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Alex Sarr Washington Wizards · #20

Center · 7'0", 205 lb · Bordeaux, France · Age 21 · 2nd season

Alex Sarr is a French 7-foot center/forward and the No. 2 pick of the 2024 NBA Draft — a mobile, shot-blocking, floor-stretching big and the cornerstone of Washington's rebuild. After a pre-draft season with the Perth Wildcats in Australia, he made the 2025 All-Rookie First Team and leaped in his second season to around 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 2 blocks a game. He is the younger brother of NBA player Olivier Sarr.

MVP race · #37Center rank · #13Balladex Impact · 67
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Alex Sarr
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Washington Wizards · #20 · Center
Alex Sarr
Season avg16.3 pts · 7.4 reb · 2.7 ast · .482 fg
Career avg14.4 pts · 6.9 reb · 2.5 ast · .431 fg
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
16.3pts
7.4reb
2.7ast
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Scouting report

Alex Sarr — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

C+
Franchise Big · Two-Way · Impact 67
Alex Sarr is a French 7-foot center/forward and the No. 2 pick of the 2024 NBA Draft — a mobile, shot-blocking, floor-stretching big and the cornersto
C-
Offense
B-
Defense
C-
Feel / IQ
D
Playmaking
Below average creator
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C+
Scoring
Average scorer
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B+
Rebounding
Excellent on the glass
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C
3PT / spacing
Average spacing
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C
Perimeter D
Average on the perimeter
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B+
Paint / rim D
Excellent at the rim
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C+
Clutch
Average late
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C+
Athleticism
Strong tools
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C-
Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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C+
Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Alex Sarr stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Nikola Jokić DEN▬
31%
2
Luka Doncic LAL▬
19%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC▬
8%
4
Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA▬
5%
5
Victor Wembanyama SAS▬
3%
6
Anthony Edwards MIN▬
3%
7
Jamal Murray DEN▬
2%
8
Tyrese Maxey PHI▬
2%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #78 of 384 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
<1%MVP odds
67Impact index
151Star score
Career scoring average14.4 ppg
Seasons in the index2
Accolades on file2
No. 2 Draft pick (2024) · 1× All-Rookie First Team (2025)
Stat explorer

Alex Sarr — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

C+
Scoring
16.3 PPG
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D
Playmaking
2.7 APG
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B+
Rebounding
7.4 RPG
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C
Shooting
.333 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Alex Sarr

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.

Projected 2026-27  58% confidence
18.6
pts
15.5–21.7
8.0
reb
6.6–9.4
3.0
ast
2.0–4.0
27.7
min
proj
54
gp
health
.446
fg%
~base
.323
3p%
~base
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 2-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Last season 16.3 → projected 18.6 PPG
Minutes / role
+0.3
Development (his trend)
+1.5
Age curve
+0.2
Live context
+0.3
Net vs last season+2.3 PPG
Everything it reads
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2 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
real
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Recency × games-played weight
recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline
auto
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Weighted least-squares trend
his own trajectory, read season over season
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Per-stat aging curves
age 21 — applied per stat
curve
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Live role context
usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present
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Durability signal
GP last 3: 67 / 48 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Alex Sarr career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2024-256727.113.06.52.4.394.308
2025-264827.216.37.42.7.482.333
Career11527.114.46.92.5
Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.
EraLab · the stat time machinenovel
Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.
—raw PPG
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—in 2026 pace
why
Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart
Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.
Role simulatorpowered by GM engine
Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the Washington Wizards built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

15–67proj record
#15conf seed
-11net rtg
110.1off rtg
121.1def rtg
1%playoff odds
Roster delta · what changed
Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Deandre Ayton, Alex Sarr.
How his role moves
Projected 15–67, 15th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
67 of 99
Solid starter tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
2 accolades
No. 2 Draft pick (2024) · 1× All-Rookie First Team (2025)
Act IV

The Ballad of Alex Sarr

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

Apr 26, 2005

The beginning

A mobile, shot-blocking 7-footer and No.

Washington Wizards

Turning pro

Drafted 2nd overall, 2024 as a Center.

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A mobile, shot-blocking 7-footer and No. 2 pick — the cornerstone of Washington's rebuild.

Chapter

From Bordeaux, Sarr played in Australia's NBL before Washington drafted him 2nd overall in 2024.

Chapter

He made the 2025 All-Rookie First Team — youngest Wizard ever with a 30-point game.

Off the court

Measurables ESPN
Active
Height
7' 0"
Weight
205 lbs
Experience
3rd Season
Draft
2nd overall, 2024
Born
Bordeaux, France
Age
21
Jersey
#20
Beyond the game

Sarr comes from a basketball family — his father, Massar, was a professional player from Senegal, and his older brother Olivier reached the NBA — and represented France at every youth level before making his senior national-team debut. He is one of the faces of a new wave of French big men reshaping the league.

His on-court identity is modern two-way size — a true 7-footer with the mobility to switch and protect the rim (two blocks a game) and the range to stretch the floor. His rookie efficiency was raw, but his second-season jump across the board (16.3 points on much better shooting) points to a rising franchise center; added strength and shooting consistency are the natural next steps.

The person

A mobile, two-way 7-footer — rim protection, switchability, and floor-stretching range.

Rim protectorA shot-blocking 7-footer averaging two blocks a game.
Stretch bigThe range and mobility to defend and space the floor.
Franchise cornerstoneThe No. 2 pick and centerpiece of Washington's rebuild.
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FAQ

Alex Sarr — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Alex Sarr, answered.

Why is Alex Sarr important for the Wizards?
He was the No. 2 overall pick in 2024 and is the cornerstone of Washington's rebuild — a mobile, two-way 7-footer who protects the rim and stretches the floor.
Where did Alex Sarr play before the NBA?
He played a pre-draft season with the Perth Wildcats in Australia's NBL after time in Overtime Elite.
Is Alex Sarr related to another NBA player?
Yes — he's the younger brother of NBA center Olivier Sarr.
Alex Sarr career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Availability & durability

games played vs season length
Career availability
70%
2 seasons
Last 3 seasons
70%
49 games missed
Games missed
49
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Some risk
steady
Availability by season
67
24-25
48
25-26

Some risk. Availability trend is steady — 70% of games over the last three seasons, low of 59% in 2025-26.

Availability = games played ÷ season length (schedule-adjusted for lockout and COVID seasons). A durability signal from real game data, not a medical assessment.

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