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Brandon IngramToronto Raptors · #3

Forward · 6'8", 190 lb · Kinston, North Carolina · Age 29 · 10th season

Brandon Ingram is a 6-foot-8 wing scorer and two-time All-Star who joined the Toronto Raptors in 2025. Drafted 2nd overall in 2016 out of Duke, he broke out in New Orleans to win 2020 Most Improved Player and his first All-Star nod. A prototypical modern scoring wing often compared to Kevin Durant, his main career hurdle has been durability.

MVP race · #72Forward rank · #32Balladex Impact · 66
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Toronto Raptors · #3 · Forward
Brandon Ingram
Season avg21.5 pts · 5.6 reb · 3.7 ast · .477 fg
Career avg19.8 pts · 5.2 reb · 4.2 ast · .465 fg
Live win probabilitySpurs 66%
Balladex model · projected 118–115 · 98.8 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
21.8pts
5.7reb
3.4ast
34%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Brandon Ingram
Toronto Raptors · Forward
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Stephon Castle
San Antonio Spurs · Solid defender
Category breakout
Head-to-head history
Home/away splits from recent games; live grades from the DNA model.
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Scouting report

Brandon Ingram — 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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Scoring Wing · Shot-Creator · Impact 66
Brandon Ingram is a 6-foot-8 wing scorer and two-time All-Star who joined the Toronto Raptors in 2025. Drafted 2nd overall in 2016 out of Duke, he bro
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Offense
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Defense
C
Feel / IQ
C-
Playmaking
Below average creator
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Scoring
Strong scorer
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Rebounding
Average on the glass
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3PT / spacing
Average spacing
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Perimeter D
Average on the perimeter
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Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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Clutch
Average late
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Athleticism
Strong tools
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Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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A+
Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Brandon Ingram 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
29%
2
Luka Doncic LAL
20%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC
12%
4
Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA
4%
5
Victor Wembanyama SAS
3%
6
Anthony Edwards MIN
2%
7
Tyrese Maxey PHI
2%
8
Jamal Murray DEN
2%
Balladex Consensus: #71 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
66Impact index
192Star score
Career scoring average19.8 ppg
Seasons in the index10
Accolades on file3
1× Most Improved Player (2020) · 2× NBA All-Star
Stat explorer

Brandon Ingram — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
21.5 PPG
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Playmaking
3.7 APG
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Rebounding
5.6 RPG
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Shooting
.382 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Brandon Ingram

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  82% confidence
21.9
pts
20.0–23.8
5.7
reb
5.0–6.4
3.5
ast
3.0–4.0
34.1
min
proj
55
gp
health
.480
fg%
~base
.375
3p%
~base
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 10-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Last season 21.5 → projected 21.9 PPG
Minutes / role
+0.2
Development (his trend)
-0.2
Age curve
-0.1
Live context
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Net vs last season+0.4 PPG
Everything it reads
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10 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
real
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 29 — 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: 64 / 18 / 77 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Brandon Ingram career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2016-177928.89.44.02.1.402.294
2017-185933.516.15.33.9.470.390
2018-195233.818.35.13.0.497.330
2019-206233.923.86.14.2.463.391
2020-216134.323.84.94.9.466.381
2021-225534.022.75.85.6.461.327
2022-234534.224.75.55.8.484.390
2023-246432.920.85.15.7.492.355
2024-251833.122.25.65.2.465.374
2025-267733.821.55.63.7.477.382
Career57233.119.85.24.2
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
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 Toronto Raptors built to win?

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

48–34proj record
#7conf seed
+2.8net rtg
115off rtg
112.1def rtg
85%playoff odds
Roster delta · what changed
Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending steady. Defensive anchors: Jakob Poeltl, Jamal Shead.
How his role moves
Projected 48–34, 7th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
66 of 99
Solid starter tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
3 accolades
1× Most Improved Player (2020) · 2× NBA All-Star · 2nd Draft pick (2016)
Act IV

The Ballad of Brandon Ingram

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

Sep 2, 1997

The beginning

A smooth 6-foot-8 wing scorer and two-time All-Star — three-level scoring for the Raptors.

Toronto Raptors

Turning pro

Drafted 2nd overall, 2016 as a Forward.

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A smooth 6-foot-8 wing scorer and two-time All-Star — three-level scoring for the Raptors.

Chapter

A four-time state champ and Duke one-and-done, Ingram was drafted 2nd in 2016 by the Lakers.

Chapter

Traded to New Orleans, he won 2020 Most Improved Player and his first All-Star nod.

Off the court

Measurables ESPN
Day-To-Day · INJURY_STATUS_DAYTODAYThe Clippers are nearing a deal that would send Kawhi Leonard to the Raptors for Ingram (heel), Gradey Dick, two future first-round picks, one pick swap and two future second-rounders, Shams Charania of ESPN reports.
Height
6' 8"
Weight
190 lbs
College
Duke
Experience
10th Season
NBA debut
2016
Draft
2nd overall, 2016
Born
Kinston, North Carolina
Age
29
Jersey
#3
Beyond the game

Ingram grew up in a close family in Kinston, North Carolina — his father a former police officer and welder, with an older brother who played college ball — and is known off the court for interests in drawing, portrait art, and fishing. That quiet, artistic personality contrasts with a fierce competitive streak on the floor.

His on-court identity is smooth, three-level scoring at size — a 6-foot-8 wing with length, a deadly mid-range game, and improving playmaking, the profile that earned Kevin Durant comparisons (which Durant himself endorsed). Health has been the defining variable — a blood clot cost him a season and ankle issues have flared — but when available, he is a proven number-one-caliber scorer, ideal alongside Barnes for Toronto.

The person

A smooth three-level scoring wing — size, mid-range mastery, and playmaking.

Three-level scorerA smooth 6-foot-8 wing with a deadly mid-range game.
All-Star2020 Most Improved Player and two-time All-Star.
Durability watchHis main career hurdle has been staying healthy.
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FAQ

Brandon Ingram — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Brandon Ingram, answered.

What is Brandon Ingram known for?
Smooth three-level scoring at size — a 6-foot-8 wing with a deadly mid-range game, often compared to Kevin Durant, who won 2020 Most Improved Player and is a two-time All-Star.
How did Brandon Ingram join the Raptors?
Toronto acquired him from New Orleans in February 2025, and he signed a three-year, $120 million extension.
What is Brandon Ingram's biggest challenge?
Durability — a 2019 blood clot cost him a season and ankle issues ended his 2024-25 early; staying healthy is the key to his value.
Brandon Ingram 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
72%
10 seasons
Last 3 seasons
65%
87 games missed
Games missed
228
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Injury-prone
steady
Availability by season
79
16-17
59
17-18
52
18-19
62
19-20
61
20-21
55
21-22
45
22-23
64
23-24
18
24-25
77
25-26

Injury-prone. Availability trend is steady65% of games over the last three seasons, low of 22% in 2024-25.

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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