2025-26 Season

GRANT WILLIAMS

Charlotte Hornets | Forward | 6-7

2025-26 Season

GRANT WILLIAMS

Charlotte Hornets | Forward | 6-7 | Yr 6

6.8 PPG

3.8 RPG

1.5 APG

19.6 MPG

-2.3 Impact

Williams produces at an below average rate for a 20-minute workload.

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NET IMPACT BREAKDOWN

Every stat, every credit, every cost — per game average

-2.3

Scoring +5.9

Points 6.8 PPG = +4.3

Shot Making above expected FG% = +1.6

Creation +0.4

Creation 1.5 AST/g = +0.4

Turnovers -2.1

Turnovers 0.8/g = -2.1

Hustle & Effort +3.4

Rebounds 3.8 RPG = +3.4

Raw Impact +7.6

Baseline (game-average expected) −9.9

Net Impact

-2.3

38th pctl vs Forwards

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

#10

Impact

#12

Creation

Hustle

Defense

of 17 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)

Kon Knueppel +8.7 LaMelo Ball +7.9 Miles Bridges +7.6 Brandon Miller +7.2 Moussa Diabaté +6.5 Coby White +2.2 Ryan Kalkbrenner +1.4 Collin Sexton +0.7 Tidjane Salaün -1.7 Grant Williams -2.3 PJ Hall -2.4 Pat Connaughton -2.9 Liam McNeeley -4.4 Tre Mann -5.4 KJ Simpson -5.6 Sion James -5.7 Josh Green -6.1

Similar Players

Same position, closest production profile this season.

SKILL DNA

Percentile rank vs 234 Forwards with 10+ games

Scoring 30th

6.8 PPG

Efficiency 54th

57.1% TS

Playmaking 41th

1.5 APG

Rebounding 43th

3.8 RPG

Defense 84th

+10.0/g

Hustle 43th

+11.4/g

Creation 28th

+1.82/g

Shot Making 46th

+5.51/g

TO Discipline 63th

0.04/min

THE SEASON SO FAR

Grant Williams spent the first twenty games of the 2025-26 season as the ultimate Jekyll-and-Hyde swingman, oscillating violently between defensive enforcer and offensive liability. When his outside shot vanished, he became an active detriment to the lineup, perfectly illustrated during an abysmal 02/11 vs ATL start where he missed all six of his three-pointers to generate a brutal -9.7 impact score. Defenders completely ignored him on the perimeter during these slumps, wrecking the team's spacing and bogging down possessions. Yet, his physical screening and clinical corner shooting could flip games entirely when he finally found his rhythm. During a massive 02/02 vs NOP performance, he poured in 16 points and grabbed 9 rebounds, yielding a staggering +14.4 impact score because his punishing picks and floor-spacing gravity opened up the offense. Even when he refused to shoot, his rugged physicality occasionally salvaged his minutes. Against 02/28 vs POR, Williams posted a goose egg in the scoring column but still squeezed out a +0.2 impact score because his sturdy post defense and vocal leadership anchored the second unit.

IMPACT TIMELINE

Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.

Best Game

20 PTS vs HOU

Feb 19 | +19.3 impact

Worst Game

0 PTS vs ORL

Mar 19 | -17.4 impact

PATTERNS

Boom-or-bust player. Williams's impact swings wildly relative to his average — some nights dominant, others invisible. Scoring varies by ~5 points per game.

Middle-of-the-road efficiency — shoots 45%+ from the field in 41% of games. Not automatic, but not a problem either.

Defensive difference-maker. Williams consistently forces tough shots and protects the rim — opponents shoot worse when he's guarding them.

Tends to go on runs. Longest hot streak: 4 games. Longest cold streak: 8 games.

MATCHUP HISTORY

Based on 46 games with tracking data. Shows who guarded this player on offense and who he guarded on defense, with their shooting stats in those matchups.