2025-26 Season
BENNEDICT MATHURIN
2025-26 Season
BENNEDICT MATHURIN
Mathurin produces at an below average rate for a 31-minute workload.
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
of 18 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)
SKILL DNA
Percentile rank vs 235 Guards with 10+ games
THE SEASON SO FAR
Bennedict Mathurin’s first twenty games were defined by empty calories and maddeningly erratic decision-making. You can see the illusion of his production perfectly on 12/27 vs MIA, where his 25 points masked a deeply negative -8.5 impact score. That deficit was driven entirely by his own tunnel vision and ball-stopping habits. He routinely bled value by forcing heavily contested perimeter looks instead of keeping the offense flowing. Occasionally, his raw aggression actually translated into winning basketball, like his performance on 11/19 vs CHA. Relentless downhill attacking and physical positioning at the rim overwhelmed his matchups in that game, earning him a stellar +11.0 impact score. But those flashes were quickly erased by disastrous, trigger-happy outings, bottoming out on 11/24 vs DET when a brutal 3-for-13 shooting night tanked his value to a staggering -16.8 impact.
Maddening tunnel vision and wildly fluctuating shot selection defined this turbulent midseason stretch for Bennedict Mathurin. When he embraced a downhill attack mentality, he looked entirely unguardable. Look no further than his masterpiece on 02/19 vs DEN, where he relentlessly pressured the rim to hang 38 points and a massive +14.7 impact score. Yet, the bad habits always lingered. Despite scoring 26 points on 02/20 vs LAL, a heavy diet of forced isolation attempts and contested jumpers cratered his efficiency, resulting in a damaging -6.2 impact score. He did occasionally find ways to salvage his minutes when his offense abandoned him. During a rough 3-for-10 shooting night on 02/11 vs HOU, he locked in defensively to generate a +5.3 impact score. If he stops bailing out opposing defenses with lazy pull-ups, his ceiling remains sky-high.
IMPACT TIMELINE
Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.
Boom-or-bust player. Mathurin's impact swings wildly relative to his average — some nights dominant, others invisible. Scoring varies by ~8 points per game.
Middle-of-the-road efficiency — shoots 45%+ from the field in 47% of games. Not automatic, but not a problem either.
Defensive difference-maker. Mathurin consistently forces tough shots and protects the rim — opponents shoot worse when he's guarding them.
Getting better as the season goes on. First-half impact: -4.3, second-half: +0.5. That's a significant jump — could be a role change, confidence, or development clicking.
Tends to go on runs. Longest hot streak: 4 games. Longest cold streak: 7 games.
MATCHUP HISTORY
Based on 50 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
49 games played