Cason WallaceOklahoma City Thunder · #22
Cason Wallace is a young 3-and-D guard for the Oklahoma City Thunder and a 2025 NBA champion. A five-star recruit out of Richardson, Texas, he starred one season at Kentucky, was drafted 10th overall by Dallas in 2023, and traded to OKC on draft night. Known for lightning-fast hands and point-of-attack defense, he made All-Rookie Second Team in 2024 and played in every game of the 2025 title run after returning from a shoulder injury.
Cason Wallace — the report card
Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.
Where Cason Wallace stands
Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.
Cason Wallace — every number, three levels deep
Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.
How the model sees Cason Wallace
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Cason Wallace career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 82 | 20.6 | 6.8 | 2.3 | 1.5 | .491 | .419 |
| 2024-25 | 68 | 27.6 | 8.4 | 3.4 | 2.5 | .474 | .356 |
| 2025-26 | 77 | 26.6 | 8.6 | 3.1 | 2.6 | .432 | .351 |
| Career | 227 | 24.7 | 7.9 | 2.9 | 2.2 |
The Lab
Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.
Are the Oklahoma City Thunder built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
The Ballad of Cason Wallace
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
The beginning
A defense-first young guard with the fastest hands on a champion — the connective 3-and-D piece of OKC's core.
Turning pro
Drafted 10th overall, 2023 as a Guard.
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The youngest hands on a champion — a five-star recruit who bet his career on defense and won a ring at 21.
Chapter
A Dallas kid and McDonald's All-American, Wallace starred one season at Kentucky, then was drafted 10th by the Mavericks in 2023 and flipped to OKC on draft night.
Chapter
His defense translated instantly — All-Rookie Second Team in 2024 — built on the fastest hands in the Thunder backcourt.
Off the court
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 195 lbs
- College
- Kentucky
- Experience
- 3rd Season
- Draft
- 10th overall, 2023
- Born
- Dallas, Texas
- Age
- 23
- Jersey
- #22
Wallace comes from an athletic, close-knit Dallas family — parents Kimberly and Mike, and an older brother, Keaton, whom Cason calls the greatest influence on his life. He grew up idolizing LeBron James and, in a full-circle twist, listed fellow Kentucky product Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as his favorite former Wildcat before becoming his teammate. Away from the court he plays saxophone and piano and keeps a low profile.
His reputation was built on the defensive end from the start: even in college the question wasn't his defense but whether his offense would catch up. On a champion, that defense-first, low-ego profile made him a plug-and-play fit next to the stars — a young guard content to guard, move the ball, and hit open threes.
A quiet, defense-first young guard with elite hands — a low-ego connector who does the winning things.
Cason Wallace — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Cason Wallace, answered.
