2025-26 Season
HARRISON BARNES
2025-26 Season
HARRISON BARNES
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 13 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)
Similar Players
Same position, closest production profile this season.
SKILL DNA
Percentile rank vs 234 Forwards with 10+ games
THE SEASON SO FAR
A chaotic pendulum swing between hyper-efficient veteran stability and crippling offensive passivity defined Harrison Barnes's opening stretch to the season. When he aggressively hunted his spots, the results were dominant, peaking on 11/07 vs HOU with a +8.1 impact fueled by surgical shot selection and elite hustle metrics (+7.7). Yet, his tendency to stall the offense frequently burned his team. Even when his scoring totals looked respectable, hidden costs often dragged down his overall footprint. During the 11/20 vs ATL matchup, he dropped 16 points, but forced isolation attempts and stalled ball movement resulted in a -4.0 impact score. Worse still were the nights when his jumper simply abandoned him, like when he posted a brutal -19.0 impact on 11/28 vs DEN as a barrage of empty possessions severely hindered the team.
Extreme offensive passivity and a brutal shooting slump defined this miserable stretch for Harrison Barnes, turning him into a complete ghost on the floor. He briefly looked like a lethal weapon on 12/02 vs MEM, dropping 31 points and generating a +12.8 impact score thanks to an absolute masterclass in perimeter shot-making. Yet even when his shot fell later that week, hidden costs dragged him down. During a 24-point outburst on 12/08 vs NOP, costly defensive lapses kept his impact score stuck at a disappointing -0.9. The bottom truly fell out on 12/31 vs NYK. In that contest, an inability to stretch the floor and a refusal to attack yielded a dismal -12.1 impact. By constantly forcing contested mid-range jumpers late in the clock and failing to exploit favorable mismatches, Barnes actively harmed his team's offensive flow.
Harrison Barnes spent this midseason stretch drifting into the background, struggling to justify his minutes as extreme passivity eventually forced a permanent move to the bench. Even when his jumper caught fire, hidden costs dragged him down. Look at 02/05 vs DAL, where he dropped 19 points on searing 5-for-7 shooting from deep but still posted a -3.6 impact score. That perimeter accuracy completely masked a glaring lack of physical engagement on the glass, hurting the team's overall execution. The floor completely fell out on 01/22 vs UTA, as empty perimeter possessions and a severe lack of offensive rhythm cratered his value to a brutal -13.8 impact mark. He occasionally found ways to contribute without dominating the ball, notably generating a massive +11.3 impact score on 02/10 vs LAL by using his veteran savvy to punish late defensive rotations. Ultimately, for a veteran expected to stabilize a rotation, floating on the perimeter and passing up open looks simply costs too much.
IMPACT TIMELINE
Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.
Boom-or-bust player. Barnes's impact swings wildly relative to his average — some nights dominant, others invisible. Scoring varies by ~6 points per game.
Middle-of-the-road efficiency — shoots 45%+ from the field in 49% of games. Not automatic, but not a problem either.
Defensive difference-maker. Barnes consistently forces tough shots and protects the rim — opponents shoot worse when he's guarding them.
Small downward trend. First-half impact: +1.5, second-half: -1.3. Not alarming yet, but trending the wrong direction.
Tends to go on runs. Longest hot streak: 5 games. Longest cold streak: 15 games.
MATCHUP HISTORY
Based on 72 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
77 games played
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