Chris Paul Stats, Shot Chart & Advanced Analytics — 2025-26

Inside his season

Through May 15

Paul is averaging 8.9 assists a game, third in the NBA, up from 6.7 last season. He has 52.3% of the Suns' assists while he's on the floor, up from 46.7% last season. Deandre Ayton finishes the most of them.

He's 10th in the site's Player Rankings, at +4.5 points per 100 possessions against an average player, after fourth last season. He's averaging 16.4 points a game, down from 17.6 last season, on about the same true shooting, 59.9%.

Tonight against the Lakers

Last time, Nov. 25, 2025: 4 points on 2 for 3 shooting, 1 assist and 1 rebound in a 135-118 loss.
In 33 games against the Lakers, he has averaged 16.5 points, 8.3 assists and 4.6 rebounds.
Of the Lakers, Dennis Schröder has guarded him the most in their careers: 326 possessions over 17 games. Paul has 44 points on 15 for 35 shooting against him, well under his usual scoring rate.

His passing

33.0

points his passes create per 100 possessions he plays, from 24.8 last season

Finishing them: Deandre Ayton 143, Devin Booker 118, Mikal Bridges 106.
39% of the baskets he set up were threes.

Where his shots come from

Zone	Share	Last season	Made	Last season
At the rim	7.1%	8.5%	64.5%	77.3%
Rest of the paint	20.2%	24.7%	56.5%	49.8%
Midrange	43.7%	33.1%	51.6%	54.0%
Corner threes	3.0%	3.9%	42.3%	32.4%
Threes above the break	26.1%	29.7%	39.9%	38.3%

What changed from last season

His shots have moved closer to the basket: more from midrange, 43.7%, up from 33.1%, and fewer from three, 29.0%, down from 33.6%. He's making 56.5% in the paint away from the rim, up from 49.8%, but he's making 64.5% at the rim, down from 77.3%. He's getting to the line less, 20.6 free throws per 100 shots, down from 31.5.

With him on the floor

The Suns have outscored teams by 7.1 points per 100 possessions with him on the floor, 116.5 to 109.4, with garbage time left out. They're plus 6.7 overall.

For his age

Since 2015-16, no one has averaged more assists at 36 (25 games or more). Paul has 10.7 over 70 games, and James Harden is next at 8.0.

Assists a game at 36, since 2015-16, 25 games or more

Player	Games	Assists
Chris Paul	70	10.7
James Harden	70	8.0
LeBron James	65	7.5
Draymond Green	29	6.8
Russell Westbrook	76	6.2

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

Dec. 1, 2025, a 140-123 loss at Miami

Chris Paul

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

Before this game he averaged 2.6 points, 1.9 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 15 regular-season games.

Shot making: 8 points from the field on 7 shots1.2 more than the league scores from the same zones
Guarded by: Mitchell: 14 poss, 2 ptsHerro: 4 poss, 0 ptsPowell: 4 poss, 0 pts
He guarded: Mitchell: 9 poss, 2 ptsSmith: 6 poss, 0 ptsPowell: 4 poss, 0 pts
On the move: 1.03 miles4.20 mph on average35 touches
Hustle: 1 shot contested
Rating: Performance Score −0.90.00 wins added57.1% true shooting22.2% usage

His last game

His season

His game

Regular seasons

Paul makes 5.2 unassisted baskets a game, not counting putbacks, the 18th-most in the NBA since 2019-20, between Zach LaVine and Stephen Curry. He has taken 549 pull-up jumpers, more than anyone but Russell Westbrook, and made 57.0% of them (the league: 44.3%). His 134 step-back jumpers are the fourth-most in the NBA, and he has made 56.0% of them (the league: 42.7%). His passes set up 14.9 shots a game, counting misses, the sixth-most in the NBA.

He is credited with recovering 164 loose balls, more than anyone but Julius Randle and Giannis Antetokounmpo since 2019-20.

Career

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

All-NBA three times, All-Star three times, All-Defensive once.

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3PM	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−	Honors
2015-16LAC	LAC	74	32.7	19.5	4.2	10.0	2.1	0.2	2.6	.462	1.6	.371	.896	.575	+7.5
2016-17LAC	LAC	61	31.5	18.1	5.0	9.2	2.0	0.1	2.4	.476	2.0	.411	.892	.614	+9.5	All-Defensive 1st
2017-18HOU	HOU	58	31.8	18.6	5.4	7.9	1.7	0.2	2.2	.460	2.5	.380	.919	.604	+8.8
2018-19HOU	HOU	58	32.0	15.6	4.6	8.2	2.0	0.3	2.6	.419	2.2	.358	.862	.560	+5.4
2019-20OKC	OKC	70	31.5	17.6	5.0	6.7	1.6	0.2	2.3	.489	1.6	.365	.907	.610	+4.7	All-NBA 2ndAll-Star
2020-21PHX	PHX	70	31.4	16.4	4.5	8.9	1.4	0.3	2.2	.499	1.5	.395	.934	.599	+4.4	All-NBA 2ndAll-Star
2021-22PHX	PHX	65	32.9	14.7	4.4	10.8	1.9	0.3	2.4	.493	1.0	.317	.837	.581	+7.1	All-NBA 3rdAll-Star
2022-23PHX	PHX	59	32.0	13.9	4.3	8.9	1.5	0.4	1.9	.440	1.7	.375	.831	.555	+1.4
2023-24GSW	GSW	58	26.4	9.2	3.9	6.8	1.2	0.1	1.3	.441	1.3	.371	.827	.544	+1.9
2024-25SAS	SAS	82	28.0	8.8	3.6	7.4	1.3	0.3	1.6	.427	1.7	.377	.924	.580	+0.0
2025-26LAC	LAC	16	14.2	2.9	1.8	3.3	0.7	0.0	1.0	.321	0.6	.333	.500	.413	−5.3
Career11 seasons	11 seasons	671	30.6	14.9	4.4	8.3	1.6	0.2	2.1	.463	1.7	.373	.887	.584	+4.7

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, 756 games since 2015-16

Best game+23.940 points, 8 rebounds and 13 assists on 13 for 20 shooting at Sacramento, Feb. 26, 2016The story Best four games+50.524.0 points a game, Feb. 22 to 29, 2016Last game

Where his points come from

This season, against the league

Source	Paul	NBA avg
Paint	24.4%	42.5%
Mid-range	34.3%	8.4%
Threes	26.6%	34.0%
Free throws	14.7%	15.1%
Fast break	9.4%	11.1%
Off turnovers	12.9%	14.7%
Unassisted makes	84.1%	39.8%

Who stops him, and who he stops

Every matchup since 2016-17

Toughest defenders on him

Russell Westbrook

Paul scored 13 points on 6 for 23 shooting in 271 possessions against him, over 23 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
April 2, 2025	0	0-0	6.9
Jan. 4, 2025	0	0-2	15.5
Jan. 3, 2025	2	1-3	20.8
Dec. 14, 2023	0	0-1	4.1
April 25, 2023	0	0-1	7.0
April 22, 2023	0	0-2	9.3
April 20, 2023	2	1-2	9.4
April 18, 2023	0	0-0	9.4
April 16, 2023	0	0-0	16.6
April 5, 2022	0	0-0	12.3
Dec. 21, 2021	0	0-0	10.0
Oct. 22, 2021	0	0-0	14.6
April 10, 2021	2	1-3	22.1
Sept. 2, 2020	0	0-1	10.5
Aug. 31, 2020	0	0-1	9.0
Aug. 29, 2020	0	0-1	8.7
Jan. 20, 2020	0	0-2	14.4
Jan. 9, 2020	0	0-1	7.0
Oct. 28, 2019	3	1-1	8.9
April 9, 2019	0	0-0	6.0
Feb. 9, 2019	0	0-0	12.8
April 7, 2018	0	0-0	16.3
March 6, 2018	4	2-2	19.2

Joe Ingles

Paul scored 34 points on 13 for 35 shooting in 350 possessions against him, over 24 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
March 27, 2024	0	0-0	2.0
March 14, 2023	0	0-2	18.3
Feb. 26, 2023	2	0-3	25.5
Jan. 26, 2022	0	0-0	6.1
April 30, 2021	4	1-2	16.4
April 7, 2021	0	0-0	9.5
Dec. 31, 2020	0	0-0	5.5
Aug. 1, 2020	0	0-0	10.2
Dec. 9, 2019	2	1-4	30.6
Oct. 23, 2019	3	1-2	10.5
April 24, 2019	6	3-6	29.4
April 22, 2019	0	0-1	19.7
April 20, 2019

Terance Mann

Paul scored 26 points on 10 for 21 shooting in 278 possessions against him, over 21 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Jan. 29, 2025	0	0-1	3.4
Nov. 4, 2024	0	0-0	5.6
Dec. 14, 2023	0	0-0	5.8
April 25, 2023	0	0-0	4.9
April 22, 2023	0	0-0	6.4
April 20, 2023	0	0-0	8.1
April 18, 2023	0	0-2	13.5
April 16, 2023	0	0-0	17.9
Feb. 16, 2023	3	1-1	26.5
Dec. 15, 2022	3	1-3	21.5
Oct. 23, 2022	0	0-1	1.9
Feb. 15, 2022	2	0-1	24.1
Jan. 6, 2022

Scorers he held down most

Herbert Jones

Scored 20 points on 9 for 23 shooting in 291 possessions with Paul guarding him, over 12 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Dec. 8, 2024	4	2-5	27.2
April 12, 2024	0	0-0	3.0
Oct. 30, 2023	0	0-0	1.3
Dec. 17, 2022	2	1-1	23.8
April 28, 2022	0	0-1	28.8
April 26, 2022	3	1-3	48.2
April 24, 2022	3	1-3	37.9
April 22, 2022	4	2-3	33.3
April 19, 2022	2	1-2	34.8
April 17, 2022	0	0-2	27.1
Jan. 4, 2022	0	0-2	18.7
Nov. 2, 2021	2	1-1	6.5

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, 70 games

Usage rate	22.1%	59th
Assist rate	40.5%	4th
Assists per turnover	3.99	3rd
Turnover rate (per 100 plays)	9.0	105th
Offensive rating	115.3	38th
Defensive rating	108.8	77th
Net rating	+6.5	33rd
Offensive rebound rate	1.2%	223rd
Defensive rebound rate	13.1%	106th
Effective FG%	55.7%	51st
Fouls drawn a game	2.7	50th

Shot profile

Where he shoots, against the league

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

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	FG	3P	FT	TO	PF	+/−
May 15	@ SAS	W140–103	24:40	16	5	10	1	0	7–10	1–2	1–1	2	1	+26
May 13	vs POR	W118–117	32:07	26	0	7	0	0	11–14	2–2	2–2	1	3	−3
May 11	@ GSW	L116–122	32:48	24	3	10	1	1	9–17	2–7	4–4	3	4	−10
May 9	@ LAL	L110–123	34:04	13	4	10	4	1	6–13	1–2	0–0	5	5	−1
May 7	vs NYK	W128–105

Stat	Avg	NBA rank
Deflections	2.5	22nd
Contested shots	2.4	227th
Twos contested	0.9	229th
Threes contested	1.5	206th
Charges drawn	0.04	91st
Loose balls recovered	1.1	11th
Box outs	0.4	156th
Screen assists	0.3	132nd
Points from screen assists	0.7	139th

Per game	Paul	NBA avg
Distance (miles)	2.10	1.89
Average speed (mph)	3.73	4.22
Touches	77.4	42.9
Passes	58.6	30.1
Potential assists	17.3

Split	GP	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
Location
Home	35	15.9	4.5	8.6	49.7%	38.2%	92.3%	58.6%	+7.0
Away	35	17.0	4.5	9.2	50.2%	40.7%	94.2%	61.2%	+1.9
Result

Paint (non-rim)		20.1%	17.9%	56.5%	42.7%

Mid-range		43.5%	12.9%	51.6%	41.5%

Corner three		3.0%	9.2%	42.3%	39.3%

Above-break three		25.9%	29.8%	39.9%	36.0%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	FT	TO	+/−
May 15	@ SAS	W140–103	24:40	16	5	10	7–10	1–2	1–1	2	+26
May 13	vs POR	W118–117	32:07	26	0	7	11–14	2–2	2–2	1	−3
May 11	@ GSW	L116–122	32:48	24	3	10	9–17	2–7	4–4	3	−10
May 9	@ LAL	L110–123	34:04	13	4	10	6–13	1–2	0–0	5	−1
May 7	vs NYK	W128–105	29:57	17	6	11	6–11	2–3	3–4	0	+21
May 5	@ ATL	L103–135	23:56	9	2	6	3–11	1–2	2–2	2	−26
May 4	@ CLE	W134–118	35:31	23	6	16	8–16	2–3	5–5	0	+20
May 2	@ OKC	W123–120	27:49	18	1	11	7–13	2–5	2–2	4	+2
Apr 30	vs UTA	W121–100	20:49	12	3	9	5–9	0–1	2–2	4	+4
Apr 28	vs LAC	W109–101	32:15	28	3	10	10–15	4–8	4–4	3	+10

Month

Dec

11.6

3.8

9.2

38.2%

31.3%

91.7%

48.1%

+3.0

Jan

17.2

4.8

8.5

47.2%

29.5%

97.8%

56.9%

+0.8

Feb

17.4

4.9

9.4

53.6%

46.3%

95.5%

64.7%

+10.1

Mar

14.9

4.5

7.9

47.0%

27.5%

87.8%

56.0%

+4.4

Apr

16.9

4.4

8.9

52.5%

44.6%

93.9%

62.9%

+3.3

May

18.3

3.4

10.1

54.3%

50.0%

95.0%

64.1%

+3.6

Distance	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Under 8 ft	63–104	11.8%	40.5%	60.6%	58.3%
8–16 ft	177–338	38.5%	13.2%	52.4%	43.4%
16–24 ft	97–179	20.4%	7.2%	54.2%	40.9%
24+ ft	102–253	28.8%	39.0%	40.3%	36.8%
Backcourt	0–5	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	2.6%

Type	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Dunks	0–0	0.0%	5.4%	—	88.9%
Layups	40–58	6.6%	27.2%	69.0%	55.4%
Floaters	25–49	5.6%	7.9%	51.0%	44.7%
Hooks	0–0	0.0%	2.9%	—	49.5%
Pull-up jumpers	199–388	44.1%	12.4%	51.3%	41.1%
Step-backs	63–122	13.9%	4.4%	51.6%	39.5%
Turnarounds and fadeaways	48–88	10.0%	4.4%	54.5%	43.1%
Other jump shots	64–174	19.8%	35.4%	36.8%	36.9%

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Oct. 28, 2025	0	0-0	1.1
April 9, 2025	0	0-1	4.6
March 30, 2025	2	1-1	4.3
Nov. 23, 2024	2	1-1	1.3
March 13, 2023	3	1-1	5.7
Oct. 25, 2022	0	0-0	5.2
Dec. 25, 2021	2	0-2	7.5
Dec. 3, 2021	3	1-1	7.2
Nov. 30, 2021	2	1-2	9.2
May 11, 2021	2	1-2	4.2
Jan. 28, 2021	0	0-0	4.0
Oct. 27, 2019	2	1-1	3.2
May 10, 2019	7	3-4	16.1
May 8, 2019	5	1-1	12.1
May 6, 2019	4	2-3	19.6
May 4, 2019	4	2-7	21.8
April 30, 2019	3	1-3	25.2
April 28, 2019	0	0-1	18.3
March 13, 2019	0	0-0	12.2
Feb. 23, 2019	7	2-5	27.8
May 24, 2018	4	2-4	15.1
May 22, 2018	3	1-1	16.5
May 20, 2018	8	3-5	17.5
May 16, 2018	0	0-2	12.2
May 14, 2018	2	1-1	12.1
Jan. 20, 2018	0	0-4	22.0
Jan. 4, 2018	0	0-1	11.5
Oct. 17, 2017	4	2-3	15.5

Stat	Paul	NBA avg
Rim shots defended per game	2.0	2.7
Opponent FG% at the rim	79.7%	65.9%

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
March 6, 2024	0	0-2	22.7
March 3, 2023	0	0-0	29.1
Dec. 19, 2022	5	2-2	22.2
Nov. 15, 2021	2	1-1	28.0
June 30, 2021	7	3-3	23.8
June 28, 2021	2	1-2	31.3
June 26, 2021	0	0-2	23.0
June 24, 2021	0	0-1	24.0
April 8, 2021	0	0-0	15.2
Jan. 3, 2021	0	0-1	28.1
March 3, 2020	0	0-3	17.4
Nov. 18, 2019	3	1-1	15.9
Oct. 26, 2018	0	0-0	11.3

Chris Paul

Inside his season

Tonight against the Lakers

His passing

Where his shots come from

What changed from last season

With him on the floor

For his age

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

Who stops him, and who he stops

Toughest defenders on him

Scorers he held down most

Career bests

His last game

Inside his season

Tonight against the Lakers

His passing

Where his shots come from

What changed from last season

With him on the floor

For his age

His game