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Tyrese HaliburtonIndiana Pacers · #0

Guard · 6'5", 185 lb · Oshkosh, Wisconsin · Age 26 · 5th season

Tyrese Haliburton is the All-NBA franchise point guard of the Indiana Pacers — an elite, pass-first playmaker and high-efficiency shooter who led Indiana to the 2025 NBA Finals. Drafted 12th in 2020 out of Iowa State and traded to Indiana, he led the NBA in assists and won Olympic gold in 2024. He tore his right Achilles tendon in Game 7 of the 2025 Finals and will miss the entire 2025-26 season.

MVP race · #17Guard rank · #15Balladex Impact · 74
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Tyrese Haliburton
Season avg18.6 pts · 3.5 reb · 9.2 ast · .473 fg
Career avg17.5 pts · 3.6 reb · 8.8 ast · .474 fg
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
18.6pts
3.5reb
9.2ast
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Scouting report

Tyrese Haliburton — 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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Star Point Guard · Maestro · Impact 74
Tyrese Haliburton is the All-NBA franchise point guard of the Indiana Pacers — an elite, pass-first playmaker and high-efficiency shooter who led Indi
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Offense
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Defense
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Feel / IQ
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Playmaking
Elite creator
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Scoring
Excellent scorer
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Rebounding
Below average on the glass
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3PT / spacing
Excellent spacing
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Perimeter D
Average on the perimeter
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Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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Clutch
Elite late
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Athleticism
Strong tools
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Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Tyrese Haliburton 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
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Nikola Jokić DEN
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Luka Doncic LAL
20%
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC
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Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA
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Victor Wembanyama SAS
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Anthony Edwards MIN
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Tyrese Maxey PHI
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Jamal Murray DEN
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Balladex Consensus: #51 of 384 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
1%MVP odds
74Impact index
239Star score
Career scoring average17.5 ppg
Seasons in the index5
Accolades on file3
2× NBA All-Star · 2× All-NBA Third Team
Stat explorer

Tyrese Haliburton — every number, three levels deep

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

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Scoring
18.6 PPG
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Playmaking
9.2 APG
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Rebounding
3.5 RPG
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Shooting
.388 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Tyrese Haliburton

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 2025-26  83% confidence
19.4
pts
17.7–21.1
3.5
reb
2.9–4.1
9.7
ast
8.9–10.5
34.0
min
proj
69
gp
health
.476
fg%
~base
.384
3p%
~base
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 5-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Last season 18.6 → projected 19.4 PPG
Minutes / role
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Development (his trend)
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Age curve
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Live context
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Net vs last season+0.8 PPG
Everything it reads
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5 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 26 — applied per stat
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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: 56 / 69 / 73 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Tyrese Haliburton career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2020-215830.113.03.05.3.472.409
2021-225134.514.33.97.4.457.413
2022-235633.620.73.710.4.490.400
2023-246932.220.13.910.9.477.364
2024-257333.618.63.59.2.473.388
Career30732.817.53.68.8
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
in 2026 pace
why
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.
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
74 of 99
Star starter tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
3 accolades
2× NBA All-Star · 2× All-NBA Third Team · 1× Assists leader (2024)
Act IV

The Ballad of Tyrese Haliburton

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

Feb 29, 2000

The beginning

The All-NBA franchise point guard who led Indiana to the Finals — an elite playmaker, now rehabbing an Achilles.

Indiana Pacers

Turning pro

Drafted 12th overall, 2020 as a Guard.

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The All-NBA point guard who led Indiana to the Finals — an elite playmaker, now rehabbing an Achilles.

Chapter

An Iowa State assists record-setter, Haliburton was drafted 12th in 2020 and traded to Indiana in 2022.

Chapter

He became an All-NBA playmaker, the 2024 assists leader, and an Olympic gold medalist.

Off the court

Measurables ESPN
Day-To-Day · INJURY_STATUS_DAYTODAYHaliburton said Saturday that he feels "great," Scott Agness of FieldhouseFiles.com reports.
Height
6' 5"
Weight
185 lbs
College
Iowa State
Experience
5th Season
NBA debut
2020
Draft
12th overall, 2020
Born
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Age
26
Jersey
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Beyond the game

Haliburton is one of the most beloved figures in the league — a joyful, unselfish star and a leap-day baby, biracial and close with his family, and a cousin of fellow NBA guard Jalen Suggs. A Christian who became engaged in 2025, he is also widely known for his friendship with WNBA star Caitlin Clark and for his infectious, team-first personality.

His on-court identity is elite, low-turnover playmaking and efficient shooting — a fast-paced offense director who sets records for scoring-and-assist games without turnovers and delivers in the clutch, as his 2025 playoff heroics showed. The defining challenge now is his recovery: the Achilles tear is a serious injury, and Indiana has prioritized his long-term health over any rushed return.

The person

An elite, joyful playmaker — pass-first genius, efficient shooting, and clutch nerve.

Elite playmakerLed the NBA in assists with historically low turnovers.
ClutchHit a string of game-winners on the 2025 Finals run.
Team-firstA joyful, unselfish leader and franchise cornerstone.
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FAQ

Tyrese Haliburton — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Tyrese Haliburton, answered.

What happened to Tyrese Haliburton in the 2025 Finals?
He tore his right Achilles tendon early in Game 7 against Oklahoma City; he had surgery in June 2025 and will miss the entire 2025-26 season.
What makes Tyrese Haliburton special?
Elite, pass-first playmaking with historically low turnovers, high-efficiency shooting, and clutch shot-making — he led the NBA in assists in 2024 and Indiana to the 2025 Finals.
How did Tyrese Haliburton join the Pacers?
Sacramento drafted him 12th in 2020 and traded him to Indiana in 2022 in the deal that sent Domantas Sabonis to the Kings.
Tyrese Haliburton 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.
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Availability & durability

games played vs season length
Career availability
77%
5 seasons
Last 3 seasons
80%
48 games missed
Games missed
93
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Durable
steady
Availability by season
58
20-21
51
21-22
56
22-23
69
23-24
73
24-25

Durable. Availability trend is steady80% of games over the last three seasons, low of 62% in 2021-22.

Availability = games played ÷ season length (schedule-adjusted for lockout and COVID seasons). A durability signal from real game data, not a medical assessment.

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