Gordon Hayward Stats, Shot Chart & Advanced Analytics — 2023-24

Inside his season

Through April 14

Hayward has slipped this season: he's 199th in the site's Player Rankings, at −1.3 points per 100 possessions against an average player, down from 78th last season.

He's averaging 9.8 points a game, down from 14.7 last season, on about the same true shooting, 54.8%.

He has 18.3% of the Thunder's assists while he's on the floor, down from 23.7% last season. Isaiah Joe finishes the most of them.

Tonight at Sacramento

Last time, Dec. 19, 2022: 19 points on 8 for 12 shooting, 1 assist and 5 rebounds in a 125-119 win.
In 14 games against the Kings, he has averaged 20.4 points, 4.0 assists and 5.6 rebounds.
Of the Kings, Kevin Huerter has guarded him the most in their careers: 134 possessions over 10 games. Hayward has 23 points on 10 for 24 shooting against him, well under his usual scoring rate.

His passing

11.2

points his passes create per 100 possessions he plays, from 14.7 last season

Finishing them: Isaiah Joe 8, Cason Wallace 6, Aaron Wiggins 5.
48% of the baskets he set up were threes.

Where his shots come from

Zone	Share	Last season	Made	Last season
At the rim	26.8%	17.4%	64.8%	72.3%
Rest of the paint	26.1%	28.4%	38.1%	47.3%
Midrange	24.8%	26.7%	40.0%	47.1%
Corner threes	6.9%	6.5%	42.9%	42.1%
Threes above the break	15.4%	21.0%	40.3%	29.5%

He takes 29.8 free throws per 100 shots, from 27.4 last season.

What changed from last season

The drop is coming from fewer shots and his twos. His shots have moved closer to the basket: more at the rim, 26.8%, up from 17.4%, and fewer from three, 22.3%, down from 27.5%. He's 37 for 90 on threes, 41.1%, up from 32.5%, but he's making 47.9% of his twos, down from 53.2%, with fewer falling in the paint away from the rim (38.1%, down from 47.3%). More of his baskets come off a pass: 86.0% are assisted, up from 62.0%.

He's taking 7.9 shots a game, down from 11.6, and playing 24.4 minutes a game, down from 31.5. His usage rate is 17.5%, down from 19.6%.

With him on the floor

The Thunder have been outscored by 3.0 points per 100 possessions with him on the floor, 113.5 to 116.5, with garbage time left out. They're plus 8.4 overall.

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 11, 2024, a 105-101 loss at Dallas, playoffs

Gordon Hayward

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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 9.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.1 assists in 51 regular-season games.

Shot making: 0 points from the field on 1 shot1.3 fewer than the league scores from the same zones
He guarded: Jones: 3 poss, 0 pts
On the move: 0.24 miles4.58 mph on average7 touches
Rating: Performance Score −1.00.0% true shooting14.3% usage

His last game

His season

Career

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

All-Star once.

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3PM	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−	Honors
2015-16UTA	UTA	80	36.2	19.7	5.0	3.7	1.2	0.3	2.5	.433	1.8	.349	.824	.559	+1.2
2016-17UTA	UTA	73	34.5	21.9	5.4	3.5	1.0	0.3	1.9	.471	2.0	.398	.844	.595	+4.8	All-Star
2017-18BOS	BOS	1	5.3	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	.500	0.0	.000	–	.500	+3.0
2018-19BOS	BOS	72	25.9	11.5	4.5	3.4	0.9	0.3	1.5	.466	1.1	.333	.834	.575	+3.0
2019-20BOS	BOS	52	33.5	17.5	6.7	4.1	0.7	0.4	1.8	.500	1.6	.383	.855	.595	+6.4
2020-21CHA	CHA	44	34.0	19.6	5.9	4.1	1.2	0.3	2.1	.473	1.9	.415	.843	.584	+0.4
2021-22CHA	CHA	49	31.9	15.9	4.6	3.6	1.0	0.4	1.7	.459	1.8	.391	.846	.570	−0.4
2022-23CHA	CHA	50	31.5	14.7	4.3	4.1	0.8	0.2	2.0	.475	1.0	.325	.811	.563	−2.2
2023-242 teams	2 teams	51	24.4	9.8	3.5	3.1	0.8	0.3	1.3	.464	0.7	.411	.742	.548	−2.6
CHA	CHA	25	31.9	14.5	4.7	4.6	1.1	0.5	2.0	.468	0.9	.361	.765	.544	−5.3
OKC	OKC	26	17.2	5.3	2.5	1.6	0.5	0.0	0.6	.453	0.6	.517	.692	.560	−0.0
Career9 seasons	9 seasons	472	31.6	16.5	5.0	3.7	1.0	0.3	1.9	.465	1.5	.373	.829	.575	+1.6

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, 504 games since 2015-16

Best game+18.741 points on 15 for 19 shooting at San Antonio, Dec. 15, 2021The story Best four games+38.226.8 points a game, Feb. 1 to 8, 2017The story

Where his points come from

This season, against the league

Source	Hayward	NBA avg
Paint	44.0%	44.0%
Mid-range	16.0%	7.3%
Threes	22.2%	33.7%
Free throws	17.8%	14.9%
Fast break	14.2%	12.6%
Off turnovers	20.4%	14.4%
Unassisted makes	32.6%	36.8%

Who stops him, and who he stops

Every matchup since 2016-17

Toughest defenders on him

Khris Middleton

Hayward scored 40 points on 14 for 38 shooting in 340 possessions against him, over 18 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
April 12, 2024	4	2-2	17.3
March 24, 2024	0	0-0	1.7
Nov. 17, 2023	0	0-2	13.2
Jan. 31, 2023	2	1-1	5.1
Jan. 10, 2022	0	0-0	14.3
Jan. 8, 2022	2	1-3	12.6
Dec. 1, 2021	7	3-4	15.4
Jan. 30, 2021	7	3-5	26.3
July 31, 2020	2	0-4	33.5
Jan. 16, 2020	0	0-4	40.3
Oct. 30, 2019	0	0-0	3.5
May 8, 2019	2	1-2	18.3
May 6, 2019	0	0-0	17.4
May 3, 2019	5	1-4	29.6
April 30, 2019	0	0-1	32.5
April 28, 2019	0	0-2	16.2
Dec. 21, 2018	7	1-3	39.7
Nov. 1, 2018	2	1-1	3.3

Scorers he held down most

RJ Barrett

Scored 48 points on 20 for 47 shooting in 256 possessions with Hayward guarding him, over 10 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Nov. 28, 2023	2	0-3	26.5
Nov. 18, 2023	3	1-3	23.5
Nov. 12, 2023	11	3-4	28.5
March 7, 2023	8	4-8	27.9
Oct. 26, 2022	14	7-12	45.0
Jan. 17, 2022	2	1-2	17.5
Nov. 12, 2021	0	0-4	28.5
Jan. 11, 2021	4	2-5	17.8
Nov. 1, 2019	0	0-2	20.0
Oct. 26, 2019	4	2-4	21.0

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

2023-24, 51 games

Usage rate	17.5%
Assist rate	17.0%
Assists per turnover	2.39
Turnover rate (per 100 plays)	9.7
Offensive rating	112.0
Defensive rating	118.0
Net rating	−6.0
Offensive rebound rate	3.0%
Defensive rebound rate	11.6%
Effective FG%	51.0%
Fouls drawn a game	1.9

Not ranked: NBA ranks need 58+ games, and he has played 51.

Shot profile

Where he shoots, against the league

Zone	Hayward	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
At the rim	26.8%	29.6%	64.8%	66.3%
Paint (non-rim)	26.1%	19.7%	38.1%	44.1%
Mid-range	24.8%	11.2%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	FG	3P	FT	TO	PF	+/−
Apr 14	vs DAL	W135–86	21:42	10	4	2	0	0	4–6	0–1	2–3	2	2	+24
Apr 12	vs MIL	W125–107	25:41	6	6	2	2	0	3–4	0–0	0–1	1	0	+16
Apr 10	vs SAS	W127–89	19:49	18	1	0	1	0	6–8	2–3	4–6	3	1	+23
Apr 5	@ IND	L112–126	13:18	7	0	0	1	0	2–3	0–0	3–3	0	0	+4
Apr 3	@ BOS	L100–135

Stat	Avg	NBA rank
Deflections	1.4
Contested shots	3.7
Twos contested	2.5
Threes contested	1.2
Charges drawn	0.00
Loose balls recovered	0.6
Box outs	0.2
Screen assists	0.4
Points from screen assists	0.9

Per game	Hayward	NBA avg
Distance (miles)	1.90	1.93
Average speed (mph)	4.42	4.24
Touches	37.0	43.3
Passes	25.6	30.1
Potential assists	4.9	5.0
Secondary assists	0.4	0.4
Offensive rebound chances	1.6	2.7
Defensive rebound chances	4.7	6.0

Stat	Hayward	NBA avg
Rim shots defended per game

Split	GP	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
Location
Home	26	10.0	4.0	3.2	48.0%	44.7%	73.0%	56.8%	+0.3
Away	25	9.6	3.0	3.0	44.8%	37.2%	75.4%	52.9%	−5.7
Result

Corner three		6.9%	10.1%	42.9%	39.0%

Above-break three		15.4%	29.2%	40.3%	36.0%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	FT	TO	+/−
Apr 14	vs DAL	W135–86	21:42	10	4	2	4–6	0–1	2–3	2	+24
Apr 12	vs MIL	W125–107	25:41	6	6	2	3–4	0–0	0–1	1	+16
Apr 10	vs SAS	W127–89	19:49	18	1	0	6–8	2–3	4–6	3	+23
Apr 5	@ IND	L112–126	13:18	7	0	0	2–3	0–0	3–3	0	+4
Apr 3	@ BOS	L100–135	18:19	0	2	2	0–4	0–1	0–0	0	−28
Apr 2	@ PHI	L105–109	19:36	7	2	2	3–5	1–2	0–0	0	−3
Mar 31	@ NYK	W113–112	11:10	5	1	0	2–5	1–2	0–0	0	−10
Mar 29	vs PHX	W128–103	10:43	4	1	2	2–5	0–1	0–0	0	+6
Mar 27	vs HOU	L126–132	21:35	13	2	1	4–7	3–3	2–4	0	−6
Mar 26	@ NOP	W119–112	10:00	0	0	0	0–2	0–0	0–0	0	−19

Month

Oct

14.7

5.7

5.3

47.1%

57.1%

80.0%

57.3%

−1.0

Nov

13.6

5.2

4.5

41.2%

29.4%

72.1%

48.1%

−5.8

Dec

15.7

3.6

4.6

56.1%

40.0%

82.1%

63.9%

−6.0

Feb

2.6

3.8

0.8

25.0%

—

100.0%

30.5%

−0.4

Mar

5.1

2.0

44.6%

54.5%

65.2%

58.2%

−2.3

Apr

8.0

2.5

1.3

60.0%

42.9%

69.2%

67.2%

+6.0

Distance	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Under 8 ft	89–156	38.7%	41.4%	57.1%	59.8%
8–16 ft	46–106	26.3%	13.4%	43.4%	44.3%
16–24 ft	15–51	12.7%	5.7%	29.4%	40.7%
24+ ft	37–90	22.3%	39.3%	41.1%	36.8%

Type	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Dunks	19–21	5.2%	6.0%	90.5%	89.1%
Layups	48–86	21.3%	27.4%	55.8%	56.8%
Floaters	28–55	13.6%	8.4%	50.9%	44.9%
Hooks	1–3	0.7%	3.0%	33.3%	47.3%
Pull-up jumpers	27–65	16.1%	13.2%	41.5%	39.5%
Step-backs	6–25	6.2%	5.1%	24.0%	38.2%
Turnarounds and fadeaways	11–42	10.4%	5.2%	26.2%	41.7%
Other jump shots	47–106	26.3%	31.8%	44.3%	37.9%

Gordon Hayward

Inside his season

Tonight at Sacramento

His passing

Where his shots come from

What changed from last season

With him on the floor

Inside his season

His last game

His last game

His season

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

Rim defense

Pick your games

Splits

Last 10 games

By distance

By shot type

Clutch

Trends

Career bests

Who stops him, and who he stops

Toughest defenders on him

Scorers he held down most

Inside his season

Tonight at Sacramento

His passing

Where his shots come from

What changed from last season

With him on the floor

His last game