San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama is off to career-best start to the 2025-26 NBA season, but the third-year center will now be sidelined for the forseeable future.
ESPN's Shams Charania reports that Wembanyama suffered a left calf strain that will keep him out of games moving forward. It's unclear exactly when the injury occurred, but he did miss San Antonio's most recent game, a win over the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night with left calf tightness.
Wembanyama has played in 12 of the Spurs 13 games this year, but San Antonio will have to find a way to win games without him. Here's the latest on Wembanyama's injury.
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How long is Victor Wembanyama out?
According to Charania, Wembanyama will be out "a few weeks" with the injury. Since a calf strain is a soft tissue injury, the Spurs will surely be cautious with their franchise player before allowing him to return to action.
Therefore, it may be a while before Wembanyama returns to the court. According to Michael C. Wright, the Spurs will reevaluate Wembanyama in 2-to-3 weeks but lean on the side of caution.
League source says Spurs will re-evaluate Victor Wembanyama in 2-3 weeks. He'll be out at least 2 weeks. Spurs are being especially cautious given all the calf injuries we've seen lately turn into something worse. For what it's worth, I'm told Vic feels fine.
— Michael C. Wright (@mikecwright) November 17, 2025
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