Rudy Gay Stats, Shot Chart & Advanced Analytics — 2022-23

Inside his season

Through March 22

Gay's three-point attempts have fallen the most of his numbers this season, to 7.4 per 100 possessions from 9.4.

He's averaging 5.2 points a game, down from 8.1 last season, and his true shooting is 47.5%, down from 53.9%.

Tonight against the Spurs

Last time, Feb. 28, 2023: 7 points on 1 for 7 shooting, 2 assists and 8 rebounds in a 102-94 loss.
In 11 games against the Spurs, he has averaged 8.5 points, 1.5 assists and 4.5 rebounds.
Of the Spurs, Keldon Johnson has guarded him the most in their careers: 57 possessions over 6 games. Gay has 6 points on 2 for 7 shooting against him, about half his usual scoring rate or less.

Where his shots come from

Zone	Share	Last season	Made	Last season
At the rim	14.3%	16.9%	61.0%	73.4%
Rest of the paint	18.2%	15.0%	50.0%	28.1%
Midrange	22.4%	14.5%	39.1%	43.6%
Corner threes	15.7%	15.8%	31.1%	36.7%
Threes above the break	29.4%	37.7%	22.6%	33.6%

He takes 17.1 free throws per 100 shots, from 20.8 last season.

What changed from last season

The drop is coming from his threes. His shots have moved closer to the basket: fewer from three, 45.1%, down from 53.6%, and more from midrange, 22.4%, up from 14.5%. He's making 50.0% in the paint away from the rim, up from 28.1%, but he's 33 for 130 on threes, 25.4%, down from 34.5%, and he's making 61.0% at the rim, down from 73.4%.

He's playing 14.6 minutes a game, down from 18.9.

With him on the floor

The Jazz have outscored teams by 2.8 points per 100 possessions with him on the floor, 112.9 to 110.1, with garbage time left out. They're minus 1.0 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

March 22, 2023, a 127-115 loss to Portland

Rudy Gay

1-2 FT9:33 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 5.2 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 55 regular-season games.

Shot making: 6 points from the field on 5 shots0.9 more than the league scores from the same zones
Biggest shot: Made a 28-foot 3-pointer1st quarter, 1:44 leftchance to win 66% to 71%
Guarded by: Knox: 5 poss, 0 ptsWatford: 4 poss, 0 pts
He guarded: Thybulle: 7 poss, 0 ptsKnox: 5 poss, 0 ptsReddish: 4 poss, 0 pts
On the move: 0.71 miles4.21 mph on average18 touches
Hustle: 2 shots contested
Rating: Performance Score +0.659.5% true shooting25.0% usage

His last game

His season

Career

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

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3PM	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
2015-16SAC	SAC	70	34.0	17.2	6.5	1.7	1.4	0.7	2.0	.463	1.1	.344	.780	.538	−1.2
2016-17SAC	SAC	30	33.8	18.7	6.3	2.8	1.5	0.9	2.5	.455	1.4	.372	.855	.559	+2.3
2017-18SAS	SAS	57	21.6	11.5	5.1	1.3	0.8	0.7	1.4	.471	0.6	.314	.772	.545	+1.4
2018-19SAS	SAS	69	26.7	13.7	6.8	2.6	0.8	0.5	1.7	.504	1.1	.402	.816	.583	+2.3
2019-20SAS	SAS	67	21.8	10.8	5.4	1.7	0.5	0.5	1.3	.446	1.1	.336	.882	.553	+0.2
2020-21SAS	SAS	63	21.5	11.4	4.8	1.4	0.7	0.6	1.0	.420	1.7	.381	.804	.532	+2.1
2021-22UTA	UTA	55	18.9	8.1	4.4	1.0	0.5	0.3	0.9	.414	1.3	.345	.785	.539	+3.3
2022-23UTA	UTA	56	14.6	5.2	2.9	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	.380	0.6	.254	.857	.475	+1.1
Career8 seasons	8 seasons	467	23.8	11.9	5.3	1.7	0.8	0.6	1.4	.453	1.1	.349	.813	.546	+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, 480 games since 2015-16

Best game+13.532 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists on 13 for 20 shooting against Milwaukee, Feb. 1, 2016Box score Best four games+26.022.3 points a game, Jan. 20 to Feb. 1, 2016Last game

Where his points come from

This season, against the league

Source	Gay	NBA avg
Paint	34.8%	44.0%
Mid-range	17.1%	7.7%
Threes	33.8%	32.3%
Free throws	14.3%	16.0%
Fast break	9.2%	12.2%
Off turnovers	16.0%	14.8%
Unassisted makes	33.0%	39.7%

Who stops him, and who he stops

Every matchup since 2016-17

Scorers he held down most

Paul Millsap

Scored 27 points on 10 for 26 shooting in 262 possessions with Gay guarding him, over 13 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
April 9, 2021	0	0-2	17.3
Jan. 29, 2021	0	0-0	2.9
Aug. 5, 2020	2	0-0	6.6
Feb. 10, 2020	3	1-4	10.9
April 27, 2019	2	1-3	33.7
April 25, 2019	6	3-4	20.0
April 23, 2019	0	0-1	14.0
April 20, 2019	0	0-1	17.9
April 18, 2019	4	1-1	15.6
April 16, 2019	7	3-4	28.0
April 13, 2019	3	1-3	31.0
April 3, 2019	0	0-1	39.1
March 4, 2019	0	0-2	25.2

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

2022-23, 56 games

Usage rate	17.3%
Assist rate	9.5%
Assists per turnover	1.54
Turnover rate (per 100 plays)	9.2
Offensive rating	111.5
Defensive rating	108.6
Net rating	+2.9
Offensive rebound rate	3.8%
Defensive rebound rate	14.8%
Effective FG%	43.7%
Fouls drawn a game	0.6

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

Shot profile

Where he shoots, against the league

Zone	Gay	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
At the rim	14.3%	29.9%	61.0%	66.6%
Paint (non-rim)	18.1%	19.5%	50.0%	44.4%
Mid-range	22.3%	11.9%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	FG	3P	FT	TO	PF	+/−
Mar 22	vs POR	L115–127	9:33	7	1	1	0	0	2–5	2–4	1–2	0	0	+2
Mar 20	vs SAC	W128–120	17:29	11	3	2	0	0	4–11	0–5	3–3	0	0	+6
Mar 18	vs BOS	W118–117	17:07	9	1	0	0	0	3–7	3–5	0–0	2	0	−13
Mar 13	@ MIA	L115–119	15:27	8	1	2	1	1	3–6	2–2	0–0	0	1	−9
Mar 11	@ CHA	W119–111

Stat	Avg	NBA rank
Deflections	0.7
Contested shots	2.4
Twos contested	1.5
Threes contested	1.0
Charges drawn	0.04
Loose balls recovered	0.3
Box outs	0.3
Screen assists	0.5
Points from screen assists	1.1

Per game	Gay	NBA avg
Distance (miles)	1.10	1.92
Average speed (mph)	4.11	4.17
Touches	23.6	43.5
Passes	17.0	30.3
Potential assists	2.1	4.9
Secondary assists	0.1	0.4
Offensive rebound chances	1.6	2.7
Defensive rebound chances	3.8	6.0

Stat	Gay	NBA avg
Rim shots defended per game

Split	GP	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
Location
Home	26	5.7	3.0	1.1	36.3%	22.6%	90.3%	46.4%	+1.4
Away	30	4.8	2.8	1.0	39.7%	27.9%	77.8%	48.7%	+0.8
Result

Corner three		15.7%	9.7%	31.1%	38.5%

Above-break three		29.3%	28.8%	22.6%	35.5%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	FT	TO	+/−
Mar 22	vs POR	L115–127	9:33	7	1	1	2–5	2–4	1–2	0	+2
Mar 20	vs SAC	W128–120	17:29	11	3	2	4–11	0–5	3–3	0	+6
Mar 18	vs BOS	W118–117	17:07	9	1	0	3–7	3–5	0–0	2	−13
Mar 13	@ MIA	L115–119	15:27	8	1	2	3–6	2–2	0–0	0	−9
Mar 11	@ CHA	W119–111	14:28	4	0	0	2–6	0–2	0–0	0	−11
Mar 9	@ ORL	W131–124	12:56	1	4	1	0–4	0–2	1–2	2	−11
Mar 7	@ DAL	L116–120	16:39	10	6	4	4–7	2–5	0–0	1	−7
Mar 5	@ OKC	L119–129	13:50	7	3	1	3–5	0–2	1–1	1	+1
Mar 3	@ OKC	L103–130	16:27	8	3	2	3–7	1–2	1–1	2	−7
Feb 28	vs SAS	L94–102	17:03	7	8	2	1–7	0–2	5–5	1	−14

Month

Oct

5.8

3.2

1.2

39.3%

35.7%

50.0%

48.7%

+4.0

Nov

3.6

0.6

33.3%

20.0%

50.0%

40.5%

+7.3

Dec

4.6

2.6

0.5

34.9%

20.0%

90.9%

44.2%

+3.4

Jan

4.0

3.2

1.3

37.8%

25.0%

90.0%

48.6%

+0.8

Feb

6.6

2.8

1.2

39.7%

17.6%

100.0%

48.0%

−1.5

Mar

7.2

2.4

1.4

41.4%

34.5%

77.8%

52.5%

−5.4

Distance	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Under 8 ft	35–62	21.6%	41.4%	56.5%	60.2%
8–16 ft	26–64	22.3%	13.5%	40.6%	44.6%
16–24 ft	15–31	10.8%	6.4%	48.4%	41.4%
24+ ft	33–129	44.9%	38.5%	25.6%	36.2%
Backcourt	0–1	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	3.3%

Type	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Dunks	11–13	4.5%	6.0%	84.6%	89.2%
Layups	16–36	12.5%	27.1%	44.4%	57.3%
Floaters	6–11	3.8%	8.7%	54.5%	45.8%
Hooks	0–2	0.7%	3.1%	0.0%	49.2%
Pull-up jumpers	23–57	19.9%	13.7%	40.4%	39.7%
Step-backs	5–18	6.3%	4.8%	27.8%	39.0%
Turnarounds and fadeaways	13–25	8.7%	4.9%	52.0%	42.9%
Other jump shots	35–125	43.6%	31.7%	28.0%	37.0%

Rudy Gay

Inside his season

Tonight against the Spurs

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

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

Scorers he held down most

His last game

Inside his season

Tonight against the Spurs

Where his shots come from

What changed from last season

With him on the floor