Walter Clayton Jr. Stats, Shot Chart & Advanced Analytics — DAL 2026-27

Inside his season

Through Nov. 14

Clayton Jr. is 150th in the site's Player Rankings, at −0.6 points per 100 possessions against an average player, after 263rd last season, and his rebounds have risen the most, to 8.3 per 100 possessions from 4.6.

He's taking 9.2% of his shots in the paint outside the restricted area, down from 21.5% last season.

Last night at Cleveland

The Cavaliers beat the Mavericks 127-117.Box score

He had 2 points on 1 for 5 shooting, 2 assists and 2 rebounds in 13 minutes.

Tonight at Boston

Last time, March 20: 4 points on 1 for 7 shooting, 2 assists and 3 rebounds in a 117-112 loss.

His passing

20.4

points his passes create per 100 possessions he plays, from 22.4 last season

Finishing them: Cooper Flagg 8, P.J. Washington 6, Zaccharie Risacher 4.
27% of the baskets he set up were threes.

Where his shots come from

Zone	Share	Last season	Made	Last season
At the rim	18.5%	17.6%	75.0%	51.9%
Rest of the paint	9.2%	21.5%	33.3%	45.5%
Midrange	12.3%	8.0%	37.5%	40.5%
Corner threes	12.3%	6.1%	37.5%	25.0%
Threes above the break	47.7%	46.9%	32.3%	31.5%

34.6% of his baskets were unassisted, from 46.6% last season.
He takes 24.2 free throws per 100 shots, from 26.2 last season.

With him on the floor

The Mavericks have outscored teams by 7.7 points per 100 possessions with him on the floor, 118.8 to 111.1, with garbage time left out. They're minus 1.3 overall.

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. 14, a 127-117 loss at Cleveland

Walter Clayton Jr.

13:16 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 7.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists in 11 regular-season games.

Shot making: 2 points from the field on 5 shots3.5 fewer than the league scores from the same zones
Rating: Performance Score −3.60.00 wins added20.0% true shooting16.1% usage

His last game

His season

2026-27 so far, 12 games

Best game: 20 points against Sacramento on Nov. 2, +7.4.Box score

Impact

His Player Rankings card

−0.6

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

150th of 271 players with 317 possessions or more, likely 55th to 240th.
Offense −0.2 (129th), defense −0.4 (173rd).
0.2 wins added so far over a replacement player, likely −0.2 to 0.5, 181st in the league.
The Mavericks are 11.1 points per 100 better with him on the floor than off it (425 and 806 possessions).
12 games in, his box score, minutes and team’s results this season are about 94% of the rating; nothing carries over from last season. Counting last season, he would be at −1.0, 175th.

His season

Career

2 seasons

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3PM	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
2025-262 teams	2 teams	69	20.4	7.8	2.0	4.0	0.6	0.3	1.7	.384	1.1	.307	.901	.523	−4.1
UTA	UTA	45	18.0	6.8	2.0	3.2	0.5	0.3	1.3	.398	1.0	.308	.935	.540	−2.6
MEM	MEM	24	25.0	9.7	2.1	5.7	0.8	0.3	2.5	.366	1.3	.307	.864	.502	−6.9
2026-27so farDAL, so far	DAL	12	16.6	6.6	2.9	3.3	0.6	0.2	1.5	.409	1.1	.333	.750	.541	+2.8
NBA rank			222nd	205th	190th	78th	178th	206th							82nd
Career2 seasons	2 seasons	81	19.9	7.6	2.1	3.9	0.6	0.3	1.7	.387	1.1	.311	.883	.525	−3.1

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, 81 games

Best game+11.017 points and 5 assists on 6 for 6 shooting at San Antonio, Dec. 27, 2025Box score Best four games+10.511.3 points a game, Nov. 2 to 8, 2026Last game

Where his points come from

This season, against the league

Source	Clayton Jr.	NBA avg
Paint	27.8%	41.2%
Mid-range	7.6%	6.3%
Threes	49.4%	35.2%
Free throws	15.2%	17.2%
Fast break	15.2%	12.7%
Off turnovers	17.7%	16.2%
Unassisted makes	37.0%	34.8%

Advanced

2026-27, 12 games

Usage rate	18.7%	119th
Assist rate	26.7%	37th

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	FG	3P	FT	TO	PF	+/−
Nov 14	@ CLE	L117–127	13:16	2	2	2	0	0	1–5	0–4	0–0	0	1	−9
Nov 12	@ MIN	L94–133	21:44	5	1	4	0	0	1–8	0–5	3–3	5	0	−15
Nov 9	vs IND	W125–122	24:41	6	6	4	1	1	2–6	1–4	1–2	2	1	+1
Nov 8	vs BKN	W130–93	16:02	5	4	6	2	0	2–3	1–2	0–0	2	3	+21
Nov 6	vs UTA	W112–100

Distance	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Under 8 ft	10–15	23.1%	38.9%	66.7%	59.1%
8–16 ft	4–8	12.3%	13.4%	50.0%	43.9%
16–24 ft	0–3	4.6%	4.6%	0.0%	39.0%
24+ ft	13–39	60.0%	43.1%	33.3%	35.1%

Stat	Avg	NBA rank
Deflections	1.7	120th
Contested shots	2.7	177th
Twos contested	1.4	172nd
Threes contested	1.3	145th
Charges drawn	0.09	32nd
Loose balls recovered	0.2	202nd
Box outs	0.0	262nd
Screen assists	0.4	135th
Points from screen assists	0.6	153rd

Per game	Clayton Jr.	NBA avg
Distance (miles)	1.30	1.76
Average speed (mph)	4.62	4.43
Touches	29.1	38.0
Passes	22.7	29.0
Potential assists

Split	GP	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
Location
Home	7	7.0	3.0	3.6	43.2%	39.1%	66.7%	57.9%	+4.3
Away	5	6.0	2.8	3.0	37.9%	25.0%	100.0%	48.8%	+0.8
Result

Assists per turnover	2.22	82nd

Turnover rate (per 100 plays)	13.8	233rd

Offensive rating	115.4	81st

Defensive rating	106.9	58th

Net rating	+8.6	61st

Offensive rebound rate	3.1%	171st

Defensive rebound rate	14.6%	82nd

Effective FG%	51.5%

Fouls drawn a game	1.3	187th

Zone	Clayton Jr.	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
At the rim	18.5%	27.7%	75.0%	65.6%
Paint (non-rim)	9.2%	19.0%	33.3%	44.4%
Mid-range	12.3%	10.2%	37.5%	40.0%
Corner three	12.3%	11.7%	37.5%	36.1%
Above-break three	47.7%	31.4%	32.3%	34.8%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	FT	TO	+/−
Nov 14	@ CLE	L117–127	13:16	2	2	2	1–5	0–4	0–0	0	−9
Nov 12	@ MIN	L94–133	21:44	5	1	4	1–8	0–5	3–3	5	−15
Nov 9	vs IND	W125–122	24:41	6	6	4	2–6	1–4	1–2	2	+1
Nov 8	vs BKN	W130–93	16:02	5	4	6	2–3	1–2	0–0	2	+21
Nov 6	vs UTA	W112–100	22:33	12	4	2	4–8	1–5	3–4	4	+4
Nov 4	@ SAS	L111–112	21:20	8	6	5	3–9	2–5	0–0	0	+3
Nov 2	vs SAC	L100–115	23:34	20	1	2	6–9	4–5	4–4	0	−7
Oct 30	vs HOU	W116–111	8:33	3	2	1	1–4	1–2	0–0	3	+5
Oct 28	vs OKC	W120–96	14:41	0	2	5	0–4	0–4	0–2	0	+11
Oct 26	@ MIA	W113–109	17:10	15	4	4	6–7	2–2	1–1	2	+22

Dunks	0–0	0.0%	5.8%	—	88.4%

Layups	10–14	21.5%	25.7%	71.4%	56.0%

Floaters	1–4	6.2%	8.8%	25.0%	45.3%

Hooks	0–0	0.0%	2.1%	—	47.5%

Pull-up jumpers	5–18	27.7%	13.7%	27.8%	37.6%

Step-backs	2–6	9.2%	5.2%	33.3%	37.9%

Turnarounds and fadeaways	0–0	0.0%	5.2%	—	40.3%

Other jump shots	9–23	35.4%	33.5%	39.1%	36.2%

Month

Oct

4.2

2.2

3.0

44.4%

33.3%

54.3%

+7.2

Nov

8.3

3.4

3.6

39.6%

30.0%

84.6%

54.0%

−0.3

Walter Clayton Jr.

Inside his season

Last night at Cleveland

Tonight at Boston

His passing

Where his shots come from

With him on the floor

Inside his season

His last game

His last game

His season

Impact

His season

Career

Career bests

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

Clutch

Trends

Career bests

His season

Impact

His last game

Inside his season

Last night at Cleveland

Tonight at Boston

His passing

Where his shots come from

With him on the floor

Stat	Clayton Jr.	NBA avg
Rim shots defended per game	0.8	2.1
Opponent FG% at the rim	55.6%	64.4%