Rui Hachimura

Los Angeles Lakers

PF 6-8 230 lb 6 yr exp Gonzaga
3.8 Predictability score 44 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 14.0 4.68 4.62 +0.7%
Rebounds 3.86 1.67 1.76 +7.0%
Assists 1.0 0.92 0.75 -13.3%
3PM 2.25 0.99 0.97 -2.2%

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
2026-05-11 vs Oklahoma City Thunder 25 (13.0) 5 (4.2) 2 (1.6) 4 (1.9)
2026-05-09 vs Oklahoma City Thunder 21 (12.0) 5 (4.1) 4 (1.4) 5 (1.9)
2026-05-07 @ Oklahoma City Thunder 16 (11.9) 4 (4.0) 2 (1.3) 4 (1.9)
2026-05-05 @ Oklahoma City Thunder 18 (11.2) 2 (4.2) 2 (1.3) 3 (2.0)
2026-05-01 @ Houston Rockets 21 (11.4) 6 (4.0) 2 (1.4) 5 (1.9)
2026-04-29 vs Houston Rockets 12 (13.0) 4 (4.4) 0 (1.3) 2 (1.9)
2026-04-26 @ Houston Rockets 13 (11.9) 3 (4.3) 1 (1.3) 1 (2.0)
2026-04-24 @ Houston Rockets 22 (12.5) 4 (4.3) 2 (1.3) 4 (2.0)
2026-04-21 vs Houston Rockets 13 (13.9) 5 (4.3) 2 (1.3) 3 (2.0)
2026-04-18 vs Houston Rockets 14 (14.0) 2 (4.9) 0 (1.3) 2 (2.0)
2026-04-12 vs Utah Jazz 22 (15.5) 10 (4.3) 0 (1.8) 3 (2.0)
2026-04-10 vs Phoenix Suns 13 (14.9) 2 (4.2) 3 (1.7) 2 (1.9)
2026-04-09 @ Golden State Warriors 12 (13.6) 2 (4.2) 2 (1.3) 2 (1.6)
2026-04-07 vs Oklahoma City Thunder 15 (12.8) 5 (3.8) 1 (1.1) 1 (1.7)
2026-04-05 @ Dallas Mavericks 21 (12.3) 7 (3.7) 1 (1.1) 3 (1.9)
2026-03-30 vs Washington Wizards 14 (12.1) 6 (3.6) 0 (1.3) 1 (1.7)
2026-03-12 vs Chicago Bulls 15 (12.5) 1 (4.1) 1 (1.3) 3 (2.1)
2026-03-10 vs Minnesota Timberwolves 9 (11.3) 1 (4.0) 1 (1.3) 1 (2.1)
2026-03-08 vs New York Knicks 13 (11.6) 7 (3.7) 2 (1.3) 3 (2.1)
2026-03-06 vs Indiana Pacers 13 (12.3) 3 (3.8) 1 (1.4) 2 (2.2)
2026-02-12 vs Dallas Mavericks 21 (12.5) 3 (4.1) 1 (1.4) 3 (2.0)
2026-02-10 vs San Antonio Spurs 6 (11.7) 4 (4.0) 2 (1.3) 0 (1.9)
2026-02-09 vs Oklahoma City Thunder 12 (11.2) 5 (3.7) 2 (1.2) 2 (2.0)
2026-02-07 vs Golden State Warriors 18 (11.9) 1 (3.9) 0 (1.3) 4 (1.8)
2025-12-28 vs Sacramento Kings 12 (13.3) 4 (3.8) 1 (1.7) 2 (1.9)
2025-12-25 vs Houston Rockets 0 (11.3) 2 (3.6) 1 (1.3) 0 (2.0)
2025-12-18 @ Utah Jazz 13 (13.8) 3 (4.1) 1 (1.6) 1 (2.2)
2025-12-14 @ Phoenix Suns 3 (13.1) 7 (3.9) 1 (1.3) 1 (1.9)
2025-12-10 vs San Antonio Spurs 8 (14.5) 1 (4.0) 1 (1.2) 2 (2.2)
2025-12-07 @ Philadelphia 76ers 17 (14.0) 6 (3.9) 1 (1.1) 3 (1.9)
2025-12-05 @ Boston Celtics 13 (14.1) 7 (3.7) 0 (1.3) 3 (2.0)
2025-12-04 @ Toronto Raptors 12 (14.0) 3 (3.5) 0 (1.1) 2 (2.1)
2025-12-01 vs Phoenix Suns 0 (15.1) 1 (3.8) 0 (1.4) 0 (2.2)
2025-11-30 vs New Orleans Pelicans 14 (15.6) 2 (3.9) 0 (1.4) 2 (2.2)
2025-11-28 vs Dallas Mavericks 14 (13.8) 4 (4.3) 0 (1.1) 4 (1.8)
2025-11-25 vs Los Angeles Clippers 13 (15.4) 3 (4.3) 0 (1.3) 1 (2.0)
2025-11-23 @ Utah Jazz 13 (16.0) 6 (4.1) 0 (1.6) 2 (2.1)
2025-11-18 vs Utah Jazz 6 (16.6) 4 (4.1) 1 (1.7) 0 (2.0)
2025-11-14 @ New Orleans Pelicans 14 (16.9) 4 (4.2) 0 (2.0) 2 (2.2)
2025-11-12 @ Oklahoma City Thunder 13 (15.1) 5 (3.9) 1 (1.5) 2 (2.1)
2025-11-10 @ Charlotte Hornets 21 (15.7) 3 (4.2) 1 (1.6) 3 (2.1)
2025-11-08 @ Atlanta Hawks 8 (15.7) 2 (3.6) 0 (2.1) 2 (2.1)
2025-11-05 vs San Antonio Spurs 15 (14.1) 2 (4.0) 0 (1.9) 2 (2.1)
2025-11-03 @ Portland Trail Blazers 28 (14.8) 4 (4.1) 1 (2.6) 2 (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.