Ish Smith Stats, Shot Chart & Advanced Analytics — 2023-24

Inside his season

Through Feb. 7

Smith's assists have fallen the most of his numbers this season, to 9.4 per 100 possessions from 11.9.

He's averaging 3.2 points a game on 43.5% true shooting. He's making 41.3% of his twos, and takes 2.5 free throws per 100 shots.

He takes 38.2% of his shots in the paint outside the restricted area and is 23 for 60 there.

He has 37.5% of the Hornets' assists while he's on the floor. Miles Bridges finishes the most of them.

Tonight at the Clippers

Last time, Dec. 26, 2023: 4 points on 2 for 4 shooting, 4 assists and 1 rebound in a 113-104 loss.
In 16 games against the Clippers, he has averaged 7.1 points, 4.3 assists and 2.4 rebounds.
Of the Clippers, Russell Westbrook has guarded him the most in their careers: 93 possessions over 11 games. Smith has 13 points on 6 for 7 shooting against him, well under his usual scoring rate.

His passing

22.5

points his passes create per 100 possessions he plays

Finishing them: Miles Bridges 34, P.J. Washington 27, Brandon Miller 26.
39% of the baskets he set up were threes.

Where his shots come from

Zone	Share	Made
At the rim	28.0%	43.2%
Rest of the paint	38.2%	38.3%
Midrange	29.3%	43.5%
Corner threes	0.6%	100.0%
Threes above the break	3.8%	50.0%

59.1% of his baskets were unassisted.

With him on the floor

The Hornets have been outscored by 19.5 points per 100 possessions with him on the floor, 103.2 to 122.7, with garbage time left out. They're minus 11.4 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

Feb. 7, 2024, a 123-117 loss to Toronto

Ish Smith

15:50 min

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

Before this game he averaged 3.3 points, 1.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 42 regular-season games.

Shot making: 0 points from the field on 5 shots4.4 fewer than the league scores from the same zones
Guarded by: Schröder: 14 poss, 0 ptsBrown: 5 poss, 0 ptsDick: 3 poss, 0 pts
He guarded: Schröder: 15 poss, 4 ptsBrown: 3 poss, 2 ptsDick: 3 poss, 0 pts
On the move: 1.32 miles4.57 mph on average34 touches
Hustle: 2 deflections3 shots contested2 screen assists
Rating: Performance Score −4.10.0% true shooting12.5% usage

His last game

His season

Career

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

Champion once.

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3PM	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−	Honors
2015-162 teams	2 teams	77	29.1	12.6	4.0	6.5	1.1	0.3	2.3	.411	0.7	.329	.693	.465	−4.5
NOP	NOP	27	22.9	8.9	3.4	5.7	0.9	0.2	1.7	.430	0.4	.303	.767	.484	−1.2
PHI	PHI	50	32.4	14.7	4.3	7.0	1.3	0.4	2.6	.405	0.9	.336	.669	.460	−6.3
2016-17DET	DET	81	24.1	9.4	2.9	5.2	0.8	0.4	1.4	.439	0.3	.267	.706	.477	+0.6
2017-18DET	DET	82	24.9	10.9	2.7	4.4	0.8	0.2	1.3	.486	0.4	.347	.698	.525	+0.5
2018-19DET	DET	56	22.3	8.9	2.6	3.6	0.5	0.2	1.1	.419	0.8	.326	.758	.485	+1.5
2019-20WAS	WAS	68	26.3	10.9	3.2	4.9	0.9	0.4	1.4	.447	0.9	.367	.721	.509	−2.1
2020-21WAS	WAS	44	21.0	6.7	3.4	3.9	0.7	0.3	0.9	.434	0.4	.367	.576	.473	+1.2
2021-222 teams	2 teams	65	17.3	6.3	2.2	3.8	0.7	0.4	1.2	.430	0.4	.373	.625	.465	−2.4
CHA	CHA	37	13.8	4.5	1.5	2.6	0.5	0.3	1.0	.395	0.3	.400	.632	.434	−2.6
WAS	WAS	28	22.0	8.6	3.0	5.2	1.0	0.5	1.5	.457	0.5	.357	.600	.489	−2.1
2022-23DEN	DEN	43	9.3	2.5	1.3	2.3	0.2	0.2	1.0	.397	0.0	.167	.500	.407	−0.8	Champion
2023-24CHA	CHA	43	17.2	3.2	1.8	3.4	0.4	0.1	1.1	.418	0.1	.500	.750	.435	−6.5
Career9 seasons	9 seasons	559	22.3	8.6	2.8	4.4	0.7	0.3	1.4	.437	0.5	.336	.697	.484	−1.3

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, 574 games since 2015-16

Best game+14.226 points on 9 for 9 shooting at Toronto, Dec. 20, 2019The story Best four games+21.117.3 points a game, Nov. 20 to 27, 2015Last game

Where his points come from

This season, against the league

Source	Smith	NBA avg
Paint	60.4%	44.0%
Mid-range	28.8%	7.3%
Threes	8.6%	33.7%
Free throws	2.2%	14.9%
Fast break	11.5%	12.6%
Off turnovers	14.4%	14.4%
Unassisted makes	59.1%	36.8%

Who stops him, and who he stops

Every matchup since 2016-17

Toughest defenders on him

D.J. Augustin

Smith scored 14 points on 6 for 33 shooting in 257 possessions against him, over 12 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
March 19, 2022	0	0-1	19.0
March 11, 2022	1	0-1	20.0
Jan. 8, 2020	5	2-6	25.6
Jan. 1, 2020	2	1-5	39.8
Dec. 3, 2019	0	0-2	18.0
Nov. 17, 2019	2	1-5	27.8
March 28, 2019	0	0-2	16.1
Jan. 16, 2019	0	0-1	6.7
Nov. 7, 2018	0	0-1	9.7
March 2, 2018	2	1-6	40.8
Dec. 28, 2017	0	0-1	9.5
Dec. 17, 2017	2	1-2	23.8

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, 43 games

Usage rate	11.9%
Assist rate	26.8%
Assists per turnover	3.09
Turnover rate (per 100 plays)	13.4
Offensive rating	101.7
Defensive rating	119.2
Net rating	−17.5
Offensive rebound rate	1.4%
Defensive rebound rate	9.4%
Effective FG%	43.0%
Fouls drawn a game	0.3

Not ranked: NBA ranks need 58+ games, and he has played 43.

Shot profile

Where he shoots, against the league

Zone	Smith	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
At the rim	27.8%	29.6%	43.2%	66.3%
Paint (non-rim)	38.0%	19.7%	38.3%	44.1%
Mid-range	29.1%	11.2%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	FG	3P	FT	TO	PF	+/−
Feb 7	vs TOR	L117–123	15:50	0	2	4	1	0	0–5	0–0	0–0	0	1	−1
Feb 5	vs LAL	L118–124	34:11	8	2	6	2	0	4–9	0–0	0–0	2	2	−10
Feb 4	vs IND	L99–115	25:54	3	3	4	0	0	1–3	1–1	0–0	2	3	−30
Feb 2	@ OKC	L106–126	15:39	2	1	3	1	0	1–4	0–0	0–0	1	1	−18
Jan 31	vs CHI	L110–117

Stat	Avg	NBA rank
Deflections	0.9
Contested shots	1.9
Twos contested	0.5
Threes contested	1.4
Charges drawn	0.08
Loose balls recovered	0.5
Box outs	0.1
Screen assists	0.5
Points from screen assists	1.2

Per game	Smith	NBA avg
Distance (miles)	1.40	1.93
Average speed (mph)	4.58	4.24
Touches	33.8	43.3
Passes	28.3	30.1
Potential assists	6.1	5.0
Secondary assists	0.3	0.4
Offensive rebound chances	0.8	2.7
Defensive rebound chances	3.4	6.0

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	FT	TO	+/−
Feb 7	vs TOR	L117–123	15:50	0	2	4	0–5	0–0	0–0	0	−1
Feb 5	vs LAL	L118–124	34:11	8	2	6	4–9	0–0	0–0	2	−10
Feb 4	vs IND	L99–115	25:54	3	3	4	1–3	1–1	0–0	2	−30
Feb 2	@ OKC	L106–126	15:39	2	1	3	1–4	0–0	0–0	1	−18
Jan 31	vs CHI	L110–117	15:56	3	0	2	1–3	1–1	0–0	0	−1
Jan 29	vs NYK	L92–113	11:11	0	0	3	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	−11
Jan 27	vs UTA	L122–134	28:41	0	3	12	0–5	0–0	0–0	0	−11
Jan 26	vs HOU	L104–138	19:48	0	5	2	0–3	0–0	0–0	1	−24
Jan 24	@ DET	L106–113	12:43	2	4	5	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	+16
Jan 22	@ MIN	W128–125	10:40	6	1	1	3–3	0–0	0–0	0	−6

Under 8 ft	27–64	40.5%	41.4%	42.2%	59.8%
8–16 ft	25–65	41.1%	13.4%	38.5%	44.3%
16–24 ft	10–21	13.3%	5.7%	47.6%	40.7%
24+ ft	4–7	4.4%	39.3%	57.1%	36.8%
Backcourt	0–1	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	2.4%

Ish Smith

Inside his season

Tonight at the Clippers

His passing

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

Who stops him, and who he stops

Toughest defenders on him

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

Who stops him, and who he stops

Toughest defenders on him

His last game

Inside his season

Tonight at the Clippers

His passing

Where his shots come from

With him on the floor

Split	GP	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
Location
Home	22	3.0	1.7	3.7	36.6%	80.0%	100.0%	39.8%	−5.4
Away	21	3.5	1.9	3.0	47.4%	0.0%	50.0%	47.5%	−7.7
Result

Type	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Dunks	0–0	0.0%	6.0%	—	89.1%
Layups	18–40	25.3%	27.4%	45.0%	56.8%
Floaters	5–16	10.1%	8.4%	31.3%	44.9%
Hooks	3–3	1.9%	3.0%	100.0%	47.3%
Pull-up jumpers	23–58	36.7%	13.2%	39.7%	39.5%
Step-backs	4–8	5.1%	5.1%	50.0%	38.2%
Turnarounds and fadeaways	11–26	16.5%	5.2%	42.3%	41.7%
Other jump shots	2–7	4.4%	31.8%	28.6%	37.9%

Month
Nov	11	3.2	1.7	2.1	54.8%	50.0%	—	56.5%	−6.2
Dec	13	3.9	1.3	4.2	50.0%	50.0%	100.0%	52.2%	−4.9
Jan	15	2.7	2.1	3.4	32.8%	33.3%	50.0%	34.0%	−5.9
Feb	4	3.3	2.0	4.3	28.6%	100.0%	—	31.0%	−14.8