2025-26 Season
KHRIS MIDDLETON
2025-26 Season
KHRIS MIDDLETON
Middleton produces at an below average rate for a 23-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 16 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)
SKILL DNA
Percentile rank vs 227 Forwards with 10+ games
THE SEASON SO FAR
A brutal, prolonged slump defined Khris Middleton's early season, marred by lethargic offensive initiation and glaring defensive liabilities. His struggles bottomed out during the 11/21 vs TOR matchup. Forced perimeter jumpers and a total absence of rhythm resulted in a disastrous 2-point outing and a massive -13.1 impact score. Even when his shot started falling, hidden costs frequently dragged his overall value into the red. During the 12/04 vs BOS game, a highly efficient 16-point performance was completely undone by defensive lapses and a lack of hustle, yielding a -4.8 impact. Opponents relentlessly targeted his fading lateral quickness in isolation. Yet, he occasionally salvaged his worth without relying on his jumper, as seen in the 11/25 vs ATL contest. Middleton managed a +3.5 impact despite scoring just 10 points by pivoting to elite playmaking with 12 assists and tremendous hustle.
A crippling mid-winter shooting slump defined this brutal twenty-game stretch for Khris Middleton, rendering the veteran wing an active liability on most nights. He operated as an absolute offensive black hole on 12/31 vs MIL, missing all six of his field goal attempts to crater his value with a miserable -8.4 impact score. Empty calories plagued him even when his jumper briefly returned. On 01/17 vs DEN, he efficiently poured in 16 points, yet his overall impact slipped to a -3.0 because a string of sluggish defensive errors completely wiped out his scoring contributions. He eventually found ways to survive without a hot hand, grinding out a +3.6 impact score on 01/19 vs LAC despite scoring just 11 points on ugly 3-for-10 shooting. In that matchup, veteran playmaking and timely defensive reads salvaged his night and kept his value in the green. Middleton can still pick apart coverages in isolated moments, but relying on his aging legs for consistent two-way production is becoming a dangerous gamble.
IMPACT TIMELINE
Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.
Struggling. Middleton has posted negative impact in 76% of games this season. The production rarely outweighs the cost.
Middle-of-the-road efficiency — shoots 45%+ from the field in 43% of games. Not automatic, but not a problem either.
Good defender on his best nights, but it comes and goes. Some games Middleton locks in defensively, others he gets picked apart.
In a rough stretch — 9 straight games with negative impact. Longest cold streak this season: 9 games.
MATCHUP HISTORY
Based on 63 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
58 games played