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Butler, who underwent surgery after suffering the injury Jan. 19, has progressed to individual court work but still has several rehabilitation milestones to clear. His next step involves landing comfortably after a game-speed jump. Coach Steve Kerr is hopeful Butler can rejoin Golden State for the latter portion of the season, though no official return date has been announced. The 37-year-old forward remains a significant part of the Warriors' plans and could provide a substantial boost during the second half of the campaign.
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ORL· Sat Nov 7Game preview →2025-26 season (his most recent)
- GP
- 38
- MIN
- 31.2
- PTS
- 20.0
- REB
- 5.6
- AST
- 4.9
- STL
- 1.4
- BLK
- 0.2
- 3PM
- 0.8
- FG%
- 51.9
Game log
| Date | Opp | Result | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | 3PM | FG | STL | BLK | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19 | vs MIA | W 135-112 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6-11 | 2 | 0 | +9 |
| Jan 15 | vs NY | W 126-113 | 32 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 14-22 | 2 | 0 | +15 |
| Jan 13 | vs POR | W 119-97 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5-7 | 0 | 0 | +17 |
| Jan 11 | vs ATL | L 111-124 | 34 | 30 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 10-19 | 2 | 0 | -5 |
| Jan 9 | vs SAC | W 137-103 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6-10 | 0 | 0 | +20 |
| Jan 7 | vs MIL | W 120-113 | 32 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6-15 | 1 | 0 | -4 |
| Jan 5 | @LAC | L 102-103 | 33 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7-16 | 4 | 1 | +3 |
| Jan 3 | vs UTAH | W 123-114 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4-9 | 3 | 0 | +9 |
| Dec 31 | @CHA | W 132-125 | 31 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4-8 | 1 | 0 | +8 |
| Dec 29 | @BKN | W 120-107 | 31 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5-9 | 1 | 0 | +7 |
| Dec 28 | @TOR | L 127-141 OT | 38 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6-16 | 0 | 0 | -11 |
| Dec 25 | vs DAL | W 126-116 | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5-10 | 1 | 0 | +14 |
| Dec 22 | vs ORL | W 120-97 | 30 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7-9 | 0 | 1 | +4 |
| Dec 20 | vs PHX | W 119-116 | 35 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10-21 | 0 | 1 | -2 |
| Dec 18 | @PHX | L 98-99 | 34 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11-17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 14 | @POR | L 131-136 | 35 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3-11 | 3 | 0 | -4 |
| Dec 12 | vs MIN | L 120-127 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 6-11 | 1 | 0 | -5 |
| Dec 7 | @CHI | W 123-91 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5-10 | 2 | 0 | +29 |
| Dec 2 | vs OKC | L 112-124 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2-7 | 0 | 0 | -13 |
| Nov 29 | vs NO | W 104-96 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 7-15 | 0 | 0 | +22 |
| Nov 26 | vs HOU | L 100-104 | 33 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6-11 | 2 | 0 | -4 |
| Nov 24 | vs UTAH | W 134-117 | 29 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 8-11 | 1 | 0 | +19 |
| Nov 21 | vs POR | L 123-127 | 34 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5-15 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | @ORL | L 113-121 | 38 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 10-16 | 3 | 0 | -1 |
| Nov 16 | @NO | W 124-106 | 31 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 6-8 | 3 | 0 | +21 |
| Nov 14 | @SA | W 109-108 | 35 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7-14 | 2 | 0 | -3 |
| Nov 12 | @SA | W 125-120 | 34 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7-12 | 3 | 0 | +6 |
| Nov 11 | @OKC | L 102-126 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | -15 |
| Nov 9 | vs IND | W 114-83 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 10-15 | 2 | 1 | +19 |
| Nov 7 | @DEN | L 104-129 | 31 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5-10 | 1 | 0 | -20 |
| Nov 4 | vs PHX | W 118-107 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | +17 |
| Nov 1 | @IND | L 109-114 | 34 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 6-14 | 3 | 2 | -6 |
| Oct 30 | @MIL | L 110-120 | 37 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 7-18 | 1 | 1 | -7 |
| Oct 28 | vs LAC | W 98-79 | 32 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 9-12 | 0 | 0 | +20 |
| Oct 27 | vs MEM | W 131-118 | 31 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6-8 | 0 | 0 | +8 |
| Oct 24 | @POR | L 119-139 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3-7 | 1 | 0 | -10 |
| Oct 23 | vs DEN | W 137-131 OT | 39 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6-16 | 3 | 0 | +8 |
| Oct 21 | @LAL | W 119-109 | 35 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7-14 | 1 | 0 | +20 |
| 2024-25 season | |||||||||||
| Apr 13 | vs LAC | L 119-124 | 48 | 30 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 12-20 | 1 | 1 | +2 |
| Apr 12 | @POR | W 103-86 | 28 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6-10 | 2 | 0 | +22 |
| Apr 10 | vs SA | L 111-114 | 38 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5-8 | 2 | 0 | -9 |
| Apr 9 | @PHX | W 133-95 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2-4 | 2 | 0 | +22 |
| Apr 7 | vs HOU | L 96-106 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4-7 | 2 | 1 | -18 |
| Apr 5 | vs DEN | W 118-104 | 34 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6-13 | 5 | 0 | +21 |
| Apr 4 | @LAL | W 123-116 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4-7 | 3 | 0 | -1 |
| Apr 2 | @MEM | W 134-125 | 38 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7-11 | 3 | 0 | +6 |
| Mar 30 | @SA | W 148-106 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4-5 | 4 | 0 | +26 |
| Mar 29 | @NO | W 111-95 | 35 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 6-13 | 1 | 0 | +7 |
| Mar 25 | @MIA | L 86-112 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5-12 | 1 | 0 | -19 |
| Mar 22 | @ATL | L 115-124 | 38 | 25 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 7-15 | 1 | 0 | +11 |
| Mar 21 | vs TOR | W 117-114 | 36 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 4-15 | 2 | 2 | +5 |
| Mar 19 | vs MIL | W 104-93 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 6-13 | 0 | 0 | +14 |
| Mar 18 | vs DEN | L 105-114 | 33 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 8-16 | 2 | 1 | -9 |
| Mar 16 | vs NY | W 97-94 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3-11 | 1 | 0 | +10 |
| Mar 14 | vs SAC | W 130-104 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2-5 | 1 | 0 | +2 |
| Mar 11 | vs POR | W 130-120 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4-10 | 3 | 0 | +1 |
| Mar 9 | vs DET | W 115-110 | 37 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 9-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 7 | @BKN | W 121-119 | 35 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7-13 | 3 | 0 | +17 |
| Mar 5 | @NY | W 114-102 | 35 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6-12 | 0 | 0 | +1 |
| Mar 4 | @CHA | W 119-101 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3-7 | 1 | 0 | +11 |
| Feb 28 | @ORL | W 121-115 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1-7 | 0 | 1 | -7 |
| Feb 26 | vs CHA | W 128-92 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3-8 | 1 | 0 | +17 |
| Feb 23 | vs DAL | W 126-102 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5-9 | 1 | 0 | +28 |
| Feb 22 | @SAC | W 132-108 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5-10 | 3 | 0 | +19 |
| Feb 14 | @HOU | W 105-98 | 35 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6-15 | 0 | 0 | +10 |
| Feb 13 | @DAL | L 107-111 | 35 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 8-17 | 0 | 1 | -17 |
| Feb 11 | @MIL | W 125-111 | 31 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4-12 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 9 | @CHI | W 132-111 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7-12 | 1 | 1 | +16 |
| Jan 22 | vs POR | L 107-116 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4-9 | 0 | 0 | -19 |
| Jan 19 | vs SA | W 128-107 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3-7 | 0 | 2 | +19 |
| Jan 18 | vs DEN | L 113-133 | 33 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7-15 | 0 | 0 | -11 |
| Jan 3 | vs IND | L 115-128 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3-6 | 2 | 0 | -27 |
| Jan 2 | vs NO | W 119-108 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | +9 |
| Dec 21 | vs OKC | L 97-104 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
| Dec 17 | @DET | L 124-125 | 44 | 35 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 12-21 | 4 | 1 | +11 |
| Dec 13 | vs TOR | W 114-104 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3-8 | 0 | 1 | +16 |
| Dec 8 | vs PHX | W 121-111 | 34 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 9-12 | 0 | 1 | +11 |
| Dec 8 | vs CLE | W 122-113 | 35 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6-12 | 2 | 0 | +10 |
| Dec 5 | vs LAL | W 134-93 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 8-12 | 2 | 1 | +26 |
| Dec 1 | @TOR | L 116-119 | 34 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6-9 | 1 | 0 | -9 |
| Nov 30 | vs TOR | W 121-111 | 34 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8-14 | 2 | 0 | +13 |
| Nov 28 | @CHA | W 98-94 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +14 |
| Nov 27 | vs MIL | L 103-106 | 37 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6-12 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Nov 24 | vs DAL | W 123-118 | 38 | 33 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 11-17 | 1 | 2 | +4 |
| Nov 19 | vs PHI | W 106-89 | 34 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 8-12 | 1 | 0 | +29 |
| Nov 9 | @DEN | L 122-135 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | -10 |
| Nov 7 | @PHX | L 112-115 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6-13 | 1 | 0 | -3 |
| Nov 5 | vs SAC | L 110-111 | 36 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9-19 | 2 | 0 | +11 |
| Nov 3 | @WSH | W 118-98 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 6-13 | 0 | 0 | +4 |
| Oct 30 | vs NY | L 107-116 | 37 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6-9 | 2 | 0 | -10 |
| Oct 28 | vs DET | W 106-98 | 34 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7-11 | 4 | 0 | +8 |
| Oct 26 | @CHA | W 114-106 | 37 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 7-15 | 2 | 1 | -4 |
| Oct 23 | vs ORL | L 97-116 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1-8 | 1 | 1 | -30 |
| 2023-24 season | |||||||||||
| Apr 14 | vs TOR | W 118-103 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6-9 | 0 | 0 | +6 |
| Apr 13 | vs TOR | W 125-103 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5-7 | 0 | 0 | +7 |
| Apr 10 | vs DAL | L 92-111 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5-8 | 2 | 0 | -9 |
| Apr 9 | @ATL | W 117-111 | 44 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 7-14 | 3 | 0 | +2 |
| Apr 7 | @IND | L 115-117 | 39 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 7-16 | 1 | 0 | -6 |
| Apr 6 | @HOU | W 119-104 | 29 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6-14 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
| Apr 4 | vs PHI | L 105-109 | 40 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7-17 | 0 | 0 | +10 |
Latest news
Butler (knee) could return sometime between January and February as he continues recovering from a torn right ACL, Anthony Slater of ESPN reports.
Butler, who underwent surgery after suffering the injury Jan. 19, has progressed to individual court work but still has several rehabilitation milestones to clear. His next step involves landing comfortably after a game-speed jump. Coach Steve Kerr is hopeful Butler can rejoin Golden State for the latter portion of the season, though no official return date has been announced. The 37-year-old forward remains a significant part of the Warriors' plans and could provide a substantial boost during the second half of the campaign.
RotoWire via ESPN · Oct 16
The Warriors hope to have Butler (knee) back early in 2027, per Keith Watkins of Yahoo Sports.
Butler is still months away from retaking the floor, according to Nick Friedell of The Athletic, so a season debut at some point in December might be too optimistic. The star forward remains without a definitive timeline for a return after undergoing ACL surgery in early February, which typically carries at least a nine-month recovery period. Butler makes sense as an injury stash at the end of fantasy drafts, but managers should likely be bracing for him to miss at least the first two months of the regular season.
RotoWire via ESPN · Oct 2
Butler has been cleared to participate in light on-court activities, Evan Webeck of the California Post reports.
Butler tore the ACL in his right knee in January before undergoing surgery in early February. The star forward still does not have a clear timetable for a return to game action, though it's encouraging to see his progression thus far. The 37-year-old appeared in 38 games during the 2025-26 regular season, averaging 20.0 points, 5.6 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.4 steals across 31.1 minutes per contest.
RotoWire via ESPN · Sep 28
Butler (knee) is still in the relatively early stages of his recovery and has only recently begun getting back on the court, according to Danny Emerman of SFStandard.com.
There remains significant uncertainty surrounding his return timeline, as his injury typically carries a nine-to-12-month recovery window. A return sometime between Christmas and March appears to be a reasonable range for now, though fantasy managers shouldn't put much stock into a specific target date until Butler progresses further in his rehab.
RotoWire via ESPN · Aug 24
Butler believes he's about a month and a half away from running again after tearing his right ACL in January, per Nick Friedell of The Athletic.
Butler still has plenty of hurdles to climb during his rehab, but it's encouraging to hear he's making some progress this offseason. The initial expectation remains that the star forward won't be ready to play to begin the 2026-27 season, though how much time he'll miss will likely hinge upon his progression as well as the level of caution Golden State proceeds with.
RotoWire via ESPN · Jun 26
Butler underwent successful surgery Monday to repair a torn right anterior cruciate ligament.
Butler suffered a season-ending ACL injury Jan. 19 against Miami, and he's since gone under the knife so that he can begin the recovery process. It's promising news that the procedure went as expected, though it's still too early to try to predict a timeline for Butler's return. The Warriors stated that an update on his progress will be disclosed early in the 2026-27 campaign.
RotoWire via ESPN · Feb 10