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Kevin DurantHouston Rockets · #7

Forward · 6'11", 240 lb · Washington, D.C. · Age 38 · 18th season

Kevin Durant is one of the greatest scorers in NBA history and the two-time champion and Finals MVP acquired by the Houston Rockets in a record seven-team trade in 2025. A 2014 MVP, four-time scoring champion, and 16-time All-Star, 'The Slim Reaper' is a member of the 50-40-90 club and the only four-time Olympic gold medalist in men's basketball. He signed a two-year, $90 million extension with Houston.

MVP race · #75Forward rank · #2Balladex Impact · 84
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Houston Rockets · #7 · Forward
Kevin Durant
Season avg26.0 pts · 5.5 reb · 4.8 ast · .520 fg
Career avg27.2 pts · 6.9 reb · 4.4 ast · .503 fg
Live win probabilityWarriors 53%
Balladex model · projected 117–117 · 98.1 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
25.0pts
5.1reb
4.7ast
47%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Kevin Durant
Houston Rockets · Forward
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Draymond Green
Golden State Warriors · 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

Kevin Durant — 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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All-Time Scorer · Isolation Maestro · Impact 84
Kevin Durant is one of the greatest scorers in NBA history and the two-time champion and Finals MVP acquired by the Houston Rockets in a record seven-
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Offense
C-
Defense
C+
Feel / IQ
C-
Playmaking
Average creator
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Scoring
Elite scorer
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C
Rebounding
Average on the glass
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3PT / spacing
Strong spacing
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C
Perimeter D
Average on the perimeter
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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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C+
Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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A+
Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Kevin Durant 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
26%
2
Luka Doncic LAL
18%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC
10%
4
Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA
4%
5
Victor Wembanyama SAS
3%
6
Anthony Edwards MIN
3%
7
Tyrese Maxey PHI
3%
8
Jamal Murray DEN
2%
Balladex Consensus: #4 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
84Impact index
844Star score
Career scoring average27.2 ppg
Seasons in the index18
Accolades on file3
2× Champion + Finals MVP · 1× NBA MVP (2014)
Stat explorer

Kevin Durant — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
26.0 PPG
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Playmaking
4.8 APG
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Rebounding
5.5 RPG
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Shooting
.413 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Kevin Durant

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  77% confidence
23.9
pts
21.7–26.1
4.9
reb
4.1–5.7
4.6
ast
3.9–5.3
34.8
min
proj
72
gp
health
.525
fg%
~base
.416
3p%
~base
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 18-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Last season 26.0 → projected 23.9 PPG
Minutes / role
-1.1
Development (his trend)
-0.2
Age curve
-1.3
Live context
+0.5
Net vs last season-2.1 PPG
Everything it reads
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18 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
real
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 38 — 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: 75 / 62 / 78 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Kevin Durant career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2007-088034.620.34.42.4.430.288
2008-097439.025.36.52.8.476.422
2009-108239.530.17.62.8.476.365
2010-117838.927.76.82.7.462.350
2011-126638.628.08.03.5.496.387
2012-138138.528.17.94.6.510.416
2013-148138.532.07.45.5.503.391
2014-152733.825.46.64.1.510.403
2015-167235.828.28.25.0.505.386
2016-176233.425.18.34.8.537.375
2017-186834.226.46.85.4.516.419
2018-197834.626.06.45.9.521.353
2020-213533.126.97.15.6.537.450
2021-225537.229.97.46.4.518.383
2022-233936.029.76.75.3.559.376
2023-247537.227.16.65.0.523.413
2024-256236.526.66.04.2.527.430
2025-267836.426.05.54.8.520.413
Career119336.727.26.94.4
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
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 Houston Rockets built to win?

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

55–27proj record
#3conf seed
+5.5net rtg
117.5off rtg
112.1def rtg
98%playoff odds
Roster delta · what changed
Switch-heavy — Switches 1–4 (or 1–5) to erase actions and keep bodies in front. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Amen Thompson, Fred VanVleet.
How his role moves
Projected 55–27, 3rd in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
84 of 99
All-Star level tier.
Rarity
◆ Legendary
Rank #15 of 715 in NBA.
Résumé
3 accolades
2× Champion + Finals MVP · 1× NBA MVP (2014) · 16× NBA All-Star
Act IV

The Ballad of Kevin Durant

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

Sep 29, 1988

The beginning

One of the purest scorers ever — a two-time champion and MVP, now leading the Rockets in his late-career title chase.

Houston Rockets

Turning pro

Drafted 2nd overall, 2007 as a Forward.

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One of the purest scorers ever — a two-time champion and MVP, chasing one more title with a young Rockets contender.

Chapter

The first freshman to win National Player of the Year at Texas, Durant went 2nd in 2007 and became a four-time scoring champ and 2014 MVP.

Chapter

He won back-to-back titles and Finals MVPs with Golden State, then overcame a torn Achilles from the 2019 Finals.

Off the court

Measurables ESPN
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Height
6' 11"
Weight
240 lbs
College
Texas
Experience
19th Season
NBA debut
2007
Draft
2nd overall, 2007
Born
Washington, D.C.
Age
38
Jersey
#7
Beyond the game

Durant's bond with his mother, Wanda — whom he called 'the real MVP' in his 2014 award speech, later a Lifetime film — is central to his story: raised in the D.C. area with help from his grandmother, he rose from Prince George's County to basketball immortality. He's a prolific investor and media figure with 'The Boardroom' and a long history of candid, sometimes controversial, social-media engagement.

On the court he is the platonic ideal of a scorer — a 6-foot-11 forward with a 7-foot-4 wingspan and guard skills, unguardable from all three levels. His four Olympic golds are a record for a male basketball player, and his Team USA scoring and rebounding marks are all-time bests. In Houston, the question isn't his greatness but whether one more title is possible in his late-career prime.

The person

A pure, unguardable three-level scorer and all-time great — length, touch, and efficiency without peer.

Historic scorerFour scoring titles, 32,000-plus points, and 50-40-90 club membership.
ChampionTwo titles and two Finals MVPs with Golden State.
Olympic legendThe only four-time gold medalist in men's basketball history.
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FAQ

Kevin Durant — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Kevin Durant, answered.

How did Kevin Durant join the Rockets?
Houston acquired him in July 2025 in a seven-team trade described as the largest in NBA history, and he signed a two-year, $90 million extension.
What are Kevin Durant's biggest achievements?
Two NBA titles and two Finals MVPs (2017-18), the 2014 MVP, four scoring titles, and a record four Olympic gold medals.
Did Kevin Durant overcome a major injury?
Yes — he tore his Achilles in the 2019 NBA Finals and returned to remain one of the league's premier scorers.
Kevin Durant 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
82%
18 seasons
Last 3 seasons
87%
31 games missed
Games missed
256
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Durable
improving
Availability by season
72
15-16
62
16-17
68
17-18
78
18-19
35
20-21
55
21-22
39
22-23
75
23-24
62
24-25
78
25-26

Durable. Availability trend is improving87% of games over the last three seasons, low of 33% in 2014-15.

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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