Report: Mark Williams plans to sign 3-year deal with Suns

Mark Williams has career averages of 12 points and 8.5 rebounds to go along with 1 block per game.

Restricted free agent center Mark Williams intends to sign a three-year, $38 million contract to return to the Phoenix Suns, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania.

Restricted free agent Mark Williams intends to sign a three-year, $38 million contract to return to the Phoenix Suns, sources tell ESPN. The deal is fully guaranteed for Williams, who averaged 11 points, 8 rebounds and 1 block in 23.6 minutes per game as the Suns starting center.

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— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania)

June 25, 2026

The 24-year-old Williams was a restricted free agent after scoring 11.7 points and grabbing eight rebounds per game last season. The 7-foot-1 big man played his first three seasons with the Charlotte Hornets before he was

traded to the Suns

in a draft day deal in 2025.

Williams — who was the No. 15 pick in the 2022 draft — has battled injuries throughout his career, but played in a career-high 60 games last season, including 55 starts.

He shot 64% from the field and averaged nearly a block per game.

Williams, who was unable to come to terms on an extension last summer, has career averages of 12 points and 8.5 rebounds to go along with 1 block per game.

The deal gives the Suns a clean sweep of

re-signing their priority free agents

, as they retained Collin Gillespie on a four-year, $48 million deal last week, then kept Jordan Goodwin on a three-year, $19 million deal.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.