Nic Claxton Stats, Shot Chart & Advanced Analytics — CHI 2026-27

Inside his season

Through Nov. 13

Claxton is grabbing 10.5 rebounds per 36 minutes.

Tomorrow at Cleveland

Last time, Oct. 24, 2025: 10 points on 5 for 14 shooting, 4 assists and 9 rebounds in a 131-124 loss.
In 15 games against the Cavaliers, he has averaged 8.7 points, 2.4 assists and 6.9 rebounds.
Of the Cavaliers, Jarrett Allen has guarded him the most in their careers: 329 possessions over 12 games. Claxton has 53 points on 25 for 48 shooting against him.

His work inside

He's blocking 2.6 shots per 36 minutes.

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 125-117 win over Atlanta

Nic Claxton

21:34 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 10.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 2 regular-season games.

Shot making: 2 points from the field on 3 shots1.9 fewer than the league scores from the same zones
Guarded by: Okongwu: 19 poss, 0 ptsLandale: 10 poss, 0 ptsJohnson: 4 poss, 0 pts
He guarded: Okongwu: 20 poss, 2 ptsLandale: 9 poss, 0 ptsJohnson: 4 poss, 0 pts
On the move: 1.55 miles4.32 mph on average34 touches
Hustle: 6 shots contested1 box-out1 screen assist
Rating: Performance Score −2.7+0.01 wins added33.3% true shooting7.5% usage

His last game

His season

2026-27 so far, 3 games

Impact

His Player Rankings card

−0.7

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

Not ranked yet: 117 possessions, and ranking takes 317.
Offense −0.7, defense 0.0.
0.0 wins added so far over a replacement player, likely −0.1 to 0.1, 269th in the league.
The Bulls are 2.4 points per 100 better with him on the floor than off it (117 and 200 possessions).
3 games in, his box score, minutes and team’s results this season are about 98% of the rating; nothing carries over from last season. Counting last season, he would be at −2.4.

His season

His game

Regular seasons

Claxton has 82 alley oops, the seventh-most in the NBA since 2025-26, and made 81.7% of them (the league: 82.0%).

Career

8 seasons

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3PM	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
2019-20BKN	BKN	15	12.5	4.4	2.9	1.1	0.1	0.5	0.6	.563	0.1	.143	.524	.577	−4.5
2020-21BKN	BKN	32	18.6	6.6	5.2	0.9	0.7	1.3	0.6	.621	0.0	.200	.484	.612	+4.9
2021-22BKN	BKN	47	20.7	8.7	5.6	0.9	0.5	1.1	0.8	.674	0.0	–	.581	.672	−0.6
2022-23BKN	BKN	76	29.9	12.6	9.2	1.9	0.9	2.5	1.3	.705	0.0	.000	.541	.691	+1.6
2023-24BKN	BKN	71	29.8	11.8	9.9	2.1	0.6	2.1	1.3	.629	0.0	.200	.551	.629	−3.9
2024-25BKN	BKN	70	26.9	10.3	7.4	2.2	0.9	1.4	1.2	.563	0.1	.238	.513	.569	−7.1
2025-26BKN	BKN	69	27.8	11.7	6.9	3.7	0.7	1.1	1.4	.571	0.0	.158	.616	.592	−7.5
2026-27so farCHI, so far	CHI	3	18.3	7.7	5.3	2.3	0.0	1.3	0.7	.667	0.0	–	.778	.721	+0.3
Career8 seasons	8 seasons	383	26.1	10.6	7.5	2.1	0.7	1.6	1.1	.622	0.0	.186	.557	.626	−2.9

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, 404 games

Best game+14.923 points, 11 rebounds and 5 blocks on 9 for 11 shooting at Sacramento, Feb. 2, 2022The story Best four games+36.922.3 points a game, Jan. 22 to 28, 2023The story

Why his scoring moved

2025-26 to 2026-27

Down 4.1 points a game from last season, in 3 games. Fewer minutes (18.3 a game, down from 27.8) cost 3.3, fewer shots a minute 1.8.

The numbers behind it

Part	2025-26	2026-27	Points
Minutes a game	27.8	18.3	−3.3
Shots per 36 minutes	10.9	7.9	−1.8
His shots’ worth at the league’s rates, points a shot	1.14	1.21	+0.2
His points a shot over the league’s from the same spots	0.00	+0.13	+0.5
Free throws made a game	2.0	2.3	+0.3
Points a game	11.7	7.7	−4.1

Share of his shots	2025-26	2026-27
At the rim	60%	75%
Paint	32%	25%
Midrange	5%	0%
Corner 3	0%	0%
Above the break 3	3%	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	Claxton	NBA avg
Paint	69.6%	41.2%
Mid-range	0.0%	6.3%
Threes	0.0%	35.2%
Free throws	30.4%	17.2%
Fast break	0.0%	12.7%
Off turnovers	0.0%	16.2%
Unassisted makes	0.0%	34.8%

Who stops him, and who he stops

Every matchup his career

Toughest defenders on him

Bam Adebayo

Claxton scored 32 points on 15 for 26 shooting in 303 possessions against him, over 13 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
March 5, 2026	4	1-2	18.3
March 3, 2026	2	1-4	29.1
Dec. 18, 2025	0	0-0	21.0
Feb. 7, 2025	4	2-4	23.7
Jan. 25, 2025	2	1-1	16.6
Dec. 23, 2024	0	0-2	23.5
Jan. 15, 2024	4	2-3	44.4
Nov. 16, 2023	4	2-2	23.9
March 25, 2023	4	2-3	40.8
Feb. 15, 2023	0	0-1	23.4
Jan. 8, 2023	8	4-4	19.2
March 26, 2022	0	0-0	10.9
April 18, 2021	0	0-0	8.4

Nikola Vučević

Claxton scored 58 points on 26 for 47 shooting in 383 possessions against him, over 16 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Feb. 27, 2026	6	3-4	10.4
Jan. 18, 2026	4	2-3	16.9
Jan. 16, 2026	0	0-0	19.0
Dec. 3, 2025	9	4-5	45.0
March 13, 2025	4	1-4	26.6
Dec. 2, 2024	2	1-4	22.6
Nov. 1, 2024	2	1-1	15.4
March 29, 2024	4	2-4	36.6
Feb. 24, 2023	3	1-5	27.6
Jan. 4, 2023	6	3-6	48.2
Nov. 1, 2022	4	2-2	42.0
May 15, 2021	5	2-2	16.9
May 11, 2021

Myles Turner

Claxton scored 51 points on 24 for 42 shooting in 334 possessions against him, over 13 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Dec. 14, 2025	4	2-4	29.4
Nov. 29, 2025	3	1-2	17.0
March 22, 2025	6	3-5	39.2
March 20, 2025	4	2-3	41.7
Jan. 6, 2025	0	0-5	24.7
Dec. 4, 2024	7	3-3	29.0
April 1, 2024	2	1-2	19.5
March 16, 2024	3	1-3	33.4
Nov. 25, 2022	6	3-3	32.1
Oct. 31, 2022	8	4-4	24.7
Jan. 5, 2022	8	4-4	19.9
March 17, 2021	0	0-3	18.6
Nov. 18, 2019

Scorers he held down most

Jarrett Allen

Scored 21 points on 8 for 25 shooting in 296 possessions with Claxton guarding him, over 12 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Oct. 24, 2025	5	1-2	24.2
March 11, 2025	0	0-2	31.3
Feb. 20, 2025	4	2-3	20.3
Dec. 16, 2024	2	1-1	24.4
Nov. 9, 2024	0	0-1	15.6
March 10, 2024	6	2-6	25.5
Feb. 8, 2024	0	0-0	14.4
Jan. 11, 2024	0	0-1	42.5
March 23, 2023	2	1-3	32.5
March 21, 2023	2	1-3	27.5
Dec. 26, 2022	0	0-2	29.0
May 16, 2021	0	0-1

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, 3 games

Usage rate	14.1%
Assist rate	18.4%
Assists per turnover	3.50
Turnover rate (per 100 plays)	8.0
Offensive rating	108.5
Defensive rating	108.6
Net rating	−0.1
Offensive rebound rate	12.0%
Defensive rebound rate	13.3%
Effective FG%	66.7%
Fouls drawn a game	2.3

Not ranked: NBA ranks need 10+ games at this point of the season, and he has played 3.

Shot profile

Where he shoots, against the league

Zone	Claxton	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
At the rim	75.0%	27.7%	55.6%	65.6%
Paint (non-rim)	25.0%	19.0%	100.0%	44.4%
Mid-range	0.0%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Blk	FG	3P	FT	TO	PF	+/−
Nov 13	vs ATL	W125–117	21:34	2	6	2	1	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	2	−3
Nov 11	vs SAS	L119–124	15:39	17	6	1	1	5–6	0–0	7–9	0	2	+13
Nov 8	vs PHI	L121–127	17:41	4	4	4	2	2–3	0–0	0–0	1	1	−9

Distance	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Under 8 ft	8–12	100.0%	38.9%	66.7%	59.1%
8–16 ft	0–0	0.0%	13.4%	—	43.9%
16–24 ft	0–0	0.0%	4.6%	—	39.0%
24+ ft	0–0	0.0%	43.1%	—	35.1%

Type	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Dunks	2–2	16.7%	5.8%	100.0%	88.4%
Layups	3–6	50.0%	25.7%	50.0%	56.0%
Floaters	2–2	16.7%	8.8%	100.0%	45.3%
Hooks	1–2	16.7%	2.1%	50.0%	47.5%

Stat	Avg	NBA rank
Deflections	1.0
Contested shots	7.7
Twos contested	6.0
Threes contested	1.7
Charges drawn	0.00
Loose balls recovered	0.0
Box outs	1.3
Screen assists	1.7
Points from screen assists	4.0

Per game	Claxton	NBA avg
Distance (miles)	1.30	1.76
Average speed (mph)	4.37	4.43
Touches	27.7	38.0
Passes	20.7	29.0
Potential assists	2.7	4.9
Secondary assists	0.7	0.4
Offensive rebound chances	4.7	2.6
Defensive rebound chances	8.0	5.9

Split	GP	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
Location
Home	3	7.7	5.3	2.3	66.7%	—	77.8%	72.1%	+0.3
Result
Wins	1	2.0	6.0	2.0	33.3%	—	—	33.3%	−3.0

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Nov. 13, 2026	2	1-1	19.7
April 3, 2026	5	2-5	26.9
March 12, 2026	0	0-3	23.6
Feb. 22, 2026	2	1-2	33.6
Oct. 29, 2025	0	0-0	10.5
April 10, 2025	4	2-2	16.0
March 16, 2025	8	3-6	34.5
Oct. 23, 2024	2	1-1	15.4
Dec. 6, 2023	0	0-2	7.3
Nov. 22, 2023	2	1-1	17.5
March 31, 2023	4	1-1	15.0
Feb. 26, 2023	0	0-1	14.1
Dec. 28, 2022	4	2-6	40.9
April 2, 2022	2	1-1	6.4

Nic Claxton

Inside his season

Tomorrow at Cleveland

His work inside

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 3 games

Clutch

Trends

Career bests

Why his scoring moved

His season

Impact

Who stops him, and who he stops

Toughest defenders on him

Scorers he held down most

His last game

His game

Inside his season

Tomorrow at Cleveland

His work inside