Devin Booker

Devin Booker

28-Year-Old GuardG
Phoenix Suns  NBA  
Phoenix Suns
GTD
Injury Groin
Est. Return 12/25/2024
2024 Fantasy Outlook
With Bradley Beal added to the mix, Booker played more point guard for the Suns in 2023-24 and posted a career-high 6.9 assists per game. He played in 68 regular-season games, bouncing back from a career-low 53 appearances in 2022-23. Booker has finished inside the top 25 in eight-category leagues in four of the past five seasons, playing at least 67 games in each of those four campaigns. The Suns are running it back with Booker, Beal and Kevin Durant, so things should remain steady in Phoenix. However, it's unclear how long the Big Three will stick together if the results don't improve. The Suns won the postseason tiebreaker over the Pelicans last season, finishing sixth in the West and avoiding the Play-In Tournament. However, Phoenix was swept by the Timberwolves in the playoffs, sparking speculation of a major change. The Suns have the talent to compete, but they need to stay healthy to remain in contention. While the parts around Booker could be problematic, the Kentucky product should easily return middle-round fantasy value if he plays 65-plus games again in 2024-25. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a four-year, $224.22 million contract extension with the Suns in July of 2022.
Personal Bio/PreCareer Summary

Booker was born in 1996 in Grand Rapids, Michigan to parents Veronica Gutierrez and Melvin Booker. His father exposed Devin to basketball at an early age, as Melvin played professionally both in the NBA and overseas. In his early teen years, Devin Booker spent his summers in Italy, where Melvin had been playing for Olimpia Milano. Booker also has a brother, Davon Wade, and a sister, Mya Powell. With the Suns, Booker has pledged to donate $2.5 million over a five-year span to his charity "Devin Booker Starting Five," which is dedicated to impacting the lives of Arizona youth and families in need. You can follow Booker on Twitter (@DevinBook) and Instagram (@dbook). Booker was named the 2014-15 SEC Sixth Man of the Year in his freshman and lone season for Kentucky. He also collected a 14-15 SEC All-Freshman nod and placed on the 14-15 All-SEC second team. The Grand Rapids, Michigan native helped lead the Wildcats to the 14-15 SEC regular-season title, the 2015 SEC Tournament title and the 2015 NCAA Tournament Final Four. He led Kentucky in three-pointers made per game (1.5) and was second on Kentucky in three-point percentage (41.1 percent). The guard was third on the Wildcats in points (10.0) and field goals per game (3.6). Booker entered the 2015 NBA Draft after his freshman season and was selected in the first round (13th overall) by the Phoenix Suns.

Out through Monday
GPhoenix Suns
Groin
December 21, 2024
The Suns announced Saturday that Booker (groin) will be out Saturday against the Pistons and Monday against the Nuggets before being re-evaluated early next week, Doug Haller of The Athletic reports.
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While fantasy managers should receive a better understanding of the severity of the star guard's injury once he is re-evaluated, Booker may face an uphill battle to gain clearance for the Suns' Christmas Day matchup with the Nuggets next Wednesday For whatever length of time Booker misses, supporting players like Royce O'Neale, Grayson Allen, Ryan Dunn and Monte Morris are all candidates to receive increased playing time.
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How does Devin Booker compare to other players?
This section compares his stats with all players from the previous three seasons (minimum 200 minutes played)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
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  • 3-Point Attempt Rate
    Percentage of field goal attempts from three point range.
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    Number of free throw attempts per field goal attempt.
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58.8%
 
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3-Point Attempt Rate
42.4%
 
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39.8%
 
Offensive Rebound %
3.6%
 
Defensive Rebound %
7.5%
 
Total Rebound %
5.6%
 
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28.5%
 
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1.3%
 
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0.9%
 
Turnover %
7.5%
 
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28.6%
 
Fantasy Points Per Game
41.2
 
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Booker rose to a new level of offensive dominance last season, registering career highs of 27.8 points and 49.4 percent shooting. He played in just 53 games due to missing over a month of action from December to February with a groin strain, but he closed the season on a big-time hot streak, averaging 30.5 points on 54.1 percent shooting through his final 34 appearances. He topped 50 points twice, with a season-high of 58 on December 17 in a win over the Pelicans. Booker had seven double-doubles on the season, six with points and assists and one with points and rebounds, as he continued to impact the game in many ways and managed to build on his career averages of 4.0 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game. Also notable is Booker's ability to score at the free-throw line, averaging 6.8 attempts per game with 85.5 percent shooting in 2022-23. Looking ahead, the now ninth-year guard will have to adapt to some of the biggest changes of his career, including the departure of his backcourt mate of three years, Chris Paul, and the addition of Bradley Beal, leading to what will likely be a substantially different offensive dynamic heading into 2023-24. Nonetheless, Booker will remain a top option in the offense alongside Kevin Durant, with whom he was able to thrive last season. However, the team's ability to initiate offense without a true point guard could take some time to figure out. The Suns ultimately underachieved in the 2022-23 playoffs, but after their offseason adjustments, Booker and the squad have their sights set on another trek back to the top of the West.
Booker is coming off his third straight All-Star appearance and first All-NBA selection (First Team). The Suns have leaned on Booker his entire career, and he's delivered as one of the most consistent shooting guards over the past four years. He was ninth in usage rate last year (32.0%), and he has the sixth-highest usage rate of all active NBA players (30.1%). Last season, in 34.5 minutes per game, he averaged career highs in points (26.8), rebounds (5.0) and steals (1.1). He also added 4.8 assists and matched his career high for made threes per game (2.7). For fantasy managers playing in nine-category leagues, it's also noteworthy that Booker is learning to cut down on his turnovers. After averaging 3.5 giveaways in the prior five seasons, Booker handed the ball over just 2.4 times per game last year. As Chris Paul ages, Booker will likely take on more responsibilities, and he has room to improve since he's just 25 years old. Whether that manifests in more points or assists is unclear at this point, but we should see more from Booker this year than last. He ranked 21st in per-game fantasy production during 2021-22 - his fourth time in the top 25. Fantasy managers should feel comfortable taking him in the mid-to-late second round, given his high floor and room for growth.
Fresh off a deep playoff run that ended with a disappointing Game 6 loss to the Bucks, Booker will look to lead the Suns back for another Finals appearance in 2022. But to do that, he's going to need, at a minimum, to repeat his stellar numbers from last season. That's no easy feat, as Booker excelled across the board in his sixth year, recording 25.6 points per game, shooting 48.4 percent from the field and 86.7 from the line, with 4.3 assists, 4.2 rebounds, 0.8 steals and 1.9 threes. That said, Booker is in a solid position to improve his numbers from last year. Chris Paul will be 36 years old and will no doubt be relying on Booker to carry even more of the offense, and Booker's three-point attempts, which in 2020-21 was the lowest in four years, could rise back to previous levels. If Booker can build on his playoff experience, he could return top-10 eight-category league value this season. Even if he delivers numbers consistent with last year, you're looking at a solid mid-second round pick.
Booker made his first All-Star game in 2019-20, significantly improving his efficiency from the year prior. He scored 26.6 points per game on a 48.9 field goal percentage and a 35.4 three-point percentage while shooting 91.9 percent from the charity stripe. He also averaged 6.5 assists, 4.2 rebounds and 2.0 threes. His campaign also included 11 double-doubles and three 40-point games, including a performance against the Pelicans that featured 44 points, nine assists, eight rebounds and two steals. Booker returned most fantasy managers with early second-round value, ranking 17th on a per-game basis in eight-category leagues. The 24-year-old is now in a position to push for the playoffs in 2020-21 alongside teammates Deandre Ayton and Chris Paul after an impressive 8-0 stint in the Orlando bubble during seeding play last season. With the addition of Paul, Booker may play more off-ball. That could result in fewer assists, but increased scoring, and/or increased efficiency, is also on the table. Even if he takes a slight hit in usage, Booker still figures to be worth a second-round selection in most fantasy formats.
Booker burst onto the scene as a sophomore in 2016-17, averaging 22.1 points per game as a 20-year-old, not to mention dropping 70 points on the Celtics. His game has continued to evolve since then, improving his efficiency and becoming a better distributor. Booker reached a career-high 46.7 FG% last season despite a 5.7 percent dip from beyond the arc. He also spent a career-high 15 percent of his minutes at point guard in 2018-19 and averaged a career-high 6.8 assists in the process. However, with the Suns signing Ricky Rubio during the offseason, it's possible Phoenix envisions Booker as more of a pure scorer than a combo guard, so we may see his assists decrease. Booker has had no problem scoring the ball, and he racked up 21 performances with at least 30 points last season, plus two 50-point outings. While Booker's role seems to be in a slight flux, he's unquestionably the No. 1 option on the Suns, and he should continue being one of the most high-usage players in the league.
Injuries dampened what was otherwise another outstanding season for Booker, as he took the floor for just 54 games due to hand and groin injuries in 2017-18. When he was healthy and on the court, Booker was once again an elite scorer, posting a career-high 24.9 points per game, which was up from 22.1 a year prior and also placed him 10th in the entire league. That slight uptick in scoring was likely due to increased efficiency. Booker shot 43.2 percent from the field, 38.3 percent from three-point range and 87.8 percent from the free-throw line, all of which were the best numbers of his career. He added 4.5 rebounds and 4.7 assists, while finishing 12th in the league with 2.7 three-pointers made. That production made him one of the elite shooting guards in the league and that isn't expected to change heading into the upcoming season. The Suns selected center Deandre Ayton with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft and while that's another mouth to feed offensively, he'll actually likely help draw defenses away from Booker and should allow him to keep his efficiency up with another year of solid percentages. Booker also just signed a max five-year, $158 million contract extension, so the Suns have committed to him long term and the are going to continue to rely on him as the team's go-to option offensively. With all that said, Booker will be a top-tier shooting guard option on draft day and will likely come off the board in the first three or four rounds or so of most Fantasy formats.
Booker was one of the lone bright spots for the 24-58 Suns last season, leading the team in points per game (22.1) and usage percentage (28.6). 2016-17 was a breakout campaign for the now 20-year-old, raising his numbers essentially across the board as a result of his workload jumping from 27.7 minutes to 35.0 minutes per game. Impressively, despite being asked to carry such an increased share of the offense, Booker remained almost equally efficient from his rookie to his sophomore campaign, his effective field-goal percentage dropping just a hair from 48.0 to 47.5. We can’t talk about Booker without mentioning his stunning 70-point outing, however. On March 24, 2016, in a loss to the Celtics, Booker dropped 70 points (21-40 FG, 4-11 3Pt, 24-26 FT), eight rebounds, six assists, three steals and one block across 45 minutes. While the team wasn’t exactly subtle about giving Booker as many opportunities as possible to stack his point total, the feat remains incredibly impressive and was a historic Fantasy moment. It also highlights his big-game potential, as he racked up 14 games last season with at least 30 points. Overall, with the Suns still rebuilding heading into next season, there should be no shortage of touches for Booker and it seems safe to assume he’ll, at the very least, hover around his averages from 2016-17. While he’s not an elite rebounder, passer or defender at shooting guard, there are few players at his position that will likely see the kind of usage and free-reign on offense that he garners.
Considering he entered last season as the NBA’s youngest player and was playing behind a talented starting backcourt of Eric Bledsoe and Brandon Knight, Booker was never expected to fill a major role for the Suns as a rookie. However, with both Bledsoe and Knight going down with long-term injuries by midseason, Booker was bumped into the starting five and to the surprise of many, almost immediately thrived. Over a 47-game stretch from January through the end of the season, Booker averaged an impressive 18.3 points, 3.7 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 1.7 three-pointers in 35.0 minutes per game. With few playmakers in the lineup alongside him, Booker’s efficiency unsurprisingly took a hit, but he still finished the year with a 34.3 percent mark from three-point range, an impressive achievement for a 19-year-old. While Booker was touted as one of the best shooters in his draft class, he showed some ability to distribute the ball as the season progressed, suggesting he’s not merely just a long-range specialist. He’ll likely see his usage take a step back in 2016-17 as he moves back into a sixth-man role now that Bledsoe and Knight are entering the season at full health, but Booker’s percentages should take a leap forward while he works off the ball more often. The future is clearly bright for Booker, who could ultimately unseat P.J. Tucker as the starting small forward if he’s able to add muscle on his 6-foot-6 frame and make some improvements on the defensive end.
The Suns were thrilled to grab the rookie out of Kentucky with the 13th overall pick in the 2015 draft. Booker is arguably already the Suns' best three-point shooter, and it wouldn't be a surprise if he ends up as one of the better marksmen in the league by season's end. The 6-6 swingman shot a scorching 53 percent from three as a freshman last season, with three-pointers accounting for more than half of his field goal attempts. A true two-guard in every sense of the word, Booker is most comfortable in the backcourt, but he'll likely see considerable time at small forward given the Suns' already-strong guard tandem of Eric Bledsoe and Brandon Knight. It should be a relatively easy adjustment for Booker offensively, but he could struggle on the other end keeping up with bigger wings. After a strong Las Vegas Summer League showing, Booker figures to be a part of the regular rotation from day one. He probably won't start as a rookie, but his three-point stroke will be tough to keep off the floor, and his game fits nicely with coach Jeff Hornacek's fast-paced system. From a fantasy standpoint, Booker projects to be a nice source for three-pointers, but he may not offer much else. He didn't show much potential as a rebounder at Kentucky, though he wasn't really asked to do so, and he won't play on the ball enough to generate significant assist numbers.
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Won't play Saturday vs. Pistons
GPhoenix Suns
Groin
December 20, 2024
Booker (groin) has been ruled out for Saturday's game against Detroit.
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Done for night with groin injury
GPhoenix Suns
Groin
December 19, 2024
Booker won't return to Thursday's game against the Pacers due to groin tightness, Amanda Pflugrad of 3TV Phoenix reports. He totaled 17 points (5-10 FG, 0-3 3Pt, 7-8 FT), six assists, two rebounds and one steal over 25 minutes before exiting.
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Sent to locker room
GPhoenix Suns
Ankle
December 19, 2024
Booker wasn't on the Suns' bench to begin the second half Thursday against the Pacers due to an apparent ankle injury, Brendon Kleen of Locked On Suns reports.
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Goes for 28 points Sunday
GPhoenix Suns
December 16, 2024
Booker contributed 28 points (7-14 FG, 4-8 3Pt, 10-12 FT), three rebounds, five assists and one steal in 37 minutes during Sunday's 116-109 victory over Portland.
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Pours in game-high 34
GPhoenix Suns
December 14, 2024
Booker racked up 34 points (13-27 FG, 6-13 3Pt, 2-2 FT), two rebounds, eight assists and one steal across 38 minutes during Friday's 134-126 win over the Jazz.
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Clutch scoring Tuesday
GPhoenix Suns
November 13, 2024
Booker scored a game-high 31 points, including 15 in the fourth quarter, during Tuesday's 120-112 win over Utah.
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Booker has scored 15-plus points in the fourth quarter on 18 occasions in his career, amounting to 3.0 percent of his total games played. Tuesday also marked the fourth game of Booker's career with at least four made threes in the fourth quarter.
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