Elijah Hughes Stats, Shot Chart & Advanced Analytics — 2021-22

Inside his season

Through April 10

Hughes is averaging 3.5 points a game on 42.6% true shooting. He's making 44.9% of his twos and 25 for 95 on threes (26.3%), and takes 6.3 free throws per 100 shots.

He takes 46.5% of his shots from three above the break and is 18 for 66 there.

Tomorrow at Minnesota

Last time, March 7, 2022: 1 point on 0 for 4 shooting, no assists and 2 rebounds in a 124-81 loss.
Of the Timberwolves, Jaylen Nowell has guarded him the most in their careers: 28 possessions over 2 games. Hughes has 2 points on 1 for 4 shooting against him, about half his usual scoring rate or less.

Where his shots come from

Zone	Share	Made
At the rim	10.6%	66.7%
Rest of the paint	12.0%	41.2%
Midrange	12.7%	33.3%
Corner threes	18.3%	23.1%
Threes above the break	46.5%	27.3%

42.3% of his baskets were unassisted.

With him on the floor

The Trail Blazers have been outscored by 22.8 points per 100 possessions with him on the floor, 96.3 to 119.2, with garbage time left out. They're minus 8.2 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

April 10, 2022, a 111-80 loss to Utah

Elijah Hughes

0 AST2-2 FT20:09 min

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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 3.5 points, 1.6 rebounds and 0.6 assists in 35 regular-season games.

Shot making: 2 points from the field on 6 shots3.7 fewer than the league scores from the same zones
Biggest shot: Made a floater4th quarter, 10:26 leftchance to win 1.8% to 4.9%
Guarded by: Gay: 23 poss, 2 ptsHernangomez: 6 poss, 0 ptsClarkson: 5 poss, 0 pts
He guarded: Gay: 12 poss, 2 ptsGobert: 8 poss, 8 ptsClarkson: 8 poss, 0 pts
On the move: 1.47 miles4.04 mph on average26 touches
Hustle: 1 deflection3 shots contested
Rating: Performance Score −5.729.1% true shooting19.6% usage

His last game

His season

Career

2 seasons

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3PM	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
2020-21UTA	UTA	18	3.5	1.7	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.3	.333	0.4	.348	.750	.488	−1.9
2021-222 teams	2 teams	36	12.1	3.5	1.6	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.5	.326	0.7	.263	.778	.426	−6.3
UTA	UTA	14	8.0	3.1	1.2	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.5	.417	0.7	.357	100	.576	−4.6
POR	POR	22	14.7	3.8	1.9	0.7	0.5	0.3	0.5	.296	0.7	.224	.667	.375	−7.3
Career2 seasons	2 seasons	54	9.2	2.9	1.2	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.4	.328	0.6	.280	.769	.437	−4.8

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, 54 games

Best game+8.026 points and 8 rebounds on 9 for 15 shooting at Toronto, Jan. 7, 2022Box score Best four games+6.27.0 points a game, Dec. 27, 2021 to Jan. 7, 2022Last game

Where his points come from

This season, against the league

Source	Hughes	NBA avg
Paint	27.0%	42.7%
Mid-range	7.9%	8.3%
Threes	59.5%	33.7%
Free throws	5.6%	15.3%
Fast break	16.7%	11.3%
Off turnovers	19.8%	14.7%
Unassisted makes	31.9%	39.3%

Advanced

2021-22, 36 games

Usage rate	15.8%
Assist rate	7.9%
Assists per turnover	1.29
Turnover rate (per 100 plays)	9.1
Offensive rating	98.2
Defensive rating	121.8
Net rating	−23.7
Offensive rebound rate	1.3%
Defensive rebound rate	11.8%
Effective FG%	41.3%
Fouls drawn a game	0.6

Not ranked: NBA ranks need 58+ games, and he has played 36.

Shot profile

Where he shoots, against the league

Zone	Hughes	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
At the rim	10.4%	29.1%	66.7%	65.3%
Paint (non-rim)	11.8%	18.3%	41.2%	42.8%
Mid-range	12.5%	12.8%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	FG	3P	FT	TO	PF	+/−
Apr 10	vs UTA	L80–111	20:09	4	2	0	1	2	1–6	0–3	2–2	2	1	−21
Apr 8	@ DAL	L78–128	29:48	8	4	1	1	0	3–11	2–7	0–0	2	2	−27
Apr 7	@ NOP	L94–127	6:44	2	1	1	0	0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0	1	−4
Apr 5	@ OKC	L94–98	10:54	5	1	1	0	0	2–5	1–4	0–0	0	1	−13
Apr 1	@ SAS	L111–130

Distance	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Under 8 ft	14–23

Stat	Avg	NBA rank
Deflections	0.8
Contested shots	2.6
Twos contested	0.8
Threes contested	1.8
Charges drawn	0.17
Loose balls recovered	0.2
Box outs	0.2
Screen assists	0.0
Points from screen assists	0.1

Per game	Hughes	NBA avg
Distance (miles)	0.90	1.91
Average speed (mph)	4.08	4.17
Touches	16.6	44.1
Passes	11.6	30.9
Potential assists	1.7	5.2
Secondary assists	0.2	0.4
Offensive rebound chances	0.5	2.6
Defensive rebound chances	3.6	6.2

Stat	Hughes	NBA avg
Rim shots defended per game

Split	GP	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
Location
Home	16	3.3	1.3	0.5	35.1%	22.9%	83.3%	44.4%	−5.7
Away	20	3.6	1.9	0.7	31.0%	28.3%	66.7%	41.3%	−6.7
Result

Corner three		18.1%	9.9%	23.1%	38.3%

Above-break three		45.8%	29.7%	27.3%	34.6%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	FT	TO	+/−
Apr 10	vs UTA	L80–111	20:09	4	2	0	1–6	0–3	2–2	2	−21
Apr 8	@ DAL	L78–128	29:48	8	4	1	3–11	2–7	0–0	2	−27
Apr 7	@ NOP	L94–127	6:44	2	1	1	1–2	0–1	0–0	0	−4
Apr 5	@ OKC	L94–98	10:54	5	1	1	2–5	1–4	0–0	0	−13
Apr 1	@ SAS	L111–130	6:53	0	0	0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	+12
Mar 28	vs OKC	L131–134	27:38	5	1	3	2–9	1–5	0–1	0	−6
Mar 26	vs HOU	L98–115	19:00	3	3	0	1–5	1–5	0–0	0	−9
Mar 25	vs HOU	L106–125	25:02	7	4	2	3–7	0–1	1–1	0	+5
Mar 23	vs SAS	L96–133	18:59	10	1	1	4–7	2–4	0–0	0	−13
Mar 21	@ DET	W119–115	6:12	7	2	0	3–5	1–3	0–0	0	0

Month

Oct

1.0

0.5

0.0

0.0%

100.0%

53.2%

−3.5

Nov

0.0

0.0%

—

0.0%

−3.3

Dec

0.7

0.0

50.0%

0.0%

—

50.0%

−5.0

Jan

11.3

4.7

1.7

46.2%

42.9%

100.0%

64.3%

−5.0

Feb

3.1

2.0

0.7

28.1%

18.2%

—

34.4%

−4.1

Mar

3.9

1.8

0.8

31.0%

25.7%

50.0%

39.3%

−7.8

Apr

3.8

1.6

0.6

29.2%

20.0%

100.0%

38.2%

−10.6

Type	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Dunks	2–3	2.1%	5.8%	66.7%	88.7%
Layups	8–13	9.0%	26.5%	61.5%	55.8%
Floaters	8–16	11.1%	7.9%	50.0%	44.8%
Hooks	0–1	0.7%	2.9%	0.0%	48.5%
Pull-up jumpers	9–24	16.7%	12.9%	37.5%	39.7%
Step-backs	1–3	2.1%	4.8%	33.3%	38.1%
Turnarounds and fadeaways	1–6	4.2%	4.9%	16.7%	40.6%
Other jump shots	18–78	54.2%	34.3%	23.1%	35.9%

Elijah Hughes

Inside his season

Tomorrow at Minnesota

Where his shots come from

With him on the floor

Inside his season

His last game

His last game

His season

Career

Career bests

Where his points come from

Advanced

Shot profile

Game log

Shot chart

By distance

Hustle

Movement and touches

Rim defense

Pick your games

Splits

Last 10 games

By shot type

Clutch

Trends

Career bests

His last game

Inside his season

Tomorrow at Minnesota

Where his shots come from

With him on the floor