Ivica Zubac Stats, Shot Chart & Advanced Analytics — IND 2026-27

Inside his season

Through Nov. 13

Zubac is 183rd in the site's Player Rankings, at −1.1 points per 100 possessions against an average player, after 105th last season.

He's grabbing 13.7 rebounds per 36 minutes.

Tonight at Philadelphia

Last time, Feb. 2: 8 points on 3 for 3 shooting, 2 assists and 9 rebounds in a 128-113 loss.
In 16 games against the 76ers, he has averaged 9.6 points, 1.9 assists and 8.3 rebounds.
Of the 76ers, Joel Embiid has guarded him the most in their careers: 239 possessions over 8 games. Zubac has 34 points on 15 for 21 shooting against him, well under his usual scoring rate.
On the 76ers' injury report as of Nov. 15: Joel Embiid (out).

Where his shots come from

Zone	Share	Last season	Made	Last season
At the rim	68.8%	54.6%	70.5%	68.8%
Rest of the paint	29.7%	42.9%	26.3%	49.3%
Midrange	1.6%	2.5%	0.0%	41.7%
Corner threes	0.0%	0.0%
Threes above the break	0.0%	0.0%

He's taking 68.8% of his shots at the rim, up from 54.6% last season.
He takes 31.3 free throws per 100 shots, from 29.5 last season.

His work inside

He's blocking 1.2 shots per 36 minutes.
He's taking 68.8% of his shots at the rim, and he's 31 for 44 there, 70.5% (the league: 65.6%).

With him on the floor

The Pacers have been outscored by 3.8 points per 100 possessions with him on the floor, 111.6 to 115.4, with garbage time left out. They're minus 2.2 overall.

What changed from last season shows after nine games and 200 minutes.

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

Nov. 13, a 106-104 win over New York

Ivica Zubac

25:46 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 10.6 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 7 regular-season games.

Shot making: 12 points from the field on 12 shots2.9 fewer than the league scores from the same zones
Biggest shot: Made a tip-in4th quarter, 9:22 leftchance to win 54% to 58%
Guarded by: Towns: 32 poss, 4 ptsDrummond: 7 poss, 4 pts
He guarded: Towns: 29 poss, 7 ptsDrummond: 6 poss, 0 ptsAnunoby: 4 poss, 0 pts
On the move: 1.71 miles3.99 mph on average31 touches
Hustle: 7 shots contested2 box-outs1 screen assist
Rating: Performance Score +5.7+0.05 wins added50.0% true shooting18.3% usage

His last game

His season

2026-27 so far, 8 games

Best game: 10 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists against Denver on Nov. 7, +6.1.Box score

Impact

His Player Rankings card

−1.1

points per 100 possessions against an average player, from this season’s lineup data

183rd of 271 players with 317 possessions or more, likely 72nd to 249th.
Offense −0.8 (186th), defense −0.3 (158th).
0.1 wins added so far over a replacement player, likely −0.2 to 0.4, 214th in the league.
The Pacers are 1.8 points per 100 worse with him on the floor than off it (402 and 934 possessions).
8 games in, his box score, minutes and team’s results this season are about 95% of the rating; nothing carries over from last season. Counting last season, he would be at 0.0, 117th.

His season

His game

Regular seasons

Zubac has taken 1,025 hook shots since 2021-22, the most in the NBA, and made 57.0% of them (the league: 48.4%).

Putbacks have been 21% of his shots since 2019-20, four times the league’s rate, and he has made 53.8% of them (the league: 60.4%).

He catches the ball in the paint 11.6 times a game, more than anyone but Domantas Sabonis and Jalen Duren since 2025-26.

He grabs 3.4 offensive rebounds a game, the ninth-most in the NBA since 2025-26.

Career

11 seasons

All-Defensive once.

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−	Honors
2016-17LAL	LAL	38	16.0	7.5	4.2	0.8	0.4	0.9	0.8	.529	.000	.653	.547	−3.6
2017-18LAL	LAL	43	9.5	3.7	2.9	0.6	0.2	0.3	0.6	.500	.000	.765	.557	+0.9
2018-192 teams	2 teams	59	17.6	8.9	6.1	1.1	0.2	0.9	1.2	.559	–	.802	.604	+0.7
LAL	LAL	33	15.6	8.5	4.9	0.8	0.1	0.8	1.0	.580	–	.864	.633	+0.7
LAC	LAC	26	20.1	9.4	7.7	1.5	0.4	0.9	1.4	.538	–	.733	.574	+0.7
2019-20LAC	LAC	72	18.4	8.3	7.5	1.1	0.2	0.9	0.8	.613	.000	.747	.651	+3.2
2020-21LAC	LAC	72	22.3	9.0	7.2	1.3	0.3	0.9	1.1	.652	.250	.789	.693	+2.5
2021-22LAC	LAC	76	24.4	10.3	8.5	1.6	0.5	1.0	1.5	.626	–	.727	.660	−1.7
2022-23LAC	LAC	76	28.5	10.8	9.9	1.0	0.4	1.3	1.5	.634	.000	.697	.661	−0.4
2023-24LAC	LAC	68	26.4	11.7	9.2	1.4	0.3	1.2	1.2	.649	–	.723	.671	+2.7
2024-25LAC	LAC	80	32.8	16.8	12.6	2.7	0.7	1.1	1.6	.628	–	.661	.641	+6.4	All-Defensive 2nd
2025-262 teams	2 teams	48	30.1	14.1	10.6	2.2	0.4	0.8	1.8	.598	–	.711	.622	−1.0
LAC	LAC	43	30.9	14.4	11.0	2.2	0.4	0.8	1.9	.613	–	.705	.635	−0.0
IND	IND	5	23.7	11.6	7.2	1.8	0.4	0.8	0.8	.472	–	.800	.505	−8.8
2026-27so farIND, so far	IND	8	23.4	10.8	8.9	1.6	0.0	0.8	1.6	.563	–	.700	.591	−1.9
Career11 seasons	11 seasons	640	23.5	10.5	8.3	1.4	0.4	1.0	1.3	.613	.083	.724	.642	+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, 694 games

Best game+18.231 points, 29 rebounds and 3 blocks on 14 for 17 shooting against Indiana, Nov. 27, 2022The story Best four games+36.620.8 points a game, April 4 to 9, 2025The story

Why his scoring moved

2025-26 to 2026-27

Down 3.4 points a game from last season, in 8 games. Fewer minutes (23.4 a game, down from 30.1) cost 2.7, colder shooting from the same spots 1.0.

The numbers behind it

Part	2025-26	2026-27	Points
Minutes a game	30.1	23.4	−2.7
Shots per 36 minutes	12.0	12.3	+0.3
His shots’ worth at the league’s rates, points a shot	1.12	1.18	+0.5
His points a shot over the league’s from the same spots	+0.08	−0.05	−1.0
Free throws made a game	2.1	1.8	−0.4
Points a game	14.1	10.8	−3.4

Share of his shots	2025-26	2026-27
At the rim	55%	69%
Paint	43%	30%
Midrange	2%	2%
Corner 3	0%	0%
Above the break 3	0%	0%

Each part is what it moved with the others held still, so they add up to the change: minutes at last season’s shots a minute and making, then shots a minute, then the kind of shots he takes (each zone at the league’s rate this season), then how well he made them against the league from the same zones, then free throws. Regular seasons only.

Where his points come from

This season, against the league

Source	Zubac	NBA avg
Paint	83.7%	41.2%
Mid-range	0.0%	6.3%
Threes	0.0%	35.2%
Free throws	16.3%	17.2%
Fast break	4.7%	12.7%
Off turnovers	9.3%	16.2%
Unassisted makes	33.3%	34.8%

Who stops him, and who he stops

Every matchup his career

Toughest defenders on him

Bam Adebayo

Zubac scored 33 points on 15 for 28 shooting in 360 possessions against him, over 15 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Dec. 1, 2025	0	0-2	31.2
Nov. 3, 2025	0	0-2	39.4
March 12, 2025	7	3-4	40.4
Feb. 4, 2024	0	0-1	20.4
Jan. 1, 2024	2	1-2	24.9
Jan. 2, 2023	4	2-3	33.6
Dec. 8, 2022	2	1-1	38.7
Jan. 28, 2022	1	0-1	29.8
Nov. 11, 2021	3	1-2	36.4
Feb. 15, 2021	6	3-3	19.3
Jan. 28, 2021	2	1-1	13.4
Feb. 5, 2020	4	2-2	9.5
Jan. 24, 2020	0	0-2	5.2
March 16, 2018	2	1-1	4.9
March 1, 2018	0	0-1	12.8

Jarrett Allen

Zubac scored 23 points on 11 for 33 shooting in 272 possessions against him, over 11 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
March 30, 2025	0	0-2	37.5
March 18, 2025	11	5-6	40.2
April 7, 2024	6	3-4	23.5
Jan. 29, 2023	0	0-0	21.1
Nov. 7, 2022	2	1-5	38.3
Oct. 27, 2021	0	0-1	24.3
Feb. 14, 2021	0	0-0	5.3
Feb. 3, 2021	0	0-2	29.4
Aug. 9, 2020	4	2-5	33.9
March 17, 2019	0	0-7	16.1
Dec. 18, 2018	0	0-1	2.5

Anthony Davis

Zubac scored 37 points on 16 for 32 shooting in 322 possessions against him, over 17 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Nov. 11, 2026	4	2-3	21.2
April 5, 2025	4	2-2	13.0
Jan. 19, 2025	4	1-5	34.6
Jan. 7, 2024	4	2-3	43.9
Nov. 1, 2023	2	1-3	27.7
April 5, 2023	1	0-4	30.8
Nov. 9, 2022	6	3-3	39.2
Oct. 20, 2022	4	2-2	42.0
Dec. 3, 2021	2	0-1	10.5
May 6, 2021	0	0-0	0.9
Dec. 22, 2020	0	0-0	4.9
July 30, 2020	0	0-0	3.4
March 8, 2020

Scorers he held down most

Steven Adams

Scored 33 points on 13 for 27 shooting in 266 possessions with Zubac guarding him, over 16 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Dec. 11, 2025	0	0-0	12.2
Dec. 8, 2024	0	0-0	8.1
Nov. 15, 2024	0	0-0	4.5
Feb. 8, 2022	7	2-3	22.5
Nov. 18, 2021	2	1-4	28.9
Oct. 23, 2021	4	1-1	28.5
March 14, 2021	4	2-2	5.0
Jan. 13, 2021	2	1-1	6.2
Aug. 14, 2020	0	0-1	8.2
March 3, 2020	0	0-2	20.5
Dec. 22, 2019	4	2-4	17.8
Nov. 18, 2019	2	1-3	17.9

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

2026-27, 8 games

Usage rate	18.6%
Assist rate	9.4%
Assists per turnover	1.00
Turnover rate (per 100 plays)	13.1
Offensive rating	109.9
Defensive rating	113.4
Net rating	−3.4
Offensive rebound rate	14.8%
Defensive rebound rate	22.8%
Effective FG%	56.3%
Fouls drawn a game	2.9

Not ranked: NBA ranks need 10+ games at this point of the season, and he has played 8.

Shot profile

Where he shoots, against the league

Zone	Zubac	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
At the rim	68.8%	27.7%	70.5%	65.6%
Paint (non-rim)	29.7%	19.0%	26.3%	44.4%
Mid-range	1.6%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	FG	3P	FT	TO	PF	+/−
Nov 13	vs NYK	W106–104	25:46	12	13	1	0	1	6–12	0–0	0–0	1	0	+4
Nov 11	vs WAS	W114–101	31:22	20	12	1	0	2	9–15	0–0	2–2	2	2	+9
Nov 9	@ DAL	L122–125	27:33	16	3	0	0	0	5–7	0–0	6–8	1	1	+6
Nov 7	vs DEN	L102–114	19:00	10	12	5	0	0	4–5	0–0	2–2	2	4	−6
Nov 4	@ MEM	W107–103

Distance	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Under 8 ft	35–60	93.8%	38.9%	58.3%	59.1%
8–16 ft	1–4	6.3%	13.4%	25.0%	43.9%
16–24 ft	0–0	0.0%	4.6%	—	39.0%
24+ ft	0–0	0.0%	43.1%	—	35.1%

Stat	Avg	NBA rank
Deflections	0.1
Contested shots	6.4
Twos contested	5.1
Threes contested	1.3
Charges drawn	0.00
Loose balls recovered	0.0
Box outs	1.9
Screen assists	1.6
Points from screen assists	3.8

Per game	Zubac	NBA avg
Distance (miles)	1.60	1.76
Average speed (mph)	4.14	4.43
Touches	36.3	38.0
Passes	25.6	29.0
Potential assists	3.0	4.9
Secondary assists	0.1	0.4
Offensive rebound chances	8.0	2.6
Defensive rebound chances	9.3	5.9

Stat	Zubac	NBA avg
Rim shots defended per game

Split	GP	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
Location
Home	3	13.7	12.0	1.3	55.9%	—	75.0%	57.3%	−3.3
Away	4	8.8	5.8	1.0	52.0%	—	64.3%	56.2%	+0.3
Neutral site	1	10.0	12.0	5.0	80.0%	—

Corner three		0.0%	11.7%	—	36.1%

Above-break three		0.0%	31.4%	—	34.8%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	FT	TO	+/−
Nov 13	vs NYK	W106–104	25:46	12	13	1	6–12	0–0	0–0	1	+4
Nov 11	vs WAS	W114–101	31:22	20	12	1	9–15	0–0	2–2	2	+9
Nov 9	@ DAL	L122–125	27:33	16	3	0	5–7	0–0	6–8	1	+6
Nov 7	vs DEN	L102–114	19:00	10	12	5	4–5	0–0	2–2	2	−6
Nov 4	@ MEM	W107–103	18:47	1	4	2	0–5	0–0	1–2	2	−22
Oct 25	@ BKN	W136–109	7:03	2	1	2	1–1	0–0	0–0	1	+6
Oct 23	vs DAL	L105–121	23:39	9	11	2	4–7	0–0	1–2	3	−23
Oct 21	@ NOP	W123–120	33:38	16	15	0	7–12	0–0	2–4	1	+11

Layups	17–28	43.8%	25.7%	60.7%	56.0%

Floaters	2–5	7.8%	8.8%	40.0%	45.3%

Hooks	5–16	25.0%	2.1%	31.3%	47.5%

Pull-up jumpers	0–0	0.0%	13.7%	—	37.6%

Step-backs	0–0	0.0%	5.2%	—	37.9%

Result

Wins

10.2

9.0

1.2

51.1%

—

62.5%

52.6%

+1.6

Losses

11.7

8.7

2.3

68.4%

—

75.0%

72.1%

−7.7

Month

Oct

9.0

1.3

60.0%

—

50.0%

59.6%

−2.0

Nov

11.8

8.8

1.8

54.5%

—

78.6%

58.8%

−1.8

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Jan. 22, 2026	4	2-4	22.0
Jan. 16, 2025	4	2-6	24.2
Dec. 3, 2024	6	3-4	33.4
Oct. 30, 2024	13	6-12	35.2
March 20, 2024	4	2-8	31.7
Oct. 25, 2023	0	0-2	22.7
April 25, 2023	7	3-11	28.3
April 22, 2023	6	3-7	29.2
April 20, 2023	0	0-0	20.6
April 18, 2023	4	2-3	27.0
April 16, 2023	12	5-13	30.4
Feb. 16, 2023	10	4-8	31.0
Oct. 23, 2022	4	2-4	22.4
Feb. 15, 2022	6	3-6	32.0
June 26, 2021	4	2-5	39.6
June 24, 2021	10	5-8	40.6
June 22, 2021	18	9-12	43.1
June 20, 2021	0	0-1	21.1
April 28, 2021	4	2-7	29.6
April 8, 2021	12	6-7	31.3
Jan. 3, 2021	8	3-3	21.4
Aug. 4, 2020	13	6-14	36.6
Feb. 26, 2020	6	3-6	24.8
Dec. 17, 2019	8	4-12	27.7
Feb. 13, 2019	4	2-6	25.0

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Nov. 9, 2026	5	2-3	23.8
Oct. 23, 2026	0	0-1	22.9
Nov. 14, 2025	6	2-3	35.5
April 4, 2025	0	0-2	15.6
Dec. 21, 2024	9	3-3	17.8
Dec. 19, 2024	0	0-1	12.2
May 3, 2024	9	4-6	25.0
May 1, 2024	1	0-0	11.3
April 28, 2024	0	0-1	13.8
April 26, 2024	6	3-3	22.3
April 23, 2024	0	0-1	10.0
April 21, 2024	2	1-2	12.4
March 9, 2022	4	2-2	15.5
Jan. 25, 2022	6	2-3	8.3
Jan. 10, 2021	0	0-0	15.5

Ivica Zubac

Inside his season

Tonight at Philadelphia

Where his shots come from

His work inside

With him on the floor

Inside his season

His last game

His last game

His season

Impact

His season

His game

Career

Career bests

Why his scoring moved

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

By distance

By shot type

Hustle

Movement and touches

Rim defense

Pick your games

Splits

Last 8 games

Clutch

Trends

Why his scoring moved

Who stops him, and who he stops

Toughest defenders on him

Scorers he held down most

His game

Career bests

His last game

His season

Impact

Inside his season

Tonight at Philadelphia

Where his shots come from

His work inside

With him on the floor