Yuta Watanabe Stats, Shot Chart & Advanced Analytics — 2023-24

Inside his season

Through March 1

Watanabe's three-point attempts have risen the most of his numbers this season, to 8.8 per 100 possessions from 6.9.

He's averaging 3.4 points a game on 47.4% true shooting. He's making 51.6% of his twos and 25 for 85 on threes (29.4%), and takes 14.7 free throws per 100 shots.

Fewer of his shots are coming at the rim: 11.2%, down from 27.3%.

Tomorrow at Washington

Last time, Feb. 4, 2024: 7 points on 3 for 4 shooting, no assists and no rebounds in a 140-112 win.
In 9 games against the Wizards, he has averaged 3.9 points, 0.6 assists and 2.9 rebounds.
Of the Wizards, Kyle Kuzma has guarded him the most in their careers: 55 possessions over 7 games. Watanabe has no points on 0 for 3 shooting against him, about half his usual scoring rate or less.

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

March 1, 2024, a 122-92 loss to Portland

Yuta Watanabe

0 AST0-2 FT17:04 min

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

Before this game he averaged 3.5 points, 1.6 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 33 regular-season games.

Shot making: 0 points from the field on 1 shot0.9 fewer than the league scores from the same zones
Guarded by: Banton: 13 poss, 0 ptsThybulle: 5 poss, 0 ptsRupert: 5 poss, 0 pts
He guarded: Banton: 8 poss, 4 ptsMurray: 7 poss, 2 ptsWalker: 5 poss, 3 pts
On the move: 1.42 miles4.57 mph on average20 touches
Hustle: 5 shots contested1 loose ball
Rating: Performance Score −7.40.0% true shooting9.5% usage

His last game

His season

Career

6 seasons

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3PM	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
2018-19MEM	MEM	15	11.6	2.6	2.1	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.4	.294	0.1	.125	.700	.352	+1.3
2019-20MEM	MEM	18	5.8	2.0	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	.441	0.2	.375	.375	.480	+0.6
2020-21TOR	TOR	50	14.5	4.4	3.2	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.4	.439	0.7	.400	.828	.565	−0.8
2021-22TOR	TOR	38	11.7	4.3	2.4	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.5	.406	0.7	.342	.600	.524	−1.4
2022-23BKN	BKN	58	16.0	5.6	2.4	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.4	.491	1.0	.444	.723	.637	−0.1
2023-242 teams	2 teams	34	13.7	3.4	1.6	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.6	.353	0.7	.294	.588	.474	−2.0
PHX	PHX	29	13.2	3.6	1.6	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.6	.361	0.8	.320	.667	.502	−1.3
MEM	MEM	5	16.4	2.6	1.8	1.0	0.6	0.0	0.6	.316	0.2	.100	.000	.327	−6.0
Career6 seasons	6 seasons	213	13.3	4.2	2.3	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.4	.426	0.7	.370	.675	.547	−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, 218 games

Best game+9.120 points on 5 for 7 shooting at Portland, Nov. 17, 2022Box score Best four games+15.814.5 points a game, Nov. 13 to 20, 2022Last game

Where his points come from

This season, against the league

Source	Watanabe	NBA avg
Paint	23.9%	44.0%
Mid-range	3.4%	7.3%
Threes	64.1%	33.7%
Free throws	8.5%	14.9%
Fast break	20.5%	12.6%
Off turnovers	22.2%	14.4%
Unassisted makes	17.1%	36.8%

Advanced

2023-24, 34 games

Usage rate	12.9%
Assist rate	4.5%
Assists per turnover	0.79
Turnover rate (per 100 plays)	12.0
Offensive rating	107.4
Defensive rating	114.7
Net rating	−7.3
Offensive rebound rate	2.3%
Defensive rebound rate	8.8%
Effective FG%	46.1%
Fouls drawn a game	0.4

Not ranked: NBA ranks need 58+ games, and he has played 34.

Shot profile

Where he shoots, against the league

Zone	Watanabe	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
At the rim	11.2%	29.6%	69.2%	66.3%
Paint (non-rim)	9.5%	19.7%	45.5%	44.1%
Mid-range	6.0%	11.2%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	FG	3P	FT	TO	PF	+/−
Mar 1	vs POR	L92–122	17:04	0	1	0	1	0	0–1	0–0	0–2	2	2	−20
Feb 28	@ MIN	L101–110	7:24	0	1	2	0	0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0	1	−1
Feb 26	vs BKN	L86–111	21:40	2	4	1	0	0	1–3	0–1	0–0	0	1	−6
Feb 15	vs MIL	W113–110	11:06	0	1	1	0	0	0–2	0–1	0–0	0	0	−2
Feb 12	vs NOP	L87–96

Distance	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Under 8 ft	11–19	16.4%	41.4%	57.9%	59.8%
8–16 ft	5–9	7.8%	13.4%	55.6%	44.3%
16–24 ft	0–3

Stat	Avg	NBA rank
Deflections	0.6
Contested shots	3.1
Twos contested	1.8
Threes contested	1.3
Charges drawn	0.03
Loose balls recovered	0.3
Box outs	0.3
Screen assists	0.2
Points from screen assists	0.4

Per game	Watanabe	NBA avg
Distance (miles)	1.10	1.93
Average speed (mph)	4.46	4.24
Touches	14.9	43.3
Passes	10.5	30.1
Potential assists	0.7	5.0
Secondary assists	0.1	0.4
Offensive rebound chances	1.0	2.7
Defensive rebound chances	3.6	6.0

Split	GP	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
Location
Home	18	3.7	1.6	0.7	33.8%	27.5%	50.0%	44.3%	−2.5
Away	16	3.2	1.6	0.1	37.8%	32.4%	66.7%	52.1%	−1.4
Result

Corner three		31.9%	10.1%	27.0%	39.0%

Above-break three		41.4%	29.2%	31.3%	36.0%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	FT	TO	+/−
Mar 1	vs POR	L92–122	17:04	0	1	0	0–1	0–0	0–2	2	−20
Feb 28	@ MIN	L101–110	7:24	0	1	2	0–1	0–1	0–0	0	−1
Feb 26	vs BKN	L86–111	21:40	2	4	1	1–3	0–1	0–0	0	−6
Feb 15	vs MIL	W113–110	11:06	0	1	1	0–2	0–1	0–0	0	−2
Feb 12	vs NOP	L87–96	24:59	11	2	1	5–12	1–7	0–0	1	−1
Feb 6	vs MIL	W114–106	0:15	0	0	0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	−3
Feb 4	@ WAS	W140–112	7:54	7	0	0	3–4	1–2	0–0	1	−1
Jan 31	@ BKN	W136–120	1:20	0	0	0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0
Jan 24	@ DAL	W132–109	7:18	2	2	0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	−5
Jan 11	@ LAL	W127–109	4:36	0	1	0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1	−7

Month

Oct

7.3

3.0

0.5

45.5%

43.8%

100.0%

63.4%

−3.3

Nov

4.3

2.1

0.6

31.0%

32.4%

66.7%

46.8%

+1.5

Dec

2.6

1.1

0.3

28.6%

26.3%

50.0%

41.1%

−1.3

Jan

1.2

0.7

0.0

37.5%

0.0%

50.0%

39.4%

−4.5

Feb

3.3

1.3

0.8

40.9%

16.7%

—

45.5%

−2.3

Mar

0.0

1.0

0.0

0.0%

—

0.0%

−20.0

Type	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Dunks	5–5	4.3%	6.0%	100.0%	89.1%
Layups	5–13	11.2%	27.4%	38.5%	56.8%
Floaters	5–8	6.9%	8.4%	62.5%	44.9%
Hooks	0–0	0.0%	3.0%	—	47.3%
Pull-up jumpers	1–5	4.3%	13.2%	20.0%	39.5%
Step-backs	0–0	0.0%	5.1%	—	38.2%
Turnarounds and fadeaways	0–1	0.9%	5.2%	0.0%	41.7%
Other jump shots	25–84	72.4%	31.8%	29.8%	37.9%

Yuta Watanabe

Inside his season

Tomorrow at Washington

Inside his season

His last game

His last game

His season

Career

Career bests

Where his points come from

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

His last game

Inside his season

Tomorrow at Washington