RJ BarrettToronto Raptors · #9
RJ Barrett is a Toronto-born scoring wing for the Raptors — a left-handed, downhill slasher drafted 3rd overall in 2019 out of Duke and traded to his hometown team in 2023. A career ~19-point scorer and cornerstone of Canada Basketball (a 2023 World Cup bronze medalist), he is the son of former national-team captain Rowan Barrett and godson of Steve Nash.
RJ Barrett — the report card
Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.
Where RJ Barrett stands
Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.
RJ Barrett — every number, three levels deep
Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.
How the model sees RJ Barrett
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.
RJ Barrett career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 56 | 30.4 | 14.3 | 5.0 | 2.6 | .402 | .320 |
| 2020-21 | 72 | 34.9 | 17.6 | 5.8 | 3.0 | .441 | .401 |
| 2021-22 | 70 | 34.5 | 20.0 | 5.8 | 3.0 | .408 | .342 |
| 2022-23 | 73 | 33.9 | 19.6 | 5.0 | 2.8 | .434 | .310 |
| 2023-24 | 26 | 29.5 | 18.2 | 4.3 | 2.4 | .423 | .331 |
| 2024-25 | 58 | 32.2 | 21.1 | 6.3 | 5.4 | .468 | .350 |
| 2025-26 | 57 | 30.3 | 19.3 | 5.3 | 3.3 | .491 | .339 |
| Career | 412 | 32.7 | 18.7 | 5.5 | 3.3 |
The Lab
Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.
Are the Toronto Raptors built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
The Ballad of RJ Barrett
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
The beginning
A Toronto-born, left-handed scoring wing — downhill slashing for his hometown Raptors, the 'Maple Mamba.'
Turning pro
Drafted 3rd overall, 2019 as a Forward.
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A Toronto-born, left-handed scoring wing — downhill slashing for his hometown Raptors.
Chapter
The No. 1 recruit in his class, Barrett broke Duke's freshman scoring record before the Knicks drafted him 3rd in 2019.
Chapter
He grew into a 20-point scorer over four seasons in New York.
Off the court
- Height
- 6' 6"
- Weight
- 214 lbs
- College
- Duke
- Experience
- 7th Season
- NBA debut
- 2019
- Draft
- 3rd overall, 2019
- Born
- Toronto, Ontario
- Age
- 26
- Jersey
- #9
Barrett is Canadian basketball royalty — the son of Rowan Barrett, a former national-team captain and now a Canada Basketball executive, the godson of Hall of Famer Steve Nash, and part of an athletic family that includes an Olympic-medalist sprinter aunt. Fluent in French, he carries the pride of a rising Canadian basketball program.
His on-court identity is aggressive, left-handed downhill scoring — a competitive slasher who gets to the rim at will, has improved his playmaking (a career-high assist rate), and defends willingly. Efficiency has historically been his question, but playing for his hometown team, he has found stability as a building block and a central figure for both the Raptors and Team Canada.
An aggressive, left-handed downhill scorer — rim pressure, competitiveness, and playmaking.
RJ Barrett — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about RJ Barrett, answered.
