Kyle Kuzma

Milwaukee Bucks

PF 6-9 221 lb 8 yr exp Utah
5.2 Predictability score 42 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 13.83 5.96 6.13 +11.4%
Rebounds 5.12 2.18 2.11 -0.9%
Assists 3.02 2.0 2.07 +6.7%
3PM 1.26 1.18 1.16 +0.3%

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
2026-04-05 vs Memphis Grizzlies 4 (17.5) 4 (6.2) 6 (3.3) 0 (1.7)
2026-04-03 vs Boston Celtics 14 (17.1) 7 (5.8) 3 (3.5) 2 (1.6)
2026-03-31 vs Dallas Mavericks 20 (16.8) 6 (4.5) 3 (2.9) 0 (2.1)
2026-03-21 @ Phoenix Suns 20 (13.6) 2 (4.8) 1 (2.7) 3 (1.5)
2026-03-19 @ Utah Jazz 11 (15.5) 5 (4.9) 1 (2.9) 0 (2.0)
2026-03-17 vs Cleveland Cavaliers 3 (14.7) 0 (5.1) 2 (2.8) 1 (2.0)
2026-03-15 vs Indiana Pacers 8 (16.0) 3 (5.3) 8 (3.1) 2 (1.9)
2026-03-14 @ Atlanta Hawks 11 (15.4) 4 (4.6) 1 (3.1) 0 (1.7)
2026-03-12 @ Miami Heat 5 (17.4) 3 (5.1) 1 (3.3) 1 (1.9)
2026-03-10 vs Phoenix Suns 33 (14.8) 3 (5.2) 3 (3.7) 6 (1.2)
2026-03-07 vs Utah Jazz 18 (14.8) 2 (4.9) 5 (3.7) 3 (1.7)
2026-03-01 @ Chicago Bulls 10 (13.9) 3 (5.5) 4 (2.4) 0 (1.7)
2026-02-27 vs New York Knicks 17 (13.5) 4 (4.8) 2 (2.5) 4 (1.7)
2026-02-25 vs Cleveland Cavaliers 17 (14.7) 4 (4.7) 5 (2.8) 5 (1.6)
2026-02-24 vs Miami Heat 19 (14.4) 4 (5.3) 0 (2.6) 3 (1.5)
2026-02-22 vs Toronto Raptors 3 (13.8) 4 (5.0) 1 (2.4) 0 (1.5)
2026-02-20 @ New Orleans Pelicans 14 (13.9) 3 (5.5) 4 (3.0) 2 (1.4)
2026-02-12 @ Oklahoma City Thunder 14 (14.1) 4 (5.3) 2 (2.7) 2 (1.3)
2026-02-11 @ Orlando Magic 15 (13.9) 7 (5.2) 2 (3.4) 1 (1.2)
2026-02-09 @ Orlando Magic 3 (15.1) 5 (5.6) 0 (3.6) 0 (1.2)
2026-02-04 vs New Orleans Pelicans 7 (17.0) 6 (6.3) 9 (4.3) 1 (1.5)
2026-02-03 vs Chicago Bulls 31 (16.6) 10 (6.5) 6 (3.6) 3 (1.5)
2026-02-01 @ Boston Celtics 16 (14.8) 5 (5.9) 2 (3.1) 2 (1.0)
2026-01-29 @ Washington Wizards 19 (15.6) 9 (6.0) 6 (2.9) 0 (1.5)
2026-01-27 @ Philadelphia 76ers 17 (13.8) 8 (4.6) 8 (2.4) 2 (1.2)
2026-01-23 vs Denver Nuggets 11 (13.2) 10 (4.6) 6 (2.1) 1 (1.4)
2026-01-21 vs Oklahoma City Thunder 9 (12.7) 4 (4.9) 0 (2.0) 0 (1.3)
2026-01-19 @ Atlanta Hawks 10 (13.6) 1 (5.0) 1 (2.5) 1 (1.5)
2025-12-26 @ Memphis Grizzlies 15 (16.0) 8 (6.4) 2 (2.7) 0 (1.2)
2025-12-23 @ Indiana Pacers 15 (15.6) 7 (6.0) 2 (3.2) 1 (1.0)
2025-12-21 @ Minnesota Timberwolves 12 (16.2) 10 (5.3) 4 (2.3) 0 (1.1)
2025-12-14 @ Brooklyn Nets 13 (15.5) 7 (5.2) 3 (2.2) 0 (1.2)
2025-12-11 vs Boston Celtics 31 (14.7) 6 (5.5) 0 (2.7) 1 (1.0)
2025-12-06 @ Detroit Pistons 15 (12.9) 4 (4.4) 1 (2.6) 1 (1.2)
2025-11-26 @ Miami Heat 8 (15.0) 12 (4.5) 6 (2.0) 0 (1.4)
2025-11-24 vs Portland Trail Blazers 15 (17.0) 6 (4.8) 0 (2.5) 1 (1.2)
2025-11-22 vs Detroit Pistons 13 (16.5) 3 (5.1) 2 (2.4) 1 (1.2)
2025-11-20 vs Philadelphia 76ers 17 (15.8) 3 (5.3) 4 (2.1) 0 (1.6)
2025-11-17 @ Cleveland Cavaliers 10 (15.3) 5 (5.0) 2 (2.0) 1 (1.6)
2025-11-15 vs Los Angeles Lakers 1 (16.8) 1 (5.6) 0 (2.5) 0 (1.7)
2025-11-14 vs Charlotte Hornets 29 (15.5) 10 (5.3) 5 (1.7) 2 (1.6)
2025-11-12 @ Charlotte Hornets 8 (14.7) 3 (5.3) 4 (1.5) 0 (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.