Walker Kessler C #24

Height: 7-2 (218cm)

Weight: 245 lbs (111kg)

Born: Jul 26, 2001 (24 years old)

Hometown: Newnan, Georgia

Nationality: United States

Current Team: Utah Jazz

Current NBA Status: Under Contract (Utah Jazz)

Free Agent: RFA-2026

Agent: Aaron Mintz, Houston Kessler, Dave Spahn

NBA Draft: 2022 Round 1, Pick 22, Memphis Grizzlies

Pre-Draft Team: Auburn (So)

High School: Woodward Academy (College Park, Georgia)

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Walker Kessler Player Profile

NBA Career
NCAA Career
National Career
AAU Career
High School Career

NBA Career

3 Years Of Service

NBA Regular Season Stats

Summary
Per Game
Totals
Advanced
Misc

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
2022-23	21	UTH	74	23.0	9.2	8.4	0.9	0.4	2.3	0.8	.720	.333	.516
2023-24	22	UTH	64	23.3	8.1	7.5	0.9	0.5	2.4	1.0	.654	.211	.602
2024-25	23	UTH	58	30.0	11.1	12.2	1.7	0.6	2.4	1.5	.663	.176	.520
2025-26	24	UTH	5	30.8	14.4	10.8	3.0	1.4	1.8	3.2	.703	.750	.700
CAREER			201	25.3	9.5	9.3	1.2	0.5	2.4	1.1	.681	.266	.545

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2022-23	21	UTH	74	40	23.0	9.2	4.0	5.6	.720	0.0	0.0	.333	1.1	2.1	.516	3.1	5.3	8.4	0.9	0.4	2.3	0.8	2.3
2023-24	22	UTH	64	22	23.3	8.1	3.6	5.5	.654	0.1	0.3	.211	0.9	1.5	.602	2.6	4.9	7.5	0.9	0.5	2.4	1.0	2.1
2024-25	23	UTH	58	58	30.0	11.1	4.8	7.2	.663	0.1	0.6	.176	1.4	2.6	.520	4.6	7.6	12.2	1.7	0.6	2.4	1.5	2.2
2025-26	24	UTH	5	5	30.8	14.4	5.2	7.4	.703	1.2	1.6	.750	2.8	4.0	.700	4.6	6.2	10.8	3.0	1.4	1.8	3.2	4.4
CAREER			201	125	25.3	9.5	4.1	6.1	.681	0.1	0.3	.266	1.1	2.1	.545	3.4	5.9	9.3	1.2	0.5	2.4	1.1	2.3

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2022-23	21	UTH	74	40	1,703.4	679	298	414	.720	1	3	.333	82	159	.516	231	389	620	69	26	173	58	169
2023-24	22	UTH	64	22	1,493.1	518	229	350	.654	4	19	.211	56	93	.602	165	316	481	60	30	154	66	132
2024-25	23	UTH	58	58	1,740.3	641	278	419	.663	6	34	.176	79	152	.520	266	441	707	97	36	138	86	130
2025-26	24	UTH	5	5	154	72	26	37	.703	6	8	.750	14	20	.700	23	31	54	15	7	9	16	22
CAREER			201	125	5,090.8	1,910	831	1,220	.681	17	64	.266	231	424	.545	685	1,177	1,862	241	99	474	226	453

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
2022-23	21	UTH	74	40	.702	.721	14.9	24.5	19.7	5.8	10.7	0.7	8.5	13.3	156.9	-0.7	1.6	140.0	111.5	21.5
2023-24	22	UTH	64	22	.663	.660	12.3	22.9	17.7	5.6	14.4	1.0	9.2	12.8	146.7	-1.7	1.5	127.4	114.5	17.8
2024-25	23	UTH	58	58	.660	.671	16.6	26.6	21.7	8.3	15.0	1.0	7.4	13.7	136.0	-1.2	1.5	129.9	114.1	19.9
2025-26	24	UTH	5	5	.786	.784	16.5	21.1	18.8	15.0	25.9	2.2	6.3	16.2	215.3	-3.9	1.9	128.4	113.1	20.9
CAREER			201	125	.679	.688	14.8	24.7	19.8	6.8	13.8	0.9	8.3	13.4	149.2	-1.3	1.6	132.6	113.3	19.9

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	Tpl Dbl	40 Pts	20 Reb	20 Ast	Techs	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
2022-23	21	UTH	74	40	20	0	0	1	0	0	.117	1.2	0.4	0.4	34	40	.459	4.6	2.4	7.0
2023-24	22	UTH	64	22	7	0	0	0	0	0	.107	0.9	0.5	0.3	26	38	.406	2.4	1.7	4.1
2024-25	23	UTH	58	58	28	0	0	2	0	2	.162	1.1	0.4	0.4	14	44	.241	3.6	1.9	5.5
2025-26	24	UTH	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.204	0.9	0.4	0.5	2	3	.400	0.3	0.2	0.5
CAREER			201	125	57	0	0	3	0	2	.128	1.1	0.4	0.3	76	125	.378	11.0	6.2	17.2

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
Jun 23, 2022	The Memphis Grizzlies selected Walker Kessler in Round 1 with Pick 22 in the 2022 NBA Draft.
Jun 24, 2022	The draft rights to Walker Kessler was acquired by the Minnesota Timberwolves, along with the draft rights to TyTy Washington, Jr., from the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for the draft rights to Jake LaRavia and a 2023 2nd round pick (MIN own).
Jul 6, 2022	The draft rights to Walker Kessler was acquired by the Utah Jazz, along with Malik Beasley, Patrick Beverley, Leandro Bolmaro, Jarred Vanderbilt, a 2023 1st round pick (MIN own), a 2025 1st round pick (MIN own), a Swap 2026 1st round picks, a 2027 1st round pick (MIN own), a conditional 2029 1st round pick (MIN own) and a TPE, from the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Rudy Gobert and a TPE.
Jul 9, 2022	Walker Kessler signed a multi-year contract with the Utah Jazz.
Oct 23, 2023	The Utah Jazz exercised their Team Option to extend the contract of Walker Kessler.
Oct 21, 2024	The Utah Jazz exercised their Team Option to extend the contract of Walker Kessler.

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NBA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
1x All-Rookie First Team	2023
1x Rookie of the Month	Feb 2023
2x Rising Stars Challenge Participant	2023, 2024
1x Skills Challenge Champion	2023
1x Skills Challenge Participant	2023

NBA Rising Stars Challenge Stats

Summary
Totals

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
2023	21	Team Deron	1	7.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	.500	.000	.000
2024	22	Team Jalen	2	6.6	3.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.000	.000	.000
CAREER			3	6.7	2.7	1.3	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.3	.800	.000	.000

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2023	21	Team Deron	1	1	7	2	1	2	.500	0	1	.000	0	0	.000	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	1
2024	22	Team Jalen	2	2	13.2	6	3	3	1.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	2
CAREER			3	3	20.2	8	4	5	.800	0	1	.000	0	0	.000	2	2	4	2	0	2	1	3

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NBA Summer League Stats

Summary
Per Game
Totals
Advanced
Misc

Season	Age	Team	League	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
2024-25	23	UTH	Salt Lake Summer League	2	31.5	7.0	10.5	3.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	.417	.000	.500
CAREER				2	31.5	7.0	10.5	3.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	.417	.000	.500

Season	Age	Team	League	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2024-25	23	UTH	Salt Lake Summer League	2	2	31.5	7.0	2.5	6.0	.417	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	4.0	.500	5.0	5.5	10.5	3.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	2.0
CAREER				2	2	31.5	7.0	2.5	6.0	.417	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	4.0	.500	5.0	5.5	10.5	3.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	2.0

Season	Age	Team	League	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2024-25	23	UTH	Salt Lake Summer League	2	2	63	14	5	12	.417	0	0	.000	4	8	.500	10	11	21	6	4	6	4	4
CAREER				2	2	63	14	5	12	.417	0	0	.000	4	8	.500	10	11	21	6	4	6	4	4

Season	Age	Team	League	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
2024-25	23	UTH	Salt Lake Summer League	2	2	.451	.417	17.1	16.9	17.0	15.0	20.5	2.9	7.4	12.0	91.7	-	1.2	104.4	91.8	16.8
CAREER				2	2	.451	.417	17.1	16.9	17.0	15.0	20.5	2.9	7.4	12.0	91.7	-	1.2	104.4	91.8	16.8

Season	Age	Team	League	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	Tpl Dbl	40 Pts	20 Reb	20 Ast	Techs	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
2024-25	23	UTH	Salt Lake Summer League	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.183	1.5	1.0	0.7	2	0	1.000	0.1	0.2	0.3
CAREER				2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.183	1.5	1.0	0.7	2	0	1.000	0.1	0.2	0.2

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NBA Preseason Stats

Summary
Per Game
Totals
Advanced
Misc

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
2022-23	21	UTH	4	19.2	9.5	5.8	0.8	0.0	1.5	1.2	.667	.000	.556
2023-24	22	UTH	5	20.8	8.0	6.4	1.4	0.4	2.0	0.4	.545	.250	.333
2024-25	23	UTH	6	22.3	7.0	9.0	1.5	0.3	1.8	1.7	.760	.000	.333
2025-26	24	UTH	1	25.9	14.0	10.0	8.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	.667	1.000	.500
CAREER			16	21.3	8.4	7.4	1.7	0.4	1.8	1.1	.648	.400	.439

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2022-23	21	UTH	4	0	19.2	9.5	3.5	5.2	.667	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	4.5	.556	2.0	3.8	5.8	0.8	0.0	1.5	1.2	2.8
2023-24	22	UTH	5	5	20.8	8.0	3.6	6.6	.545	0.2	0.8	.250	0.6	1.8	.333	1.8	4.6	6.4	1.4	0.4	2.0	0.4	0.6
2024-25	23	UTH	6	6	22.3	7.0	3.2	4.2	.760	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	2.0	.333	2.5	6.5	9.0	1.5	0.3	1.8	1.7	1.7
2025-26	24	UTH	1	1	25.9	14.0	6.0	9.0	.667	1.0	1.0	1.000	1.0	2.0	.500	5.0	5.0	10.0	8.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	3.0
CAREER			16	12	21.3	8.4	3.6	5.5	.648	0.1	0.3	.400	1.1	2.6	.439	2.3	5.1	7.4	1.7	0.4	1.8	1.1	1.7

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2022-23	21	UTH	4	0	76.9	38	14	21	.667	0	0	.000	10	18	.556	8	15	23	3	0	6	5	11
2023-24	22	UTH	5	5	104.1	40	18	33	.545	1	4	.250	3	9	.333	9	23	32	7	2	10	2	3
2024-25	23	UTH	6	6	133.7	42	19	25	.760	0	0	.000	4	12	.333	15	39	54	9	2	11	10	10
2025-26	24	UTH	1	1	25.9	14	6	9	.667	1	1	1.000	1	2	.500	5	5	10	8	2	2	1	3
CAREER			16	12	340.5	134	57	88	.648	2	5	.400	18	41	.439	37	82	119	27	6	29	18	27

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
2022-23	21	UTH	4	0	.657	.667	9.9	20.9	15.1	6.4	14.7	-	7.5	17.3	122.2	-3.8	1.8	119.0	104.5	18.7
2023-24	22	UTH	5	5	.541	.561	9.9	22.3	16.5	9.9	5.1	0.9	8.4	15.5	112.9	2.6	1.2	118.9	103.4	19.7
2024-25	23	UTH	6	6	.694	.760	13.4	29.6	22.1	10.6	24.8	0.7	6.8	12.5	109.3	-2.9	1.7	117.7	103.0	18.2
2025-26	24	UTH	1	1	.709	.722	21.6	20.6	21.1	49.8	9.2	3.5	10.3	16.8	216.7	16.5	1.6	160.5	114.0	35.8
CAREER			16	12	.632	.659	12.0	24.8	18.6	12.4	14.5	0.8	7.6	14.9	148.7	-	1.5	122.5	104.2	20.1

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	Dbl Dbl	Tpl Dbl	40 Pts	20 Reb	20 Ast	Techs	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
2022-23	21	UTH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.113	0.6	0.0	0.9	1	3	.250	0.2	0.1	0.3
2023-24	22	UTH	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.123	3.5	1.0	0.3	3	2	.600	0.2	0.2	0.4
2024-25	23	UTH	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	0.9	0.2	0.5	4	2	.667	0.2	0.2	0.4
2025-26	24	UTH	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.341	8.0	2.0	0.2	1	0	1.000	0.2	-	0.2
CAREER			16	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	.135	1.5	0.3	0.5	9	7	.563	0.7	0.5	1.2

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NBA Training Camp Experience

Team	Camp
4x Utah Jazz	2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

NCAA Career

College: Auburn (2022)

NCAA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
1x NABC Defensive Player of the Year	2022
1x NABC All-District (20) First Team	2022
1x AP All-American Third Team	2022
1x USBWA Player of the Week	1/2/2022
1x ACC Freshman of the Week	3/1/2021
1x First Team All-SEC (Coaches)	2022
1x SEC Defensive Player of the Year	2022
1x SEC All-Defensive Team	2022
3x SEC Player of the Week	1/3/2022, 1/24/2022, 2/14/2022
1x All-SEC First Team (AP)	2022
1x USBWA All-American Third Team	2022
1x USBWA All-District Team (IV)	2022

NCAA Skill Academies & Camps

Camp	Year
NBA Draft Combine	2022
Initial Team USA Player Pool	2024

NCAA Season Stats

Summary
Per Game
Totals
Advanced
Misc

Season	Age	School	Class	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
2020-21	19	North Carolina	Fr	29	8.8	4.4	3.2	0.3	0.5	0.9	0.6	.578	.250	.537
2021-22	20	Auburn	So	34	25.5	11.4	8.1	0.9	1.1	4.6	1.1	.608	.200	.596
CAREER		NCAA DI		63	17.8	8.2	5.8	0.6	0.8	2.9	0.8	.601	.204	.577

Season	Age	School	Class	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2020-21	19	North Carolina	Fr	29	0	8.8	4.4	1.8	3.1	.578	0.0	0.1	.250	0.8	1.4	.537	1.6	1.7	3.2	0.3	0.5	0.9	0.6	1.2
2021-22	20	Auburn	So	34	34	25.5	11.4	4.8	7.9	.608	0.3	1.5	.200	1.6	2.6	.596	2.6	5.4	8.1	0.9	1.1	4.6	1.1	2.6
CAREER		NCAA DI		63	34	17.8	8.2	3.4	5.7	.601	0.2	0.9	.204	1.2	2.1	.577	2.1	3.7	5.8	0.6	0.8	2.9	0.8	2.0

Season	Age	School	Class	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2020-21	19	North Carolina	Fr	29	0	254	127	52	90	.578	1	4	.250	22	41	.537	45	49	94	9	15	25	16	35
2021-22	20	Auburn	So	34	34	868	389	163	268	.608	10	50	.200	53	89	.596	89	185	274	30	37	155	37	88
CAREER		NCAA DI		63	34	1,122	516	215	358	.601	11	54	.204	75	130	.577	134	234	368	39	52	180	53	123

Season	Age	School	Class	GP	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
2020-21	19	North Carolina	Fr	29	.580	.583	18.4	21.0	19.6	7.3	12.8	3.3	10.7	22.5	136.4	-3.8	1.4	118.4	87.9	31.4
2021-22	20	Auburn	So	34	.627	.627	10.9	22.2	16.6	6.9	10.7	2.4	19.0	18.9	140.4	-1.9	1.5	126.0	82.3	31.3
CAREER		NCAA DI		63	.615	.616	12.5	22.1	17.3	7.0	11.2	2.6	17.2	19.6	138.1	-2.3	1.4	124.1	84.0	31.5

Season	Age	School	Class	GP	Dbl Dbl	Tpl Dbl	40 Pts	20 Reb	20 Ast	Techs	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
2020-21	19	North Carolina	Fr	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.076	0.6	0.9	0.5	18	11	.621	0.8	0.6	1.5
2021-22	20	Auburn	So	34	12	2	0	0	0	0	.205	0.8	1.0	0.3	28	6	.824	2.9	2.7	5.6
CAREER		NCAA DI		63	13	2	0	0	0	0	.146	0.7	1.0	0.4	46	17	.730	3.7	3.3	7.0

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National Basketball Career

Nationality: United States

FIBA Senior Team Events Stats

Year	Age	Event	GP	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	Place
2023	21	FIBA World Cup	7	08:03	4.0	1.9	2.7	.684	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.1	.250	2.3	0.0	0.1	1.3	0.4	1.0	4th
AVERAGES			7	08:03	4.0	1.9	2.7	.684	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.1	.250	2.3	0.0	0.1	1.3	0.4	1.0	-
TOTAL			7	56:19	28	13	19	.684	0	0	-	2	8	.250	16	0	1	9	3	7	-

Other National Team Experience

Event	Year
USA Training Camp	2019

AAU Basketball Career

AAU Teams: Game Elite Florida (FL), Game Elite Florida (FL)

High School Basketball Career

Prep/High School: Woodward Academy (College Park, Georgia)

Prep/High School Awards & Honors

Award	Year
1x Georgia Gatorade Player of the Year	2020
1x Georgia Mr. Basketball	2020

Prep/High School Skill Academies & Camps

Camp	Year
NBPA Top 100 Camp	2018