Ace BaileyUtah Jazz · #19
Ace Bailey is a 6-foot-9 scoring wing for the Utah Jazz and the No. 5 pick of the 2025 NBA Draft. A former McDonald's All-American from the Chattanooga area, he starred one season at Rutgers and was one of the most highly-touted scoring prospects in his class. As a 19-year-old rookie he became the youngest player in Jazz history to reach 500 career points, a foundational young piece for the rebuild.
Ace Bailey — the report card
Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.
Where Ace Bailey stands
Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.
Ace Bailey — every number, three levels deep
Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.
How the model sees Ace Bailey
Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.
Ace Bailey career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 72 | 27.6 | 13.8 | 4.2 | 1.8 | .443 | .344 |
| Career | 72 | 27.6 | 13.8 | 4.2 | 1.8 |
The Lab
Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.
Are the Utah Jazz built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
The Ballad of Ace Bailey
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
The beginning
A 6-foot-9 scoring wing and No.
Turning pro
Drafted 5th overall, 2025 as a Forward.
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A 6-foot-9 scoring wing and No. 5 pick — an elite prospect and foundational piece for the Jazz.
Chapter
A McDonald's All-American from Chattanooga, Bailey averaged 17.6 a game at Rutgers before Utah drafted him 5th in 2025.
Chapter
One of the top scoring prospects in his class, he opened at around 14 points a game.
Off the court
- Height
- 6' 9"
- Weight
- 200 lbs
- College
- Rutgers
- Experience
- 1st Season
- Draft
- 5th overall, 2025
- Born
- Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Age
- 20
- Jersey
- #19
Bailey comes from serious athletic pedigree — his mother played college basketball at West Virginia, his father at Houston, and his aunt Venus Lacy was a WNBA player and 1996 Olympic gold medalist. That lineage and elite size fueled his rise from the Chattanooga area to a top-five pick.
His on-court identity is scoring size — a 6-foot-9 wing with the length and shot-making to score at three levels, projecting as a foundational offensive piece for a rebuilding team. As an early-career rookie his professional resume is still thin, but his combination of size, scoring pedigree, and youth gives him a high ceiling on Utah's timeline.
A big scoring wing with high upside — size, shot-making, and a strong scoring pedigree.
Ace Bailey — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Ace Bailey, answered.
