Branden Carlson

Oklahoma City Thunder

Birthdate:

6/14/1999 (26)

Position:

C

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Branden Carlson Stats

Traditional
Advanced
Per 36
Plus Minus
G League

Season	GP	MPG	FGM - FGA	FG%	3PM - 3PA	3P%	FTM - FTA	FT%	REB	APG	STL	BLK	PF	TOV	PTS
2025	32	7.7	1.3 - 3	44.3	0.7 - 2.1	33.3	0.4 - 0.6	77.8	1.7	0.4	0.2	0.7	0.7	0.2	3.8
2026	14	8.0 ↑	1.5 - 3 ↑	50.0 ↑	0.5 - 1.5 ↓	33.3 –	0.2 - 0.4 ↓	60.0 ↓	1.6 ↓	0.6 ↑	0.1 ↓	0.6 –	0.9 ↑	0.2 –	3.7 ↓
Career	46	7.8	1.4 - 3	46.0	0.6 - 1.9	33.3	0.4 - 0.5	73.9	1.7	0.5	0.2	0.6	0.7	0.2	3.8

Season	MP	TS%	3PAR	FTR	SQ	BOXCR	OLOAD	PR	PORT	VERS	CWARP	VORP
2025	246	58.1	68	18.6	57	2.3	26.8	27	6.3	11	0.1	0.2
2026	112	58.8	50	11.9	45.3	2.5	26.7	40	4.7		0.06	0.1

Season	MP	COPM	CDPM	CPM	ODARKO	DDARKO	DARKO	ODRIP	DDRIP	DRIP	OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2025	246	-1.3	-0.3	-1.6	-1.4	-0.3	-1.7	-2.1	0.1	-2	0.5	0.8	1.3
2026	112	-1.3 25%	0 58%	-1.3 34%	-1.3	0.1	-1.1	-2	-0.2	-2.2	-0.5	1.1	0.6

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	58.3%	64
SQ	53.9	58
FTr	16.9%	30
3PAr	63.5%	89
ORB	-0.8	40
cTOV	5.1%	92
Load	26.8	53
Creation	2.3	44
Portability	5.7	66
Passer Rating	30.3	27
CraftedOPM	-1.3	31

Stat	Value
Deflections	1.7	37
raDTOV	-0.7	8
DRB	0.5	72
Rim Defense	0.2	34
Rim Frequency	30.9	31
BLKpct	8.3	99
rPF	0.5	33
CraftedDPM	-0.2	46

*hover or click any stat for a detailed description.

*This scouting report combines the player's last two seasons of performance, with greater emphasis on the most recent 112 minutes played during the 2025-26 season. Compared to all other players who played over 48 minutes.

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1	Pat Connaughton	87
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3	Antonio Reeves	87
4	Jay Huff	86
5	Dalton Knecht	86
6	Duop Reath	86
7	Aaron Nesmith	85
8	Corey Kispert	85
9	Landry Shamet	85
10	Alec Burks	85

defense

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1	Drew Eubanks	85
2	Aaron Nesmith	83
3	Ben Sheppard	82
4	Yves Missi	82
5	Cole Anthony	80
6	Isaiah Livers	80
7	Jalen Smith	80
8	Jaxson Hayes	80
9	Steven Adams	80
10	Zion Williamson	80

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1	Aaron Nesmith	84
2	Pat Connaughton	83
3	Thomas Bryant	83
4	Jalen Smith	82
5	Larry Nance Jr.	81
6	Jay Huff	81
7	Quinten Post	81
8	Maxime Raynaud	81
9	Ben Sheppard	80
10	Guerschon Yabusele	80

*Similarity Score | The difference between the percentile scores of this player and that of all other players in his position group (guards, wings, forwards, bigs). Converted to a 1-100 scale where 100 is most similar, and 1 is least similar.