Lou Williams Stats, Shot Chart & Advanced Analytics — 2021-22

Inside his season

Through April 5

Williams is averaging 6.3 points a game, down from 11.3 last season, and his true shooting is 50.0%, down from 51.9%.

He has 27.4% of the Hawks' assists while he's on the floor, down from 33.2% last season. Onyeka Okongwu finishes the most of them.

Tonight at Milwaukee

Last time, March 9, 2022: 6 points on 3 for 3 shooting, 3 assists and 2 rebounds in a 124-115 loss.
In 14 games against the Bucks, he has averaged 14.4 points, 4.5 assists and 2.6 rebounds.
Of the Bucks, Jrue Holiday has guarded him the most in their careers: 239 possessions over 18 games. Williams has 40 points on 17 for 43 shooting against him, about half his usual scoring rate or less.

His passing

15.5

points his passes create per 100 possessions he plays, from 18.2 last season

Finishing them: Onyeka Okongwu 21, Bogdan Bogdanović 18, Danilo Gallinari 16.
39% of the baskets he set up were threes.

Where his shots come from

Zone	Share	Last season	Made	Last season
At the rim	12.8%	16.3%	48.8%	56.2%
Rest of the paint	25.9%	27.2%	34.9%	40.9%
Midrange	29.7%	29.9%	41.1%	33.7%
Corner threes	12.8%	7.9%	43.9%	41.2%
Threes above the break	18.8%	18.7%	31.7%	39.7%

He takes 24.4 free throws per 100 shots, from 26.8 last season.

What changed from last season

The drop is coming from fewer shots. More of his shots are coming from three, 31.6%, up from 26.6%. He's making 41.1% from midrange, up from 33.7%, but he's making 34.9% in the paint away from the rim, down from 40.9%. More of his baskets come off a pass: 46.3% are assisted, up from 35.9%.

He's taking 5.7 shots a game, down from 9.8, and playing 14.3 minutes a game, down from 21.6. His usage rate is 21.5%, down from 24.4%.

With him on the floor

The Hawks have outscored teams by 1.9 points per 100 possessions with him on the floor, 112.3 to 110.4, with garbage time left out. They're plus 1.6 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

April 5, 2022, a 118-108 loss at Toronto

Lou Williams

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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 6.4 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 55 regular-season games.

Shot making: 2 points from the field on 4 shots2.0 fewer than the league scores from the same zones
Biggest shot: Made a 13-foot fadeaway2nd quarter, 7:06 leftchance to win 38% to 42%
Guarded by: Trent: 4 poss, 0 ptsFlynn: 3 poss, 0 pts
He guarded: Boucher: 6 poss, 2 ptsFlynn: 6 poss, 0 pts
On the move: 0.69 miles3.78 mph on average15 touches
Hustle: 1 deflection
Rating: Performance Score −3.525.0% true shooting23.8% usage

His last game

His season

Career

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

Sixth Man of the Year twice.

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3PM	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−	Honors
2015-16LAL	LAL	67	28.5	15.3	2.5	2.5	0.9	0.3	1.6	.408	1.6	.344	.830	.584	−6.0
2016-172 teams	2 teams	81	24.6	17.5	2.5	3.0	1.0	0.2	2.0	.429	2.0	.365	.880	.593	+0.6
LAL	LAL	58	24.2	18.6	2.3	3.2	1.1	0.2	2.1	.444	2.1	.385	.884	.609	+0.5
HOU	HOU	23	25.7	14.9	3.0	2.4	0.7	0.4	1.7	.386	1.8	.318	.867	.547	+0.9
2017-18LAC	LAC	79	32.8	22.6	2.5	5.3	1.1	0.2	3.0	.435	2.4	.359	.880	.574	+1.5	Sixth Man
2018-19LAC	LAC	75	26.6	20.0	3.0	5.4	0.8	0.1	2.4	.425	1.4	.361	.876	.554	+2.2	Sixth Man
2019-20LAC	LAC	65	28.7	18.2	3.1	5.6	0.7	0.2	2.8	.418	1.7	.352	.861	.546	+3.2
2020-212 teams	2 teams	66	21.6	11.3	2.1	3.4	0.7	0.1	1.6	.410	1.0	.399	.867	.519	+1.2
LAC	LAC	42	21.9	12.1	2.1	3.4	0.9	0.1	1.6	.421	1.1	.378	.866	.529	+2.0
ATL	ATL	24	21.0	10.0	2.1	3.4	0.3	0.1	1.8	.389	1.0	.444	.870	.498	−0.3
2021-22ATL	ATL	56	14.3	6.3	1.6	1.9	0.5	0.1	0.8	.391	0.7	.363	.859	.500	+0.3
Career7 seasons	7 seasons	489	25.7	16.4	2.5	3.9	0.8	0.2	2.1	.422	1.6	.361	.866	.561	+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, 537 games since 2015-16

Best game+21.740 points, 10 assists and 4 steals on 12 for 19 shooting at Memphis, Jan. 26, 2018The story Best four games+39.034.3 points a game, Jan. 10 to 15, 2018The story

Where his points come from

This season, against the league

Source	Williams	NBA avg
Paint	27.7%	42.7%
Mid-range	22.0%	8.3%
Threes	31.4%	33.7%
Free throws	18.9%	15.3%
Fast break	6.2%	11.3%
Off turnovers	7.3%	14.7%
Unassisted makes	54.4%	39.3%

Who stops him, and who he stops

Every matchup since 2016-17

Toughest defenders on him

Andre Iguodala

Williams scored 50 points on 19 for 51 shooting in 265 possessions against him, over 14 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
April 23, 2021	0	0-2	6.7
Feb. 15, 2021	0	0-1	3.3
April 26, 2019	2	1-8	34.3
April 24, 2019	9	3-5	29.9
April 21, 2019	0	0-3	26.2
April 18, 2019	6	2-6	25.7
April 15, 2019	3	1-2	11.6
April 13, 2019	4	2-5	18.3
Dec. 23, 2018	0	0-1	15.9
Nov. 12, 2018	5	0-1	17.7
Feb. 22, 2018	13	6-10	38.2
Jan. 10, 2018	8	4-6	20.9
Jan. 6, 2018	0	0-0	11.2
Oct. 30, 2017	0	0-1	5.1

Joe Ingles

Williams scored 53 points on 18 for 40 shooting in 262 possessions against him, over 15 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Nov. 9, 2021	0	0-0	9.0
Nov. 4, 2021	0	0-1	1.4
Feb. 19, 2021	2	1-2	13.1
Feb. 17, 2021	0	0-1	17.8
Jan. 1, 2021	2	1-3	15.7
Dec. 28, 2019	2	1-2	19.1
Nov. 3, 2019	4	2-4	30.9
Oct. 30, 2019	4	1-2	12.0
April 10, 2019	2	1-3	3.5
Feb. 27, 2019	8	1-5	31.3
Jan. 16, 2019	4	2-2	14.4
April 5, 2018	2	0-1	5.5
Jan. 20, 2018

Scorers he held down most

Royce O'Neale

Scored 22 points on 9 for 18 shooting in 260 possessions with Williams guarding him, over 15 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Nov. 9, 2021	0	0-0	2.5
Nov. 4, 2021	0	0-0	0.1
Feb. 19, 2021	0	0-0	12.3
Feb. 17, 2021	5	2-2	34.1
Jan. 1, 2021	0	0-2	18.3
Dec. 28, 2019	3	1-2	20.6
Nov. 3, 2019	0	0-1	22.3
Oct. 30, 2019	0	0-0	28.1
April 10, 2019	2	1-2	9.8
Feb. 27, 2019	0	0-2	23.2
Jan. 16, 2019	2	1-2	29.6
April 5, 2018	5	2-3	30.8

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

2021-22, 56 games

Usage rate	21.5%
Assist rate	19.6%
Assists per turnover	2.44
Turnover rate (per 100 plays)	8.5
Offensive rating	110.4
Defensive rating	109.5
Net rating	+0.8
Offensive rebound rate	2.0%
Defensive rebound rate	8.4%
Effective FG%	44.8%
Fouls drawn a game	1.2

Not ranked: NBA ranks need 58+ games, and he has played 56.

Shot profile

Where he shoots, against the league

Zone	Williams	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
At the rim	12.8%	29.1%	48.8%	65.3%
Paint (non-rim)	25.9%	18.3%	34.9%	42.8%
Mid-range	29.7%	12.8%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	FG	3P	FT	TO	PF	+/−
Apr 5	@ TOR	L108–118	10:33	2	0	2	0	0	1–4	0–1	0–0	1	0	−15
Apr 2	vs BKN	W122–115	12:44	8	2	0	0	0	1–5	1–2	5–6	1	0	+14
Mar 30	@ OKC	W136–118	14:25	2	1	3	0	0	1–5	0–1	0–0	1	0	+4
Mar 28	@ IND	W132–123	14:59	6	4	2	1	0	1–4	1–1	3–4	0	2	+8
Mar 25	vs GSW	W121–110

Stat	Avg	NBA rank
Deflections	1.0
Contested shots	2.0
Twos contested	0.7
Threes contested	1.3
Charges drawn	0.00
Loose balls recovered	0.3
Box outs	0.3
Screen assists	0.1
Points from screen assists	0.3

Per game	Williams	NBA avg
Distance (miles)	1.00	1.91
Average speed (mph)	3.82	4.17
Touches	23.7	44.1
Passes	15.7	30.9
Potential assists	3.6	5.2
Secondary assists	0.2	0.4
Offensive rebound chances	0.7	2.6
Defensive rebound chances	2.4	6.2

Split	GP	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
Location
Home	31	6.5	1.4	2.1	40.2%	32.8%	82.2%	50.6%	+1.8
Away	25	6.1	1.7	1.6	37.6%	41.5%	90.9%	49.2%	−1.6
Result

Corner three		12.8%	9.9%	43.9%	38.3%

Above-break three		18.8%	29.7%	31.7%	34.6%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	FT	TO	+/−
Apr 5	@ TOR	L108–118	10:33	2	0	2	1–4	0–1	0–0	1	−15
Apr 2	vs BKN	W122–115	12:44	8	2	0	1–5	1–2	5–6	1	+14
Mar 30	@ OKC	W136–118	14:25	2	1	3	1–5	0–1	0–0	1	+4
Mar 28	@ IND	W132–123	14:59	6	4	2	1–4	1–1	3–4	0	+8
Mar 25	vs GSW	W121–110	9:37	5	3	0	2–4	1–1	0–0	1	−7
Mar 20	vs NOP	L112–117	14:18	7	1	2	2–5	1–1	2–2	2	+14
Mar 18	vs MEM	W120–105	14:24	5	2	1	2–7	0–0	1–2	1	+5
Mar 16	@ CHA	L106–116	11:00	7	2	0	2–4	1–1	2–2	1	−13
Mar 14	vs POR	W122–113	15:56	4	1	3	2–6	0–2	0–0	1	−3
Mar 13	vs IND	W131–128	13:19	2	1	3	1–4	0–3	0–0	0	+3

Month

Oct

6.3

2.0

0.7

46.2%

66.7%

100.0%

62.5%

+3.7

Nov

5.9

1.4

1.8

36.6%

30.4%

83.3%

44.1%

−1.7

Dec

8.6

1.7

1.1

38.8%

29.2%

81.8%

50.2%

−2.2

Jan

7.5

1.6

3.5

45.2%

42.9%

100.0%

60.2%

+3.0

Feb

3.8

1.6

29.2%

33.3%

100.0%

37.5%

+0.6

Mar

5.4

1.5

1.7

41.3%

40.0%

75.0%

50.0%

+0.8

Apr

5.0

1.0

22.2%

33.3%

83.3%

43.0%

−0.5

Distance	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Under 8 ft	33–78	24.4%	39.8%	42.3%	59.0%
8–16 ft	35–88	27.5%	13.2%	39.8%	42.9%
16–24 ft	20–53	16.6%	7.1%	37.7%	39.9%
24+ ft	37–101	31.6%	39.6%	36.6%	35.5%

Type	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Dunks	1–1	0.3%	5.8%	100.0%	88.7%
Layups	20–42	13.1%	26.5%	47.6%	55.8%
Floaters	24–64	20.0%	7.9%	37.5%	44.8%
Hooks	0–0	0.0%	2.9%	—	48.5%
Pull-up jumpers	37–104	32.5%	12.9%	35.6%	39.7%
Step-backs	4–9	2.8%	4.8%	44.4%	38.1%
Turnarounds and fadeaways	10–30	9.4%	4.9%	33.3%	40.6%
Other jump shots	29–70	21.9%	34.3%	41.4%	35.9%

Lou Williams

Inside his season

Tonight at Milwaukee

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

His last game

Inside his season

Tonight at Milwaukee

His passing

Where his shots come from

What changed from last season

With him on the floor