Nepo Baby Association

The Nepo Score shows who has done the most with their privilege.

Blue ring: son ahead of his father at the same age
Orange ring, dashed line: son behind
Small grey head: father at the same age
Dotted ring: father's final numbers, retired by that point

Hover a head to see the son and father at either end. Click a head or a row to keep one family on the chart.

Current NBA players whose fathers played in the NBA, ranked by Nepo Score, with each father's score at the same age.
#	Player	Age	Nepo Score	Level	Career	Father	His score	Gap	Family
4	Domantas Sabonis SAC · 6 games	30	49.4	+1.6	71.7	1995-96 to 2002-03 · 470 games Reached the NBA at 31 in 1995-96, so he has no NBA numbers at 30. He was playing in Europe before that.	–	–	67.9
8	Reed Sheppard HOU · 4 games	22	36.0	+2.6	6.9	1998-99 · 18 games Reached the NBA at 24 in 1998-99, so he has no NBA numbers at 22.	–	–	9.4
12	Dylan Harper SAS · 6 games	20	27.4	+1.4	4.8	1986-87 to 2000-01 · 1009 games Reached the NBA at 23 in 1986-87, so he has no NBA numbers at 20.	–	–	38.9
20	Cameron Boozer MEM · 6 games	19	14.9	0.0	0.7	2002-03 to 2014-15 · 861 games Reached the NBA at 21 in 2002-03, so he has no NBA numbers at 19.	–	–	28.7

Honourable mentions

One step removed: their uncle played in the NBA. A more tenuous link, so they sit outside the rankings.

Current NBA players whose uncles played in the NBA, with each uncle's score at the same age.
Nephew	Age	Nepo Score	Uncle	His score	Gap	Family
Kon Knueppel CHA · no games yet	21	38.0	Jeff Nordgaard 1997-98 · 13 games Reached the NBA at 24 in 1997-98, so he has no NBA numbers at 21.	–	–	0.0
Walker Kessler LAL · 6 games	25	33.9	Alec Kessler 1990-91 to 1993-94 · 210 games Level −6.5 · Career 1.1 Was 25 in 1991-92.	3.4	+30.5	13.3
Jerami Grant MEM · 6 games	32	31.5	Horace Grant 1987-88 to 2003-04 · 1165 games Level +1.8 · Career 94.4 Was 32 in 1997-98.	54.3	−22.8	45.6
Marcus Sasser DAL · 6 games	26	6.5	Jeryl Sasser 2001-02 to 2002-03 · 82 games Level −2.5 · Career 0.7 Last played at 23 in 2002-03. These are his final numbers, and Marcus is 3 seasons past him.	2.7	+3.8	5.8
Marcus Sasser DAL · 6 games	26	6.5	Jason Sasser 1996-97 to 1998-99 · 14 games Level −2.8 · Career 0.0 Last played at 25 in 1998-99. These are his final numbers, and Marcus is 1 season past him. Neither number earns points, so he scores 0.0.	0.0	+6.5	0.0

Nepo Score is out of 100. Level is worth 60 points: Box Plus/Minus (BPM) over a player's two most recent seasons, weighted by minutes. 0 is league average, −2.0 earns nothing and +8.0 earns all 60. Under 500 minutes, Level is pulled toward −2.0, so a rookie's first weeks count for less. Career is worth 40 points: total Win Shares on a square root scale, so a player's first seasons count the most and 150 earns all 40.

The comparison scores each father the same way, using only what he had done by his son's age this season. Same year in the league uses his first seasons instead, as many as his son has played, so a son's rookie season meets his father's whatever their ages. Seasons without an NBA game are not counted. A father who had finished by that point keeps his final numbers. By age, one who had not reached the NBA has nothing to compare. A score of 0.0 is a real career that earned no points: Level at or below −2.0 and no Win Shares above 0. Gap is the son's score minus his father's. Family is out of 100 and takes each man's best Nepo Score at any age, then their geometric mean, so it is only high when both did well. The chart's cross sits at league average and 20 Win Shares.

NBA regular seasons only. Families from Wikipedia's List of second-generation NBA players, checked against current rosters and Basketball Reference's relatives lists. Stats from Basketball Reference, 2026-27 as of 2 Nov 2026. Photos from the NBA, Basketball Reference and Wikimedia Commons (Rick Brunson by TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Jaren Jackson by the US Department of Defense). Initials mean no photo was found.