Aron Baynes Stats, Shot Chart & Advanced Analytics — 2020-21

Inside his season

Through May 16

Baynes has slipped this season: he's 252nd in the site's Player Rankings, at −2.5 points per 100 possessions against an average player, down from 159th last season, and his three-point attempts have fallen the most, to 5.0 per 100 possessions from 8.4.

He's averaging 6.1 points a game on 50.3% true shooting. He's making 53.2% of his twos and 27 for 103 on threes (26.2%), and takes 13.5 free throws per 100 shots.

Fewer of his shots are coming from three above the break: 28.3%, down from 37.8%. Fewer of his twos are going in: 36.7% in the paint outside the restricted area (18 for 49), down from 54.2%.

Tonight against the Knicks

Last time, Dec. 31, 2020: 3 points on 1 for 3 shooting, 1 assist and 4 rebounds in a 100-83 win.
In 17 games against the Knicks, he has averaged 4.8 points, 0.6 assists and 4.0 rebounds.
Of the Knicks, Mitchell Robinson has guarded him the most in their careers: 80 possessions over 7 games. Baynes has 18 points on 5 for 15 shooting against him, well above his usual scoring rate.

Where his shots come from

Zone	Share	Last season	Made	Last season
At the rim	43.1%	36.0%	59.5%	63.5%
Rest of the paint	16.1%	15.5%	36.7%	54.2%
Midrange	6.9%	4.5%	52.4%	29.4%
Corner threes	5.6%	6.3%	17.6%	25.0%
Threes above the break	28.3%	37.8%	27.9%	36.8%

His work inside

He's grabbing 10.0 rebounds per 36 minutes, 56th among the 436 players with 200 minutes.
He's taking 43.1% of his shots at the rim, and he's 78 for 131 there, 59.5% (the league: 64.1%).

With him on the floor

The Raptors have been outscored by 4.9 points per 100 possessions with him on the floor, 107.8 to 112.7, with garbage time left out. They're minus 0.6 overall.

There's no full season before this one to compare him with.

Lineup numbers leave garbage time out and count points per 100 the NBA’s way; ages are exact, game by game, from 2015-16 on.

Inside his season

His last game

May 16, 2021, a 125-113 loss to Indiana

Aron Baynes

0 AST1-2 FT26:00 min

Points1st 82nd 43rd 24th 0

His shots in the order he took them: made in blue, traced to the rim, missed in orange.

Before this game he averaged 6.0 points, 5.1 rebounds and 0.9 assists in 52 regular-season games.

Shot making: 13 points from the field on 11 shots1.5 more than the league scores from the same zones
Biggest shot: Made a 3-pointer1st quarter, 33s leftchance to win 43% to 52%
Guarded by: Sabonis: 14 poss, 5 ptsBrissett: 12 poss, 2 ptsSampson: 8 poss, 1 pt
He guarded: Sabonis: 19 poss, 2 ptsBitadze: 12 poss, 4 ptsBrissett: 7 poss, 3 pts
On the move: 1.85 miles3.95 mph on average35 touches
Hustle: 1 deflection11 shots contested1 loose ball3 screen assists
Rating: Performance Score +0.958.9% true shooting18.3% usage

His last game

His season

His game

Regular seasons

Baynes has drawn 28 charges, the ninth-most in the NBA since 2019-20.

Career

6 seasons since 2015-16, the seasons the site has

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3PM	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
2015-16DET	DET	81	15.2	6.3	4.7	0.6	0.3	0.6	0.8	.505	0.0	.000	.764	.563	−0.6
2016-17DET	DET	75	15.5	4.9	4.4	0.4	0.2	0.5	0.7	.513	0.0	–	.840	.570	+1.8
2017-18BOS	BOS	81	18.3	6.0	5.4	1.1	0.3	0.6	1.0	.471	0.0	.143	.756	.502	+2.3
2018-19BOS	BOS	51	16.1	5.6	4.7	1.1	0.2	0.7	0.8	.471	0.4	.344	.855	.567	+2.6
2019-20PHX	PHX	42	22.2	11.5	5.6	1.6	0.2	0.5	1.2	.480	1.4	.351	.747	.581	−1.1
2020-21TOR	TOR	53	18.5	6.1	5.2	0.9	0.3	0.4	0.9	.441	0.5	.262	.707	.503	−1.5
Career6 seasons	6 seasons	383	17.3	6.4	5.0	0.9	0.3	0.6	0.9	.480	0.3	.310	.781	.546	+0.7

Blue: his best season in each column (20 games or more, four in the playoffs; 3P% with two tries a game, FT% with one).

Career bests

Performance Score, 415 games since 2015-16

Best game+15.937 points and 16 rebounds on 12 for 23 shooting against Portland, March 6, 2020The story Best four games+27.420.5 points a game, Oct. 30 to Nov. 7, 2019Last game

Where his points come from

This season, against the league

Source	Baynes	NBA avg
Paint	59.3%	42.5%
Mid-range	6.8%	8.4%
Threes	25.0%	34.0%
Free throws	9.0%	15.1%
Fast break	2.8%	11.1%
Off turnovers	12.3%	14.7%
Unassisted makes	20.9%	39.8%

Who stops him, and who he stops

Every matchup since 2016-17

Toughest defenders on him

Joel Embiid

Baynes scored 40 points on 17 for 43 shooting in 336 possessions against him, over 12 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Feb. 23, 2021	2	1-3	29.7
Feb. 21, 2021	6	3-5	41.1
Dec. 29, 2020	0	0-3	31.8
March 20, 2019	0	0-0	13.6
Oct. 16, 2018	5	2-4	27.3
May 9, 2018	4	1-1	36.3
May 7, 2018	0	0-3	23.0
May 5, 2018	5	2-5	34.7
May 3, 2018	5	2-6	26.2
April 30, 2018	3	1-3	34.5
Jan. 18, 2018	2	1-4	17.1
Oct. 20, 2017	8	4-6	20.5

Myles Turner

Baynes scored 44 points on 19 for 40 shooting in 305 possessions against him, over 13 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Jan. 25, 2021	5	2-5	20.0
Jan. 24, 2021	10	4-7	20.1
April 21, 2019	0	0-0	21.9
April 19, 2019	2	1-1	24.1
April 17, 2019	5	2-2	12.3
April 14, 2019	2	1-1	22.8
April 5, 2019	5	2-3	44.3
March 29, 2019	7	3-6	40.0
Nov. 3, 2018	0	0-0	4.9
March 11, 2018	4	2-8	25.3
Feb. 9, 2018	0	0-4	26.0
Dec. 18, 2017	0	0-1	28.3
Nov. 25, 2017

Scorers he held down most

Bam Adebayo

Scored 24 points on 11 for 29 shooting in 251 possessions with Baynes guarding him, over 9 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Feb. 24, 2021	2	1-2	12.0
Jan. 22, 2021	6	3-6	29.2
Jan. 20, 2021	2	1-4	16.8
Nov. 7, 2019	4	2-4	36.3
April 3, 2019	4	1-3	54.8
April 1, 2019	0	0-1	30.8
Jan. 21, 2019	2	1-3	22.2
Dec. 20, 2017	2	1-3	18.6
Oct. 28, 2017	2	1-3	30.0

Joel Embiid
Scored 115 points on 43 for 106 shooting in 366 possessions with Baynes guarding him, over 12 games.
74%of his usual
The games

The NBA’s matchup counts: possessions one man guarded another, and the points and shots that came of them. Usual is a scorer’s rate on everyone else who guarded him in the same years. Ranked with 250 possessions or more, about four full games of one man on the other, and a long record counts for more than a short one.

Advanced

2020-21, 53 games

Usage rate	15.7%	164th
Assist rate	7.0%	193rd
Assists per turnover	1.02	211th
Turnover rate (per 100 plays)	11.1	173rd
Offensive rating	106.6	195th
Defensive rating	111.0	140th
Net rating	−4.4	194th
Offensive rebound rate	8.2%	34th
Defensive rebound rate	19.2%	31st
Effective FG%	48.5%
Fouls drawn a game	1.0	188th

Percentage ranks need 264+ made field goals (FG%, eFG%, TS%), 72+ made threes and 110+ made free throws.

Shot profile

Where he shoots, against the league

Zone	Share of shots	Baynes	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
At the rim

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	FG	3P	FT	TO	PF	+/−
May 16	vs IND	L113–125	26:00	14	10	0	0	1	5–11	3–5	1–2	1	2	−5
May 14	@ DAL	L110–114	21:19	13	6	1	1	1	5–6	2–3	1–1	1	1	+12
May 13	@ CHI	L102–114	20:37	6	3	3	1	0	3–6	0–2	0–1	1	3	−3
Apr 10	@ CLE	W135–115	12:25	2	3	0	1	0	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	1	+2
Apr 8	vs CHI	L113–122

Stat	Avg	NBA rank
Deflections	0.5	231st
Contested shots	6.1	78th
Twos contested	4.6	47th
Threes contested	1.5	207th
Charges drawn	0.23	7th
Loose balls recovered	0.5	155th
Box outs	2.2	31st
Screen assists	3.0	27th
Points from screen assists	7.4	22nd

Per game	Baynes	NBA avg
Distance (miles)	1.30	1.89
Average speed (mph)	4.05	4.22
Touches	27.6	42.9
Passes	20.5	30.1
Potential assists	1.5	4.9

Split	GP	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
Location
Home	26	6.2	5.6	0.6	42.9%	23.7%	72.2%	49.1%	−1.8
Away	27	6.0	4.7	1.1	45.3%	29.5%	69.6%	51.5%	−1.3
Result

Paint (non-rim)		16.1%	17.9%	36.7%	42.7%

Mid-range		6.9%	12.9%	52.4%	41.5%

Corner three		5.6%	9.2%	17.6%	39.3%

Above-break three		28.3%	29.8%	27.9%	36.0%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	FT	TO	+/−
May 16	vs IND	L113–125	26:00	14	10	0	5–11	3–5	1–2	1	−5
May 14	@ DAL	L110–114	21:19	13	6	1	5–6	2–3	1–1	1	+12
May 13	@ CHI	L102–114	20:37	6	3	3	3–6	0–2	0–1	1	−3
Apr 10	@ CLE	W135–115	12:25	2	3	0	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	+2
Apr 8	vs CHI	L113–122	17:36	6	4	0	3–6	0–2	0–0	0	−22
Apr 6	vs LAL	L101–110	12:04	9	6	0	4–5	1–1	0–0	1	−9
Apr 5	vs WAS	W103–101	20:31	10	8	1	4–9	1–4	1–1	3	+20
Apr 2	vs GSW	W130–77	24:14	5	7	1	2–3	0–1	1–2	2	+21
Mar 31	@ OKC	L103–113	21:20	0	2	1	0–3	0–1	0–0	0	+6
Mar 29	@ DET	L104–118	8:44	4	1	1	1–2	0–0	2–2	0	+7

Month

Dec

7.3

6.5

0.8

41.9%

21.4%

—

46.8%

−6.5

Jan

4.8

5.6

0.7

38.2%

24.1%

75.0%

44.4%

−0.8

Feb

6.5

4.8

1.3

45.9%

22.7%

66.7%

50.4%

+0.2

Mar

5.5

4.3

0.8

40.8%

25.0%

77.8%

48.8%

−4.5

Apr

6.4

5.6

0.4

53.8%

25.0%

66.7%

58.6%

+2.4

May

11.0

6.3

1.3

56.5%

50.0%

66.6%

+1.3

Distance	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Under 8 ft	93–169	55.6%	40.5%	55.0%	58.3%
8–16 ft	10–20	6.6%	13.2%	50.0%	43.4%
16–24 ft	4–12	3.9%	7.2%	33.3%	40.9%
24+ ft	27–103	33.9%	39.0%	26.2%	36.8%

Type	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Dunks	31–36	11.8%	5.4%	86.1%	88.9%
Layups	44–100	32.9%	27.2%	44.0%	55.4%
Floaters	4–10	3.3%	7.9%	40.0%	44.7%
Hooks	16–29	9.5%	2.9%	55.2%	49.5%
Pull-up jumpers	0–1	0.3%	12.4%	0.0%	41.1%
Step-backs	0–3	1.0%	4.4%	0.0%	39.5%
Turnarounds and fadeaways	3–3	1.0%	4.4%	100.0%	43.1%
Other jump shots	36–122	40.1%	35.4%	29.5%	36.9%

Stat	Baynes	NBA avg
Rim shots defended per game	3.2	2.7
Opponent FG% at the rim	63.3%	65.9%

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Feb. 23, 2021	5	2-8	36.1
Feb. 21, 2021	13	3-14	38.7
Dec. 29, 2020	6	1-6	32.5
March 20, 2019	9	3-4	16.7
Oct. 16, 2018	11	4-9	27.3
May 9, 2018	18	8-13	39.8
May 7, 2018	4	1-4	27.2
May 5, 2018	11	5-12	36.8
May 3, 2018	7	3-10	30.6
April 30, 2018	19	7-12	36.3
Jan. 18, 2018	10	5-8	22.0
Oct. 20, 2017	2	1-6	21.6

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
March 4, 2021	8	4-6	27.8
Feb. 11, 2021	0	0-0	4.0
Jan. 4, 2021	0	0-1	12.8
March 26, 2019	7	2-4	22.9
Nov. 30, 2018	4	2-3	29.9
May 27, 2018	0	0-0	16.1
May 25, 2018	0	0-0	16.1
May 23, 2018	0	0-1	23.4
May 21, 2018	0	0-0	9.9
May 19, 2018	4	1-2	14.4
May 15, 2018	0	0-1	13.5
May 13, 2018	6	3-4	22.8
Feb. 11, 2018	0	0-0	6.0
Jan. 3, 2018	2	1-2	20.1
Oct. 17, 2017	4	2-3	14.6
Dec. 26, 2016	0	0-0	3.3

Aron Baynes

Inside his season

Tonight against the Knicks

Where his shots come from

His work inside

With him on the floor

Inside his season

His last game

His last game

His season

His game

Career

Career bests

Where his points come from

Who stops him, and who he stops

Toughest defenders on him

Scorers he held down most

Advanced

Shot profile

Game log

Shot chart

Hustle

Movement and touches

Pick your games

Splits

Last 10 games

By distance

By shot type

Rim defense

Clutch

Trends

Career bests

Who stops him, and who he stops

Toughest defenders on him

Scorers he held down most

His last game

His game

Inside his season

Tonight against the Knicks

Where his shots come from

His work inside

With him on the floor