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Jalen Williams
OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder

Jalen Williams

#8 · Oklahoma City Thunder · 6-5 (196 cm) · 211 lb · Santa Clara

Out · Returns: 2027-03-02

Jalen Williams plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder. On the depth chart he's listed as starter at small forward. Jalen Williams is out. He's expected back on 2027-03-02. In the 2026-27 season he has played 3 games, 3 as a starter, averaging 31.6 minutes per game. He plays most of his minutes at small forward (61 %) and shooting guard (32 %). In the 2025-26 season he averaged 17.1 points, 4.6 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game. In the 2026-27 season he mostly guards Kris Dunn, Dylan Harper, and Alpha Diallo, who score 23.1 points per 100 possessions with him on them. The player who guards him most is Dylan Harper.

Next game

@
LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers ·

Out: won't play.

Thunder vs Clippers → Thunder schedule → Probable starters →

Injury update

29 Oct.: Williams (pierna) se sometió el miércoles a una intervención quirúrgica que resultó satisfactoria para «tratar una fractura del peroné izquierdo y reconstruir los ligamentos del tobillo tras una fractura y una luxación». Se le volverá a evaluar antes de que termine la temporada regular, según informa Tim MacMahon, de ESPN.com.

On the depth chart

  • Small Forward Starter

Positions he can play: Shooting Guard / Small Forward

See the full Thunder depth chart →

On-court role

2026-27 season, based on the lineups he has played in.

Games
3
Min/game
31.6
Starts
3

Minutes by position

  • Small Forward61 %
  • Shooting Guard32 %
  • Power Forward7 %

Stats

Per-game averages and percentages for the whole regular season, with all his teams (stats.nba.com).

Season GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FG% 3P% FT% TS% USG%
2026-27 3 31.6 13.7 4.7 3.3 1.3 0.7 38.5 33.3 80.0 47.2 21.0
2025-26 33 28.4 17.1 4.6 5.5 1.2 0.3 48.4 29.9 83.7 56.0 25.2

Game log

His latest games of the 2026-27 season.

Best games of the season: 21 pts vs Nuggets (Oct 22) · 7 reb @ Spurs (Oct 20) · 5 ast vs Clippers (Oct 25)

Date Opp Result MIN PTS REB AST FG 3PT FT +/-
Oct 26 vs
PHX
Phoenix Suns
Suns 		W 125-114 Inactive - Injury/Illness
Oct 25 vs
LAC
LA Clippers
Clippers 		W 108-101 31:41 8 2 5 3-8 0-1 2-2 +7
Oct 22 vs
DEN
Denver Nuggets
Nuggets 		W 96-84 33:13 21 5 3 7-15 2-6 5-6 0
Oct 20 @
SAS
San Antonio Spurs
Spurs 		W 116-104 29:56 12 7 2 5-16 1-2 1-2 -5

Injury history

Each stretch listed as out or questionable on the injury report, with the team games he missed. Tracked since October 2026.

Compare with another player

Who guards whom

2026-27 season, based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Who he guards

Possessions
191
Pts/100 poss.
23.1
FG%
38%

Opponents he guarded most in 3 games:

Opponent Poss. PTS FG
Kris Dunn 23 4 1/1
Dylan Harper 19 3 1/2
Alpha Diallo 15 4 2/2
Jamal Murray 14 2 0/1
Aaron Gordon 10 2 1/1

Who guards him

Possessions
187
Pts/100 poss.
13.9
FG%
33%

Defenders who guarded him most in 3 games:

Defender Poss. PTS FG
Dylan Harper 20 4 1/3
Christian Braun 17 0 0/0
Rui Hachimura 17 5 2/4
DeMar DeRozan 14 2 1/1
Kris Dunn 13 0 0/0