2025-26 Season
ELIJAH HARKLESS
2025-26 Season
ELIJAH HARKLESS
PBP Credit: Every play is analyzed from play-by-play data. Scorers get difficulty-adjusted credit, assisters get creation value based on the shot opportunity they created, and turnovers are classified by type. Shot difficulty is derived from 1M+ shots across 4 seasons. Full methodology
TEAM COMPARISON
of 19 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)
Similar Players
Same position, closest production profile this season.
SKILL DNA
Percentile rank vs 245 Guards with 10+ games
THE SEASON SO FAR
Elijah Harkless’s first twenty games of the 2025-26 season were defined by a chaotic tug-of-war between game-wrecking defensive hustle and lineup-killing offensive ineptitude. He frequently found ways to swing momentum without making shots, relying strictly on grit and positioning to keep his team afloat. On 10/29 vs POR, for example, he managed just a single point but posted a +2.1 impact score by acting as an absolute terror on the defensive end. His relentless energy peaked offensively on 02/28 vs NOP, when he racked up 14 points and 5 assists to earn a stellar +7.7 impact score through a masterclass of two-way activity. Yet, when Harkless tried to shoulder too much of the scoring burden, his value plummeted. Look no further than his 16-point outing on 03/09 vs GSW, where a -1.3 impact score revealed how reckless decisions in traffic erased his dynamic playmaking flashes. That erratic shot selection mutated into a full-blown slump on 03/11 vs NYK, as a string of forced, out-of-rhythm perimeter shots derailed the offense and generated a catastrophic -11.4 impact score.
IMPACT TIMELINE
Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.
Struggling. Harkless has posted negative impact in 85% of games this season. The production rarely outweighs the cost.
Streaky shooter — only cracks 45% from the field in 24% of games. Efficiency is all over the place night-to-night.
Good defender on his best nights, but it comes and goes. Some games Harkless locks in defensively, others he gets picked apart.
Slight upward trend. First-half impact: -5.9, second-half: -4.1. Modest improvement — possibly settling into a rhythm.
In a rough stretch — 4 straight games with negative impact. Longest cold streak this season: 9 games.
MATCHUP HISTORY
Based on 40 games with tracking data. Shows who guarded this player on offense and who he guarded on defense, with their shooting stats in those matchups.
ON OFFENSE: WHO GUARDED HIM
His shooting stats against each primary defender this season
ON DEFENSE: WHO HE GUARDED
How opponents shot when he was the primary defender. Lower FG% = better defense.
SEASON STATS
GAME LOG
26 games played
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