Jalen Suggs
Orlando Magic · G
Injury risk score: 68/100 (Medium).
Current status: Out — Knee (on today’s NBA injury report).
Latest: Suggs has been diagnosed with a mild bone bruise in his right knee and will be re-evaluated in two weeks, Shams Charania of ESPN reports.
Next up while he’s out: Desmond Bane (17.5 PPG), Anthony Black (15.7 PPG), Jase Richardson (5.9 PPG).
Why Jalen Suggs’s risk score is 68
- Injury History (+42): 18 recorded injury events, 9 in the past 18 months, 4 severe
- Non-Injury Absences (context only): Missed games for illness/personal reasons in the past 18 months: ~1 (not counted toward risk score)
- Recurring Injury (+16): Knee has been the site of 5 separate injury episodes — a recurring, chronic-pattern concern rather than isolated bad luck
The injury risk score (0–100) is built from a player’s injury history — how often, how recently and how seriously he has been hurt — plus a body part that keeps failing, age, a recent return from injury, and his contract situation. 70+ is High risk, 40–69 Medium, under 40 Low.
Jalen Suggs injury history
Jalen Suggs has 11 recorded injuries since 2023, 4 of which cost games (40 games missed in total). Most common: knee (4), back (2), wrist (2).
- Oct 26: Knee (Out)
- Feb 2026: Back strain (Questionable)
- Jan 2026: Knee contusion (Probable) — 6 games missed
- Dec 2025: Hip contusion (Questionable) — 1 game missed
- Mar 2025: Knee tear (Out) — 25 games missed
- Jan 2025: Back strain (Questionable) — 8 games missed
- Jan 2025: Wrist sprain (Probable)
- Dec 2024: Ankle sprain (Questionable)
- Dec 2023: Wrist sprain (Questionable)
- Dec 2023: Ankle strain (Questionable)
- Nov 2023: Knee soreness (Probable)
Orlando Magic injury report
- Desmond Bane — Day-To-Day: Illness
- Paolo Banchero — Out: Ankle
- Noah Penda — Out: Hamstring
- Izaiyah Nelson — Out: Ankle
Orlando Magic injury risk
- Jonathan Isaac, F — 59 Medium
- Paolo Banchero, F — 56 Medium
- Nikola Vucevic, C — 53 Medium
- Wendell Carter Jr., C — 49 Medium
- Franz Wagner, F — 47 Medium
- Desmond Bane, G — 45 Medium
- Colin Castleton, C — 44 Medium
- Izaiyah Nelson, F — 36 Low
- Anthony Black, G — 28 Low
- Jase Richardson, G — 24 Low
- Jamal Cain, F — 23 Low
- Goga Bitadze, C — 16 Low
- Tristan da Silva, F — 14 Low
- Noah Penda, F — 13 Low
- Jevon Carter, G — 12 Low