PHX

2025-26 Season

HAYWOOD HIGHSMITH

Phoenix Suns | Forward | 6-5
Haywood Highsmith
6.6 PPG
2.6 RPG
1.4 APG
16.0 MPG
+2.8 Impact

Highsmith produces at an above average rate for a 16-minute workload.

NET IMPACT BREAKDOWN
Every stat, every credit, every cost — per game average
+2.8
Scoring +4.7
Points 6.6 PPG × +1.00 = +6.6
Missed 2PT 1.0/g × -0.78 = -0.8
Missed 3PT 1.0/g × -0.87 = -0.9
Missed FT 0.2/g × -1.00 = -0.2
Creation +1.6
Assists 1.4/g × +0.50 = +0.7
Off. Rebounds 0.7/g × +1.26 = +0.9
Defense +0.5
Steals 0.8/g × +2.30 = +1.8
Blocks 0.0/g × +0.90 = +0.0
Def. Rebounds 2.0/g × +0.30 = +0.6
Fouls Committed 2.5/g × -0.75 = -1.9
Hustle & Effort +2.3
Contested Shots 2.6/g × +0.20 = +0.5
Deflections 2.4/g × +0.65 = +1.6
Screen Assists 0.6/g × +0.30 = +0.2
Raw Impact +9.1
Baseline (game-average expected) −6.3
Net Impact
+2.8
81st pctl vs Forwards

About this model: Net Impact can't measure floor spacing, help defense rotations, or playmaking gravity — so wings and guards are slightly undervalued vs bigs. How Net Impact works

IMPACT TIMELINE

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

Best Game
16 PTS vs BOS
Mar 16 | +10.9 impact
Worst Game
5 PTS vs TOR
Mar 13 | -2.9 impact
PATTERNS

Typical consistency. Highsmith is positive more often than not (60% of games) with scoring varying ~5 points from the average.

Good defender on his best nights, but it comes and goes. Some games Highsmith locks in defensively, others he gets picked apart.

MATCHUP HISTORY

Based on 9 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

B. Ingram 17.1 poss
FG% 100.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.12
PTS 2
C. White 16.1 poss
FG% 33.3%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.19
PTS 3
J. Brown 11.5 poss
FG% 66.7%
3P% 100.0%
PPP 0.52
PTS 6
L. Ball 9.1 poss
FG% 0.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.0
PTS 0
G. Antetokounmpo 6.7 poss
FG% 0.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.0
PTS 0
J. Tatum 5.5 poss
FG% 0.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.0
PTS 0
A. Dosunmu 4.6 poss
FG% 0.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.0
PTS 0
P. Nance 4.6 poss
FG% 0.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.0
PTS 0
S. Hauser 4.0 poss
FG% 50.0%
3P% 100.0%
PPP 0.75
PTS 3
D. White 4.0 poss
FG% 0.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.0
PTS 0

ON DEFENSE: WHO HE GUARDED

How opponents shot when he was the primary defender. Lower FG% = better defense.

J. Brown 20.1 poss
FG% 66.7%
3P% 50.0%
PPP 0.55
PTS 11
C. White 12.3 poss
FG% 0.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.0
PTS 0
B. Ingram 12.0 poss
FG% 50.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.42
PTS 5
G. Antetokounmpo 8.4 poss
FG% 0.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.0
PTS 0
S. Barnes 5.5 poss
FG% 0.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.0
PTS 0
R. Barrett 5.3 poss
FG% 0.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.0
PTS 0
D. White 5.1 poss
FG% 40.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.78
PTS 4
K. Kuzma 4.8 poss
FG% 0.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.0
PTS 0
K. Knueppel 4.7 poss
FG% 100.0%
3P% 100.0%
PPP 0.64
PTS 3
L. Ball 4.6 poss
FG% 0.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.0
PTS 0

SEASON STATS

5
Games
6.6
PPG
2.6
RPG
1.4
APG
0.8
SPG
0.0
BPG
50.0
FG%
61.5
3P%
83.3
FT%
16.0
MPG

GAME LOG

5 games played

Mar 17 vs MIN
+0.7
3pts 2r 1a 1/2 FG 1/2 3P
Mar 16 vs BOS
+10.9
16pts 4r 1a 4/8 FG 4/5 3P
Mar 13 vs TOR
-2.9
5pts 1r 2a 2/3 FG 1/1 3P
Mar 10 vs MIL
+6.8
6pts 2r 1a 2/3 FG 2/3 3P
Mar 08 vs CHA
-1.6
3pts 4r 2a 1/4 FG 0/2 3P