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Q: What position does Obi Toppin play?

Obi Toppin is a forward for the Indiana Pacers.

Q: How many NBA games has Obi Toppin played?

386 regular-season games over 6 seasons, averaging 17.3 minutes.

Forward · 6'9", 220 lb · Brooklyn, NY · Age 28 · 6th season

Obi Toppin is a forward for the Indiana Pacers who has played 386 games over 6 seasons, averaging 11.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 2025-26.

Indiana Pacers roster More Forwards

MVP race · #220Forward rank · #84Balladex Impact · 57

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Analysis by Beau Thoutt · Balladex

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Indiana Pacers · #1 · Forward

Obi Toppin

Season avg11.6 pts · 4.4 reb · 2.3 ast · .503 fg

Career avg8.7 pts · 3.5 reb · 1.3 ast · .518 fg

Live win probabilitySeason

No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.

Tonight's projectionmodel

11.6pts

4.4reb

2.3ast

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Scouting report

Obi Toppin — 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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Forward · Rotation piece · Impact 57

Obi Toppin is a forward for the Indiana Pacers who has played 386 games over 6 seasons, averaging 11.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 2025-26

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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

Below average scorer

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Rebounding

Below average on the glass

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3PT / spacing

Below average spacing

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Perimeter D

Below average on the perimeter

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Paint / rim D

Below average at the rim

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Clutch

Below average late

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Athleticism

Below average tools

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Basketball IQ

Reads the game

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Durability

Availability

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Act II

Where Obi Toppin 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

Nikola Jokić DEN▬

29%

Luka Doncic LAL▬

19%

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC▬

11%

Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA▬

Victor Wembanyama SAS▬

Anthony Edwards MIN▬

Tyrese Maxey PHI▬

Jamal Murray DEN▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #247 of 627 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.

Futures & chases

<1%MVP odds

57Impact index

33Star score

Career scoring average8.7 ppg

Seasons in the index6

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Obi Toppin — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring

11.6 PPG

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Playmaking

2.3 APG

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Rebounding

4.4 RPG

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Shooting

.352 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Obi Toppin

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 72% confidence

12.5

pts

10.5–14.5

4.6

reb

3.7–5.5

2.6

ast

1.9–3.3

17.9

min

proj

health

.525

fg%

~base

.370

3p%

~base

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 6-season history below.

What moves the points line vs last season

Last season 11.6 → projected 12.5 PPG

Minutes / role

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Development (his trend)

+0.5

Age curve

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Live context

+0.2

Net vs last season+0.9 PPG

Everything it reads

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6 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 28 — 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: 82 / 79 / 24 → games & confidence

health

The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Obi Toppin career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
Season	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	3P%
2020-21	62	11.0	4.1	2.2	0.5	.498	.306
2021-22	72	17.1	9.0	3.7	1.1	.531	.308
2022-23	67	15.7	7.4	2.8	1.0	.446	.344
2023-24	82	21.1	10.3	3.9	1.6	.573	.403
2024-25	79	19.6	10.5	4.0	1.6	.529	.365
2025-26	24	17.7	11.6	4.4	2.3	.503	.352
Career	386	17.3	8.7	3.5	1.3

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

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—in 2026 pace

why

Player DNA + compssimilarity model

Closest comps

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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.

If a key teammate misses 20 games →

Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.

Context

Are the Indiana Pacers built to win?

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

22–60proj record

#13conf seed

-7.5net rtg

110.2off rtg

117.8def rtg

1%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: Ivica Zubac, Andrew Nembhard.

How his role moves

Projected 22–60, 13th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.

Balladex Impact

57 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Obi Toppin

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

1998-03-04

The beginning

Obi Toppin is a forward for the Indiana Pacers.

Indiana Pacers

Turning pro

Drafted 8th overall, 2020 as a Forward.

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Obi Toppin is a forward for the Indiana Pacers.

Chapter

He has played 386 games over 6 seasons (2020-26), averaging 17.3 minutes a night. The season-by-season table below carries every per-game figure, each one reconciled against ESPN.

Chapter

In 2025-26 he played 24 games, averaging 11.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 17.7 minutes.

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Toppin's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the court

Measurables ESPN

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Height: 6' 9"
Weight: 220 lbs
College: Dayton
Experience: 7th Season
NBA debut: 2020
Draft: 8th overall, 2020
Born: Brooklyn, NY
Age: 28
Jersey: #1

Beyond the game

Obi Toppin is from Brooklyn, NY, born 1998-03-04, listed at 6'9" and 220 lb. He has 7 seasons of NBA service. This background is assembled from league records; the colour that fills a page like this comes later, from a human.

The person

A forward on 17.3 career minutes a night, read from the box score rather than the eye test.

Bench depth17.7 minutes a night; situational.

Floor spacerShooting 35.2% from three.

Verified profiles & sources

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FAQ

Obi Toppin — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Obi Toppin, answered.

What position does Obi Toppin play?

Obi Toppin is a forward for the Indiana Pacers.

How many NBA games has Obi Toppin played?

386 regular-season games over 6 seasons, averaging 17.3 minutes.

How many NBA seasons has Obi Toppin played?

6 seasons (2020-26).

How tall is Obi Toppin?

6'9", 220 lb

Obi Toppin 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.