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College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

Filip Jovic

UCLA · Center · Sophomore · 6-8 · #38

Transfer from Auburn

#320Overall
+0.86Projected impact
  • #32 center in the country
  • #167 in the transfer portal

Projected role · 2026-27

Projected starter (about 19 minutes a game) at UCLA: a role like the one he had at Auburn (18.4 min).

Projected minutes
19
Spot in the rotation
#5

From the Statboy preseason model. It updates once games start.

▸What is impact?

Impact is how many points per game a player adds to his team. 0 is an average player, so a plus number means he's better than average and a minus number means he's below. It's Statboy's own number, based on everything he does on the court and the level he played against.

Last season: the basics

2025-26 at Auburn: 37 games, 9 starts, 18.4 minutes a game.

  • Points per game6.345th
  • Rebounds per game3.936th
  • Assists per game0.645th
  • Steals per game0.674th
  • Blocks per game0.37th
  • Turnovers per game0.778th
  • Field goal %64.0%(89-139)77th
  • 3-point %0.0%(0-3)28th
  • Free throw %54.5%(54-99)29th

Last season: advanced

Percentiles compare him with every Division I center who played 300+ minutes.

  • Usage rate15.2%style

    Share of his team's possessions he ends (shot, free throws or turnover) while on the floor

  • Offensive rating126.283rd

    Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses

  • Defensive rating115.33rd

    Points allowed per 100 possessions while he's on the floor (lower is better)

  • True shooting %63.5%63rd

    Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws

  • Effective FG %64.0%76th

    Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2

  • Assist-to-turnover0.8562nd

    Assists for every turnover

  • Offensive rebound %50.7%95th

    Share of his team's missed shots he rebounds while on the floor

  • Free-throw rate71.2%84th

    Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts

  • Win shares per 40.11240th

    Wins he created per 40 minutes played

Players like Filip Jovic

The closest matches among every center in the country: all of last season's stats compared on the same scale, plus projected impact.

  • Christian Gurdak

    Rutgers · C · Sophomore

    72%match

    Transfer from Virginia Tech

    +0.72 impact · 5.6 pts · 4.4 reb · 0.4 ast

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  • Will Felton

    North Carolina A&T · C · Senior

    68%match

    Returning

    +0.16 impact · 6.7 pts · 4.2 reb · 0.3 ast

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  • Tristen Guillouette

    Florida Gulf Coast · C · Junior

    67%match

    Returning

    +0.10 impact · 3.4 pts · 3 reb · 0.6 ast

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  • Drayton Jones

    Butler · C · Senior

    65%match

    Returning

    +0.98 impact · 6.3 pts · 4.6 reb · 1.4 ast

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  • Caden Powell

    Baylor · C · Senior

    63%match

    Returning

    +1.34 impact · 7 pts · 6.3 reb · 1.3 ast

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  • Samson Aletan

    Providence · C · Senior

    61%match

    Transfer from Yale

    +1.00 impact · 7.8 pts · 5.8 reb · 1.3 ast

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Impact = how many points per game he adds to his team when he plays. 0 is an average player (Statboy's own number).