Luke KornetSan Antonio Spurs · #7
Luke Kornet is a rim-protecting backup center for the San Antonio Spurs and a 2024 NBA champion. Undrafted out of Vanderbilt in 2017 — where he was the all-time blocks leader — he built a career on efficient interior play and a signature shot-contest technique (the 'Kornet Kontest'). He won the title with Boston, then signed a four-year, $41 million deal with San Antonio in 2025.
Luke Kornet — the report card
Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.
Where Luke Kornet stands
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Luke Kornet — every number, three levels deep
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How the model sees Luke Kornet
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Luke Kornet career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | 20 | 16.4 | 6.7 | 3.2 | 1.3 | .392 | .354 |
| 2018-19 | 46 | 17.0 | 7.0 | 2.9 | 1.2 | .378 | .363 |
| 2019-20 | 36 | 15.5 | 6.0 | 2.3 | 0.9 | .438 | .287 |
| 2020-21 | 13 | 7.2 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.3 | .333 | .261 |
| 2021-22 | 2 | 7.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | .200 | .000 |
| 2022-23 | 69 | 11.7 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 0.8 | .665 | .231 |
| 2023-24 | 63 | 15.6 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 1.1 | .700 | 1.000 |
| 2024-25 | 73 | 18.6 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 1.6 | .668 | .000 |
| 2025-26 | 68 | 21.0 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 1.9 | .643 | .000 |
| Career | 390 | 16.3 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 1.3 |
The Lab
Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.
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.
The Ballad of Luke Kornet
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
The beginning
A cerebral, rim-protecting big and 2024 champion — the Spurs' efficient backup center with a signature block.
Turning pro
Drafted Undrafted, 2017 as a Center.
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A cerebral, undrafted big with a signature block — a champion who anchors the Spurs' second unit.
Chapter
Son of an ex-NBA father and a TV-anchor mother, Kornet was Vanderbilt's all-time blocks leader and went undrafted in 2017.
Chapter
He built a career across the Knicks, Bulls, and Celtics — winning the 2024 NBA title with Boston.
Off the court
- Height
- 7' 1"
- Weight
- 250 lbs
- College
- Vanderbilt
- Experience
- 9th Season
- NBA debut
- 2017
- Draft
- Undrafted, 2017
- Born
- Lexington, Kentucky
- Age
- 31
- Jersey
- #7
Kornet is one of the NBA's more thoughtful figures — a devout Catholic who kept a blog of the churches he visited on road trips, and the son of a two-sport media-and-basketball family (his father played at Vanderbilt and in the NBA, his mother is a longtime TV news anchor). He's married to his wife Tierney and has two children.
His signature is the 'Kornet Kontest' — nicknamed 'The Eclipse' — in which he jumps with both hands raised straight over his head regardless of where the shooter is, a quirky-but-effective deterrent that became a fan favorite. It captures a player who maximizes efficiency and IQ over athleticism, the kind of low-cost, high-feel big that winning teams value.
A cerebral, efficient rim-protecting big — elite shot-contesting and finishing over athleticism.
Luke Kornet — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Luke Kornet, answered.
