Amen Thompson started all 79 games last season, averaging 18.3 points, 7.8 rebounds and 5.3 assists while shooting 53.4 percent from the floor. His six-year extension begins paying $12.3 million this season, the first installment of a deal that climbs to $47.3 million by 2031-32.
Last season (role)
Thompson played all 79 games at 37.4 minutes, the clearest sign Udoka built the rotation around him. His line - 18.3 points, 7.8 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 1.5 steals - came on a 53.4 percent clip built around 2-point shot selection. The outlier is his jumper: 1.5 three-point attempts a night at a 21.6 percent make rate, the one number that does not match the rest of his game.
Last season (advanced)
The efficiency numbers back up the box score. A 117.0 offensive rating against a 110.4 defensive rating produced a plus-6.6 net rating, with a 59.4 percent true shooting mark that outruns his three-point number entirely - he does almost all his damage inside the arc. A 19.5 percent usage rate paired with a 20.2 percent assist rate reads as an offensive engine, not a complementary piece.
Last season (lineups)
His three most-used lineups all ran through Sengun. The Durant-Okogie-Sengun-Smith-Thompson group played 377 minutes across 41 games at a plus-10.3 net rating, and swapping Okogie for Eason barely moved it, plus-9.1 over 306 minutes. Replace Okogie with Sheppard instead and the same core turned negative, minus-6.4 over 273 minutes - a sign his five-man fit still depends on who else is on the floor.
2026-27 (contract)
Thompson's extension starts paying out this season at $12.3 million, then jumps to $35.9 million in 2027-28 and keeps climbing every year after, reaching $47.3 million by 2031-32. For one more season Houston gets him at a below-market number before the raise kicks in.
Right now (health)
Thompson is not on the injury report, a clean slate after averaging 37.4 minutes last season. The verdict for 2026-27 is specific: rebounding, passing and defense already grade out to a plus-6.6 net rating, so the one swing skill left is the jumper. Turning 21.6 percent from three into something closer to league average separates a very good starter from the two-way centerpiece his new contract pays for.
How did Amen Thompson perform last season?
He averaged 18.3 points, 7.8 rebounds and 5.3 assists over 79 games, shooting 53.4 percent from the field with a plus-6.6 net rating.
What is Amen Thompson's contract with the Rockets?
He is on a six-year extension that pays $12.3 million in 2026-27 and rises to $47.3 million by 2031-32.
