LaMelo Ball Stats, Shot Chart & Advanced Analytics — MIN 2026-27

Inside his season

Through Nov. 14

Ball is 26th in the site's Player Rankings, at +2.4 points per 100 possessions against an average player, after 18th last season, and his assists have fallen the most, to 10.4 per 100 possessions from 12.3.

He's averaging 18.6 points a game, down from 20.1 last season, and his true shooting is 57.9%, up from 54.6%.

He has 38.4% of the Timberwolves' assists while he's on the floor, down from 42.9% last season. Jaden McDaniels finishes the most of them.

Last night against the Bulls

The Bulls beat the Timberwolves 117-106.Box score

He had 19 points on 7 for 25 shooting, 6 assists, 8 rebounds and 4 steals in 30 minutes.

Tomorrow against the Trail Blazers

Last time, March 10: 14 points on 6 for 16 shooting, 4 assists and 4 rebounds in a 103-101 win.
In 7 games against the Trail Blazers, he has averaged 20.7 points, 5.9 assists and 5.4 rebounds.
Of the Trail Blazers, Jrue Holiday has guarded him the most in their careers: 220 possessions over 10 games. Ball has 53 points on 20 for 49 shooting against him, well under his usual scoring rate.
The Trail Blazers have held him to 8 for 20 on floaters since 2024-25.

His passing

24.6

points his passes create per 100 possessions he plays, from 30.4 last season

Finishing them: Jaden McDaniels 26, Jonathan Kuminga 15, Anthony Edwards 10.
33% of the baskets he set up were threes.

Where his shots come from

Zone	Share	Last season	Made	Last season
At the rim	13.9%	14.2%	70.4%	57.1%
Rest of the paint	18.0%	20.1%	45.7%	42.0%
Midrange	4.1%	6.2%	37.5%	36.4%
Corner threes	6.2%	7.7%	33.3%	42.7%
Threes above the break	57.7%	51.8%	38.4%	35.9%

He takes 16.4 free throws per 100 shots, from 14.4 last season.

What changed from last season

More of his shots are coming from three, 63.9%, up from 59.5%. More of his shots are going in: he's making 54.3% of his twos, up from 46.4%, with more falling at the rim (70.4%, 19 for 27, up from 57.1%). He's making more of his own baskets: 61.2% are unassisted, up from 54.9%.

He's taking 15.0 shots a game, down from 17.3. His usage rate is 28.4%, down from 30.6%.

With him on the floor

The Timberwolves have outscored teams by 17.9 points per 100 possessions with him on the floor, 117.5 to 99.6, with garbage time left out. They're plus 12.9 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

Nov. 14, a 117-106 loss to Chicago

LaMelo Ball

1-2 FT29:51 min

Points1st 42nd 63rd 04th 9

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

Season high in steals (4; his best before, 3). Before this game he averaged 18.6 points, 3.3 rebounds and 6.3 assists in 12 regular-season games.

Shot making: 18 points from the field on 25 shots8.9 fewer than the league scores from the same zones
Biggest shot: Made a pull-up 3-pointer4th quarter, 7:47 leftchance to win 20% to 28%
Rating: Performance Score −1.9+0.11 wins added36.7% true shooting37.5% usage

His last game

His season

2026-27 so far, 13 games

Best game: 22 points and 9 assists against Dallas on Nov. 12, +9.0.Box score

Impact

His Player Rankings card

+2.4

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

26th of 271 players with 317 possessions or more, likely 12th to 146th.
Offense +1.9 (28th), defense +0.6 (78th).
1.0 wins added so far over a replacement player, likely 0.4 to 1.6, 33rd in the league.
The Timberwolves are 17.0 points per 100 better with him on the floor than off it (774 and 579 possessions).
13 games in, his box score, minutes and team’s results this season are about 90% of the rating; nothing carries over from last season. Counting last season, he would be at +4.9, 5th.

His season

His game

Regular seasons

Step-back 3-pointers have been 13% of Ball’s shots since 2024-25, three times the league’s rate, and he has made 37.0% of them (the league: 34.0%).

Pull-up 3-pointers have been 17% of his shots since 2022-23, more than twice the league’s rate, and he has made 33.8% of them (the league: 33.6%).

Floaters have been 17% of his shots since 2021-22, more than twice the league’s rate, and he has made 46.0% of them (the league: 45.2%).

He makes 3.7 unassisted baskets a game, not counting putbacks, the 25th-most in the NBA since 2025-26, between Dillon Brooks and Jalen Williams.

Career

7 seasons

All-Star once, Rookie of the Year once.

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3PM	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−	Honors
2020-21CHA	CHA	51	28.8	15.7	5.9	6.1	1.6	0.4	2.8	.436	1.8	.352	.758	.539	−1.7	Rookie of the YearAll-Rookie 1st
2021-22CHA	CHA	75	32.3	20.1	6.7	7.6	1.6	0.4	3.3	.429	2.9	.389	.872	.554	+1.3	All-Star
2022-23CHA	CHA	36	35.2	23.3	6.4	8.4	1.3	0.3	3.6	.411	4.0	.376	.836	.541	−4.2
2023-24CHA	CHA	22	32.3	23.9	5.1	8.0	1.8	0.2	3.8	.433	3.2	.355	.865	.561	−6.3
2024-25CHA	CHA	47	32.0	25.2	4.9	7.4	1.1	0.3	3.6	.405	3.8	.339	.843	.536	−2.8
2025-26CHA	CHA	72	28.0	20.1	4.8	7.1	1.2	0.2	2.8	.407	3.8	.368	.899	.546	+5.8
2026-27so farMIN, so far	MIN	13	27.7	18.6	3.6	6.2	1.9	0.1	3.8	.436	3.6	.376	.781	.579	+10.5
NBA rank			99th	45th	143rd	20th	10th	255th		84th		80th	70th	66th	9th
Career7 seasons	7 seasons	316	30.9	20.7	5.6	7.3	1.4	0.3	3.2	.419	3.2	.366	.845	.547	+0.5

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, 320 games

Best game+22.931 points, 12 assists and 4 steals on 10 for 14 shooting at Detroit, Feb. 11, 2022The story Best four games+32.824.8 points a game, March 17 to 24, 2026The story

Where his points come from

This season, against the league

Source	Ball	NBA avg
Paint	28.9%	41.2%
Mid-range	2.5%	6.3%
Threes	58.3%	35.2%
Free throws	10.3%	17.2%
Fast break	6.2%	12.7%
Off turnovers	12.0%	16.2%
Unassisted makes	61.2%	34.8%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	FG	3P	FT	TO	PF	+/−
Nov 14	vs CHI	L106–117	29:51	19	8	6	4	0	7–25	4–19	1–2	1	6	−3
Nov 12	vs DAL	W133–94	25:19	22	3	9	2	0	8–14	6–10	0–0	4	1	+24
Nov 8	vs UTA	W115–100	29:41	24	3	5	2	0	10–20	4–10	0–0	5	3	−3
Nov 6	@ NOP	W115–109	35:20	22	2	8	0	0	7–15	3–8	5–5	3	3	+23
Nov 4	@ HOU	W117–107

Stat	Avg	NBA rank
Deflections	3.0	21st
Contested shots	1.7	243rd
Twos contested	1.1	217th
Threes contested	0.6	247th
Charges drawn	0.00	75th
Loose balls recovered	0.6	32nd
Box outs	0.5	118th
Screen assists	0.1	245th
Points from screen assists	0.2	219th

Per game	Ball	NBA avg
Distance (miles)	2.10	1.76
Average speed (mph)	4.59	4.43
Touches	63.0	38.0
Passes	45.8	29.0
Potential assists	8.6

Split	GP	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
Location
Home	7	20.9	4.0	6.6	45.8%	40.5%	66.7%	59.9%	+11.7
Away	6	16.0	3.2	5.8	40.3%	32.6%	82.6%	55.1%	+9.0
Result

Usage rate	28.4%	16th
Assist rate	31.5%	22nd
Assists per turnover	1.65	150th
Turnover rate (per 100 plays)	14.5	245th
Offensive rating	115.9	73rd
Defensive rating	98.5	5th
Net rating	+17.5	10th
Offensive rebound rate	2.7%	190th
Defensive rebound rate	9.0%	183rd
Effective FG%	55.6%	48th
Fouls drawn a game	3.2	63rd

Zone	Ball	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
At the rim	13.8%	27.7%	70.4%	65.6%
Paint (non-rim)	17.9%	19.0%	45.7%	44.4%
Mid-range	4.1%	10.2%	37.5%	40.0%
Corner three	6.2%	11.7%	33.3%	36.1%
Above-break three	57.4%	31.4%	38.4%	34.8%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	FT	TO	+/−
Nov 14	vs CHI	L106–117	29:51	19	8	6	7–25	4–19	1–2	1	−3
Nov 12	vs DAL	W133–94	25:19	22	3	9	8–14	6–10	0–0	4	+24
Nov 8	vs UTA	W115–100	29:41	24	3	5	10–20	4–10	0–0	5	−3
Nov 6	@ NOP	W115–109	35:20	22	2	8	7–15	3–8	5–5	3	+23
Nov 4	@ HOU	W117–107	31:01	20	2	6	6–11	4–7	4–5	7	+15
Nov 2	vs MIL	W112–100	32:52	34	6	3	12–21	6–13	4–5	3	+17
Oct 31	@ SAS	L111–121	20:03	10	8	4	2–10	0–4	6–6	5	−9
Oct 30	vs LAC	W127–101	28:39	24	4	7	9–19	6–14	0–0	2	+16
Oct 28	vs GSW	L114–119	28:10	8	3	8	3–11	2–8	0–0	6	−2
Oct 26	@ CLE	L125–127	30:57	11	0	6	5–11	1–6	0–2	7	−10

Distance	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Under 8 ft	32–51	26.2%	38.9%	62.7%	59.1%
8–16 ft	5–16	8.2%	13.4%	31.3%	43.9%
16–24 ft	1–3	1.5%	4.6%	33.3%	39.0%
24+ ft	47–124	63.6%	43.1%	37.9%	35.1%
Backcourt	0–1	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	77.8%

Type	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Dunks	1–1	0.5%	5.8%	100.0%	88.4%
Layups	23–36	18.5%	25.7%	63.9%	56.0%
Floaters	12–26	13.3%	8.8%	46.2%	45.3%
Hooks	0–0	0.0%	2.1%	—	47.5%
Pull-up jumpers	15–42	21.5%	13.7%	35.7%	37.6%
Step-backs	13–30	15.4%	5.2%	43.3%	37.9%
Turnarounds and fadeaways	0–3	1.5%	5.2%	0.0%	40.3%
Other jump shots	21–57	29.2%	33.5%	36.8%	36.2%

Secondary assists	0.8	0.4

Offensive rebound chances	1.9	2.6

Defensive rebound chances	6.3	5.9

Stat	Ball	NBA avg
Rim shots defended per game	1.1	2.1
Opponent FG% at the rim	69.2%	64.4%

Games	Min	Pts	FG	FG%	3P	FT	+/−
4	15.2	6	3–6	50.0%	0–3	0–2	+9

Wins	9	21.6	3.1	6.3	49.3%	45.5%	81.8%	65.7%	+17.8

Losses	4	12.0	4.8	6.0	29.8%	18.9%	70.0%	39.1%	−6.0

Month
Oct	7	14.4	3.3	6.3	39.3%	34.5%	73.3%	52.8%	+9.0
Nov	6	23.5	4.0	6.2	47.2%	40.3%	82.4%	62.1%	+12.2

Month

Oct

14.4

3.3

6.3

39.3%

34.5%

73.3%

52.8%

+9.0

Nov

23.5

4.0

6.2

47.2%

40.3%

82.4%

62.1%

+12.2

LaMelo Ball

Inside his season

Last night against the Bulls

Tomorrow against the Trail Blazers

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

Impact

His season

His game

Career

Career bests

Where his points come from

Game log

Shot chart

Hustle

Movement and touches

Pick your games

Splits

Advanced

Shot profile

Last 10 games

By distance

By shot type

Rim defense

Clutch

Trends

Career bests

His season

Impact

His last game

His game

Inside his season

Last night against the Bulls

Tomorrow against the Trail Blazers

His passing

Where his shots come from

What changed from last season

With him on the floor