Kris DunnLos Angeles Clippers · #8
Kris Dunn is a 6-foot-3 LA Clippers guard and elite point-of-attack defender, a former No. 5 pick and two-time Big East Player of the Year at Providence, who reinvented his career as one of the NBA's premier perimeter stoppers.
Kris Dunn — the report card
Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.
Where Kris Dunn stands
Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.
Kris Dunn — every number, three levels deep
Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.
How the model sees Kris Dunn
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.
Kris Dunn career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | 78 | 17.1 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 2.4 | .377 | .288 |
| 2017-18 | 52 | 29.3 | 13.4 | 4.3 | 6.0 | .429 | .321 |
| 2018-19 | 46 | 30.2 | 11.3 | 4.1 | 6.0 | .425 | .354 |
| 2019-20 | 51 | 24.9 | 7.3 | 3.6 | 3.4 | .444 | .259 |
| 2020-21 | 4 | 11.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | .083 | .000 |
| 2021-22 | 14 | 24.0 | 7.6 | 3.5 | 5.6 | .431 | .091 |
| 2022-23 | 22 | 25.8 | 13.2 | 4.5 | 5.6 | .537 | .472 |
| 2023-24 | 66 | 18.9 | 5.4 | 2.9 | 3.8 | .470 | .369 |
| 2024-25 | 74 | 24.1 | 6.4 | 3.4 | 2.8 | .439 | .335 |
| 2025-26 | 82 | 27.2 | 7.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 | .476 | .374 |
| Career | 489 | 24.0 | 7.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
The Lab
Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.
Are the Los Angeles Clippers built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
The Ballad of Kris Dunn
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
The beginning
A defensive specialist who clawed his way back to relevance, Kris Dunn turned an up-and-down early career into a role as one of the NBA's most disruptive point-of-attack defenders.
Turning pro
Drafted 2016 Round 1, Pick 5 (Minnesota Timberwolves) as a Guard.
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Kris Dunn rebuilt an NBA career on the one thing that never left him — elite defense.
Chapter
A two-time Big East Player of the Year at Providence, he was drafted fifth in 2016 but bounced from Minnesota to Chicago to Atlanta as injuries mounted.
Chapter
After paper trades and a G League detour, he revived his career in Utah as one of the league's best point-of-attack defenders.
Off the court
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 205 lbs
- College
- Providence
- Experience
- 10th Season
- NBA debut
- 2016
- Draft
- 2016 Round 1, Pick 5 (Minnesota Timberwolves)
- Born
- New London, Connecticut
- Age
- 32
- Jersey
- #8
Dunn overcame a difficult childhood, including a period of family hardship, before being raised in Connecticut by his father. His resilience off the court mirrors the grind of his professional comeback.
He was suspended two games in March 2024 (with Utah) after an altercation with Houston's Jabari Smith Jr. — a basketball-disciplinary matter rather than a legal one.
Tenacious, resilient and defense-obsessed, Dunn is the ultimate stopper who rebuilt his career on effort.
Kris Dunn — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Kris Dunn, answered.
