Russell Westbrook

Sacramento Kings

PG 6-4 200 lb 17 yr exp UCLA
3.4 Predictability score 55 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 15.53 5.31 5.32 +7.6%
Rebounds 5.44 2.71 2.74 -0.8%
Assists 6.89 2.75 2.56 -4.7%
3PM 2.04 1.09 1.15 +3.4%

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
2026-03-19 vs Philadelphia 76ers 11 (15.7) 3 (5.0) 8 (8.0) 2 (1.8)
2026-03-17 vs San Antonio Spurs 5 (17.1) 1 (5.9) 10 (7.4) 0 (2.0)
2026-03-14 @ Los Angeles Clippers 12 (16.8) 12 (5.0) 10 (7.6) 2 (2.0)
2026-03-10 vs Indiana Pacers 16 (17.7) 7 (4.7) 9 (7.9) 2 (2.1)
2026-03-08 vs Chicago Bulls 23 (18.3) 11 (5.0) 12 (7.4) 3 (2.0)
2026-03-05 vs New Orleans Pelicans 19 (19.0) 2 (4.4) 10 (7.7) 2 (2.2)
2026-03-03 vs Phoenix Suns 16 (17.1) 2 (4.3) 7 (6.9) 3 (2.0)
2026-03-01 @ Los Angeles Lakers 14 (16.7) 4 (3.7) 5 (6.6) 1 (2.1)
2026-02-25 @ Houston Rockets 22 (15.1) 5 (3.3) 3 (5.9) 1 (2.0)
2026-02-23 @ Memphis Grizzlies 25 (15.1) 2 (4.1) 7 (6.6) 3 (2.0)
2026-02-21 @ San Antonio Spurs 7 (15.2) 3 (4.4) 2 (6.2) 1 (1.9)
2026-02-19 vs Orlando Magic 5 (15.5) 0 (4.8) 1 (6.9) 1 (2.2)
2026-02-09 @ New Orleans Pelicans 17 (15.9) 2 (5.0) 2 (7.8) 1 (2.3)
2026-02-07 vs Cleveland Cavaliers 21 (14.5) 5 (3.8) 9 (6.7) 5 (2.0)
2026-02-06 vs Los Angeles Clippers 6 (16.4) 3 (4.0) 5 (7.2) 0 (2.3)
2026-02-04 vs Memphis Grizzlies 13 (17.2) 0 (5.1) 5 (7.3) 3 (2.1)
2026-01-27 @ New York Knicks 14 (15.8) 4 (4.8) 5 (6.7) 2 (2.1)
2026-01-25 @ Detroit Pistons 13 (16.5) 2 (4.3) 4 (6.8) 2 (2.0)
2026-01-23 @ Cleveland Cavaliers 11 (18.0) 5 (4.9) 3 (7.5) 3 (1.9)
2026-01-21 vs Toronto Raptors 23 (18.3) 3 (5.4) 3 (8.2) 2 (2.1)
2026-01-20 vs Miami Heat 22 (17.8) 2 (5.9) 7 (8.2) 1 (2.2)
2026-01-18 vs Portland Trail Blazers 23 (17.4) 3 (5.4) 7 (8.4) 3 (2.1)
2026-01-16 vs Washington Wizards 26 (17.1) 2 (5.9) 6 (8.0) 6 (1.9)
2026-01-14 vs New York Knicks 19 (16.7) 6 (5.7) 11 (7.5) 2 (2.0)
2026-01-12 vs Los Angeles Lakers 22 (16.7) 5 (5.4) 7 (8.0) 4 (1.8)
2026-01-11 vs Houston Rockets 15 (15.4) 6 (5.0) 10 (7.2) 3 (1.9)
2026-01-09 @ Golden State Warriors 13 (16.0) 4 (5.6) 7 (6.7) 1 (1.6)
2026-01-06 vs Dallas Mavericks 11 (16.4) 6 (6.3) 4 (7.6) 1 (1.8)
2026-01-04 vs Milwaukee Bucks 21 (15.9) 6 (6.2) 3 (7.7) 1 (1.8)
2026-01-02 @ Phoenix Suns 17 (17.1) 9 (5.3) 6 (7.4) 1 (2.1)
2026-01-01 vs Boston Celtics 10 (17.8) 3 (6.2) 6 (7.6) 2 (2.2)
2025-12-30 @ Los Angeles Clippers 12 (17.3) 3 (6.7) 4 (7.3) 2 (2.0)
2025-12-28 @ Los Angeles Lakers 13 (17.3) 5 (5.4) 4 (7.8) 1 (2.0)
2025-12-27 vs Dallas Mavericks 21 (17.9) 5 (6.9) 9 (8.5) 5 (1.9)
2025-12-23 vs Detroit Pistons 27 (15.6) 6 (5.4) 4 (7.9) 4 (1.7)
2025-12-21 vs Houston Rockets 21 (15.9) 13 (5.9) 4 (8.3) 5 (1.4)
2025-12-20 vs Portland Trail Blazers 7 (17.1) 8 (6.1) 7 (8.8) 0 (1.6)
2025-12-18 @ Portland Trail Blazers 20 (16.7) 3 (6.3) 10 (8.9) 0 (1.7)
2025-12-14 @ Minnesota Timberwolves 8 (16.5) 7 (6.0) 10 (7.7) 0 (1.7)
2025-12-11 vs Denver Nuggets 17 (16.5) 3 (6.5) 5 (8.4) 1 (2.0)
2025-12-08 @ Indiana Pacers 24 (16.1) 12 (6.5) 14 (7.9) 2 (1.9)
2025-12-06 @ Miami Heat 12 (15.7) 1 (7.1) 10 (8.1) 1 (1.8)
2025-12-03 @ Houston Rockets 12 (15.3) 4 (6.0) 9 (7.6) 2 (1.9)
2025-11-30 vs Memphis Grizzlies 3 (16.9) 6 (7.1) 7 (7.9) 0 (1.7)
2025-11-28 @ Utah Jazz 16 (15.0) 12 (6.2) 14 (7.0) 2 (1.8)
2025-11-26 vs Phoenix Suns 19 (14.9) 8 (6.4) 3 (7.4) 3 (1.7)
2025-11-24 vs Minnesota Timberwolves 7 (15.7) 7 (6.8) 7 (7.5) 1 (1.8)
2025-11-22 @ Denver Nuggets 21 (15.0) 6 (6.2) 11 (7.0) 2 (1.9)
2025-11-20 @ Memphis Grizzlies 11 (15.3) 7 (6.7) 4 (7.5) 2 (1.8)
2025-11-19 @ Oklahoma City Thunder 7 (14.1) 11 (5.1) 6 (6.5) 1 (1.8)
2025-11-16 @ San Antonio Spurs 14 (15.2) 9 (5.8) 7 (7.0) 3 (2.0)
2025-11-14 @ Minnesota Timberwolves 13 (16.7) 10 (6.3) 14 (6.5) 2 (2.0)
2025-11-12 vs Atlanta Hawks 10 (17.3) 2 (7.0) 3 (7.1) 1 (1.8)
2025-11-07 vs Oklahoma City Thunder 24 (16.7) 7 (6.7) 9 (6.1) 5 (2.0)
2025-11-05 vs Golden State Warriors 23 (16.5) 16 (5.3) 10 (6.0) 3 (1.7)

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.