Defensive Role:

Hang Back Big

Height:

7'0.25"

Positional Size:

B+

Weight:

256

Wingspan:

7'4.25"

Age:

23

Hometown:

Atlanta, GA

Walker Kessler Stats

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	GP	MPG	FGM-FGA	FG%	3PM-3PA	3P%	FTM-FTA	FT%	REB	APG	STL	BLK	PF	TOV	PTS
2023	74	23	4 - 5.6	72	0 - 0	33.3	1.1 - 2.1	51.6	8.4	0.9	0.4	2.3	2.3	0.8	9.2
2024	64	23.3	3.6 - 5.5	65.4	0.1 - 0.3	21.1	0.9 - 1.5	60.2	7.5	0.9	0.5	2.4	2.1	1	8.1
2025	9	26.4 ↑	3.9 - 5.7 ↑	68.6 ↓	0 - 0 –	0.0 ↓	1.4 - 2.6 ↑	56.5 ↑	10.7 ↑	1 ↑	0.4 –	2.8 ↑	2.2 –	1.7 ↑	9.2 ↑
Career	147	23.4	3.8 - 5.5	69.0	0 - 0.1	22.7	1 - 1.9	54.9	8.1	0.9	0.4	2.4	2.2	0.9	8.7

	MP	TS%	3PAR	FTR	SQ	BOXCR	OLOAD	PR	PORT	VERS	CWARP	VORP
2023	1703	70.2	0.7	38.4	19.7	1.2	17.7	2.5	3.3	10	3.95	2.1
2024	1493	66.3	5.4	26.6	20.6	1	16.6	1.3	1.3	13	2.11	1.1
2025	238	67.9		45.1		1.1	16.3	1.2	0.5	13	0.38	0.2

Season	MP	COPM	CDPM	CPM	ODARKO	DDARKO	DARKO	ODRIP	DDRIP	DRIP	OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2023	1703	0.3	2.1	2.4	0.4	0.8	1.2				1.4	1.5	2.9
2024	1493	-1.1	1.5	0.4	-0.6	1.3	0.7	-1.5	1	-0.5	-0.4	1.3	0.9
2025	238	-0.9 38%	1.6 88%	0.8 77%	-0.7	1.1	0.4	-1.6	1.7	0.1	-0.4	0.9	0.5

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	66.7%	94
SQ	15.5	5
FTr	31.2%	77
3PAr	4.1%	8
ORB	1.4	91
cTOV	14%	3
Load	16.5	15
Creation	1	15
Portability	1.1	14
Passer Rating	1.3	6
CraftedOPM	-1.1	34

Stat	Value
Deflections	1.3	15
raDTOV	-0.5	10
DRB	0	62
Rim Defense	-12.9	97
Rim Frequency	43.9	89
BLKpct	9.3	99
Versatility	13	19
rPF	0.3	40
CraftedDPM	1.5	88

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*This scouting report combines the player's last two seasons of performance, with greater emphasis on the most recent 238 minutes played during the 2024-25 season. Compared to all other players who played over 48 minutes.

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offense

	Player	Score
1	Nick Richards	90
2	Drew Eubanks	89
3	Jaxson Hayes	89
4	Bruno Fernando	89
5	Rudy Gobert	89
6	Moussa Diabaté	89
7	Oso Ighodaro	88
8	Zach Edey	88
9	DeAndre Jordan	87
10	Donovan Clingan	87

defense

	Player	Score
1	Clint Capela	88
2	Jock Landale	88
3	Chet Holmgren	87
4	Jericho Sims	87
5	Ivica Zubac	86
6	Trayce Jackson-Davis	86
7	Joel Embiid	85
8	Luke Kornet	85
9	Nic Claxton	85
10	Rudy Gobert	85

overall

	Player	Score
1	Rudy Gobert	88
2	Ivica Zubac	87
3	Clint Capela	86
4	Drew Eubanks	86
5	Nick Richards	86
6	Dereck Lively II	85
7	Jericho Sims	84
8	Bruno Fernando	84
9	Neemias Queta	84
10	Charles Bassey	83

*Similarity Score | The difference between the percentile scores of this player and that of all other players in his position group (guards, wings, forwards, bigs). Converted to a 1-100 scale where 100 is most similar, and 1 is least similar.