Jimmy Butler III
Golden State Warriors · F
Injury risk score: 100/100 (High).
Current status: Out — Knee (on today’s NBA injury report).
Latest: Butler (knee) could return sometime between January and February as he continues recovering from a torn right ACL, Anthony Slater of ESPN reports.
Next up while he’s out: Yaxel Lendeborg (21.2 PPG), Georges Niang (8.2 PPG), Gui Santos (6.6 PPG).
Why Jimmy Butler III’s risk score is 100
- Injury History (+58): 27 recorded injury events, 9 in the past 18 months, 5 severe
- Non-Injury Absences (context only): Missed games for illness/personal reasons in the past 18 months: ~2 (not counted toward risk score)
- Age Risk (+16): Veteran age adjustment (37)
- Recurring Injury (+17): Knee has been the site of 6 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.
Jimmy Butler III injury history
Jimmy Butler III has 20 recorded injuries since 2022, 18 of which cost games (85 games missed in total). Most common: knee (5), ankle (4), toe (3).
- Oct 2: Knee (Out) — 10 games missed
- Jan 2026: Knee tear (Out) — 38 games missed
- Nov 2025: Back strain (Probable) — 1 game missed
- Dec 2024: Knee (Out) — 1 game missed
- Nov 2024: Ankle (Out) — 4 games missed
- Mar 2024: Foot (Out) — 2 games missed
- Jan 2024: Foot (Out) — 7 games missed
- Dec 2023: Calf (Out) — 4 games missed
- Nov 2023: Ankle (Out) — 2 games missed
- Apr 2023: Hand (Out) — 1 game missed
- Mar 2023: Neck (Out) — 1 game missed
- Jan 2023: Back (Out) — 1 game missed
Golden State Warriors injury report
- Gui Santos — Probable: Knee
- Will Richard — Out: Tear
- Gary Payton II — Day-To-Day: Knee
- Kristaps Porzingis — Out: Injury
- Moses Moody — Out: Knee
Golden State Warriors injury risk
- Stephen Curry, G — 96 High
- Kristaps Porzingis, C — 88 High
- Moses Moody, G — 84 High
- De'Anthony Melton, G — 79 High
- Al Horford, C — 71 High
- Draymond Green, F — 67 Medium
- Gary Payton II, G — 65 Medium
- Brandon Williams, G — 55 Medium
- Charles Bassey, C — 45 Medium
- Gui Santos, F — 42 Medium
- Brandin Podziemski, G — 36 Low
- Will Richard, G — 35 Low
- Georges Niang, F — 17 Low
- Malevy Leons, F — 13 Low
- Yaxel Lendeborg, F — 13 Low