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2025-26 Season

GARRISON MATHEWS

Indiana Pacers | Guard | 6-5
Garrison Mathews
5.2PPG
1.1RPG
0.7APG
13.1MPG
-3.5 Impact

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

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IMPACT BREAKDOWN
Every stat, every credit, every cost — per game average
-3.5
Scoring +4.6
Points Scored 5.2 PPG = +5.2
Missed Shots difficulty-adjusted = -1.8
Shot Making above expected FG% = +1.2
Creation +0.4
Assists & Self-Creation 0.7 AST/g + self-creation = +0.4
Turnovers -0.4
Turnovers 0.2/g (live + dead blend) = -0.4
Defense -0.3
Steals 0.4/g = +0.9
Blocks 0.2/g = +0.2
Fouls + context committed fouls, matchup adj = -1.4
Hustle & Effort +0.6
Rebounds 1.1 RPG (OREB + DREB) = -0.9
Contested Shots 1.3/g = +0.3
Deflections 0.7/g = +0.5
Charges Drawn 0.3/g = +0.7
Loose Balls 0.0/g = +0.0
Screen Assists 0.1/g = +0.0
Raw Impact +4.9
Baseline (game-average expected) −8.4
Net Impact
-3.5
36th pctl vs Guards

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

SKILL DNA

Percentile rank vs 246 Guards with 10+ games

Scoring 18th
5.8 PPG
Efficiency 51th
54.7% TS
Playmaking 4th
0.8 APG
Rebounding 5th
1.3 RPG
Defense 5th
+2.9/g
Hustle 8th
+4.1/g
Creation 15th
+1.62/g
Shot Making 4th
+2.88/g
TO Discipline 99th
0.02/min

IMPACT TIMELINE

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

PATTERNS

Inconsistent. Mathews has clear good-night/bad-night splits, with scoring swinging ~4 points between games. You're never quite sure which version shows up.

Tends to go on runs. Longest hot streak: 2 games. Longest cold streak: 6 games.

MATCHUP HISTORY ⚠ Updated 46 days ago

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.

ON OFFENSE: WHO GUARDED HIM

His shooting stats against each primary defender this season

T. Hardaway Jr. 23.1 poss
FG% 50.0%
3P% 50.0%
PPP 0.13
PTS 3
T. Proctor 19.4 poss
FG% 100.0%
3P% 100.0%
PPP 0.15
PTS 3
D. Mitchell 18.7 poss
FG% 0.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.0
PTS 0
W. Riley 16.4 poss
FG% 50.0%
3P% 50.0%
PPP 0.18
PTS 3
B. Carrington 12.2 poss
FG% 100.0%
3P% 100.0%
PPP 0.25
PTS 3
J. McCain 11.7 poss
FG% 100.0%
3P% 100.0%
PPP 0.51
PTS 6
J. Tyson 11.3 poss
FG% 50.0%
3P% 50.0%
PPP 0.27
PTS 3
Q. Grimes 11.1 poss
FG% 0.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.0
PTS 0
C. Whitmore 10.3 poss
FG% 50.0%
3P% 50.0%
PPP 0.58
PTS 6
N. Clifford 9.4 poss
FG% 50.0%
3P% 50.0%
PPP 0.32
PTS 3

ON DEFENSE: WHO HE GUARDED

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

T. Hardaway Jr. 21.8 poss
FG% 50.0%
3P% 50.0%
PPP 0.14
PTS 3
T. Proctor 19.9 poss
FG% 0.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.05
PTS 1
J. Phillips 19.7 poss
FG% 0.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.0
PTS 0
J. Champagnie 17.0 poss
FG% 66.7%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.24
PTS 4
Q. Grimes 12.8 poss
FG% 50.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.31
PTS 4
J. Tyson 12.5 poss
FG% 100.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.32
PTS 4
N. Clifford 11.8 poss
FG% 100.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.17
PTS 2
K. Murray 11.3 poss
FG% 0.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.0
PTS 0
W. Riley 11.2 poss
FG% 50.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.18
PTS 2
B. Carrington 11.2 poss
FG% 50.0%
3P% 0.0%
PPP 0.18
PTS 2

SEASON STATS

15
Games
5.2
PPG
1.1
RPG
0.7
APG
0.4
SPG
0.2
BPG
40.4
FG%
37.0
3P%
82.6
FT%
13.1
MPG

GAME LOG

15 games played