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Jordan Goodwin Phoenix Suns · #23

Guard · 6'3", 215 lb · Centreville, Illinois · Age 28 · 6th season

Jordan Goodwin is a 6-foot-3, 215-pound combo guard for the Phoenix Suns — a physical defender and elite rebounder for his position. Undrafted out of Saint Louis in 2021, he has played for Washington, Phoenix, Memphis, and the Lakers before returning to Phoenix in 2025. His toughness, point-of-attack defense, and glass-crashing define his game.

MVP race · #128Guard rank · #72Balladex Impact · 60
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Phoenix Suns · #23 · Guard
Jordan Goodwin
Season avg8.7 pts · 4.9 reb · 2.2 ast · .413 fg
Career avg7.0 pts · 4.2 reb · 2.4 ast · .413 fg
Live win probabilitySpurs 67%
Balladex model · projected 119–115 · 98.4 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
10.2pts
4.1reb
2.4ast
33%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Jordan Goodwin
Phoenix Suns · Guard
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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

Jordan Goodwin — 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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Defensive Combo Guard · Impact 60
Jordan Goodwin is a 6-foot-3, 215-pound combo guard for the Phoenix Suns — a physical defender and elite rebounder for his position. Undrafted out of
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Offense
C-
Defense
C-
Feel / IQ
C-
Playmaking
Below average creator
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Scoring
Average 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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B
Perimeter D
Excellent on the perimeter
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F
Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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C
Clutch
Average late
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C+
Athleticism
Strong tools
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Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Jordan Goodwin 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▬
31%
2
Luka Doncic LAL▬
19%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC▬
8%
4
Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA▬
5%
5
Victor Wembanyama SAS▬
3%
6
Anthony Edwards MIN▬
3%
7
Jamal Murray DEN▬
2%
8
Tyrese Maxey PHI▬
2%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #176 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
172Star score
Career scoring average7.0 ppg
Seasons in the index6
Accolades on file2
2× All-A-10 First Team · 2× A-10 All-Defensive
Stat explorer

Jordan Goodwin — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
8.7 PPG
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Playmaking
2.2 APG
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Rebounding
4.9 RPG
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C+
Shooting
.371 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Jordan Goodwin

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  66% confidence
9.4
pts
7.2–11.6
5.1
reb
4.0–6.2
2.2
ast
1.4–3.0
23.5
min
proj
54
gp
health
.413
fg%
~base
.351
3p%
~base
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 5-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Last season 8.7 → projected 9.4 PPG
Minutes / role
+0.4
Development (his trend)
+0.1
Age curve
+0.0
Live context
+0.2
Net vs last season+0.7 PPG
Everything it reads
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6 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
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Recency × games-played weight
recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline
auto
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Weighted least-squares trend
his own trajectory, read season over season
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Per-stat aging curves
age 28 — 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: 17 / 29 / 70 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Jordan Goodwin career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2021-2223.00.00.50.0.000.000
2022-236217.86.63.32.7.448.322
2023-24 (Phoenix)4014.05.02.92.0.389.288
2023-24 (Memphis)1729.310.08.04.5.349.311
2024-252918.75.63.91.4.438.382
2025-267022.58.74.92.2.413.371
Career22019.57.04.22.4
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
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—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
60 of 99
Solid starter tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
2 accolades
2× All-A-10 First Team · 2× A-10 All-Defensive
Act IV

The Ballad of Jordan Goodwin

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

Oct 23, 1998

The beginning

A physical combo guard and elite rebounder — toughness and defense for the Suns.

Phoenix Suns

Turning pro

Drafted Undrafted, 2021 as a Guard.

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A physical combo guard and elite rebounder — toughness and defense for the Suns.

Chapter

Goodwin broke Saint Louis's career steals record and starred as a rebounding guard before going undrafted in 2021.

Chapter

He played for Washington, Phoenix, Memphis, and the Lakers.

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Goodwin's story
The documentary, narrated

Off the court

Measurables ESPN
Active
Height
6' 3"
Weight
215 lbs
College
Saint Louis
Experience
6th Season
Draft
Undrafted, 2021
Born
Centreville, Illinois
Age
28
Jersey
#23
Beyond the game

Goodwin was forged in competitive family battles — his 6-foot-6 father and older brother played hard-nosed backyard one-on-one against him from a young age ('we made sure he never won'), building the toughness and rebounding instincts that define his game. A natural leader, his college coach called him one of the best he's coached.

His on-court identity is physicality, defense, and rebounding — a strong, 6-foot-3 combo guard who pressures ball-handlers, crashes the glass at a rate rare for his size, and competes relentlessly. His outside shooting has been the limiting factor, but his defense, rebounding, and energy keep him in the league as a rugged depth guard for Phoenix.

The person

A physical, tough combo guard — point-of-attack defense, elite rebounding, and energy.

Rebounding guardCrashes the glass at a rate rare for his size.
Point-of-attack defenderA strong, physical on-ball defender.
High energyA relentless competitor and leader.
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FAQ

Jordan Goodwin — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Jordan Goodwin, answered.

What is Jordan Goodwin known for?
Physicality, point-of-attack defense, and elite rebounding for a guard — he crashes the glass at a rate rare for his 6-foot-3 size.
Was Jordan Goodwin drafted?
No — he went undrafted out of Saint Louis in 2021 and has carved out a role through defense, rebounding, and toughness.
What limits Jordan Goodwin's game?
Outside shooting — a career mark in the low-30s from three, though he flashed upside with a career-high eight-three game in 2026.
Jordan Goodwin 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
66%
6 seasons
Last 3 seasons
74%
65 games missed
Games missed
165
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Some risk
improving
Availability by season
2
21-22
62
22-23
40
23-24 (Phoenix)
17
23-24 (Memphis)
29
24-25
70
25-26

Some risk. Availability trend is improving — 74% of games over the last three seasons, low of 2% in 2021-22.

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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