Nique Clifford Stats, Shot Chart & Advanced Analytics — OKC 2026-27

Inside his season

Through Nov. 13

Tonight at Sacramento

It's his first regular-season game against the Kings.

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 113-112 loss at the Clippers

Nique Clifford

0 REB0 AST0-2 FT11:41 min

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

Before this game he averaged 2.2 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 10 regular-season games.

Shot making: 0 points from the field on 1 shot1.1 fewer than the league scores from the same zones
Guarded by: Strus: 9 poss, 0 ptsGarland: 5 poss, 0 pts
He guarded: Strus: 5 poss, 3 ptsGarland: 5 poss, 0 ptsWagler: 4 poss, 2 pts
On the move: 0.96 miles4.92 mph on average9 touches
Hustle: 1 shot contested1 screen assist
Rating: Performance Score −5.2−0.04 wins added0.0% true shooting6.7% usage

His last game

His season

2026-27 so far, 11 games

Best game: 5 points against San Antonio on Nov. 6, +3.3.Box score

Impact

His Player Rankings card

−4.2

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

Not ranked yet: 206 possessions, and ranking takes 317.
Offense −2.5, defense −1.7.
−0.1 wins added so far over a replacement player, likely −0.3 to 0.0, 458th in the league.
The Thunder are 31.8 points per 100 worse with him on the floor than off it (107 and 825 possessions).
11 games in, his box score, minutes and team’s results this season are about 97% of the rating; nothing carries over from last season. Counting last season, he would be at −2.2.

His season

Career

2 seasons

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3PM	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
2025-26SAC	SAC	75	25.1	8.6	3.8	2.4	0.9	0.3	1.5	.418	1.0	.333	.722	.505	−2.9
2026-27so far2 teams, so far	2 teams	11	8.8	2.0	1.3	0.9	0.2	0.0	0.5	.370	0.2	.154	.000	.395	−5.4
NBA rank			270th	270th	262nd	236th	254th	260th							229th
SAC	SAC	8	6.2	1.6	0.9	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.6	.353	0.1	.125	–	.382	−6.0
OKC	OKC	3	15.8	3.0	2.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	.400	0.3	.200	.000	.414	−3.7
Career2 seasons	2 seasons	86	23.0	7.8	3.4	2.2	0.8	0.3	1.4	.416	0.9	.324	.707	.500	−3.2

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, 86 games

Best game+8.230 points on 12 for 19 shooting against Cleveland, Feb. 7, 2026Box score Best four games+5.916.5 points a game, Feb. 23 to March 1, 2026Last game

Why his scoring moved

2025-26 to 2026-27

Down 6.6 points a game from last season, in 11 games. Fewer minutes (8.8 a game, down from 25.1) cost 5.0, fewer free throws 0.9.

The numbers behind it

Part	2025-26	2026-27	Points
Minutes a game	25.1	8.8	−5.0
Shots per 36 minutes	11.4	10.0	−0.3
His shots’ worth at the league’s rates, points a shot	1.02	1.00	0.0
His points a shot over the league’s from the same spots	−0.05	−0.19	−0.3
Free throws made a game	0.9	0.0	−0.9
Points a game	8.6	2.0	−6.6

Share of his shots	2025-26	2026-27
At the rim	19%	11%
Paint	29%	22%
Midrange	14%	19%
Corner 3	11%	19%
Above the break 3	28%	30%

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	Clifford	NBA avg
Paint	36.4%	41.2%
Mid-range	36.4%	6.3%
Threes	27.3%	35.2%
Free throws	0.0%	17.2%
Fast break	9.1%	12.7%
Off turnovers	31.8%	16.2%
Unassisted makes	40.0%	34.8%

Advanced

2026-27, 11 games

Usage rate	14.8%	202nd
Assist rate	17.2%	99th

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	FG	3P	FT	TO	PF	+/−
Nov 13	@ LAC	L112–113	11:41	0	0	0	0	0	0–1	0–1	0–2	0	2	−10
Nov 11	@ POR	L108–118	15:49	5	3	1	0	0	2–5	1–3	0–0	0	2	+3
Nov 10	@ POR	L103–123	19:51	4	4	1	0	0	2–4	0–1	0–0	1	2	−4
Nov 6	vs SAS	L109–124	4:30	5	2	2	0	0	2–2	1–1	0–0	1	0	+5
Nov 4	vs LAL	L103–116

Distance	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Under 8 ft	4–8	29.6%	38.9%	50.0%	59.1%
8–16 ft	2–4	14.8%	13.4%	50.0%	43.9%
16–24 ft	2–2	7.4%	4.6%	100.0%	39.0%
24+ ft	2–13	48.1%	43.1%	15.4%	35.1%

Type	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Dunks	0–0	0.0%	5.8%	—	88.4%
Layups	2–2	7.4%	25.7%	100.0%	56.0%
Floaters	2–6	22.2%	8.8%	33.3%

Stat	Avg	NBA rank
Deflections	1.0	220th
Contested shots	1.4	256th
Twos contested	0.3	268th
Threes contested	1.1	175th
Charges drawn	0.00	75th
Loose balls recovered	0.1	227th
Box outs	0.3	194th
Screen assists	0.1	208th
Points from screen assists	0.3	213th

Per game	Clifford	NBA avg
Distance (miles)	0.70	1.76
Average speed (mph)	4.72	4.43
Touches	11.3	38.0
Passes	10.3	29.0
Potential assists

Split	GP	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
Location
Home	3	1.7	1.3	0.7	100.0%	100.0%	—	125.0%	−0.3
Away	8	2.1	1.3	1.0	32.0%	8.3%	0.0%	32.8%	−7.3
Result

Assists per turnover	1.67	143rd

Turnover rate (per 100 plays)	13.6	229th

Offensive rating	92.9	271st

Defensive rating	120.9	250th

Net rating	−28.0	271st

Offensive rebound rate	0.9%	258th

Defensive rebound rate	16.5%	53rd

Effective FG%	40.7%

Fouls drawn a game	0.2	269th

Zone	Clifford	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
At the rim	11.1%	27.7%	66.7%	65.6%
Paint (non-rim)	22.2%	19.0%	33.3%	44.4%
Mid-range	18.5%	10.2%	80.0%	40.0%
Corner three	18.5%	11.7%	20.0%	36.1%
Above-break three	29.6%	31.4%	12.5%	34.8%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	FT	TO	+/−
Nov 13	@ LAC	L112–113	11:41	0	0	0	0–1	0–1	0–2	0	−10
Nov 11	@ POR	L108–118	15:49	5	3	1	2–5	1–3	0–0	0	+3
Nov 10	@ POR	L103–123	19:51	4	4	1	2–4	0–1	0–0	1	−4
Nov 6	vs SAS	L109–124	4:30	5	2	2	2–2	1–1	0–0	1	+5
Nov 4	vs LAL	L103–116	3:18	0	2	0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1	−5
Nov 2	@ DAL	W115–100	3:29	0	1	0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0	+1
Oct 31	@ MEM	L105–136	10:56	0	1	2	0–4	0–3	0–0	0	−28
Oct 29	@ NOP	L120–132	3:53	0	0	1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	−8
Oct 27	@ SAS	L103–130	4:39	2	0	0	1–3	0–1	0–0	0	−5
Oct 23	vs POR	L120–128	2:04	0	0	0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	−1

Hooks	0–0	0.0%	2.1%	—	47.5%

Pull-up jumpers	1–4	14.8%	13.7%	25.0%	37.6%

Step-backs	2–4	14.8%	5.2%	50.0%	37.9%

Turnarounds and fadeaways	1–2	7.4%	5.2%	50.0%	40.3%

Other jump shots	2–9	33.3%	33.5%	22.2%	36.2%

Secondary assists	0.1	0.4

Offensive rebound chances	0.7	2.6

Month

Oct

1.6

0.4

1.2

28.6%

0.0%

—

28.6%

−9.8

Nov

2.3

2.0

0.7

46.2%

28.6%

0.0%

50.4%

−1.7

Nique Clifford

Inside his season

Tonight at Sacramento

Inside his season

His last game

His last game

His season

Impact

His season

Career

Career bests

Why his scoring moved

Where his points come from

Advanced

Game log

Shot chart

By distance

By shot type

Hustle

Movement and touches

Pick your games

Splits

Shot profile

Last 10 games

Rim defense

Trends

Career bests

Why his scoring moved

His season

Impact

His last game

Inside his season

Tonight at Sacramento

Stat	Clifford	NBA avg
Rim shots defended per game	0.5	2.1
Opponent FG% at the rim	50.0%	64.4%