Ryan Kalkbrenner
Charlotte Hornets · C
Injury risk score: 28/100 (Low).
Current status: not on today’s NBA injury report.
Why Ryan Kalkbrenner’s risk score is 28
- Injury History (+9): 4 recorded injury events, 4 in the past 18 months, 1 severe
- Non-Injury Absences (context only): Missed games for illness/personal reasons in the past 18 months: ~1 (not counted toward risk score)
- Position Load (context only): C with 2 lower-body injury event(s) (context only, not counted toward risk score)
- Recurring Injury (+8): Ankle 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 elbow injury — each 5 lowers the score a little (up to 8 points) during the first year back
- Contract Year (×1.09): Not yet in a contract year (fringe-tier contract), but still fighting for his next deal — same incentive to play through a minor issue rather than rest it: can mean a breakout season, but also a nagging injury compounding
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.
Ryan Kalkbrenner injury history
Ryan Kalkbrenner has 4 recorded injuries since 2025, 1 of which cost games (6 games missed in total). Most common: ankle (2), wrist (1), elbow (1).
- Feb 2026: Ankle sprain (Probable)
- Jan 2026: Wrist sprain (Probable)
- Dec 2025: Elbow sprain (Probable) — 6 games missed
- Dec 2025: Ankle contusion (Questionable)
Charlotte Hornets injury report
- Moussa Diabate — Questionable: Quadriceps
- Kon Knueppel — Out: Hamstring
- Dennis Schroder — Out: Hamstring
- Brandon Miller — Out: Groin
- Grant Williams — Out: Hamstring
Charlotte Hornets injury risk
- Coby White, G — 87 High
- Moussa Diabate, F — 72 High
- Dennis Schroder, G — 58 Medium
- Grant Williams, F — 57 Medium
- Grayson Allen, G — 57 Medium
- Brandon Miller, F — 54 Medium
- Kon Knueppel, G — 47 Medium
- Tidjane Salaun, F — 46 Medium
- PJ Hall, C — 40 Medium
- Naz Reid, C — 33 Low
- Royce O'Neale, F — 21 Low
- Liam McNeeley, G — 20 Low
- Kylan Boswell, G — 17 Low
- Christian Anderson, G — 11 Low
- Hannes Steinbach, F — 11 Low