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Klay Thompson Miami Heat · #11

Guard · 6-5, 220 lb · Los Angeles, California · Age 36 · 13th season

Klay Thompson is a four-time NBA champion and five-time All-Star shooting guard, one half of Golden State's 'Splash Brothers' and one of the greatest shooters in NBA history, who overcame ACL and Achilles injuries before joining the Dallas Mavericks in 2024.

MVP race · #216Guard rank · #23Balladex Impact · 68
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Klay Thompson
Season avg11.7 pts · 2.1 reb · 1.4 ast · .393 fg
Career avg18.6 pts · 3.4 reb · 2.2 ast · .445 fg
Live win probabilityHeat 74%
Balladex model · projected 122–117 · 99.5 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
11.0pts
1.5reb
1.3ast
74%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Klay Thompson
Miami Heat · Guard
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Brooklyn Nets · 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

Klay Thompson — 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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Movement Shooter · Champion · Impact 68
Klay Thompson is a four-time NBA champion and five-time All-Star shooting guard, one half of Golden State's 'Splash Brothers' and one of the greatest
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Offense
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Defense
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Feel / IQ
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Playmaking
Below average creator
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Scoring
Average scorer
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Rebounding
Below average on the glass
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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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Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Klay Thompson 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
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Nikola Jokić DEN▬
31%
2
Luka Doncic LAL▬
19%
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC▬
8%
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Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA▬
5%
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Victor Wembanyama SAS▬
3%
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Anthony Edwards MIN▬
3%
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Jamal Murray DEN▬
2%
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Tyrese Maxey PHI▬
2%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #37 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
68Impact index
512Star score
Career scoring average18.6 ppg
Seasons in the index13
Accolades on file3
4x NBA Champion · 5x All-Star
Stat explorer

Klay Thompson — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
11.7 PPG
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Playmaking
1.4 APG
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Rebounding
2.1 RPG
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Shooting
.383 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Klay Thompson

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  63% confidence
10.3
pts
7.9–12.7
1.8
reb
0.8–2.8
1.3
ast
0.4–2.2
19.9
min
proj
71
gp
health
.411
fg%
~base
.389
3p%
~base
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 13-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Last season 11.7 → projected 10.3 PPG
Minutes / role
-1.0
Development (his trend)
-0.2
Age curve
-0.5
Live context
+0.2
Net vs last season-1.4 PPG
Everything it reads
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13 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
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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 36 — applied per stat
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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: 77 / 72 / 69 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Klay Thompson career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2011-126624.412.52.42.0.443.414
2012-138235.816.63.72.2.422.401
2013-148135.418.43.12.2.444.417
2014-157731.921.73.22.9.463.439
2015-168033.322.13.82.1.470.425
2016-177834.022.33.72.1.468.414
2017-187334.320.03.82.5.488.440
2018-197834.021.53.82.4.467.402
2021-223229.420.43.92.8.429.385
2022-236933.021.94.12.4.436.412
2023-247729.717.93.32.3.432.387
2024-257227.314.03.42.0.412.391
2025-266921.711.72.11.4.393.383
Career93431.418.63.42.2
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.
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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 Miami Heat built to win?

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

48–34proj record
#7conf seed
+2.7net rtg
116.1off rtg
113.3def rtg
85%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 improving. Defensive anchors: Bam Adebayo, Davion Mitchell.
How his role moves
Projected 48–34, 7th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
68 of 99
Solid starter tier.
Rarity
◆ Rare
Rank #67 of 715 in NBA.
Résumé
3 accolades
4x NBA Champion · 5x All-Star · All-NBA 3rd Team (2015, 2016)
Act IV

The Ballad of Klay Thompson

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

February 8, 1990

The beginning

One of the purest shooters the game has ever produced, Klay Thompson built a Hall-of-Fame résumé as a Splash Brother in Golden State, survived two catastrophic injuries, and brought his catch-and-shoot artistry to Dallas.

Miami Heat

Turning pro

Drafted 2011 Round 1, Pick 11 (Golden State Warriors) as a Guard.

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Klay Thompson turned the catch-and-shoot into an art form and a dynasty into a Splash Brothers legend.

Chapter

Drafted 11th in 2011 out of Washington State, he paired with Steph Curry to win four titles — 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2022 — and rewrote the record book for shooting.

Chapter

He owns the single-quarter scoring record (37), once dropped 60 in 29 minutes, and hit 14 threes in a single game — feats built on the quickest, cleanest release in the sport.

Off the court

Measurables ESPN
Active
Height
6' 5"
Weight
220 lbs
College
Washington State
Experience
15th Season
NBA debut
2011
Draft
2011 Round 1, Pick 11 (Golden State Warriors)
Born
Los Angeles, California
Age
36
Jersey
#11
Off the Court

Klay comes from an athletic dynasty: father Mychal was the No. 1 pick in 1978 and a Lakers champion, brother Trayce played in MLB, and brother Mychel had an NBA stint. He grew up in Lake Oswego, Oregon — a childhood friend and Little League teammate of Kevin Love — before moving to Southern California.

Known for a quiet, dry-humored demeanor and a love of chess and his boat, he pledged $1,000 per home-game point for Northern California wildfire relief in 2017, helping raise roughly $360,000. He appeared as himself in Space Jam: A New Legacy.

The person

Laid-back, unbothered and lethally consistent, Klay is the rare superstar who thrives entirely within the flow of the game.

Ice WaterCareer-defining Game 6 performances earned him the 'Game 6 Klay' reputation.
Low-Maintenance StarNever needed the ball; his value is relocation shooting and off-screen movement.
Dry WitDeadpan humor and a famously chill personality off the floor.
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FAQ

Klay Thompson — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Klay Thompson, answered.

How many championships does Klay Thompson have?
Four, all with Golden State: 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2022.
What injuries did Klay Thompson have?
He tore his left ACL in the 2019 NBA Finals and ruptured his right Achilles in November 2020, missing two-and-a-half seasons before returning in January 2022.
Is Klay Thompson really on the Mavericks?
Yes — he signed with Dallas in July 2024 via a six-team sign-and-trade and wears No. 31.
What are Klay Thompson's signature records?
37 points in a single quarter (an NBA record), 60 points in 29 minutes, and 14 three-pointers in one game.
Klay Thompson 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
89%
13 seasons
Last 3 seasons
89%
28 games missed
Games missed
116
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Durable
steady
Availability by season
77
14-15
80
15-16
78
16-17
73
17-18
78
18-19
32
21-22
69
22-23
77
23-24
72
24-25
69
25-26

Durable. Availability trend is steady — 89% of games over the last three seasons, low of 39% 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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