Wesley Matthews Stats, Shot Chart & Advanced Analytics — 2023-24

Inside his season

Through April 9

Matthews is averaging 3.1 points a game on 51.1% true shooting. He's making 35.7% of his twos and 24 for 69 on threes (34.8%), and takes 24.7 free throws per 100 shots.

He takes 41.2% of his shots from three above the break and is 12 for 40 there.

Tonight at Milwaukee

Last time, March 30, 2024: 9 points on 4 for 9 shooting, 1 assist and 1 rebound in a 122-113 loss.
In 13 games against the Bucks, he has averaged 12.3 points, 2.5 assists and 2.2 rebounds.
Of the Bucks, Khris Middleton has guarded him the most in their careers: 138 possessions over 9 games. Matthews has 26 points on 10 for 20 shooting against him.

Where his shots come from

Zone	Share	Made
At the rim	13.4%	38.5%
Rest of the paint	9.3%	44.4%
Midrange	6.2%	16.7%
Corner threes	29.9%	41.4%
Threes above the break	41.2%	30.0%

3.1% of his baskets were unassisted.

With him on the floor

The Hawks have been outscored by 6.7 points per 100 possessions with him on the floor, 112.4 to 119.1, with garbage time left out. They're minus 1.8 overall.

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 17, 2024, a 131-116 loss at Chicago, play-in

Wesley Matthews

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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 3.1 points, 1.5 rebounds and 0.6 assists in 36 regular-season games.

Shot making: 0 points from the field on 2 shots2.2 fewer than the league scores from the same zones
Guarded by: DeRozan: 9 poss, 0 ptsTerry: 3 poss, 0 ptsGreen: 3 poss, 0 pts
He guarded: DeRozan: 11 poss, 8 ptsWhite: 4 poss, 0 pts
On the move: 0.81 miles4.63 mph on average9 touches
Hustle: 1 deflection2 shots contested1 box-out1 screen assist
Rating: Performance Score −3.40.0% true shooting8.0% usage

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%	+/−
2015-16DAL	DAL	78	33.9	12.5	3.1	1.9	1.0	0.2	1.0	.388	2.4	.360	.863	.532	+1.2
2016-17DAL	DAL	73	34.2	13.5	3.5	2.9	1.1	0.2	1.4	.393	2.4	.363	.816	.533	−2.6
2017-18DAL	DAL	63	33.8	12.7	3.1	2.7	1.2	0.3	1.3	.406	2.4	.381	.822	.541	−5.2
2018-193 teams	3 teams	69	30.3	12.2	2.5	2.3	0.8	0.2	1.3	.400	2.2	.372	.810	.546	−1.3
DAL	DAL	44	29.8	13.1	2.3	2.3	0.8	0.3	1.3	.414	2.3	.380	.791	.556	−0.9
NYK	NYK	2	26.9	7.0	1.5	2.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	.211	1.0	.200	.800	.330	0.0
IND	IND	23	31.5	10.9	2.8	2.4	0.9	0.2	1.3	.386	2.1	.369	.854	.543	−2.2
2019-20MIL	MIL	67	24.4	7.4	2.5	1.4	0.6	0.1	0.6	.396	1.6	.364	.765	.547	+6.8
2020-21LAL	LAL	58	19.5	4.8	1.6	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.4	.353	1.1	.335	.854	.517	+0.7
2021-22MIL	MIL	49	20.5	5.1	1.9	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.4	.395	1.1	.338	.786	.536	+2.8
2022-23MIL	MIL	52	15.8	3.4	2.2	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.3	.362	0.8	.315	.857	.519	+1.0
2023-24ATL	ATL	36	11.5	3.1	1.5	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.2	.351	0.7	.348	.750	.511	−1.9
Career9 seasons	9 seasons	545	26.4	9.0	2.5	1.7	0.8	0.2	0.9	.391	1.8	.360	.820	.536	+0.2

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, 586 games since 2015-16

Best game+13.236 points and 5 assists on 12 for 23 shooting at Washington, Dec. 6, 2015Box score Best four games+19.123.3 points a game, Dec. 7 to 12, 2016Last game

Where his points come from

This season, against the league

Source	Matthews	NBA avg
Paint	16.4%	44.0%
Mid-range	1.8%	7.3%
Threes	65.5%	33.7%
Free throws	16.3%	14.9%
Fast break	14.5%	12.6%
Off turnovers	10.0%	14.4%
Unassisted makes	5.9%	36.8%

Who stops him, and who he stops

Every matchup since 2016-17

Toughest defenders on him

DeMar DeRozan

Matthews scored 29 points on 10 for 31 shooting in 524 possessions against him, over 23 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
April 17, 2024	0	0-0	8.6
April 1, 2024	0	0-1	7.4
Dec. 26, 2023	0	0-0	1.0
April 5, 2023	2	1-2	16.4
Dec. 28, 2022	3	1-1	37.0
Nov. 23, 2022	0	0-0	23.1
April 27, 2022	0	0-0	23.9
April 24, 2022	0	0-0	20.9
April 22, 2022	0	0-1	22.9
April 20, 2022	3	1-3	49.6
April 17, 2022	6	2-2	34.6
April 5, 2022	2	0-0	35.3
March 22, 2022	0	0-2	27.9
March 4, 2022	3	1-3	28.0
Jan. 21, 2022	0	0-1	19.1
Jan. 7, 2021	0	0-1	8.2
Jan. 1, 2021	0	0-0	8.6
Dec. 30, 2020	3	1-1	5.3
Jan. 6, 2020	3	1-1	23.5
Jan. 4, 2020	0	0-4	32.4
Jan. 16, 2019	0	0-0	3.4
Oct. 29, 2018	2	1-4	45.2
Dec. 26, 2017	2	1-4	41.9

Jimmy Butler III

Matthews scored 22 points on 9 for 38 shooting in 310 possessions against him, over 17 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
April 26, 2023	0	0-0	10.0
April 16, 2023	0	0-0	2.9
Feb. 4, 2023	0	0-1	9.6
March 2, 2022	0	0-0	7.3
April 8, 2021	6	2-5	23.7
Feb. 20, 2021	2	1-3	19.2
Sept. 8, 2020	0	0-1	19.8
Sept. 6, 2020	3	1-2	9.6
Sept. 4, 2020	0	0-1	7.3
Sept. 2, 2020	0	0-2	14.5
Aug. 31, 2020	0	0-1	6.9
March 2, 2020	0	0-2	17.7
March 10, 2019

Jayson Tatum

Matthews scored 48 points on 17 for 42 shooting in 519 possessions against him, over 27 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
March 28, 2024	0	0-1	12.5
March 25, 2024	0	0-0	6.1
Nov. 26, 2023	0	0-0	0.8
March 30, 2023	0	0-0	0.4
Dec. 25, 2022	0	0-1	3.7
May 15, 2022	1	0-1	24.3
May 13, 2022	4	2-3	35.2
May 11, 2022	6	2-3	35.7
May 9, 2022	0	0-0	16.4
May 7, 2022	0	0-2	34.5
May 3, 2022	0	0-1	18.7
May 1, 2022	0	0-1	14.1
Dec. 25, 2021

Scorers he held down most

Jayson Tatum

Scored 87 points on 32 for 79 shooting in 545 possessions with Matthews guarding him, over 27 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
March 28, 2024	2	0-0	20.0
March 25, 2024	2	1-4	10.0
Nov. 26, 2023	7	2-2	7.8
March 30, 2023	2	0-0	6.6
Dec. 25, 2022	2	0-1	6.4
May 15, 2022	0	0-1	19.7
May 13, 2022	5	2-5	28.0
May 11, 2022	6	3-5	41.2
May 9, 2022	9	4-4	38.9
May 7, 2022	0	0-9	49.5
May 3, 2022	13	4-5	35.9
May 1, 2022	4	1-1	31.9

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

2023-24, 36 games

Usage rate	11.8%
Assist rate	7.8%
Assists per turnover	2.88
Turnover rate (per 100 plays)	5.8
Offensive rating	109.3
Defensive rating	114.9
Net rating	−5.6
Offensive rebound rate	2.0%
Defensive rebound rate	10.6%
Effective FG%	47.4%
Fouls drawn a game	0.6

Not ranked: NBA ranks need 58+ games, and he has played 36.

Shot profile

Where he shoots, against the league

Zone	Matthews	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
At the rim	13.4%	29.6%	38.5%	66.3%
Paint (non-rim)	9.3%	19.7%	44.4%	44.1%
Mid-range	6.2%	11.2%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	FG	3P	FT	TO	PF	+/−
Apr 9	vs MIA	L111–117	4:42	2	0	1	1	0	0–0	0–0	2–2	0	0	−1
Apr 4	@ DAL	L95–109	4:28	0	0	0	0	0	0–2	0–2	0–0	0	1	+2
Apr 1	@ CHI	W113–101	7:33	2	1	0	0	0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0	1	−6
Mar 30	vs MIL	L113–122	18:22	9	1	1	1	0	4–9	1–3	0–0	0	3	+2
Mar 28	vs BOS	W123–122

Distance	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Under 8 ft	7–17	17.5%	41.4%	41.2%	59.8%
8–16 ft	3–10	10.3%	13.4%	30.0%	44.3%
16–24 ft	0–1	1.0%	5.7%	0.0%	40.7%
24+ ft	24–69	71.1%	39.3%	34.8%	36.8%

Stat	Avg	NBA rank
Deflections	1.2
Contested shots	1.5
Twos contested	0.7
Threes contested	0.8
Charges drawn	0.06
Loose balls recovered	0.3
Box outs	0.5
Screen assists	0.3
Points from screen assists	0.8

Per game	Matthews	NBA avg
Distance (miles)	0.90	1.93
Average speed (mph)	4.35	4.24
Touches	14.3	43.3
Passes	11.1	30.1
Potential assists	1.1	5.0
Secondary assists	0.1	0.4
Offensive rebound chances	1.1	2.7
Defensive rebound chances	3.0	6.0

Split	GP	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
Location
Home	15	3.9	2.0	0.7	38.3%	37.1%	75.0%	55.5%	−0.1
Away	21	2.5	1.1	0.6	32.0%	32.4%	75.0%	47.0%	−3.2
Result

Corner three		29.9%	10.1%	41.4%	39.0%

Above-break three		41.2%	29.2%	30.0%	36.0%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	FT	TO	+/−
Apr 9	vs MIA	L111–117	4:42	2	0	1	0–0	0–0	2–2	0	−1
Apr 4	@ DAL	L95–109	4:28	0	0	0	0–2	0–2	0–0	0	+2
Apr 1	@ CHI	W113–101	7:33	2	1	0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0	−6
Mar 30	vs MIL	L113–122	18:22	9	1	1	4–9	1–3	0–0	0	+2
Mar 28	vs BOS	W123–122	23:40	3	5	3	1–6	1–5	0–0	1	−1
Mar 25	vs BOS	W120–118	17:13	6	4	0	2–4	2–3	0–0	1	+3
Mar 23	vs CHA	W132–91	12:41	6	4	0	2–5	2–4	0–0	0	+11
Mar 21	@ PHX	L115–128	14:27	3	1	0	1–4	1–2	0–0	0	−16
Mar 18	@ LAL	L105–136	11:01	3	0	3	1–2	1–2	0–0	0	−5
Mar 17	@ LAC	W110–93	13:37	6	1	0	2–2	2–2	0–0	0	+1

Month

Nov

2.5

1.1

0.9

40.0%

35.7%

50.0%

56.7%

−1.1

Dec

2.0

1.6

0.5

16.7%

6.3%

84.6%

33.6%

−4.3

Jan

0.0

1.0

0.0

—

+11.0

Feb

4.7

2.3

0.3

55.6%

57.1%

0.0%

74.2%

+0.3

Mar

4.7

1.7

0.8

40.0%

48.3%

100.0%

56.7%

−2.2

Apr

1.3

0.3

25.0%

0.0%

100.0%

41.0%

−1.7

Type	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Dunks	0–0	0.0%	6.0%	—	89.1%
Layups	7–15	15.5%	27.4%	46.7%	56.8%
Floaters	3–8	8.2%	8.4%	37.5%	44.9%
Hooks	0–0	0.0%	3.0%	—	47.3%
Pull-up jumpers	2–8	8.2%	13.2%	25.0%	39.5%
Step-backs	2–9	9.3%	5.1%	22.2%	38.2%
Turnarounds and fadeaways	0–3	3.1%	5.2%	0.0%	41.7%
Other jump shots	20–54	55.7%	31.8%	37.0%	37.9%

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
April 26, 2023	6	2-4	20.4
April 16, 2023	3	1-2	21.2
Feb. 4, 2023	6	2-4	20.1
March 2, 2022	0	0-3	24.9
April 8, 2021	6	2-2	33.3
Feb. 20, 2021	8	4-9	38.6
Sept. 8, 2020	4	1-2	43.5
Sept. 6, 2020	3	1-5	37.9
Sept. 4, 2020	11	4-5	32.6
Sept. 2, 2020	2	0-3	47.9
Aug. 31, 2020	8	2-6	27.9
March 2, 2020	6	3-5	33.9
March 10, 2019	0	0-2	28.9
Dec. 10, 2017	8	4-8	42.7
Nov. 17, 2017	9	4-8	42.4
Nov. 4, 2017	0	0-4	20.1
Jan. 17, 2017	8	3-8	53.8

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Jan. 28, 2022	0	0-0	0.2
Aug. 29, 2020	10	3-7	39.2
Aug. 24, 2020	6	2-4	36.6
Aug. 22, 2020	2	0-4	40.1
Aug. 20, 2020	6	2-7	39.5
Aug. 18, 2020	0	0-1	44.0
Feb. 8, 2020	6	2-4	37.8
Dec. 28, 2019	2	1-3	24.7
Dec. 9, 2019	6	2-3	27.5
Nov. 1, 2019	8	3-7	29.0
March 30, 2019	3	1-4	31.1
March 2, 2019	4	2-5	22.1
Jan. 9, 2018	2	1-2	13.7

Wesley Matthews

Inside his season

Tonight at Milwaukee

Where his shots come from

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

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 at Milwaukee

Where his shots come from

With him on the floor