Steven Adams Stats, Shot Chart & Advanced Analytics — HOU 2026-27

Inside his season

Through Oct. 23

Tonight at Washington

Last time, Nov. 12, 2025: 5 points on 2 for 5 shooting, 4 assists and 8 rebounds in a 135-112 win.
In 18 games against the Wizards, he has averaged 8.2 points, 1.7 assists and 9.2 rebounds.
Of the Wizards, Anthony Davis has guarded him the most in their careers: 301 possessions over 14 games. Adams has 43 points on 19 for 33 shooting against him.

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

Oct. 23, a 114-110 win at San Antonio

Steven Adams

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

Shot making: 4 points from the field on 2 shots1.4 more than the league scores from the same zones
Guarded by: Wembanyama: 3 poss, 0 pts
He guarded: Kornet: 3 poss, 2 ptsFox: 3 poss, 4 pts
On the move: 0.58 miles4.11 mph on average12 touches
Hustle: 1 deflection2 shots contested1 box-out1 screen assist
Rating: Performance Score +0.7+0.04 wins added100.0% true shooting8.7% usage

His last game

Impact

His Player Rankings card

−2.0

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

Not ranked yet: 18 possessions, and ranking takes 317.
Offense −1.0, defense −0.9.
0.0 wins added so far over a replacement player, likely 0.0 to 0.0, 304th in the league.
The Rockets are 15.7 points per 100 better with him on the floor than off it (18 and 84 possessions).
One game in, his box score, minutes and team’s results this season are about 100% of the rating; nothing carries over from last season. Counting last season, he would be at +0.7.

His season

His game

Regular seasons

Adams grabs 4.4 offensive rebounds a game, the most in the NBA since 2025-26.

Career

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

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
2015-16OKC	OKC	80	25.2	8.0	6.7	0.8	0.5	1.1	1.1	.613	–	.582	.621	+5.9
2016-17OKC	OKC	80	29.9	11.3	7.7	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.8	.571	.000	.611	.589	+2.4
2017-18OKC	OKC	76	32.7	13.9	9.0	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.7	.629	.000	.559	.630	+4.2
2018-19OKC	OKC	80	33.4	13.8	9.5	1.6	1.5	0.9	1.7	.595	.000	.500	.591	+4.8
2019-20OKC	OKC	63	26.7	10.9	9.3	2.3	0.8	1.1	1.5	.592	.333	.582	.604	+2.4
2020-21NOP	NOP	58	27.7	7.6	8.9	1.9	0.9	0.7	1.3	.614	.000	.444	.596	+0.2
2021-22MEM	MEM	76	26.3	6.9	10.0	3.4	0.9	0.8	1.5	.547	.000	.543	.560	+4.6
2022-23MEM	MEM	42	27.0	8.6	11.5	2.3	0.9	1.1	1.9	.597	.000	.364	.564	+5.8
2024-25HOU	HOU	57	13.9	3.9	5.7	1.2	0.4	0.5	0.9	.545	.000	.462	.541	+3.0
2025-26HOU	HOU	32	22.8	5.8	8.6	1.5	0.7	0.6	1.1	.504	–	.580	.535	+6.1
2026-27so farHOU, so far	HOU	1	8.4	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	100	–	–	100	+6.0
Career11 seasons	11 seasons	645	27.1	9.5	8.6	1.7	0.9	0.9	1.5	.591	.067	.535	.594	+3.9

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, 700 games since 2015-16

Best game+16.025 points and 12 rebounds on 11 for 14 shooting against Indiana, March 27, 2019The story Best four games+38.317.8 points a game, Feb. 21 to 27, 2020The story

Where his points come from

This season, against the league

Source	Adams	NBA avg
Paint	100.0%	41.2%
Mid-range	0.0%	6.3%
Threes	0.0%	35.2%
Free throws	0.0%	17.2%
Fast break	0.0%	12.7%
Off turnovers	50.0%	16.2%
Unassisted makes	50.0%	34.8%

Who stops him, and who he stops

Every matchup since 2016-17

Toughest defenders on him

Karl-Anthony Towns

Adams scored 56 points on 26 for 44 shooting in 552 possessions against him, over 20 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Feb. 3, 2025	0	0-1	22.9
Nov. 4, 2024	0	0-0	3.3
Nov. 11, 2022	0	0-0	8.4
April 23, 2022	0	0-0	6.9
April 19, 2022	0	0-0	3.3
April 16, 2022	0	0-0	33.4
Feb. 24, 2022	2	1-3	27.8
Nov. 20, 2021	1	0-0	22.4
Nov. 8, 2021	0	0-3	27.0
March 11, 2021	5	2-4	40.9
Jan. 25, 2020	0	0-1	28.0
Dec. 6, 2019	10	5-6	33.3
April 7, 2019	4	2-2	55.3
March 5, 2019	6	3-4	37.2
Jan. 8, 2019	6	2-2	25.4
Dec. 23, 2018	4	2-5	40.5
Jan. 10, 2018	0	0-1	40.1
Dec. 1, 2017	2	1-1	22.2
Oct. 27, 2017	8	4-5	36.1
Oct. 22, 2017	8	4-6	37.6

Andre Drummond
Adams scored 29 points on 13 for 22 shooting in 318 possessions against him, over 8 games.
50%of his usual
The games
Game Points Shooting Possessions
Nov. 27, 2024 2 0-1 8.5
March 23, 2022 3 1-2 40.9
Jan. 31, 2022 2 1-1 47.2
Dec. 13, 2021 2 1-2 29.8
April 5, 2019 4 2-3 71.4
Dec. 3, 2018 10 5-5 28.8
Jan. 27, 2018 4 2-4 44.4
Nov. 24, 2017 2 1-4 47.4

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Nov. 27, 2024	2	0-1	8.5
March 23, 2022	3	1-2	40.9
Jan. 31, 2022	2	1-1	47.2
Dec. 13, 2021	2	1-2	29.8
April 5, 2019	4	2-3	71.4
Dec. 3, 2018	10	5-5	28.8
Jan. 27, 2018	4	2-4	44.4
Nov. 24, 2017	2	1-4	47.4

Clint Capela

Adams scored 48 points on 21 for 39 shooting in 419 possessions against him, over 13 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
March 18, 2022	0	0-2	38.3
Nov. 26, 2021	0	0-0	25.5
April 6, 2021	2	1-5	35.8
Jan. 20, 2020	0	0-0	1.0
Jan. 9, 2020	8	4-5	37.3
Oct. 28, 2019	3	1-3	30.5
April 9, 2019	3	1-6	81.6
Dec. 25, 2018	2	1-2	33.1
Nov. 8, 2018	4	2-3	27.3
April 7, 2018	4	2-3	24.8
March 6, 2018	6	2-2	34.2
Dec. 25, 2017	10	5-5	36.5
Dec. 9, 2016

Scorers he held down most

Enes Freedom

Scored 38 points on 17 for 41 shooting in 349 possessions with Adams guarding him, over 14 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
March 18, 2021	10	3-3	47.9
March 16, 2021	2	1-2	29.5
Feb. 17, 2021	0	0-2	13.7
March 8, 2020	0	0-0	5.4
Feb. 9, 2020	0	0-2	17.7
April 23, 2019	2	1-2	11.4
April 21, 2019	4	2-3	30.7
April 19, 2019	4	2-4	35.9
April 16, 2019	0	0-1	33.9
April 14, 2019	8	4-7	44.8
March 7, 2019	0	0-2	8.5
Jan. 21, 2019	4	2-7	20.9

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, 1 games

Usage rate	9.1%
Assist rate	16.7%
Assists per turnover	0.00
Turnover rate (per 100 plays)	0.0
Offensive rating	120.0
Defensive rating	116.7
Net rating	+3.3
Offensive rebound rate	20.0%
Defensive rebound rate	14.3%
Effective FG%	100.0%
Fouls drawn a game	0.0

Not ranked: NBA ranks need 10+ games at this point of the season, and he has played 1.

Shot profile

Where he shoots, against the league

Zone	Adams	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
At the rim	100.0%	27.7%	100.0%	65.6%
Paint (non-rim)	0.0%	19.0%	—	44.4%
Mid-range	0.0%

Distance	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Under 8 ft	2–2	100.0%	38.9%	100.0%	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	0–0	0.0%	5.8%	—	88.4%
Layups	2–2	100.0%	25.7%	100.0%	56.0%
Floaters	0–0	0.0%	8.8%	—	45.3%
Hooks	0–0	0.0%	2.1%	—	47.5%
Pull-up jumpers	0–0	0.0%	13.7%

Per game	Adams	NBA avg
Distance (miles)	0.60	1.76
Average speed (mph)	4.27	4.43
Touches	12.0	38.0
Passes	7.0	29.0
Potential assists	2.0	4.9
Secondary assists	0.0	0.4
Offensive rebound chances	1.0	2.6
Defensive rebound chances	3.0	5.9

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
April 13, 2025	0	0-0	1.0
March 23, 2025	0	0-0	7.6
Oct. 24, 2021	0	0-1	6.0
April 20, 2021	2	1-1	28.3
Jan. 7, 2020	0	0-1	17.5
Dec. 31, 2018	0	0-0	41.7
Dec. 30, 2018	2	0-1	51.3
Nov. 10, 2018	4	2-4	34.4
March 16, 2018	4	2-6	40.0
Jan. 4, 2018	6	3-4	43.3

Steven Adams

Inside his season

Tonight at Washington

Inside his season

His last game

His last game

Impact

His season

His game

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

By distance

By shot type

Hustle

Movement and touches

Rim defense

Pick your games

Splits

Last 1 games

Trends

Career bests

Impact

Who stops him, and who he stops

Toughest defenders on him

Scorers he held down most

His game

His last game

Inside his season

Tonight at Washington

Stat	Avg	NBA rank
Deflections	1.0
Contested shots	2.0
Twos contested	1.0
Threes contested	1.0
Charges drawn	0.00
Loose balls recovered	0.0
Box outs	1.0
Screen assists	1.0
Points from screen assists	3.0

Split	GP	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
Location
Away	1	4.0	2.0	1.0	100.0%	—	—	100.0%	+6.0
Result
Wins	1	4.0	2.0	1.0	100.0%	—	—	100.0%	+6.0

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Nov. 27, 2024	0	0-0	9.8
March 23, 2022	10	5-7	39.2
Jan. 31, 2022	2	1-3	48.3
Dec. 13, 2021	6	3-5	30.2
April 5, 2019	0	0-1	68.1
Dec. 3, 2018	6	3-7	26.3
Jan. 27, 2018	4	2-6	38.5
Nov. 24, 2017	6	3-8	46.4