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Devin BookerPhoenix Suns · #15

Guard · 6'5", 206 lb · Grand Rapids, Michigan · Age 30 · 11th season

Devin Booker is the franchise cornerstone of the Phoenix Suns and one of the NBA's premier scoring guards. Drafted 13th in 2015 out of Kentucky, he is the youngest player ever to score 70 points in a game, led the Suns to the 2021 NBA Finals, and is a five-time All-Star, two-time All-NBA pick, and two-time Olympic gold medalist. He became the Suns' all-time leading scorer in 2025.

MVP race · #12Guard rank · #9Balladex Impact · 76
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Devin Booker
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Phoenix Suns · #15 · Guard
Devin Booker
Season avg26.1 pts · 3.9 reb · 6.0 ast · .456 fg
Career avg24.6 pts · 4.0 reb · 5.3 ast · .461 fg
Live win probability76ers 65%
Balladex model · projected 120–117 · 98.4 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
29.7pts
4.1reb
7.0ast
35%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Devin Booker
Phoenix Suns · Guard
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VJ Edgecombe
Philadelphia 76ers · 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

Devin Booker — 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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Franchise Scorer · Shot-Maker · Impact 76
Devin Booker is the franchise cornerstone of the Phoenix Suns and one of the NBA's premier scoring guards. Drafted 13th in 2015 out of Kentucky, he is
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Offense
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Defense
B
Feel / IQ
B-
Playmaking
Strong creator
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A
Scoring
Elite scorer
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D
Rebounding
Below average 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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F
Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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B+
Clutch
Excellent late
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B
Athleticism
Strong tools
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B
Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Devin Booker 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: #21 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
76Impact index
328Star score
Career scoring average24.6 ppg
Seasons in the index11
Accolades on file3
5× NBA All-Star · 2× All-NBA (2022, 2024)
Stat explorer

Devin Booker — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
26.1 PPG
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Playmaking
6.0 APG
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Rebounding
3.9 RPG
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C
Shooting
.330 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Devin Booker

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  73% confidence
26.4
pts
23.9–28.9
3.8
reb
2.9–4.7
6.2
ast
5.4–7.0
33.4
min
proj
68
gp
health
.468
fg%
~base
.339
3p%
~base
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 11-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Last season 26.1 → projected 26.4 PPG
Minutes / role
-0.1
Development (his trend)
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Age curve
-0.2
Live context
+0.5
Net vs last season+0.3 PPG
Everything it reads
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11 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 30 — 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: 68 / 75 / 64 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Devin Booker career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2015-167627.713.82.52.6.423.343
2016-177835.022.13.23.4.423.363
2017-185434.524.94.54.7.432.383
2018-196435.026.64.16.8.467.326
2019-207035.926.64.26.5.489.354
2020-216733.925.64.24.3.484.340
2021-226834.526.85.04.8.466.383
2022-235334.627.84.55.5.494.351
2023-246836.027.14.56.9.492.364
2024-257537.325.64.17.1.461.332
2025-266433.526.13.96.0.456.330
Career73734.324.64.05.3
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 Phoenix Suns built to win?

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

46–36proj record
#7conf seed
+2.1net rtg
114.5off rtg
112.6def rtg
76%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: Mark Williams, Jordan Goodwin.
How his role moves
Projected 46–36, 7th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
76 of 99
Star starter tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
3 accolades
5× NBA All-Star · 2× All-NBA (2022, 2024) · 🥇×2 Olympic gold (2020, 2024)
Act IV

The Ballad of Devin Booker

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

Oct 30, 1996

The beginning

The franchise cornerstone and elite scoring guard — a 70-point scorer and Finals leader for the Suns.

Phoenix Suns

Turning pro

Drafted 13th overall, 2015 as a Guard.

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The franchise cornerstone and elite scoring guard — a 70-point scorer and Finals leader for the Suns.

Chapter

Son of a college Player of the Year, Booker was a Kentucky one-and-done drafted 13th in 2015.

Chapter

At 20 he scored 70 points — the youngest player ever to reach 70.

Off the court

Measurables ESPN
Active
Height
6' 5"
Weight
206 lbs
College
Kentucky
Experience
11th Season
NBA debut
2015
Draft
13th overall, 2015
Born
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Age
30
Jersey
#15
Beyond the game

Booker is basketball royalty and a Phoenix icon — the son of Melvin Booker, a 1994 college Player of the Year who shaped his elite basketball IQ, and of Mexican-American heritage through his mother. A Special Olympics ambassador (his half-sister has a genetic condition) and founder of the 'Starting Five' charitable foundation, he is deeply tied to the Phoenix community.

His on-court identity is elite three-level scoring — a guard with a polished pick-and-roll game, footwork, mid-range mastery, and a clutch, game-winning reputation, increasingly paired with lead playmaking (a career-high seven assists a game in 2024-25). One of the purest scorers of his generation, he is the offensive hub the Suns build around.

The person

An elite three-level scoring guard — mid-range mastery, clutch play, and growing playmaking.

Elite scorerThe youngest player ever to score 70 points in a game.
ClutchA polished, game-winning reputation and Finals pedigree.
PlaymakerA career-high seven assists a game as a lead hub.
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FAQ

Devin Booker — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Devin Booker, answered.

What is Devin Booker known for?
Elite three-level scoring — he's the youngest player ever to score 70 points in a game, a five-time All-Star, two-time All-NBA pick, and the Suns' all-time leading scorer.
Did Devin Booker reach the NBA Finals?
Yes — he led the Phoenix Suns to the 2021 NBA Finals, posting back-to-back 40-point games in the series.
Who is Devin Booker's father?
Melvin Booker, a former professional player and 1994 college Player of the Year who shaped Devin's basketball IQ.
Devin Booker 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
84%
11 seasons
Last 3 seasons
84%
39 games missed
Games missed
145
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Durable
steady
Availability by season
78
16-17
54
17-18
64
18-19
70
19-20
67
20-21
68
21-22
53
22-23
68
23-24
75
24-25
64
25-26

Durable. Availability trend is steady84% of games over the last three seasons, low of 65% in 2022-23.

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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