Kevin Porter Jr.

Milwaukee Bucks

SG 6-4 203 lb 5 yr exp USC
12.6 Predictability score 35 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 17.83 6.6 7.13 +14.4%
Rebounds 5.31 1.96 2.17 +10.7%
Assists 7.49 2.31 2.35 +3.2%
3PM 1.26 1.16 1.08 -5.5%

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
2026-03-17 vs Cleveland Cavaliers 25 (18.1) 3 (6.3) 10 (6.9) 1 (1.2)
2026-03-14 @ Atlanta Hawks 18 (16.4) 7 (6.0) 7 (6.7) 0 (0.9)
2026-03-12 @ Miami Heat 6 (17.0) 7 (5.0) 5 (6.3) 0 (1.5)
2026-03-02 vs Boston Celtics 8 (18.8) 4 (5.7) 2 (7.1) 1 (1.1)
2026-03-01 @ Chicago Bulls 10 (19.5) 6 (6.3) 4 (7.3) 0 (1.3)
2026-02-27 vs New York Knicks 11 (18.9) 6 (5.3) 10 (7.0) 1 (1.3)
2026-02-25 vs Cleveland Cavaliers 20 (20.0) 8 (5.0) 5 (7.5) 0 (1.3)
2026-02-24 vs Miami Heat 32 (20.7) 7 (5.5) 7 (7.6) 2 (1.5)
2026-02-22 vs Toronto Raptors 21 (19.8) 2 (5.4) 10 (6.8) 1 (1.5)
2026-02-20 @ New Orleans Pelicans 25 (19.6) 2 (5.8) 7 (7.4) 0 (1.6)
2026-02-12 @ Oklahoma City Thunder 12 (19.4) 3 (5.3) 7 (6.7) 0 (1.6)
2026-02-11 @ Orlando Magic 18 (20.0) 10 (5.2) 11 (7.2) 1 (1.6)
2026-02-09 @ Orlando Magic 28 (19.1) 4 (5.6) 7 (6.8) 1 (1.4)
2026-02-06 vs Indiana Pacers 23 (19.7) 7 (5.9) 8 (7.6) 0 (1.5)
2026-01-15 @ San Antonio Spurs 0 (18.5) 1 (5.2) 2 (7.0) 0 (1.6)
2026-01-13 vs Minnesota Timberwolves 13 (19.8) 4 (5.0) 8 (7.1) 2 (1.6)
2026-01-11 @ Denver Nuggets 10 (18.4) 9 (4.5) 7 (6.8) 1 (1.8)
2026-01-09 @ Los Angeles Lakers 22 (19.2) 5 (4.9) 6 (7.5) 1 (1.8)
2026-01-07 @ Golden State Warriors 15 (19.0) 4 (5.0) 9 (6.7) 1 (1.7)
2026-01-04 @ Sacramento Kings 25 (19.1) 4 (5.5) 10 (7.1) 1 (1.9)
2026-01-02 vs Charlotte Hornets 10 (20.1) 4 (5.7) 10 (6.9) 0 (1.9)
2025-12-31 vs Washington Wizards 19 (20.1) 6 (6.3) 5 (7.8) 1 (1.9)
2025-12-29 @ Charlotte Hornets 15 (20.7) 5 (5.9) 11 (7.6) 1 (2.0)
2025-12-27 @ Chicago Bulls 8 (20.8) 6 (6.0) 9 (7.3) 0 (2.1)
2025-12-26 @ Memphis Grizzlies 16 (21.2) 8 (6.0) 5 (7.5) 1 (2.2)
2025-12-23 @ Indiana Pacers 24 (20.6) 6 (5.6) 5 (8.8) 2 (2.2)
2025-12-21 @ Minnesota Timberwolves 24 (20.7) 10 (4.9) 9 (8.0) 3 (2.2)
2025-12-18 vs Toronto Raptors 22 (20.9) 4 (5.5) 13 (7.5) 2 (2.4)
2025-12-14 @ Brooklyn Nets 5 (22.0) 3 (5.5) 7 (6.9) 0 (2.4)
2025-12-11 vs Boston Celtics 18 (22.3) 10 (5.3) 13 (6.0) 1 (2.5)
2025-12-06 @ Detroit Pistons 32 (21.4) 4 (3.9) 6 (6.2) 7 (2.3)
2025-12-05 vs Philadelphia 76ers 20 (19.6) 7 (3.9) 9 (5.4) 1 (2.6)
2025-12-03 vs Detroit Pistons 26 (18.8) 2 (4.3) 7 (4.4) 3 (2.4)
2025-12-01 @ Washington Wizards 30 (15.0) 4 (3.9) 5 (4.6) 5 (2.2)
2025-11-29 vs Brooklyn Nets 13 (13.1) 4 (2.8) 6 (3.3) 3 (1.9)

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.