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Peyton Watson

Denver Nuggets

Birthdate:

9/11/2002 (23)

Position:

SF

Primary Role:

Secondary Role:

Defensive Role:

Versatile Stopper

Height:

6'7"

Weight:

203

Wingspan:

7'1"

Positional Size:

B+

Hometown:

Long Beach, CA

Peyton Watson Stats

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Per 36
Plus Minus

Season	GP	MPG	FGM - FGA	FG%	3PM - 3PA	3P%	FTM - FTA	FT%	REB	APG	STL	BLK	PF	TOV	PTS
2023	23	8.1	1.3 - 2.6	49.2	0.3 - 0.6	42.9	0.5 - 0.9	55	1.6	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.3	3.3
2024	80	18.6	2.6 - 5.6	46.5	0.6 - 1.9	29.6	0.9 - 1.3	67	3.2	1.1	0.5	1.1	1.8	0.7	6.7
2025	68	24.3	3 - 6.3	47.7	0.7 - 2	35.3	1.4 - 2	69.3	3.4	1.4	0.7	1.4	1.8	0.8	8.1
2026	21	27.0 ↑	3.9 - 7.7 ↑	50.3 ↑	1 - 2.8 ↑	37.9 ↑	1.6 - 2 ↑	79.1 ↑	5 ↑	1.7 ↑	1 ↑	1.2 ↑	2.2 ↑	1.2 ↑	10.4 ↑
Career	192	20.3	2.7 - 5.7	47.7	0.6 - 1.9	33.6	1.1 - 1.6	69.0	3.3	1.2	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.8	7.2

Season	MP	TS%	3PAR	FTR	SQ	BOXCR	OLOAD	PR	PORT	VERS	CWARP	VORP
2023	186	55.3	23.7	33.9	41.4	2	24.3	31	0.7	32	-0.15	0
2024	1488	53.9	34	23.7	29.5	1.5	22.6	29	1.0	96	0.27	-0.1
2025	1656	56.4	31.8	32	32.5	1.2	19.7	32	1.0	96	0.87	0.1
2026	568	60.6	36	26.7	47	1.9	22.2	37	2.6	90.6	0.52	0.3

Season	MP	COPM	CDPM	CPM	ODARKO	DDARKO	DARKO	ODRIP	DDRIP	DRIP	OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2023	186	-3.4	-0.4	-3.8	-1.8	0.2	-1.6				-2.7	-0.1	-2.8
2024	1488	-2.7	0.7	-2	-2.7	0.7	-2	-2.3	0.1	-2.2	-3	0.8	-2.2
2025	1656	-2.3	1	-1.3	-2.2	0.4	-1.8	-2.2	0.5	-1.7	-2.1	0.3	-1.8
2026	568	-1 38%	0.4 67%	-0.6 56%	-0.9	0.4	-0.5	-1.8	0.7	-1.1	-0.3	0.1	-0.2

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	59.1%	70
SQ	41.9	32
FTr	28.6%	70
3PAr	34.5%	36
ORB	-0.8	39
cTOV	8.9%	39
Load	21.3	27
Creation	1.7	30
Portability	2.1	24
Passer Rating	35.3	35
CraftedOPM	-1.5	24

Stat	Value
Deflections	2.9	69
raDTOV	0.4	79
DRB	-1.4	17
Rim Defense	4.9	19
Rim Frequency	27.7	25
BLKpct	4.9	94
Versatility	92.5	95
rPF	-0.2	63
CraftedDPM	0.6	71

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*This scouting report combines the player's last two seasons of performance, with greater emphasis on the most recent 568 minutes played during the 2025-26 season. Compared to all other players who played over 48 minutes.

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offense

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1	Dominick Barlow	88
2	Kyle Kuzma	87
3	Kelly Oubre Jr.	87
4	Jabari Walker	87
5	Caleb Martin	86
6	Isaiah Stewart	86
7	Cody Martin	85
8	Terrence Shannon Jr.	85
9	Zeke Nnaji	85
10	Collin Murray-Boyles	85

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1	OG Anunoby	85
2	Julian Phillips	85
3	Derrick Jones Jr.	84
4	Jerami Grant	83
5	Moses Moody	83
6	Anthony Black	83
7	Cason Wallace	82
8	Malik Monk	81
9	Alex Caruso	81
10	Marcus Smart	81

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	Player	Score
1	Derrick Jones Jr.	84
2	Anthony Black	84
3	Caleb Martin	82
4	Javonte Green	82
5	Josh Okogie	81
6	Ochai Agbaji	81
7	Julian Phillips	81
8	Jonathan Kuminga	80
9	Ziaire Williams	80
10	Andrew Wiggins	79

*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.