Jaden McDaniels

Seasons 2020-21–2025-26 · 6 on record · Ht 6-9 · b. 2000

All-Defense

Player info

Nickname	Seatbelt, Big Mac, Slim
Position	PF
Number	#3
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves
Height	6-9
Weight	185 lb
Born	2000-09-29 (age 25)
College	Washington
Drafted	2020 · Round 1, Pick 28 · Los Angeles Lakers
Seasons	2020-21–2025-26 (6)

Career averages

11.1 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 1.7 APG · 439 games · .489 FG% · .359 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
2020-21	MIN	20	63	24.0	.447	.364	.600	3.7	1.1	0.6	1.0	6.8	8.9	.552
2021-22	MIN	21	70	25.8	.460	.317	.803	4.2	1.1	0.7	0.8	9.2	10.3	.553
2022-23	MIN	22	79	30.6	.517	.398	.736	3.9	1.9	0.9	1.0	12.1	12.0	.611
2023-24	MIN	23	72	29.2	.489	.337	.722	3.1	1.4	0.9	0.6	10.5	9.4	.571
2024-25	MIN	24	82	31.9	.477	.330	.813	5.7	2.0	1.3	0.9	12.2	13.3	.562
2025-26	MIN	25	73	31.7	.515	.412	.835	4.2	2.7	1.1	1.0	14.8	14.0	.611

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2020-21	MIN	63	27	1,511	164	367	.447	72	198	27	45	232	71	35	60	47	427
2021-22	MIN	70	31	1,803	255	554	.460	80	252	57	71	293	79	52	54	75	647
2022-23	MIN	79	79	2,416	370	716	.517	107	269	106	144	307	148	74	76	112	953
2023-24	MIN	72	71	2,105	307	628	.489	86	255	57	79	224	101	63	42	87	757
2024-25	MIN	82	82	2,614	398	834	.477	100	303	104	128	470	163	110	74	95	1,000
2025-26	MIN	73	73	2,316	417	809	.515	103	250	147	176	310	199	81	73	131	1,084
Career		439	—	—	1,911	3,908	.489	548	1527	498	643	1836	761	415	379	547	4,868

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2020-21	MIN	63	24.0	3.9	8.7	.447	1.7	4.7	0.6	1.1	5.5	1.7	0.8	1.4	1.1	10.2
2021-22	MIN	70	25.8	5.1	11.1	.460	1.6	5.0	1.1	1.4	5.9	1.6	1.0	1.1	1.5	12.9
2022-23	MIN	79	30.6	5.5	10.7	.517	1.6	4.0	1.6	2.1	4.6	2.2	1.1	1.1	1.7	14.2
2023-24	MIN	72	29.2	5.3	10.7	.489	1.5	4.4	1.0	1.4	3.8	1.7	1.1	0.7	1.5	12.9
2024-25	MIN	82	31.9	5.5	11.5	.477	1.4	4.2	1.4	1.8	6.5	2.2	1.5	1.0	1.3	13.8
2025-26	MIN	73	31.7	6.5	12.6	.515	1.6	3.9	2.3	2.7	4.8	3.1	1.3	1.1	2.0	16.8

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Advanced stats

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
2020-21	MIN	63	1,511	8.9	.552	12.0	0.5	0.9	1.4	.046	-3.3	-0.2	-3.5	-0.6
2021-22	MIN	70	1,803	10.3	.553	15.3	0.7	1.7	2.4	.065	-2.9	-0.1	-2.9	-0.4
2022-23	MIN	79	2,416	12.0	.611	15.8	2.0	2.4	4.4	.087	-1.7	+0.5	-1.2	+0.5
2023-24	MIN	72	2,105	9.4	.571	15.7	0.3	3.1	3.4	.077	-3.3	+0.7	-2.6	-0.3
2024-25	MIN	82	2,614	13.3	.562	16.3	2.3	3.9	6.3	.115	-1.4	+1.4	+0.0	+1.4
2025-26	MIN	73	2,316	14.0	.611	18.5	2.5	2.7	5.2	.109	-0.9	+0.6	-0.3	+1.0
Career		439	—	—	—	—	—	—	23.1	—	—	—	—	+1.6

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Playoff stats

Season	G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	TS%
2021-22	6	21.2	9.3	2.8	0.7	0.3	1.8	.529	.500	.713
2023-24	16	33.1	12.2	3.8	1.1	0.9	1.1	.514	.429	.627
2024-25	15	33.0	14.7	5.6	1.5	1.3	0.9	.515	.382	.607
2025-26	12	33.8	16.3	5.8	2.4	0.5	0.7	.443	.238	.512
Career	49	31.8	13.6	4.7	1.5	0.8	1.0	.491	.376	.588

Full postseason box-score averages by season, from every playoff game played.

Game log — 2025-26

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	+/−
2025-10-22	@ POR	W 118–114	29	18	5	2	1	3	6-12	3-4	+3
2025-10-24	@ LAL	L 110–128	27	10	2	0	0	1	5-12	0-4	-14
2025-10-26	vs IND	W 114–110	35	11	5	1	1	2	3-13	1-6	-6
2025-10-27	vs DEN	L 114–127	35	25	3	1	0	4	10-16	1-3	-13
2025-10-29	vs LAL	L 115–116	41	30	7	1	1	0	11-19	3-4	+10
2025-11-01	@ CHA	W 122–105	32	14	4	6	0	0	6-10	2-2	+5
2025-11-03	@ BKN	W 125–109	29	22	3	3	2	1	9-11	2-3	+23
2025-11-05	@ NYK	L 114–137	31	13	4	3	0	0	4-10	3-5	-7
2025-11-07	vs UTA	W 137–97	27	22	7	1	3	2	9-14	3-3	+35
2025-11-09	@ SAC	W 144–117	26	21	5	3	0	2	8-10	2-3	+15
2025-11-10	@ UTA	W 120–113	34	16	6	3	2	0	6-13	1-2	+8
2025-11-14	vs SAC	W 124–110	31	13	4	3	0	0	6-9	0-2	+4
2025-11-15	vs DEN	L 112–123	32	15	4	3	2	2	7-15	1-3	-18
2025-11-17	vs DAL	W 120–96	23	15	5	3	2	1	4-6	3-4	+15
2025-11-21	@ PHX	L 113–114	40	13	5	2	4	0	5-12	0-5	+9
2025-11-24	@ SAC	L 112–117	37	6	8	2	2	0	3-10	0-3	-6
2025-11-26	@ OKC	L 105–113	30	10	6	3	0	0	3-6	2-2	0
2025-11-29	vs BOS	W 119–115	25	8	4	3	1	1	3-8	2-4	+24
2025-11-30	vs SAS	W 125–112	33	13	4	3	1	0	6-13	1-4	+14
2025-12-02	@ NOP	W 149–142	33	17	4	2	1	1	7-10	3-3	+5
2025-12-04	@ NOP	W 125–116	34	14	7	5	2	2	6-14	0-2	+6
2025-12-06	vs LAC	W 109–106	37	27	1	2	2	1	10-13	3-3	+1
2025-12-08	vs PHX	L 105–108	40	4	6	3	0	1	1-7	0-5	0
2025-12-12	@ GSW	W 127–120	34	17	5	5	1	0	8-15	1-5	0
2025-12-14	vs SAC	W 117–103	38	21	4	2	2	0	7-19	1-7	+18
2025-12-17	vs MEM	L 110–116	36	13	7	6	1	1	4-11	1-2	+9
2025-12-19	vs OKC	W 112–107	37	13	4	2	0	0	4-13	1-6	-5
2025-12-21	vs MIL	W 103–100	8	0	1	1	0	0	0-4	0-1	-12
2025-12-25	@ DEN	L 138–142	39	21	4	4	0	2	9-12	1-3	+4
2025-12-27	vs BKN	L 107–123	33	16	3	4	1	0	7-11	1-1	-4
2025-12-29	@ CHI	W 136–101	22	7	5	3	0	0	3-9	1-1	+12
2025-12-31	@ ATL	L 102–126	21	8	4	2	0	1	3-5	2-3	-12
2026-01-03	@ MIA	W 125–115	34	5	2	3	2	2	2-4	1-2	+1
2026-01-04	@ WAS	W 141–115	22	12	5	5	3	0	3-4	0-0	+14
2026-01-06	vs MIA	W 122–94	33	19	3	2	2	1	7-15	1-4	+18
2026-01-08	vs CLE	W 131–122	38	26	5	1	2	0	11-14	3-4	+12
2026-01-10	@ CLE	L 134–146	26	12	1	1	0	0	4-7	0-2	-17
2026-01-11	vs SAS	W 104–103	36	12	5	1	2	3	5-9	0-3	-3
2026-01-13	@ MIL	W 139–106	29	17	6	5	0	2	6-9	4-6	+24
2026-01-16	@ HOU	L 105–110	35	15	7	4	2	2	5-14	1-4	-5
2026-01-17	@ SAS	L 123–126	41	23	5	5	1	1	7-14	1-2	-6
2026-01-20	@ UTA	L 122–127	35	18	6	6	1	1	7-16	2-7	+3
2026-01-22	vs CHI	L 115–120	35	16	5	5	0	1	6-9	2-2	+2
2026-01-25	vs GSW	L 85–111	27	3	3	1	1	0	1-8	1-1	-13
2026-01-26	vs GSW	W 108–83	30	14	3	3	0	3	4-9	2-4	+17
2026-01-28	@ DAL	W 118–105	30	8	2	2	0	0	3-8	2-5	-4
2026-01-29	vs OKC	W 123–111	30	21	4	4	0	2	8-11	5-5	+18
2026-01-31	@ MEM	W 131–114	34	20	4	2	0	0	8-14	3-5	-1
2026-02-02	@ MEM	L 128–137	36	29	4	3	0	0	11-14	5-7	+2
2026-02-04	@ TOR	W 128–126	39	19	1	4	0	2	8-13	1-3	-1
2026-02-06	vs NOP	L 115–119	22	6	1	2	0	0	2-8	0-3	+1
2026-02-08	vs LAC	L 96–115	28	2	2	0	1	0	1-4	0-0	-12
2026-02-09	vs ATL	W 138–116	34	18	5	3	1	4	7-11	2-3	+25
2026-02-11	vs POR	W 133–109	33	21	6	6	2	2	7-13	2-3	+16
2026-02-20	vs DAL	W 122–111	34	7	8	5	2	1	3-11	1-4	+1
2026-02-22	vs PHI	L 108–135	34	19	6	2	1	3	5-12	0-4	-21
2026-02-24	@ POR	W 124–121	37	29	6	2	3	5	12-16	5-6	+10
2026-02-26	@ LAC	W 94–88	32	12	7	2	3	0	5-10	0-1	-1
2026-03-01	@ DEN	W 117–108	32	20	1	3	1	0	9-12	0-3	+20
2026-03-03	vs MEM	W 117–110	32	16	7	1	1	0	6-8	0-1	+5
2026-03-05	vs TOR	W 115–107	21	8	2	4	1	0	3-6	1-3	+2
2026-03-07	vs ORL	L 92–119	28	3	4	2	3	0	0-9	0-4	-23
2026-03-10	@ LAL	L 106–120	26	6	2	0	1	0	3-9	0-5	-10
2026-03-11	@ LAC	L 128–153	31	11	2	3	0	0	5-6	1-1	-40
2026-03-13	@ GSW	W 127–117	29	15	1	2	1	1	6-9	1-3	+7
2026-03-15	@ OKC	L 103–116	16	2	1	1	0	0	1-3	0-2	-17
2026-03-17	vs PHX	W 116–104	37	16	7	4	3	1	6-12	1-3	-4
2026-03-18	vs UTA	W 147–111	26	17	2	3	1	1	7-15	3-7	+11
2026-03-20	vs POR	L 104–108	40	16	6	3	5	1	6-11	0-1	-11
2026-03-22	@ BOS	W 102–92	32	19	6	3	0	0	8-18	3-7	-3
2026-03-25	vs HOU	W 110–108	37	25	2	0	2	2	10-17	3-4	-6
2026-04-08	@ ORL	L 120–132	19	18	2	2	1	0	8-16	1-5	-13
2026-04-10	@ HOU	W 136–132	35	16	7	2	0	4	8-19	0-3	-1

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	224	10.8	4.0	1.8	130–94
Away	221	11.1	4.2	1.7	113–108
In wins	243	11.9	4.2	1.8	243–0
In losses	202	9.8	4.0	1.6	0–202

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	12	10.4	3.6	1.2	5–7
BOS Boston Celtics	11	12.9	4.4	1.8	4–7
BKN Brooklyn Nets	11	12.3	3.8	2.1	7–4
CHA Charlotte Hornets	10	11.0	5.3	2.3	4–6
CHI Chicago Bulls	12	11.5	4.5	2.4	5–7
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	12	11.9	3.1	1.0	6–6
DAL Dallas Mavericks	18	11.7	4.1	2.2	12–6
DEN Denver Nuggets	22	12.4	3.7	2.1	11–11
DET Detroit Pistons	10	9.6	4.1	1.3	7–3
GSW Golden State Warriors	20	9.4	3.4	1.9	11–9
HOU Houston Rockets	19	11.2	4.5	1.5	14–5
IND Indiana Pacers	10	10.6	4.1	1.9	6–4
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	21	10.8	3.0	1.9	11–10
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	20	9.7	3.8	0.9	9–11
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	20	10.6	4.3	1.4	9–11
MIA Miami Heat	10	11.5	4.1	1.9	8–2
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	11	7.5	4.0	1.8	4–7
NOP New Orleans Pelicans	20	9.6	3.4	1.5	12–8
NYK New York Knicks	11	10.6	4.0	1.1	5–6
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder	22	12.0	4.2	1.6	13–9
ORL Orlando Magic	11	10.1	5.4	1.4	4–7
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	10	11.1	4.2	1.1	4–6
PHX Phoenix Suns	19	9.6	4.1	2.1	7–12
POR Portland Trail Blazers	23	11.0	4.2	1.7	15–8
SAC Sacramento Kings	20	13.2	4.6	1.8	13–7
SAS San Antonio Spurs	19	9.9	4.1	1.6	12–7
TOR Toronto Raptors	10	13.4	4.5	2.1	6–4
UTA Utah Jazz	22	11.5	5.0	2.1	15–7
WAS Washington Wizards	9	8.9	5.4	1.7	4–5

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2025-26

Darker = a larger share of this player’s shots came from that range; the number is field-goal % from there.

Range	% of shots	FG%
At the rim (0-3 ft)	22%	.740
In the paint (3-10 ft)	28%	.467
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	14%	.509
Long two (16 ft-3P)	5%	.439
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	31%	.412

Average shot distance 12.4 ft · 9% of attempts were dunks · 37% of threes from the corner

Contract & salary

Nominal salaries; tracked coverage is limited to seasons in the current dataset.

Season	Salary
2020-21	$1,964,760
2021-22	$2,063,280
2022-23	$2,161,440
2023-24	$3,901,399
2024-25	$23,017,242
2025-26	$24,393,104
2026-27	$26,200,001
2027-28	$28,006,898
2028-29	$29,813,790
Career earnings	$141,521,914

Frequently asked questions

What team does Jaden McDaniels play for?

Jaden McDaniels plays PF for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

What are Jaden McDaniels's career stats?

Jaden McDaniels has averaged 11.1 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 1.7 APG over 6 seasons (2020-21–2025-26).

How much does Jaden McDaniels make?

Jaden McDaniels's salary is $29,813,790 for the 2028-29 season, with career earnings of about $141.5M.

How tall is Jaden McDaniels?

Jaden McDaniels is 6-9 (185 lb).

How old is Jaden McDaniels?

Jaden McDaniels was born 2000-09-29 and is 25 years old.

When was Jaden McDaniels drafted?

Jaden McDaniels was drafted in 2020, round 1, pick 28, by the Los Angeles Lakers.