Kawhi Leonard

Los Angeles Clippers

SF 6-7 225 lb 13 yr exp San Diego State
0.1 Predictability score 59 games started, 2025-26
Season 2025-26 season backtest

Projected vs actual profile

Season averages, axes scaled to an elite starter level.

Model vs naive baseline

The naive forecaster projects the average of season and last-5 games. We publish the comparison for every stat, whichever side wins.

StatAvgModel MAENaive MAESkill
Points 28.25 5.24 5.67 +2.1%
Rebounds 6.42 2.19 2.13 -1.8%
Assists 3.61 1.33 1.32 -0.2%
3PM 2.68 1.35 1.46 +6.8%

Skill = CRPS improvement of the full probability distribution over a Poisson naive, per game. Points and rebounds drive the headline score; assists and threes are shown for transparency.

Game by game: predicted vs actual

The shaded band is the model's 10th to 90th percentile before tip-off. Dots are what he actually did.

Every game he started

DateOpponent PointsReboundsAssists3PM
2026-04-10 @ Portland Trail Blazers 24 (25.0) 8 (6.9) 5 (3.7) 1 (2.5)
2026-04-08 vs Oklahoma City Thunder 20 (24.6) 8 (6.3) 3 (3.4) 2 (2.4)
2026-04-07 vs Dallas Mavericks 34 (26.3) 4 (7.2) 3 (4.0) 6 (2.5)
2026-04-05 @ Sacramento Kings 26 (26.0) 6 (7.0) 3 (3.9) 3 (2.3)
2026-04-02 vs San Antonio Spurs 24 (26.2) 6 (6.7) 5 (3.5) 4 (2.5)
2026-03-31 vs Portland Trail Blazers 23 (26.5) 8 (6.3) 3 (3.4) 0 (2.6)
2026-03-29 @ Milwaukee Bucks 20 (27.1) 8 (6.7) 2 (3.3) 4 (2.5)
2026-03-27 @ Indiana Pacers 28 (26.9) 8 (7.0) 4 (3.5) 1 (2.8)
2026-03-25 vs Toronto Raptors 27 (27.1) 6 (6.6) 2 (3.6) 2 (2.8)
2026-03-23 vs Milwaukee Bucks 28 (26.0) 5 (7.3) 3 (3.9) 3 (2.5)
2026-03-21 @ Dallas Mavericks 34 (27.0) 3 (7.0) 5 (3.9) 5 (2.4)
2026-03-18 @ New Orleans Pelicans 25 (29.1) 8 (6.8) 1 (4.5) 4 (2.6)
2026-03-14 vs Sacramento Kings 31 (28.1) 6 (7.2) 0 (4.5) 2 (2.6)
2026-03-13 vs Chicago Bulls 28 (28.3) 4 (7.7) 3 (4.2) 2 (2.6)
2026-03-11 vs Minnesota Timberwolves 45 (26.4) 5 (6.7) 5 (3.9) 6 (2.2)
2026-03-09 vs New York Knicks 29 (25.0) 7 (6.6) 8 (3.7) 2 (2.4)
2026-03-07 @ Memphis Grizzlies 28 (25.5) 5 (7.1) 2 (3.7) 0 (2.3)
2026-03-06 @ San Antonio Spurs 30 (25.2) 9 (6.7) 3 (3.6) 1 (2.4)
2026-03-04 vs Indiana Pacers 29 (26.6) 8 (7.0) 2 (4.5) 3 (2.5)
2026-03-02 @ Golden State Warriors 23 (26.3) 8 (6.3) 4 (4.3) 3 (2.5)
2026-03-01 vs New Orleans Pelicans 23 (28.4) 3 (7.1) 5 (4.9) 1 (2.4)
2026-02-22 vs Orlando Magic 37 (27.3) 8 (6.9) 4 (4.4) 2 (2.6)
2026-02-20 @ Los Angeles Lakers 31 (27.0) 4 (6.7) 5 (4.0) 4 (2.4)
2026-02-19 vs Denver Nuggets 23 (29.0) 4 (7.4) 3 (4.4) 1 (2.7)
2026-02-11 @ Houston Rockets 27 (27.7) 12 (6.3) 4 (4.1) 1 (2.6)
2026-02-10 @ Houston Rockets 24 (27.8) 8 (6.3) 3 (4.1) 2 (2.5)
2026-02-08 @ Minnesota Timberwolves 41 (26.7) 8 (6.1) 2 (4.4) 5 (2.4)
2026-02-06 @ Sacramento Kings 31 (26.6) 9 (6.3) 7 (4.5) 1 (2.2)
2026-02-04 vs Cleveland Cavaliers 25 (25.7) 7 (6.4) 4 (4.2) 2 (2.1)
2026-02-02 vs Philadelphia 76ers 29 (25.4) 4 (6.2) 6 (4.4) 2 (2.3)
2026-02-01 @ Phoenix Suns 25 (25.4) 8 (6.1) 5 (3.7) 1 (2.3)
2026-01-30 @ Denver Nuggets 21 (24.5) 3 (5.8) 6 (3.3) 1 (2.6)
2026-01-27 @ Utah Jazz 21 (26.9) 7 (5.8) 4 (3.9) 3 (2.8)
2026-01-25 vs Brooklyn Nets 28 (26.5) 5 (6.1) 2 (4.5) 2 (3.0)
2026-01-22 vs Los Angeles Lakers 24 (28.7) 5 (5.9) 4 (4.2) 3 (3.3)
2026-01-14 vs Washington Wizards 33 (27.0) 3 (7.4) 4 (4.1) 7 (2.8)
2026-01-12 vs Charlotte Hornets 35 (26.4) 5 (6.6) 3 (3.8) 5 (2.5)
2026-01-10 @ Detroit Pistons 26 (26.6) 8 (6.1) 1 (3.6) 4 (2.8)
2026-01-09 @ Brooklyn Nets 26 (28.0) 5 (6.6) 5 (3.9) 4 (2.7)
2026-01-07 @ New York Knicks 25 (29.7) 3 (7.1) 4 (4.0) 3 (3.1)
2026-01-05 vs Golden State Warriors 24 (30.8) 12 (7.3) 5 (4.1) 0 (2.8)
2026-01-03 vs Boston Celtics 22 (30.3) 3 (7.4) 3 (4.0) 2 (2.9)
2026-01-01 vs Utah Jazz 45 (31.2) 7 (7.5) 3 (4.5) 6 (3.2)
2025-12-30 vs Sacramento Kings 33 (29.8) 5 (7.3) 5 (4.6) 5 (2.7)
2025-12-28 vs Detroit Pistons 55 (27.4) 11 (6.1) 2 (3.9) 5 (2.6)
2025-12-26 @ Portland Trail Blazers 28 (26.3) 8 (6.7) 6 (3.8) 2 (2.5)
2025-12-23 vs Houston Rockets 41 (25.0) 8 (6.1) 5 (3.4) 4 (2.5)
2025-12-20 vs Los Angeles Lakers 32 (24.5) 12 (6.0) 3 (4.2) 4 (2.4)
2025-12-18 @ Oklahoma City Thunder 22 (22.9) 8 (5.8) 6 (3.1) 0 (2.4)
2025-12-15 vs Memphis Grizzlies 21 (25.4) 4 (6.5) 3 (3.7) 1 (2.3)
2025-12-11 @ Houston Rockets 24 (25.2) 9 (5.4) 4 (3.1) 3 (2.3)
2025-12-06 @ Minnesota Timberwolves 20 (25.6) 3 (5.8) 2 (3.4) 2 (2.2)
2025-12-05 @ Memphis Grizzlies 24 (25.3) 8 (5.9) 4 (3.9) 2 (2.3)
2025-12-03 @ Atlanta Hawks 21 (24.6) 6 (5.7) 5 (3.8) 1 (2.2)
2025-12-01 @ Miami Heat 36 (25.7) 7 (5.4) 2 (3.8) 3 (2.5)
2025-11-29 vs Dallas Mavericks 30 (24.5) 8 (5.5) 3 (3.5) 3 (2.3)
2025-11-28 vs Memphis Grizzlies 39 (22.4) 3 (5.5) 0 (4.0) 3 (2.2)
2025-11-25 @ Los Angeles Lakers 19 (22.1) 5 (4.6) 3 (3.7) 1 (2.4)
2025-11-23 @ Cleveland Cavaliers 20 (17.8) 3 (4.5) 2 (2.8) 3 (1.8)

Bold = actual, in brackets = model projection before the game. Only games he started are shown: our projections assume the starting five, so a scratch is not a model miss.

About this data

The 2025-26 season is a holdout backtest: the models were trained and validated only on seasons up to 2024-25, then predicted every 2025-26 game. The season is fully out-of-sample, with one caveat: historical features use realized lineups, while live production predicts from the expected starting five, so live accuracy can run marginally lower. Projections and full distributions for today's games are on the NBA player projections page, and the methodology behind every model is on the methodology page.