Walker Kessler
Los Angeles Lakers · C
Injury risk score: 51/100 (Medium).
Current status: not on today’s NBA injury report.
Why Walker Kessler’s risk score is 51
- Injury History (+35): 12 recorded injury events, 4 in the past 18 months, 4 severe
- Position Load (context only): C with 3 lower-body injury event(s) (context only, not counted toward risk score)
- Recurring Injury (+8): Foot has been the site of 2 separate injury episodes — a recurring, chronic-pattern concern rather than isolated bad luck
- Return to Play (-2): 10 healthy games since returning from his shoulder injury — each 5 lowers the score a little (up to 8 points) during the first year back
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.
Walker Kessler injury history
Walker Kessler has 5 recorded injuries since 2023, 3 of which cost games (8 games missed in total). Most common: foot (2), head (1), shoulder (1).
- Oct 10: Head (Day-To-Day)
- Jan 2025: Shoulder contusion (Questionable)
- Feb 2024: Foot sprain (Questionable) — 2 games missed
- Dec 2023: Foot soreness (Questionable) — 1 game missed
- Nov 2023: Elbow sprain (Questionable) — 5 games missed
Los Angeles Lakers injury report
- Quentin Grimes — Out: Injury
- Austin Reaves — Day-To-Day: Illness
Los Angeles Lakers injury risk
- Ziaire Williams, F — 95 High
- Adou Thiero, F — 90 High
- Luka Doncic, G — 74 High
- Matisse Thybulle, G — 73 High
- Austin Reaves, G — 64 Medium
- Jake LaRavia, F — 63 Medium
- Collin Sexton, G — 54 Medium
- Jarred Vanderbilt, F — 51 Medium
- Quentin Grimes, G — 45 Medium
- Bronny James, G — 40 Medium
- Jaden Hardy, G — 40 Medium
- Cameron Carr, G — 29 Low
- Kevon Looney, F — 22 Low
- Sandro Mamukelashvili, F — 16 Low
- AK Okereke, F — 12 Low