Amen ThompsonHouston Rockets · #1
Amen Thompson is an elite two-way point-forward for the Houston Rockets and a 2025 All-Defensive First Team selection. The identical twin of Detroit's Ausar Thompson, he skipped college via Overtime Elite and was drafted 4th in 2023. A freakish athlete who defends multiple positions and creates as a playmaker, he broke out in 2025-26 with a 41-point game and became one of the league's best young two-way players.
Amen Thompson — the report card
Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.
Where Amen Thompson stands
Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.
Amen Thompson — every number, three levels deep
Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.
How the model sees Amen Thompson
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.
Amen Thompson career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 62 | 22.4 | 9.5 | 6.6 | 2.6 | .536 | .138 |
| 2024-25 | 69 | 32.2 | 14.1 | 8.2 | 3.8 | .557 | .275 |
| 2025-26 | 79 | 37.4 | 18.3 | 7.8 | 5.3 | .534 | .216 |
| Career | 210 | 31.3 | 14.3 | 7.6 | 4.0 |
The Lab
Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.
Are the Houston Rockets built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
The Ballad of Amen Thompson
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
The beginning
A freakish two-way point-forward and elite defender — the athletic engine of the young Rockets.
Turning pro
Drafted 4th overall, 2023 as a Guard.
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A freakish two-way point-forward who skipped college — one of the best young defenders in the league.
Chapter
Amen and his twin Ausar skipped college for Overtime Elite; Houston took Amen 4th in 2023, one pick ahead of Ausar to Detroit.
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He made All-Defensive First Team in 2025, guarding multiple positions with elite athleticism.
Off the court
- Height
- 6' 7"
- Weight
- 200 lbs
- Experience
- 3rd Season
- Draft
- 4th overall, 2023
- Born
- Oakland, California
- Age
- 23
- Jersey
- #1
The Thompson twins are one of basketball's great stories — identical brothers, born a minute apart, who skipped traditional recruiting for Overtime Elite and went back-to-back near the top of the 2023 draft (Amen 4th to Houston, Ausar 5th to Detroit). Of Jamaican descent through their father, the family is athletic through and through: an older brother played college ball, and an uncle ran the 400-meter hurdles at the 1992 Olympics.
Amen's identity is elite athleticism harnessed into two-way impact: he guards one through four, ignites transition, and creates as a point-forward. The one clear developmental frontier is outside shooting, but his defense, passing, and finishing already make him a cornerstone — and, with Ausar in Detroit, half of the NBA's most electric twin duo.
An explosive, versatile two-way point-forward — elite defense and athleticism with playmaking.
Amen Thompson — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Amen Thompson, answered.
