Goga BitadzeOrlando Magic · #35
Goga Bitadze is a 6-foot-11 Georgian center for the Orlando Magic — an efficient, shot-blocking interior big. Drafted 18th in 2019 by Indiana after being named ABA League MVP, he moved to Orlando and developed into a reliable rotation center, posting career-best rebounding and elite finishing efficiency. He is a rim protector who scores mostly at the basket.
Goga Bitadze — the report card
Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.
Where Goga Bitadze stands
Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.
Goga Bitadze — every number, three levels deep
Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.
How the model sees Goga Bitadze
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.
Goga Bitadze career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 54 | 8.7 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 0.4 | .467 | .190 |
| 2020-21 | 45 | 12.5 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 0.8 | .428 | .253 |
| 2021-22 | 50 | 14.6 | 7.0 | 3.5 | 1.1 | .520 | .287 |
| 2022-23 | 21 | 9.6 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 0.9 | .519 | .286 |
| 2023-24 | 62 | 15.4 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 1.3 | .603 | .143 |
| 2024-25 | 70 | 20.4 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 2.0 | .611 | .107 |
| 2025-26 | 64 | 15.2 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 1.3 | .676 | .182 |
| Career | 366 | 14.5 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 1.2 |
The Lab
Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.
Are the Orlando Magic built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
The Ballad of Goga Bitadze
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
The beginning
An efficient, shot-blocking Georgian center — rim protection and interior finishing for the Magic.
Turning pro
Drafted 18th overall, 2019 as a Center.
true
An efficient, shot-blocking Georgian center — rim protection and interior finishing for the Magic.
Chapter
Son of a pro player, Bitadze was 2019 ABA League MVP before Indiana drafted him 18th that year.
Chapter
After four seasons in Indiana, he moved to Orlando.
Off the court
- Height
- 6' 11"
- Weight
- 250 lbs
- Experience
- 7th Season
- NBA debut
- 2019
- Draft
- 18th overall, 2019
- Born
- Sagarejo, Georgia
- Age
- 27
- Jersey
- #35
Bitadze carries Georgia's basketball tradition — the son of a pro player whose own career was cut short by injury — and rose through the elite European ranks, dominating the Adriatic League as its 2019 MVP before reaching the NBA. He became a sympathetic pre-draft figure when a viral photo showed reporters ignoring him to crowd around Zion Williamson, drawing public encouragement from NBA stars.
His on-court identity is efficient, defense-first center play — a 6-foot-11 rim protector who blocks shots, rebounds, and finishes near the basket at an elite clip (rising above 60% from the field in Orlando). A traditional, non-stretch big, his value is interior efficiency and rim protection off the bench for a young Magic team.
An efficient, shot-blocking center — rim protection, rebounding, and interior finishing.
Goga Bitadze — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Goga Bitadze, answered.
