Peyton Watson

Cleveland Cavaliers

Birthdate:

9/11/2002 (24)

Position:

SF

Primary Role:

Secondary Role:

Defensive Role:

Versatile Stopper

Height:

6'6.75"

Weight:

203

Wingspan:

7'0.5"

Positional Size:

B

Hometown:

Long Beach, CA

Peyton Watson Stats

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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
2025	6	28.6 ↑	3.8 - 10.3 ↑	37.1 ↓	0.7 - 4 ↓	16.7 ↓	2.5 - 3.2 ↑	78.9 ↑	4 ↑	3 ↑	1.2 ↑	1.8 ↑	3 ↑	2.3 ↑	10.8 ↑
Career	231	22.1	3.2 - 6.8	47.5	0.8 - 2.3	35.2	1.4 - 2	70.1	3.5	1.4	0.6	1.1	1.9	1	8.7

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
2025	172	46.2	38.7	30.6	17.7	2.5	30	44	0.6	89	0.12	-0.1

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
2025	172	-0.7 38%	-0.4 39%	-1 30%	-0.4	-0.3	-0.8	-0.9	-0.2	-1.1	-3.8	-0.5	-4.2

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	52%	19
SQ	26.6	16
FTr	25.4%	58
3PAr	35.2%	38
ORB	-0.1	52
cTOV	9.6%	28
Load	24.5	38
Creation	1.8	30
Portability	0.9	10
Passer Rating	13.2	41
CraftedOPM	-2.2	1

Stat	Value
Deflections	2.1	45
raDTOV	0.1	61
DRB	-0.2	38
Rim Defense	-18.5	99
Rim Frequency	38.6	61
BLKpct	5	91
Versatility	94.3	97
rPF	0.5	31
CraftedDPM	0.4	62

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*This scouting report combines the player's last two seasons of performance, with greater emphasis on the most recent 172 minutes played during the 2024-25 season. Compared to all other players who played over 48 minutes.

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offense

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1	Precious Achiuwa	88
2	Dyson Daniels	87
3	Ausar Thompson	87
4	Bilal Coulibaly	86
5	Bryce McGowens	86
6	James Wiseman	85
7	Zach Collins	85
8	Ronald Holland II	85
9	Blake Wesley	85
10	Xavier Tillman	85

defense

	Player	Score
1	Aaron Nesmith	85
2	Derrick Jones Jr.	84
3	Dorian Finney-Smith	84
4	Jonathan Kuminga	84
5	Amen Thompson	84
6	Moses Moody	83
7	Toumani Camara	82
8	Bilal Coulibaly	81
9	Christian Braun	81
10	Noah Clowney	81

overall

	Player	Score
1	Bilal Coulibaly	84
2	Ausar Thompson	84
3	Precious Achiuwa	84
4	Bryce McGowens	83
5	Christian Braun	81
6	Kelly Oubre Jr.	81
7	Anthony Black	81
8	Noah Clowney	80
9	Ronald Holland II	80
10	Julian Phillips	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.