Nickeil Alexander-Walker

ATL · SG · Age 27 · 6'5"

25-26 season · 78 GP · 33.4 MPG

B+

Overall

$15,161,800

25-26 salary

20.8

PPG

3.4

RPG

3.7

APG

1.3

SPG

0.5

BPG

61.0%

TS%

26-27 projection

BPM

0.0-1.2

range -2.6–2.6 · now 1.2

WS / 48

0.099-0.017

range 0.046–0.152 · now 0.116

Bands are the projected range for 26-27. See the full projections.

Contract

Nickeil Alexander-Walker

VETERAN CONTRACTUFA

Nickeil Alexander-Walker signed a 4 year, $60,647,200 contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves on Jul 6, 2025. The contract has a cap hit that ranges from $14,403,710 to $15,919,890.

Total value: $60,647,200
Guaranteed: $60,647,200 (100%)
AAV: $15,161,800
Length: 4 years
Avg cap %: 8.7%
Signing method: Bird Exception
Signing team: MIN (Sign & Trade: ATL)
Signed: July 6, 2025

Season	Option	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed	Likely inc.	Unlikely inc.
2025-26current	—	$15,161,800	9.8%	$15,161,800	$15,161,800	$0	$0
2026-27	—	$14,403,710	8.7%	$14,403,710	$14,403,710	$0	$0
2027-28	—	$15,161,800	8.3%	$15,161,800	$15,161,800	$0	$0
2028-29	player opt	$15,919,890	8.0%	$15,919,890	$15,919,890	$0	$0

Cap hold 2029-30: $30,247,791

Updated 6/13/2026

TRADE KICKER : 7.5% of the remaining Base Salary

Past contracts (2)

Alexander-Walker's earlier deals — career earnings history

2023-24 – 2024-25VETERAN CONTRACT

Total $9,000,000AAV $4,500,000Avg cap 3.3%Length 2 yearsTeam MINVia Bird ExceptionJuly 9, 2023

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2023-24	$4,687,500	3.4%	$4,687,500	$4,687,500
2024-25	$4,312,500	3.1%	$4,312,500	$4,312,500

2019-20 – 2022-23ROOKIE SCALE CONTRACT

Total $14,349,113AAV $3,587,278Avg cap 3.1%Length 2 - 4 yearsTeam NOPVia Rookie ExceptionJuly 7, 2019

Season	Cap hit	% Cap	Base	Guaranteed
2019-20	$2,964,840	2.7%	$2,764,840	$2,764,840
2020-21	$3,113,160	2.9%	$2,913,160	$2,913,160
2021-22team opt ✓	$3,261,480	2.9%	$3,261,480	$3,261,480
2022-23team opt ✓	$5,009,633	4.1%	$5,009,633	$5,009,633

25-26 scorecard

Overall Impact

B+

PER16.5B+

BPM1.2B

VORP2.1A-

Win Shares6.3A-

PIE10.5%B-

Net Rtg4.0B

Scoring & Efficiency

A-

PPG20.8A

TS%61.0%A-

eFG%56.4%B+

FG%45.9%B-

3P%39.9%A-

FT%90.2%A+

Corner 3FG%47.9%A

Playmaking

C+

APG3.7C+

AST%15.8%C-

TOV%10.9%B

Rebounding

RPG3.4C+

ORB/G0.7B-

TRB%5.6%D

ORB%2.1%D

Defense

SPG1.3B+

BPG0.5A-

STL%1.9%B-

BLK%1.5%B+

DBPM-0.4C

Defensive WS2.7A

Def Rtg112.0B-

Style & Role

USG%23.9%

3PAr0.53

FTr0.26

Dunks11

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