Wayne Ellington Stats, Shot Chart & Advanced Analytics — 2021-22

Inside his season

Through April 10

Ellington's assists have fallen the most of his numbers this season, to 1.8 per 100 possessions from 3.2.

He's averaging 6.7 points a game, down from 9.6 last season, and his true shooting is 59.3%, down from 62.5%.

Tonight at Phoenix

Last time, March 13, 2022: 5 points on 2 for 3 shooting, 1 assist and 2 rebounds in a 140-111 loss.
In 10 games against the Suns, he has averaged 9.2 points, 0.6 assists and 1.7 rebounds.
Of the Suns, Chris Paul has guarded him the most in their careers: 30 possessions over 3 games. Ellington has 3 points on 1 for 3 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	5.1%	8.6%	75.0%	65.5%
Rest of the paint	3.0%	2.1%	71.4%	42.9%
Midrange	3.0%	8.3%	28.6%	39.3%
Corner threes	26.2%	18.0%	46.8%	29.5%
Threes above the break	62.9%	63.0%	35.6%	46.0%

He takes 4.6 free throws per 100 shots, from 10.4 last season.

What changed from last season

His shots have moved away from the basket: more from three, 89.0%, up from 81.1%, and fewer from midrange, 3.0%, down from 8.3%.

He's playing 18.8 minutes a game, down from 22.0. His usage rate is 13.5%, down from 16.2%.

With him on the floor

The Lakers have been outscored by 5.6 points per 100 possessions with him on the floor, 109.0 to 114.6, with garbage time left out. They're minus 3.4 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

April 10, 2022, a 146-141 win at Denver

Wayne Ellington

0 AST2-2 FT29:57 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 6.4 points, 1.8 rebounds and 0.7 assists in 42 regular-season games.

Shot making: 16 points from the field on 10 shots5.3 more than the league scores from the same zones
Biggest shot: Made a pull-up 3-pointer3rd quarter, 11:36 leftchance to win 46% to 55%
Guarded by: Forbes: 21 poss, 5 ptsHoward: 18 poss, 3 ptsReed: 7 poss, 3 pts
He guarded: Forbes: 12 poss, 0 ptsRivers: 11 poss, 0 ptsHoward: 8 poss, 5 pts
On the move: 2.25 miles4.12 mph on average25 touches
Hustle: 5 shots contested
Rating: Performance Score +2.682.7% true shooting13.3% usage

His last game

His season

Career

7 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	76	21.2	7.7	2.3	1.1	0.6	0.1	0.6	.389	1.3	.358	.857	.498	−4.2
2016-17MIA	MIA	62	24.2	10.5	2.1	1.1	0.6	0.1	0.5	.416	2.4	.378	.860	.565	+1.4
2017-18MIA	MIA	77	26.5	11.2	2.8	1.0	0.7	0.1	0.7	.407	2.9	.392	.859	.588	+1.6
2018-192 teams	2 teams	53	24.5	10.3	2.0	1.4	1.0	0.1	0.8	.403	2.6	.371	.796	.569	−0.2
MIA	MIA	25	21.3	8.4	1.9	1.2	1.0	0.1	0.6	.375	2.3	.368	.875	.547	−3.5
DET	DET	28	27.3	12.0	2.1	1.5	1.1	0.1	0.9	.421	2.9	.373	.758	.584	+2.7
2019-20NYK	NYK	36	15.5	5.1	1.8	1.2	0.4	0.1	0.5	.351	1.4	.350	.846	.509	−0.4
2020-21DET	DET	46	22.0	9.6	1.8	1.5	0.4	0.2	0.7	.441	2.5	.422	.800	.625	−1.5
2021-22LAL	LAL	43	18.8	6.7	1.8	0.7	0.5	0.1	0.4	.414	1.9	.389	.818	.593	−1.4
Career7 seasons	7 seasons	393	22.5	9.0	2.2	1.1	0.6	0.1	0.6	.406	2.2	.383	.839	.564	−0.7

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, 402 games since 2015-16

Best game+14.232 points on 12 for 16 shooting against Toronto, April 11, 2018The story Best four games+21.217.5 points a game, Nov. 19 to 26, 2017Last game

Where his points come from

This season, against the league

Source	Ellington	NBA avg
Paint	9.8%	42.7%
Mid-range	1.4%	8.3%
Threes	85.7%	33.7%
Free throws	3.2%	15.3%
Fast break	11.1%	11.3%
Off turnovers	13.2%	14.7%
Unassisted makes	6.1%	39.3%

Who stops him, and who he stops

Every matchup since 2016-17

Scorers he held down most

Bojan Bogdanovic

Scored 45 points on 16 for 36 shooting in 253 possessions with Ellington guarding him, over 12 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Feb. 2, 2021	2	0-0	2.4
Jan. 10, 2021	2	1-3	8.3
March 4, 2020	0	0-2	8.7
April 3, 2019	0	0-5	71.1
April 1, 2019	11	4-9	83.2
Feb. 25, 2019	10	3-5	30.4
Nov. 16, 2018	0	0-0	0.4
Nov. 9, 2018	13	5-6	28.7
March 25, 2018	2	1-2	1.0
Jan. 10, 2018	2	1-3	14.0
Nov. 19, 2017	3	1-1	1.1
Oct. 21, 2017	0	0-0	3.5

Joe Harris

Scored 42 points on 16 for 35 shooting in 253 possessions with Ellington guarding him, over 11 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
March 26, 2021	3	1-4	25.3
March 13, 2021	7	3-3	35.4
Feb. 9, 2021	6	2-3	28.0
Nov. 24, 2019	0	0-3	12.6
Oct. 25, 2019	0	0-0	9.5
March 11, 2019	2	1-2	16.3
Nov. 20, 2018	2	1-3	21.5
Nov. 14, 2018	2	1-4	23.6
March 31, 2018	9	3-6	27.1
Jan. 19, 2018	2	1-2	29.3
Dec. 29, 2017	9	3-5	24.0

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

2021-22, 43 games

Usage rate	13.5%
Assist rate	5.5%
Assists per turnover	1.58
Turnover rate (per 100 plays)	6.6
Offensive rating	107.5
Defensive rating	111.3
Net rating	−3.8
Offensive rebound rate	1.2%
Defensive rebound rate	7.8%
Effective FG%	58.6%
Fouls drawn a game	0.4

Not ranked: NBA ranks need 58+ games, and he has played 43.

Shot profile

Where he shoots, against the league

Zone	Ellington	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
At the rim	5.1%	29.1%	75.0%	65.3%
Paint (non-rim)	3.0%	18.3%	71.4%	42.8%
Mid-range	3.0%	12.8%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	FG	3P	FT	TO	PF	+/−
Apr 10	@ DEN	W146–141	29:57	18	2	0	0	1	6–10	4–8	2–2	0	2	−8
Apr 8	vs OKC	W120–101	22:00	10	3	1	0	0	4–9	2–7	0–0	1	1	+15
Apr 7	@ GSW	L112–128	16:28	6	4	0	0	0	1–5	1–5	3–4	2	0	−13
Mar 16	@ MIN	L104–124	17:35	6	3	1	0	0	2–5	2–5	0–0	0	0	−19
Mar 14	vs TOR	L103–114

Stat	Avg	NBA rank
Deflections	1.1
Contested shots	2.9
Twos contested	1.2
Threes contested	1.7
Charges drawn	0.00
Loose balls recovered	0.4
Box outs	0.4
Screen assists	0.1
Points from screen assists	0.2

Per game	Ellington	NBA avg
Distance (miles)	1.40	1.91
Average speed (mph)	4.23	4.17
Touches	20.3	44.1
Passes	13.8	30.9
Potential assists	1.3	5.2
Secondary assists	0.2	0.4
Offensive rebound chances	0.6	2.6
Defensive rebound chances	3.0	6.2

Split	GP	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
Location
Home	20	6.7	1.5	0.7	43.8%	41.9%	66.7%	62.5%	+0.1
Away	23	6.7	2.0	0.7	39.4%	36.4%	87.5%	56.8%	−2.7
Result

Corner three		26.2%	9.9%	46.8%	38.3%

Above-break three		62.9%	29.7%	35.6%	34.6%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	FT	TO	+/−
Apr 10	@ DEN	W146–141	29:57	18	2	0	6–10	4–8	2–2	0	−8
Apr 8	vs OKC	W120–101	22:00	10	3	1	4–9	2–7	0–0	1	+15
Apr 7	@ GSW	L112–128	16:28	6	4	0	1–5	1–5	3–4	2	−13
Mar 16	@ MIN	L104–124	17:35	6	3	1	2–5	2–5	0–0	0	−19
Mar 14	vs TOR	L103–114	25:10	6	0	3	2–6	2–5	0–0	0	+21
Mar 13	@ PHX	L111–140	8:44	5	2	1	2–3	1–2	0–0	1	+4
Mar 3	@ LAC	L111–132	11:38	12	1	0	5–5	2–2	0–0	0	+14
Feb 27	vs NOP	L95–123	17:39	9	2	0	3–8	3–8	0–0	0	−6
Feb 16	vs UTA	W106–101	4:22	0	2	0	0–3	0–3	0–0	0	−2
Feb 9	@ POR	L105–107	15:06	9	1	1	3–6	3–6	0–0	0	+2

Month

Nov

6.7

1.6

0.7

40.2%

39.5%

100.0%

59.7%

−0.7

Dec

6.0

1.9

0.9

36.8%

35.5%

0.0%

52.6%

−3.6

Jan

5.7

1.7

0.2

44.4%

45.5%

—

63.0%

−2.3

Feb

6.0

1.7

0.3

35.3%

—

52.9%

−2.0

Mar

7.3

1.5

1.3

57.9%

50.0%

—

76.3%

+5.0

Apr

11.3

3.0

0.3

45.8%

35.0%

83.3%

63.8%

−2.0

Distance	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Under 8 ft	12–16	6.8%	39.8%	75.0%	59.0%
8–16 ft	3–7	3.0%	13.2%	42.9%	42.9%
16–24 ft	1–3	1.3%	7.1%	33.3%	39.9%
24+ ft	82–211	89.0%	39.6%	38.9%	35.5%

Type	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Dunks	0–0	0.0%	5.8%	—	88.7%
Layups	11–14	5.9%	26.5%	78.6%	55.8%
Floaters	2–4	1.7%	7.9%	50.0%	44.8%
Hooks	0–0	0.0%	2.9%	—	48.5%
Pull-up jumpers	14–42	17.7%	12.9%	33.3%	39.7%
Step-backs	0–4	1.7%	4.8%	0.0%	38.1%
Turnarounds and fadeaways	2–4	1.7%	4.9%	50.0%	40.6%
Other jump shots	69–169	71.3%	34.3%	40.8%	35.9%

Wayne Ellington

Inside his season

Tonight at Phoenix

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 at Phoenix

Where his shots come from

What changed from last season

With him on the floor