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Ben Sheppard Indiana Pacers · #26

Guard · 6'6", 190 lb · Atlanta, GA · Age 25 · 3rd season

Ben Sheppard is a guard for the Indiana Pacers who has played 185 games over 3 seasons, averaging 7.1 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 2025-26.

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Indiana Pacers · #26 · Guard

Ben Sheppard

Season avg7.1 pts · 3.0 reb · 1.8 ast · .434 fg

Career avg5.7 pts · 2.5 reb · 1.4 ast · .416 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

7.1pts

3.0reb

1.8ast

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Scouting report

Ben Sheppard — the report card

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

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Guard · Rotation piece · Impact 53

Ben Sheppard is a guard for the Indiana Pacers who has played 185 games over 3 seasons, averaging 7.1 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 2025-26.

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Offense

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Defense

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Feel / IQ

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Playmaking

Below average creator

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Scoring

Below average scorer

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Rebounding

Below average on the glass

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3PT / spacing

Below average spacing

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Perimeter D

Below average on the perimeter

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Paint / rim D

Below average at the rim

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Clutch

Below average late

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Athleticism

Below average tools

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Basketball IQ

Reads the game

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Durability

Availability

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Act II

Where Ben Sheppard 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

Nikola Jokić Denver Nuggets▬

43%

Giannis Antetokounmpo Miami Heat▬

23%

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Oklahoma City Thunder▬

19%

Luka Doncic Los Angeles Lakers▬

Joel Embiid Philadelphia 76ers▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #321 of 627 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.

Futures & chases

—MVP odds

53Impact index

25Star score

Career scoring average5.7 ppg

Seasons in the index3

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Ben Sheppard — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring

7.1 PPG

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Playmaking

1.8 APG

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Rebounding

3.0 RPG

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Shooting

.362 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Ben Sheppard

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

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pts

5.6–10.8

3.4

reb

2.2–4.6

2.2

ast

1.2–3.2

23.2

min

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health

.422

fg%

~base

.348

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 3-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 7.1 → projected 8.2 PPG

Minutes / role

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Development (his trend)

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Age curve

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Live context

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Net vs last season+1.1 PPG

Everything it reads

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3 seasons of per-minute rates

every box line, minutes-normalized

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Recency × games-played weight

recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline

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Weighted least-squares trend

his own trajectory, read season over season

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Per-stat aging curves

age 25 — 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: 57 / 63 / 65 → games & confidence

health

The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Ben Sheppard career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2023-24	57	14.3	4.4	1.6	0.9	.393	.314
2024-25	63	19.5	5.3	2.8	1.3	.418	.342
2025-26	65	21.4	7.1	3.0	1.8	.434	.362
Career	185	18.6	5.7	2.5	1.4

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

Player DNA + compssimilarity model

Closest comps

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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.

If a key teammate misses 20 games →

Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.

Context

Are the Indiana Pacers built to win?

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

22–60proj record

#13conf seed

-7.5net rtg

110.2off rtg

117.8def rtg

1%playoff odds

Roster delta · what changed

Drop coverage — Sits the big back to wall off the rim and lives with contested mid-range looks.. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Ivica Zubac, Andrew Nembhard.

How his role moves

Projected 22–60, 13th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

53 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Ben Sheppard

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

2001-07-16

The beginning

Ben Sheppard is a guard for the Indiana Pacers.

Indiana Pacers

Turning pro

Drafted 26th overall, 2023 as a Guard.

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Ben Sheppard is a guard for the Indiana Pacers.

Chapter

He has played 185 games over 3 seasons (2023-26), averaging 18.6 minutes a night. The season-by-season table below carries every per-game figure, each one reconciled against ESPN.

Chapter

In 2025-26 he played 65 games, averaging 7.1 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 21.4 minutes.

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Sheppard's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

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Height: 6' 6"
Weight: 190 lbs
College: Belmont
Experience: 4th Season
Draft: 26th overall, 2023
Born: Atlanta, GA
Age: 25
Jersey: #26

Beyond the game

Ben Sheppard is from Atlanta, GA, born 2001-07-16, listed at 6'6" and 190 lb. He has 4 seasons of NBA service. This background is assembled from league records; the colour that fills a page like this comes later, from a human.

The person

A guard on 18.6 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Rotation regular21.4 minutes a night in the rotation.

Floor spacerShooting 36.2% from three.

Verified profiles & sources

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FAQ

Ben Sheppard — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Ben Sheppard, answered.

What position does Ben Sheppard play?

Ben Sheppard is a guard for the Indiana Pacers.

How many NBA games has Ben Sheppard played?

185 regular-season games over 3 seasons, averaging 18.6 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Ben Sheppard played?

3 seasons (2023-26).

How tall is Ben Sheppard?

6'6", 190 lb

Ben Sheppard 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.