Zion Williamson Stats, Shot Chart & Advanced Analytics — NOP 2026-27

Inside his season

Through Nov. 14

Williamson is 38th in the site's Player Rankings, at +2.0 points per 100 possessions against an average player, after 62nd last season.

He's averaging 21.9 points a game, about what he scored last season (21.0), and his true shooting is 67.6%, up from 64.4%.

Last night against the Nuggets

The Nuggets beat the Pelicans 116-108.Box score

He had 24 points on 9 for 16 shooting, 2 assists, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks in 31 minutes.

Tomorrow against the Warriors

Last time, Feb. 24: 26 points on 11 for 21 shooting, no assists and 6 rebounds in a 113-109 win.
In 12 games against the Warriors, he has averaged 22.2 points, 3.3 assists and 6.5 rebounds.
Of the Warriors, Draymond Green has guarded him the most in their careers: 276 possessions over 8 games. Williamson has 87 points on 34 for 80 shooting against him.
The Warriors have held him to 13 for 32 on layups since 2024-25.

Where his shots come from

Zone	Share	Last season	Made	Last season
At the rim	70.5%	67.9%	65.0%	70.1%
Rest of the paint	19.9%	30.1%	45.5%	38.3%
Midrange	1.8%	1.5%	100.0%	50.0%
Corner threes	1.8%	0.0%	33.3%
Threes above the break	6.0%	0.5%	50.0%	25.0%

He takes 61.4 free throws per 100 shots, from 57.6 last season.

His work inside

He's grabbing 5.8 rebounds per 36 minutes, 115th among the 227 players with 200 minutes.

What changed from last season

His shots have moved away from the basket: fewer in the paint away from the rim, 19.9%, down from 30.1%, and more from three, 7.8%, up from 0.5%. He's making 45.5% in the paint away from the rim, up from 38.3%, but he's making 65.0% at the rim, down from 70.1%. More of his baskets come off a pass: 68.0% are assisted, up from 52.5%.

His usage rate is 22.8%, down from 25.0%. He's averaging 1.9 steals a game, 10th in the NBA, up from 1.0.

With him on the floor

The Pelicans have been outscored by 2.8 points per 100 possessions with him on the floor, 117.3 to 120.1, with garbage time left out. They're minus 8.5 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

Nov. 14, a 116-108 loss to Denver

Zion Williamson

4-8 FT30:46 min

Points1st 22nd 43rd 124th 6

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

Before this game he averaged 21.8 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 12 regular-season games.

Shot making: 20 points from the field on 16 shots1.8 more than the league scores from the same zones
Biggest shot: Made a driving layup2nd quarter, 10:49 leftchance to win 21% to 25%
Rating: Performance Score +2.9+0.03 wins added61.5% true shooting30.0% usage

His last game

His season

2026-27 so far, 13 games

Impact

His Player Rankings card

+2.0

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

38th of 271 players with 317 possessions or more, likely 15th to 155th.
Offense +2.0 (23rd), defense 0.0 (132nd).
1.0 wins added so far over a replacement player, likely 0.3 to 1.7, 27th in the league.
The Pelicans are 14.1 points per 100 better with him on the floor than off it (918 and 563 possessions).
13 games in, his box score, minutes and team’s results this season are about 88% of the rating; nothing carries over from last season. Counting last season, he would be at +1.5, 61st.

His season

His game

Regular seasons

Layups have been 61% of Williamson’s shots since 2019-20, more than twice the league’s rate, and he has made 57.8% of them (the league: 56.1%).

He takes 7.6 free throws a game, the eighth-most in the NBA since 2025-26, and makes 72.7%.

Career

7 seasons

All-Star twice.

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3PM	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−	Honors
2019-20NOP	NOP	24	27.8	22.5	6.3	2.1	0.7	0.4	2.5	.583	0.3	.429	.640	.616	+2.6	All-Rookie 1st
2020-21NOP	NOP	61	33.2	27.0	7.2	3.7	0.9	0.6	2.7	.611	0.2	.294	.698	.649	+1.5	All-Star
2022-23NOP	NOP	29	33.0	26.0	7.0	4.6	1.1	0.6	3.4	.608	0.2	.368	.714	.652	+5.1	All-Star
2023-24NOP	NOP	70	31.5	22.9	5.8	5.0	1.1	0.7	2.8	.570	0.1	.333	.702	.610	+2.1
2024-25NOP	NOP	30	28.6	24.6	7.2	5.3	1.2	0.9	3.0	.567	0.1	.231	.656	.600	−1.4
2025-26NOP	NOP	62	29.7	21.0	5.7	3.2	1.0	0.5	2.0	.600	0.0	.250	.716	.644	−1.3
2026-27so farNOP, so far	NOP	13	32.6	21.9	5.2	2.7	1.9	0.7	1.9	.602	0.5	.462	.775	.676	−2.1
NBA rank			41st	25th	79th	101st	10th	78th		5th			72nd	8th	179th
Career7 seasons	7 seasons	289	31.1	23.8	6.4	4.0	1.1	0.6	2.6	.591	0.1	.339	.699	.632	+1.0

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, 290 games

Best game+18.433 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals on 11 for 12 shooting against Philadelphia, Nov. 29, 2023The story Best four games+47.432.3 points a game, Feb. 12 to 17, 2021Last game

Where his points come from

This season, against the league

Source	Williamson	NBA avg
Paint	63.9%	41.2%
Mid-range	2.1%	6.3%
Threes	6.3%	35.2%
Free throws	27.7%	17.2%
Fast break	15.1%	12.7%
Off turnovers	14.4%	16.2%
Unassisted makes	32.0%	34.8%

Who stops him, and who he stops

Every matchup his career

Toughest defenders on him

Aaron Gordon

Williamson scored 91 points on 38 for 73 shooting in 378 possessions against him, over 10 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Oct. 28, 2026	12	5-7	40.0
Oct. 24, 2026	12	5-7	47.4
Jan. 13, 2026	2	1-2	22.2
Oct. 29, 2025	1	0-3	22.8
Feb. 5, 2025	12	5-9	27.2
Jan. 12, 2024	11	5-7	38.0
Nov. 17, 2023	13	5-9	41.5
Nov. 6, 2023	8	4-13	47.0
Dec. 4, 2022	15	6-10	56.5
April 28, 2021	5	2-6	35.2

Draymond Green

Williamson scored 87 points on 34 for 80 shooting in 276 possessions against him, over 8 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Feb. 24, 2026	5	2-7	23.8
Nov. 29, 2025	13	5-12	29.8
Oct. 30, 2024	7	3-7	28.0
Oct. 29, 2024	15	5-8	32.3
April 12, 2024	17	7-17	49.1
Oct. 30, 2023	9	3-9	32.0
May 4, 2021	10	4-9	34.1
May 3, 2021	11	5-11	46.6

Scorers he held down most

Aaron Gordon

Scored 43 points on 14 for 32 shooting in 312 possessions with Williamson guarding him, over 10 games.

The games

Game	Points	Shooting	Possessions
Oct. 28, 2026	10	2-4	25.9
Oct. 24, 2026	4	1-6	40.9
Jan. 13, 2026	5	1-1	15.8
Oct. 29, 2025	2	0-3	22.3
Feb. 5, 2025	0	0-1	16.1
Jan. 12, 2024	0	0-2	37.1
Nov. 17, 2023	4	2-4	36.5
Nov. 6, 2023	2	1-2	35.8
Dec. 4, 2022	9	4-5	52.7
April 28, 2021	7	3-4	28.8

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.

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	FG	3P	FT	TO	PF	+/−
Nov 14	vs DEN	L108–116	30:46	24	6	2	0	2	9–16	2–4	4–8	2	3	−10
Nov 13	vs MEM	L111–142	33:23	22	5	4	3	1	7–15	0–1	8–8	2	4	−15
Nov 11	vs BKN	L111–145	29:57	29	4	2	0	1	8–14	1–1	12–14	2	4	−23
Nov 8	@ LAC	L123–139	31:20	25	4	2	0	0	9–9	0–0	7–9	2	3	0
Nov 6	vs MIN	L109–115

Stat	Avg	NBA rank
Deflections	3.0	21st
Contested shots	5.1	59th
Twos contested	2.4	99th
Threes contested	2.7	17th
Charges drawn	0.00	75th
Loose balls recovered	1.0	6th
Box outs	1.3	40th
Screen assists	0.6	90th
Points from screen assists	1.2	104th

Per game	Williamson	NBA avg
Distance (miles)	2.40	1.76
Average speed (mph)	4.40	4.43
Touches	44.4	38.0
Passes	27.8	29.0
Potential assists	5.3

Split	GP	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%	+/−
Location
Home	9	21.7	5.2	2.8	56.3%	54.5%	77.5%	64.9%	−3.3
Away	4	22.5	5.3	2.5	70.2%	0.0%	77.4%	74.2%	+0.8
Result

Usage rate	22.8%	62nd
Assist rate	12.7%	145th
Assists per turnover	1.40	173rd
Turnover rate (per 100 plays)	9.3	108th
Offensive rating	116.6	62nd
Defensive rating	119.5	241st
Net rating	−2.8	169th
Offensive rebound rate	5.2%	91st
Defensive rebound rate	11.0%	145th
Effective FG%	62.0%	11th
Fouls drawn a game	5.7	12th

Zone	Williamson	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
At the rim	70.5%	27.7%	65.0%	65.6%
Paint (non-rim)	19.9%	19.0%	45.5%	44.4%
Mid-range	1.8%	10.2%	100.0%	40.0%
Corner three	1.8%	11.7%	33.3%	36.1%
Above-break three	6.0%	31.4%	50.0%	34.8%

Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	FT	TO	+/−
Nov 14	vs DEN	L108–116	30:46	24	6	2	9–16	2–4	4–8	2	−10
Nov 13	vs MEM	L111–142	33:23	22	5	4	7–15	0–1	8–8	2	−15
Nov 11	vs BKN	L111–145	29:57	29	4	2	8–14	1–1	12–14	2	−23
Nov 8	@ LAC	L123–139	31:20	25	4	2	9–9	0–0	7–9	2	0
Nov 6	vs MIN	L109–115	35:42	13	8	4	5–10	0–0	3–4	0	−2
Nov 4	vs UTA	W120–113	37:35	23	4	2	6–14	0–0	11–13	2	+7
Nov 2	@ MEM	W135–134	35:21	25	11	4	9–15	0–0	7–9	0	+3
Oct 31	vs ATL	W121–99	30:06	15	6	4	5–8	0–0	5–8	3	+22
Oct 29	vs SAC	W132–120	30:42	22	6	2	10–12	0–0	2–4	3	+5
Oct 28	vs DEN	L91–104	31:39	25	5	2	10–14	1–1	4–6	1	−15

Distance	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Under 8 ft	89–144	86.7%	38.9%	61.8%	59.1%
8–16 ft	2–6	3.6%	13.4%	33.3%	43.9%
16–24 ft	3–3	1.8%	4.6%	100.0%	39.0%
24+ ft	6–13	7.8%	43.1%	46.2%	35.1%

Type	Made–Att	Share	NBA	FG%	NBA FG%
Dunks	15–18	10.8%	5.8%	83.3%	88.4%
Layups	67–114	68.7%	25.7%	58.8%	56.0%
Floaters	4–10	6.0%	8.8%	40.0%	45.3%
Hooks	1–2	1.2%	2.1%	50.0%	47.5%
Pull-up jumpers	4–6	3.6%	13.7%	66.7%	37.6%
Step-backs	1–1	0.6%	5.2%	100.0%	37.9%
Turnarounds and fadeaways	3–4	2.4%	5.2%	75.0%	40.3%
Other jump shots	5–11	6.6%	33.5%	45.5%	36.2%

Secondary assists	0.5	0.4

Offensive rebound chances	3.9	2.6

Defensive rebound chances	5.3	5.9

Stat	Williamson	NBA avg
Rim shots defended per game	2.3	2.1
Opponent FG% at the rim	70.4%	64.4%

Games	Min	Pts	FG	FG%	3P	FT	+/−
6	34.4	28	8–15	53.3%	0–1	12–12	−2

Wins	4	21.3	6.8	3.0	61.2%	—	73.5%	66.4%	+9.3

Losses	9	22.2	4.6	2.6	59.8%	46.2%	79.4%	68.1%	−7.1

Month
Oct	6	20.7	4.3	2.5	64.4%	42.9%	73.0%	69.4%	+2.2
Nov	7	23.0	6.0	2.9	57.0%	50.0%	80.0%	66.2%	−5.7

Month

Oct

20.7

4.3

2.5

64.4%

42.9%

73.0%

69.4%

+2.2

Nov

23.0

6.0

2.9

57.0%

50.0%

80.0%

66.2%

−5.7

Zion Williamson

Inside his season

Last night against the Nuggets

Tomorrow against the Warriors

Where his shots come from

His work inside

What changed from last season

With him on the floor

Inside his season

His last game

His last game

His season

Impact

His season

His game

Career

Career bests

Where his points come from

Who stops him, and who he stops

Toughest defenders on him

Scorers he held down most

Game log

Shot chart

By distance

Hustle

Movement and touches

Pick your games

Splits

Advanced

Shot profile

Last 10 games

By shot type

Rim defense

Clutch

Trends

His game

Who stops him, and who he stops

Toughest defenders on him

Scorers he held down most

Career bests

His last game

His season

Impact

Inside his season

Last night against the Nuggets

Tomorrow against the Warriors

Where his shots come from

His work inside

What changed from last season

With him on the floor