Walker Kessler

UTA

Position:

C

Offensive Role:

Roll/Cut Big

Defensive Role:

Height:

7'0.25"

Positional Size:

B+

Weight:

256

Wingspan:

7'4.25"

Age:

24

Hometown:

Atlanta, GA

Stats

Traditional
Advanced
Plus Minus

	GP	MPG	FGM-FGA	FG%	3PM-3PA	3P%	FTM-FTA	FT%	REB	APG	STL	BLK	PF	TOV	PTS
2023	74	23	4 - 5.6	72	0 - 0	33.3	1.1 - 2.1	51.6	8.4	0.9	0.4	2.3	2.3	0.8	9.2
2024	64	23.3	3.6 - 5.5	65.4	0.1 - 0.3	21.1	0.9 - 1.5	60.2	7.5	0.9	0.5	2.4	2.1	1	8.1
2025	58	30	4.8 - 7.2	66.3	0.1 - 0.6	17.6	1.4 - 2.6	52	12.2	1.7	0.6	2.4	2.2	1.5	11.1
2024	5	30.8	5.2 - 7.4	0.703	1.2 - 1.6	0.75	2.8 - 4	0.7	10.8	3	1.4	1.8	4.4	3.2	14.4
Career	201	25.3	4.1 - 6.1	0.681	0.1 - 0.3	0.266	1.1 - 2.1	0.545	9.3	1.2	0.5	2.4	2.3	1.1	9.5

	TS%	3PAR	FTR	SQ	BOXCR	OLOAD	PR	PORT	VERS	CWARP	VORP
2023	70.2	0.7	38.4	19.7	1.2	17.7	25	3.3	10	3.95	2.1
2024	66.3	5.4	26.6	20.6	1	16.6	13	1.3	13	2.11	1.1
2025	66	8.1	36.3	11.8	1.3	19.1	26	1.1	9	3.62	1.7
2024	78.6	21.6	54.1	31	5.3	25.8	42	6.6	10	0.29	0.2

Season	COPM	CDPM	CPM	ODARKO	DDARKO	DARKO	ODRIP	DDRIP	DRIP	OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2023	0.3	2.1	2.4	0.4	0.8	1.2				1.4	1.5	2.9
2024	-1.1	1.5	0.4	-0.6	1.3	0.7	-1.5	1	-0.5	-0.4	1.3	0.9
2025	0	1.8	1.7	0.1	1.1	1.2	-0.6	1.4	0.8	1.1	0.7	1.8
2024	-0.3 65%	1.7 89%	1.3 83%	-0.5	1.1	0.6	-0.7	1.3	0.6	1.6	1.7	3.3

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	78.6%	100
SQ	31	15
FTr	54.1%	96
3PAr	21.6%	17
ORB	10.8	96
cTOV	19%	2
Load	25.8	43
Creation	5.3	77
Portability	6.6	75
Passer Rating	42	45
CraftedOPM	-0.3	65

Stat	Value
Deflections	3.7	78
raDTOV	-0.9	3
DRB	94	94
Rim Defense	-3.5	64
Rim Frequency	55.8	100
BLKpct	5.7	95
Versatility	10	18
rPF	2.18	7
CraftedDPM	1.7	89

*hover or click any stat for a detailed description.

*based on 154 minutes played during the 2023-24 season and compared to all other players who played > 100 minutes.

Similar Players

Compare to Another Player

offense

	Player	Score
1	Paul Reed	87
2	Isaiah Hartenstein	86
3	Goga Bitadze	86
4	Marvin Bagley III	85
5	Neemias Queta	85
6	Dereck Lively II	84
7	Jonas Valančiūnas	84
8	Domantas Sabonis	83
9	Wendell Carter Jr.	83
10	Ivica Zubac	82

defense

	Player	Score
1	Goga Bitadze	89
2	Day'Ron Sharpe	88
3	Jakob Poeltl	88
4	Mitchell Robinson	88
5	Patrick Baldwin Jr.	87
6	Dylan Cardwell	87
7	Charles Bassey	85
8	Isaiah Jackson	85
9	Dwight Powell	83
10	Neemias Queta	83

overall

	Player	Score
1	Goga Bitadze	87
2	Daniel Gafford	84
3	Isaiah Hartenstein	84
4	Jakob Poeltl	84
5	Neemias Queta	84
6	Paul Reed	84
7	Mitchell Robinson	83
8	Isaiah Jackson	82
9	Dereck Lively II	81
10	Dwight Powell	81

*Similarity Score | The difference between the percentile scores of this player and that of all other players in his position group (guards, wings, forwards, bigs). Converted to a 1-100 scale where 100 is most similar, and 1 is least similar.