Malik MonkSacramento Kings · #0
Malik Monk is a 6-foot-3 Sacramento Kings scoring guard and dynamic sixth man out of Kentucky, drafted 11th in 2017, who became one of the NBA's best bench scoring engines — an explosive three-level scorer and growing playmaker.
Malik Monk — the report card
Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.
Where Malik Monk stands
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Malik Monk — every number, three levels deep
Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.
How the model sees Malik Monk
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Malik Monk career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | 63 | 13.5 | 6.7 | 1.0 | 1.4 | .360 | .342 |
| 2018-19 | 73 | 17.2 | 8.9 | 1.9 | 1.6 | .387 | .330 |
| 2019-20 | 55 | 21.3 | 10.3 | 2.9 | 2.1 | .434 | .284 |
| 2020-21 | 42 | 20.9 | 11.7 | 2.4 | 2.1 | .434 | .401 |
| 2021-22 | 76 | 28.1 | 13.8 | 3.4 | 2.9 | .473 | .391 |
| 2022-23 | 77 | 22.3 | 13.5 | 2.6 | 3.9 | .448 | .359 |
| 2023-24 | 72 | 26.0 | 15.4 | 2.9 | 5.1 | .443 | .350 |
| 2024-25 | 65 | 31.6 | 17.2 | 3.8 | 5.6 | .439 | .325 |
| 2025-26 | 62 | 22.0 | 12.5 | 1.9 | 3.0 | .438 | .395 |
| Career | 585 | 22.7 | 12.3 | 2.6 | 3.2 |
The Lab
Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.
Are the Sacramento Kings built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
The Ballad of Malik Monk
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
The beginning
An explosive instant-offense guard who reinvented himself into one of the league's premier sixth men, Malik Monk grew from a Kentucky scoring phenom into the spark of Sacramento's bench.
Turning pro
Drafted 2017 Round 1, Pick 11 (Charlotte Hornets) as a Guard.
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Malik Monk turned a Kentucky scoring explosion into a career as one of the NBA's best sixth men.
Chapter
He set a Kentucky freshman record with 47 points and was SEC Player of the Year before Charlotte drafted him 11th in 2017.
Chapter
After a rocky start, a breakout one-year Lakers deal in 2021-22 reestablished him as a valuable scorer.
Off the court
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 200 lbs
- College
- Kentucky
- Experience
- 9th Season
- NBA debut
- 2017
- Draft
- 2017 Round 1, Pick 11 (Charlotte Hornets)
- Born
- Jonesboro, Arkansas
- Age
- 28
- Jersey
- #0
Monk comes from an athletic family: his older brother Marcus was an All-SEC wide receiver at Arkansas who reached the NFL, and his cousin Rashad Madden played basketball at Arkansas.
His career arc — from a suspension early in Charlotte to a valued sixth-man role — reflects resilience and reinvention.
Explosive, confident and streaky-hot, Monk is a microwave scorer who lights up second units.
Malik Monk — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Malik Monk, answered.
