Thaddeus Young Stats, Shot Chart & Advanced Analytics — 2023-24

Inside his season

Through April 14

Young's assists have risen the most of his numbers this season, to 6.3 per 100 possessions from 4.6.

He's averaging 4.2 points a game on 59.8% true shooting. He's making 63.4% of his twos, and takes 13.9 free throws per 100 shots.

He takes 63.0% of his shots at the rim and is 45 for 68 there.

Tonight against the Lakers

Last time, Jan. 9, 2024: 10 points on 5 for 9 shooting, 4 assists and 5 rebounds in a 132-131 loss.
In 18 games against the Lakers, he has averaged 9.3 points, 2.4 assists and 5.9 rebounds.
Of the Lakers, LeBron James has guarded him the most in their careers: 329 possessions over 19 games. Young has 33 points on 15 for 31 shooting against him, about half his usual scoring rate or less.
On the Lakers' injury report as of Nov. 15: Austin Reaves (out).

There's no full season before this one to compare him with.

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 20, 2024, a 120-95 loss at Minnesota, playoffs

Thaddeus Young

0 PTS0 REB0 AST0-0 FG3:37 min

Before this game he averaged 4.2 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 33 regular-season games.

He guarded: Garza: 5 poss, 0 pts
On the move: 0.27 miles4.10 mph on average4 touches
Hustle: 1 deflection
Rating: Performance Score −0.9

His last game

His season

Career

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

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3PM	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
2015-16BKN	BKN	73	33.0	15.1	9.0	1.9	1.5	0.5	1.9	.514	0.1	.233	.644	.533	−3.2
2016-17IND	IND	74	30.2	11.0	6.1	1.6	1.5	0.4	1.3	.527	0.6	.381	.523	.562	+0.9
2017-18IND	IND	81	32.2	11.8	6.3	1.9	1.7	0.4	1.3	.487	0.7	.320	.598	.528	+2.7
2018-19IND	IND	81	30.7	12.6	6.5	2.5	1.5	0.4	1.5	.527	0.6	.349	.644	.569	+1.7
2019-20CHI	CHI	64	24.9	10.3	4.9	1.8	1.4	0.4	1.6	.448	1.2	.356	.583	.521	−3.3
2020-21CHI	CHI	68	24.3	12.1	6.2	4.3	1.1	0.6	2.0	.559	0.2	.267	.628	.578	+2.1
2021-222 teams	2 teams	52	16.3	6.2	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.3	1.0	.518	0.3	.354	.469	.548	+0.4
SAS	SAS	26	14.2	6.1	3.6	2.3	0.9	0.3	1.2	.578	0.0	.000	.455	.574	−1.2
TOR	TOR	26	18.3	6.3	4.4	1.7	1.2	0.4	0.8	.465	0.7	.395	.481	.526	+1.9
2022-23TOR	TOR	54	14.7	4.4	3.1	1.4	1.0	0.1	0.8	.545	0.1	.176	.692	.573	−1.7
2023-242 teams	2 teams	33	13.3	4.2	3.1	1.7	0.7	0.2	0.5	.602	0.0	.143	.400	.598	−1.2
TOR	TOR	23	15.2	5.0	3.3	2.2	0.8	0.1	0.5	.621	0.0	.167	.417	.618	−1.3
PHX	PHX	10	8.9	2.3	2.8	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.4	.524	0.0	.000	.333	.515	−1.1
Career9 seasons	9 seasons	580	26.0	10.5	5.8	2.2	1.3	0.4	1.4	.515	0.5	.332	.602	.550	+0.0

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, 602 games since 2015-16

Best game+15.725 points, 11 rebounds and 5 steals on 9 for 14 shooting against Milwaukee, Dec. 12, 2018The story Best four games+32.917.8 points a game, March 13 to 19, 2016Last game

Where his points come from

This season, against the league

Source	Young	NBA avg
Paint	90.5%	44.0%
Mid-range	2.9%	7.3%
Threes	2.2%	33.7%
Free throws	4.4%	14.9%
Fast break	8.8%	12.6%
Off turnovers	18.2%	14.4%
Unassisted makes	26.2%	36.8%

Who stops him, and who he stops

Every matchup since 2016-17

Toughest defenders on him

Giannis Antetokounmpo

Young scored 35 points on 15 for 42 shooting in 401 possessions against him, over 14 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Oct. 30, 2021	2	1-2	11.2
Jan. 1, 2021	2	1-3	19.3
Jan. 20, 2020	3	1-3	12.0
Dec. 30, 2019	0	0-1	10.1
Nov. 18, 2019	3	1-3	14.2
Nov. 14, 2019	2	1-1	13.6
March 7, 2019	0	0-2	42.9
Feb. 13, 2019	5	2-7	56.2
Dec. 12, 2018	3	1-4	38.3
Oct. 19, 2018	4	2-3	32.5
March 5, 2018	3	1-3	39.3
March 2, 2018	6	3-5	48.4
Jan. 8, 2018	2	1-4	33.2
Jan. 3, 2018	0	0-1	29.8

LeBron James

Young scored 33 points on 15 for 31 shooting in 329 possessions against him, over 19 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Jan. 9, 2024	0	0-0	9.5
March 18, 2022	0	0-1	6.5
March 14, 2022	0	0-1	4.1
Jan. 23, 2021	0	0-0	1.4
Jan. 8, 2021	0	0-1	6.9
Nov. 5, 2019	0	0-0	8.8
Feb. 5, 2019	2	1-2	20.5
Nov. 29, 2018	2	1-2	32.8
April 29, 2018	4	2-3	12.3
April 27, 2018	2	1-3	30.3
April 25, 2018	6	3-3	31.8
April 22, 2018	5	2-2	36.0
April 20, 2018

Kevin Love

Young scored 33 points on 16 for 34 shooting in 262 possessions against him, over 21 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Dec. 23, 2022	0	0-0	14.0
Oct. 19, 2022	0	0-1	11.9
March 24, 2022	0	0-0	7.2
March 6, 2022	0	0-0	5.9
April 21, 2021	2	1-2	3.3
April 17, 2021	0	0-0	2.4
March 10, 2020	0	0-1	11.4
Jan. 25, 2020	4	2-2	30.7
Jan. 18, 2020	0	0-1	2.3
Oct. 30, 2019	2	1-4	11.9
April 29, 2018	3	1-4	22.9
April 27, 2018	0	0-0	3.0
April 25, 2018

Scorers he held down most

Kevin Love

Scored 70 points on 26 for 79 shooting in 488 possessions with Young guarding him, over 21 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Dec. 23, 2022	0	0-0	0.9
Oct. 19, 2022	0	0-0	2.2
March 24, 2022	0	0-1	2.0
March 6, 2022	3	1-2	11.4
April 21, 2021	1	0-2	5.4
April 17, 2021	2	1-1	3.6
March 10, 2020	5	2-5	18.5
Jan. 25, 2020	7	3-11	45.6
Jan. 18, 2020	4	1-2	7.8
Oct. 30, 2019	2	1-1	12.6
April 29, 2018	12	4-6	36.1
April 27, 2018	0	0-2	5.7

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

2023-24, 33 games

Usage rate	12.5%
Assist rate	17.8%
Assists per turnover	3.80
Turnover rate (per 100 plays)	8.1
Offensive rating	114.7
Defensive rating	118.7
Net rating	−3.9
Offensive rebound rate	10.5%
Defensive rebound rate	13.2%
Effective FG%	60.6%
Fouls drawn a game	0.5

Not ranked: NBA ranks need 58+ games, and he has played 33.

Shot profile

Where he shoots, against the league

Zone	Young	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
At the rim	63.0%	29.6%	66.2%	66.3%
Paint (non-rim)	27.8%	19.7%	56.7%	44.1%
Mid-range	2.8%	11.2%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	FG	3P	FT	TO	PF	+/−
Apr 14	@ MIN	W125–106	8:48	5	1	0	0	0	2–2	0–0	1–1	2	4	−8
Apr 10	@ LAC	W124–108	13:16	0	2	2	2	0	0–2	0–1	0–0	0	2	+2
Apr 9	vs LAC	L92–105	7:32	0	2	0	0	0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	0	−10
Apr 5	vs MIN	W97–87	2:50	0	1	0	0	0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	−13
Mar 27	@ DEN	W104–97

Distance	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Under 8 ft	59–91	84.3%	41.4%	64.8%	59.8%
8–16 ft	4–9	8.3%	13.4%	44.4%	44.3%
16–24 ft	1–1	0.9%	5.7%	100.0%	40.7%

Stat	Avg	NBA rank
Deflections	1.4
Contested shots	3.1
Twos contested	1.9
Threes contested	1.3
Charges drawn	0.14
Loose balls recovered	0.3
Box outs	1.4
Screen assists	1.8
Points from screen assists	4.0

Per game	Young	NBA avg
Distance (miles)	1.00	1.93
Average speed (mph)	4.15	4.24
Touches	24.0	43.3
Passes	19.6	30.1
Potential assists	2.5	5.0
Secondary assists	0.0	0.4
Offensive rebound chances	3.6	2.7
Defensive rebound chances	3.1	6.0

Stat	Young	NBA avg
Rim shots defended per game

Split	GP	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
Location
Home	12	3.3	2.7	1.6	52.9%	0.0%	37.5%	52.0%	−1.5
Away	21	4.7	3.4	1.8	63.5%	16.7%	42.9%	63.6%	−1.0
Result

Corner three		3.7%	10.1%	25.0%	39.0%

Above-break three		2.8%	29.2%	0.0%	36.0%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	FT	TO	+/−
Apr 14	@ MIN	W125–106	8:48	5	1	0	2–2	0–0	1–1	2	−8
Apr 10	@ LAC	W124–108	13:16	0	2	2	0–2	0–1	0–0	0	+2
Apr 9	vs LAC	L92–105	7:32	0	2	0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	−10
Apr 5	vs MIN	W97–87	2:50	0	1	0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	−13
Mar 27	@ DEN	W104–97	17:51	6	9	2	3–4	0–0	0–0	0	+15
Mar 23	@ SAS	W131–106	5:43	4	2	2	2–4	0–0	0–0	1	−2
Mar 20	vs PHI	W115–102	1:48	0	0	0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	−1
Mar 14	@ BOS	L112–127	2:58	2	1	1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	+3
Mar 2	vs HOU	L109–118	9:43	4	2	0	2–3	0–0	0–2	0	+4
Feb 23	@ HOU	L110–114	18:53	2	8	0	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	−1

Month

Nov

1.3

1.0

50.0%

—

0.0%

41.0%

+3.7

Dec

3.0

1.3

66.7%

—

100.0%

69.9%

−1.3

Jan

6.2

3.8

2.8

58.5%

20.0%

50.0%

59.1%

−1.2

Feb

4.6

5.4

1.4

73.3%

0.0%

33.3%

70.5%

−4.4

Mar

3.2

2.8

1.0

61.5%

—

0.0%

57.6%

+3.8

Apr

1.3

1.5

0.5

40.0%

0.0%

100.0%

46.0%

−7.3

Type	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Dunks	5–5	4.6%	6.0%	100.0%	89.1%
Layups	39–65	60.2%	27.4%	60.0%	56.8%
Floaters	6–9	8.3%	8.4%	66.7%	44.9%
Hooks	12–18	16.7%	3.0%	66.7%	47.3%
Pull-up jumpers	0–0	0.0%	13.2%	—	39.5%
Step-backs	0–0	0.0%	5.1%	—	38.2%
Turnarounds and fadeaways	1–3	2.8%	5.2%	33.3%	41.7%
Other jump shots	2–8	7.4%	31.8%	25.0%	37.9%

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
March 27, 2024	0	0-1	2.8
Dec. 11, 2021	0	0-0	9.5
Oct. 22, 2021	0	0-0	0.5
Dec. 23, 2019	2	1-6	16.9
March 30, 2019	7	3-5	30.5
March 2, 2019	4	2-7	39.3
Jan. 31, 2019	2	1-1	10.6
Dec. 7, 2018	16	6-12	48.3
Jan. 27, 2018	14	7-15	49.6
Nov. 27, 2017	3	1-4	40.4
Nov. 20, 2017	10	4-10	49.8

Thaddeus Young

Inside his season

Tonight against the Lakers

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

By distance

Hustle

Movement and touches

Rim defense

Pick your games

Splits

Last 10 games

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 against the Lakers