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Harrison BarnesSan Antonio Spurs · #40

Forward · 6'7", 225 lb · Ames, Iowa · Age 34 · 14th season

Harrison Barnes is a durable veteran forward for the San Antonio Spurs and a 2015 NBA champion. A North Carolina product drafted 7th in 2012, he won a title with Golden State and an Olympic gold medal, then became a steady, iron-man wing across Dallas and Sacramento. Acquired by San Antonio in 2024, he provides veteran spacing and defense for the Spurs' young core.

MVP race · #234Forward rank · #68Balladex Impact · 60
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San Antonio Spurs · #40 · Forward
Harrison Barnes
Season avg9.9 pts · 2.8 reb · 1.9 ast · .456 fg
Career avg13.6 pts · 4.6 reb · 1.8 ast · .461 fg
Live win probabilitySpurs 66%
Balladex model · projected 118–115 · 98.8 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
9.7pts
2.7reb
2.2ast
66%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Harrison Barnes
San Antonio Spurs · Forward
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Jamal Shead
Toronto Raptors · Strong 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

Harrison Barnes — 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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Veteran Spacing Forward · Impact 60
Harrison Barnes is a durable veteran forward for the San Antonio Spurs and a 2015 NBA champion. A North Carolina product drafted 7th in 2012, he won a
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Offense
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Defense
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Feel / IQ
F
Playmaking
Below average creator
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Scoring
Average scorer
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Rebounding
Average on the glass
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C+
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 Harrison Barnes 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: #187 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
60Impact index
173Star score
Career scoring average13.6 ppg
Seasons in the index14
Accolades on file2
1× NBA Champion (2015) · 🥇 Olympic gold (2016)
Stat explorer

Harrison Barnes — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
9.9 PPG
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Playmaking
1.9 APG
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Rebounding
2.8 RPG
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Shooting
.388 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Harrison Barnes

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  64% confidence
9.3
pts
6.9–11.7
2.6
reb
1.6–3.6
2.0
ast
1.1–2.9
24.8
min
proj
80
gp
health
.477
fg%
~base
.400
3p%
~base
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 14-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Last season 9.9 → projected 9.3 PPG
Minutes / role
-0.4
Development (his trend)
-0.2
Age curve
-0.3
Live context
+0.2
Net vs last season-0.6 PPG
Everything it reads
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14 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 34 — 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: 82 / 82 / 77 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Harrison Barnes career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2012-138125.49.24.11.2.439.359
2013-147828.39.54.01.5.399.347
2014-158228.310.15.51.4.482.405
2015-166630.911.74.91.8.466.383
2016-177935.519.25.01.5.468.351
2017-187734.218.96.12.0.445.357
2018-194932.317.74.21.3.404.389
2019-207234.514.54.92.2.460.381
2020-215836.216.16.63.5.497.391
2021-227733.616.45.62.4.469.394
2022-238232.515.04.51.6.473.374
2023-248229.012.23.01.2.474.387
2024-258227.212.33.81.7.508.433
2025-267725.89.92.81.9.456.388
Career104230.813.64.61.8
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 San Antonio Spurs built to win?

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

63–19proj record
#2conf seed
+8.6net rtg
118.8off rtg
110.3def rtg
99%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 steady. Defensive anchors: Victor Wembanyama, Luke Kornet.
How his role moves
Projected 63–19, 2nd in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
60 of 99
Solid starter tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
2 accolades
1× NBA Champion (2015) · 🥇 Olympic gold (2016)
Act IV

The Ballad of Harrison Barnes

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

May 30, 1992

The beginning

A steady, durable veteran forward and champion — the professional's professional for the Spurs' young core.

San Antonio Spurs

Turning pro

Drafted 7th overall, 2012 as a Forward.

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A durable veteran champion and Olympian — the professional's professional steadying the Spurs' young core.

Chapter

A North Carolina standout, Barnes was drafted 7th in 2012 and won the 2015 title and Olympic gold with Golden State.

Chapter

He became one of the league's most durable, reliable wings across Dallas and Sacramento.

Barnes's story
The documentary, narrated

Off the court

Measurables ESPN
Active
Height
6' 7"
Weight
225 lbs
College
North Carolina
Experience
14th Season
NBA debut
2012
Draft
7th overall, 2012
Born
Ames, Iowa
Age
34
Jersey
#40
Beyond the game

Barnes is known as one of the NBA's model professionals — a Christian and famously a teetotaler who said he had his first sip of alcohol only after winning the 2015 Finals. Ames, Iowa named its high-school gym after him and inducted him into its Hall of Fame, a nod to a hometown hero who carried himself with discipline throughout his career.

His identity is durability and reliability: a two-way wing who defends multiple positions, spaces the floor, and rarely misses games. For a young Spurs core built around Wembanyama, Fox, and Castle, Barnes is the steadying veteran presence and low-maintenance connective wing every ascending team needs.

The person

A durable, disciplined veteran wing and champion — spacing, defense, and professionalism.

Iron manOne of the league's most durable wings across a long career.
Two-way wingCoaches have said he can defend all five positions; a reliable floor-spacer.
ProfessionalA model veteran — champion, Olympian, and steady locker-room presence.
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FAQ

Harrison Barnes — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Harrison Barnes, answered.

Did Harrison Barnes win a championship?
Yes — the 2015 NBA title with Golden State, plus an Olympic gold medal in 2016.
How did Harrison Barnes join the Spurs?
San Antonio acquired him in a July 2024 three-team trade to add veteran wing depth.
What is Harrison Barnes known for?
Durability and professionalism — a steady two-way wing and one of the league's most reliable, available players.
Harrison Barnes 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
92%
14 seasons
Last 3 seasons
98%
5 games missed
Games missed
86
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Iron man
improving
Availability by season
79
16-17
77
17-18
49
18-19
72
19-20
58
20-21
77
21-22
82
22-23
82
23-24
82
24-25
77
25-26

Iron man. Availability trend is improving98% of games over the last three seasons, low of 60% in 2018-19.

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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