2025-26 Season

GARRISON MATHEWS

Indiana Pacers | Guard | 6-5

2025-26 Season

GARRISON MATHEWS

Indiana Pacers | Guard | 6-5 | Yr 6

5.2 PPG

1.1 RPG

0.7 APG

13.1 MPG

-0.6 Impact

Mathews produces at an average rate for a 13-minute workload.

NET IMPACT BREAKDOWN

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

-0.6

Scoring +3.1

Points 5.2 PPG × +1.00 = +5.2

Missed 2PT 0.1/g × -0.78 = -0.1

Missed 3PT 1.9/g × -0.87 = -1.7

Missed FT 0.3/g × -1.00 = -0.3

Creation +0.7

Assists 0.7/g × +0.50 = +0.3

Off. Rebounds 0.3/g × +1.26 = +0.4

Turnovers -0.4

Turnovers 0.2/g × -1.95 = -0.4

Defense -0.5

Steals 0.4/g × +2.30 = +0.9

Blocks 0.2/g × +0.90 = +0.2

Def. Rebounds 0.8/g × +0.30 = +0.3

Fouls Committed 2.5/g × -0.75 = -1.9

Hustle & Effort +2.1

Contested Shots 1.3/g × +0.20 = +0.3

Deflections 0.7/g × +0.65 = +0.5

Charges Drawn 0.3/g × +2.70 = +0.8

Off. Fouls Drawn 0.2/g uncredited × +2.70 = +0.5

Raw Impact +5.0

Baseline (game-average expected) −5.6

Net Impact

-0.6

61st pctl vs Guards

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

TEAM COMPARISON

Impact

#14

Offense

#12

Hustle

#20

Defense

of 20 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)

Isaiah Jackson +4.3 Pascal Siakam +4.1 T.J. McConnell +3.8 Jay Huff +2.3 Micah Potter +2.3 Obi Toppin +1.1 Quenton Jackson +0.9 Tony Bradley +0.6 Garrison Mathews -0.7 Andrew Nembhard -2.1 Aaron Nesmith -2.2 Jeremiah Robinson-Earl -2.4 Taelon Peter -2.6 Johnny Furphy -2.9 Kobe Brown -3.1 Jarace Walker -3.4 Ben Sheppard -3.6 Bennedict Mathurin -3.7 Ethan Thompson -4.6 Kam Jones -5.7

SKILL DNA

Percentile rank vs 235 Guards with 10+ games

Scoring 19th

5.8 PPG

Efficiency 50th

54.7% TS

Playmaking 4th

0.8 APG

Rebounding 6th

1.3 RPG

Rim Protection 7th

0.07/min

Hustle 93th

0.15/min

Shot Creation 50th

0% pullup

TO Discipline 99th

0.02/min

IMPACT TIMELINE

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

PATTERNS

Boom-or-bust player. Mathews's impact swings wildly relative to his average — some nights dominant, others invisible. Scoring varies by ~4 points per game.

Average defender. Mathews doesn't hurt you defensively, but he's not making opponents uncomfortable either.

Flat trajectory all season — first-half impact -1.2, second-half -0.1. No major shifts, which fits with the overall steadiness.

Hot right now — 5 straight games with positive impact. Longest positive run this season: 5 games.

MATCHUP HISTORY

Based on 15 games with tracking data. Shows who guarded this player on offense and who he guarded on defense, with their shooting stats in those matchups.