2025-26 Season
PATRICK WILLIAMS
2025-26 Season
PATRICK WILLIAMS
Williams produces at an poor rate for a 20-minute workload.
Williams produces at an poor rate for a 20-minute workload.
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 21 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)
Similar Players
Same position, closest production profile this season.
SKILL DNA
Percentile rank vs 235 Forwards with 10+ games
THE SEASON SO FAR
Patrick Williams spent the first quarter of the 2025-26 season mired in a brutal offensive slump, completely failing to find a rhythm in his bench role. When finally handed a spot in the starting lineup on 11/25 vs NOP, he collapsed. He posted a disastrous -15.5 Impact score in 27 minutes, a rating dragged into the abyss by forced jumpers, a 2-for-9 shooting line, and a stark lack of defensive resistance. Even on nights where his scoring totals ticked upward, hidden costs tanked his overall value. Take his performance on 12/06 vs IND, where he managed nine points but still recorded a dismal -8.0 Impact because of wildly inefficient 3-for-9 shooting and lethargic defensive effort. He finally woke up on 12/13 vs CHA. By cutting out the contested shots and attacking with purpose, he poured in 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting to earn a stellar +9.9 Impact. Unfortunately, that rare flash of competence only highlighted just how deeply he struggled to positively influence games throughout this stretch.
Patrick Williams spent this midseason stretch wandering through a brutal offensive wilderness. His jumper was broken, and his confidence looked entirely shot. During the 01/14 vs HOU matchup, he was an absolute offensive black hole, posting a dismal -18.0 Impact score after missing all six of his field goal attempts and grabbing just one rebound. He occasionally flashed life when he stopped forcing bad looks, such as on 01/03 vs ORL. In that game, he generated a +6.4 Impact score by efficiently scoring 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting. Curiously, his most fascinating outing came when his shot completely abandoned him on 02/01 vs MIA. Despite clanking all seven of his three-point attempts to finish with a meager nine points, Williams salvaged a +1.1 Impact score by crashing the glass for 10 rebounds and playing tenacious defense. Unfortunately, those gritty survival nights were rare exceptions in a prolonged, value-draining slump.
This late-season stretch was defined by a maddening offensive slump that largely relegated Patrick Williams to a volatile bench role. Even when his shot occasionally fell, like his highly efficient 11-point outing on 02/24 vs CHA, his -4.9 Impact score betrayed a lack of defensive resistance and poor rotational awareness that actively hurt his team. The bottom completely fell out during a miserable spring run. He hit rock bottom on 04/01 vs IND, posting a catastrophic -26.2 Impact score after missing all four of his shots and looking utterly invisible in just 13 minutes of action. Yet, Williams still managed to occasionally salvage his minutes through sheer grit, grinding out a +2.5 Impact score on 03/18 vs TOR despite scoring just seven points on ugly 2-for-7 shooting because he crashed the glass and fought hard defensively. Out of nowhere, he erupted on 04/07 vs WAS for 20 points, seven rebounds, and six assists. That brilliant +16.4 Impact performance highlighted exactly what makes him so frustrating; when he actually attacks the rim and creates for others, he looks like a completely different player.
IMPACT TIMELINE
Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.
Struggling. Williams has posted negative impact in 78% of games this season. The production rarely outweighs the cost.
Streaky shooter — only cracks 45% from the field in 29% of games. Efficiency is all over the place night-to-night.
Good defender on his best nights, but it comes and goes. Some games Williams locks in defensively, others he gets picked apart.
Tends to go on runs. Longest hot streak: 2 games. Longest cold streak: 10 games.
MATCHUP HISTORY ⚠ Updated 46 days ago
Based on 67 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
72 games played
