WS INDEX

CAREER LEDGER · NBA

UPDATED JUL 14, 2026

THE LONG CHASEISSUE NO. 01

HAS VICTOR WEMBANYAMA
CAUGHT AL HORFORD?

NOT YET.

101.9 WIN SHARES TO GO

The Alien is bending basketball's future. Al Horford has banked nearly two decades of ethical hoops. This is the live accounting of the distance between them.

THE ALIENSAS · C
Victor Wembanyama

VICTOR
WEMBANYAMA

17.5CAREER
WIN SHARES
SOURCE ↗
ETHICAL HOOPSGSW · C/F
Al Horford

AL
HORFORD

119.4CAREER
WIN SHARES
SOURCE ↗
WEMBY 14.7%THE HORFORD LINE

17.5 / 119.4

CAREER TRAJECTORY

THE LONG
ACCUMULATION

WEMBY HORFORD
0306090120ALIEN SIGNALYEAR 1YEAR 19

Cumulative regular-season Win Shares by career year. Horford's line is the geometry of availability.

FIRST THREE SEASONS

ORBITAL
VELOCITY

WS / SEASON
3.75.5

YEAR 1

3.86.8

YEAR 2

10.010.9

YEAR 3

WEMBY HORFORD

Year three is where the extraterrestrial file opens: 10.0 Win Shares, nearly matching Horford's 10.9.

IF HIS CAREER RATE HOLDS

1,054

MORE
GAMES

At 0.097 win shares per game, Wembanyama would need roughly 12.9 full 82-game seasons to cross Horford's current mark. The model is deliberately simple; careers are not.

THE METRIC

Win Shares estimates how many team wins a player contributed through offense and defense.

THE ETHICAL HOOPS

Screen, rotate, make the extra pass, play forever. Longevity is the quiet engine of Horford's benchmark.

THE REFRESH

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