How much should you trust the jumper?
0.0% from three on 1 attempts. Fewer than 100 attempts leave plenty of room for the percentage to move. Watch the misses and the closeouts, too.
Inspect the record ↓Players Steven Adams
The historical record · 2022-23
StevenAdams
Center· 6' 11"
Inside the game of Steven Adams.
PORTRAIT / NBA CENTER2022-23 · Regular season
42 games · MEMPoints / G8.6
Rebounds / G11.5
Assists / G2.3
Minutes / G27.0
Field goal59.7%
Three-point0.0%
Historical teams: MEM. Impact and player-strength ratings are awaiting validation.
Historical seasonNo recorded 2022-23 regular-season appearance. Season totals include published final games.
01 / The film room
The game, in motion.
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02 / The scouting file
Look closer.
The role. The questions. The person.
The statistical read
What changes when you look past points per game?
— recorded minutes
No league ranking without a qualified, same-season comparison sample. Per-36 rates describe production in the recorded role; they do not project starter minutes.
Scoring volume— PTS / 36Comparison unavailable
Points per 36 minutes
Assist production— AST / 36Comparison unavailable
Assists per 36 minutes; does not measure every advantage created
Rebound production— REB / 36Comparison unavailable
Rebounds per 36 minutes; role and available rebounds matter
Three-point appetite0.4% of FGAComparison unavailable
Percentage of field-goal attempts taken from three
Free-throw volume49.0 FTA / 100 FGAComparison unavailable
Free-throw attempts per 100 field-goal attempts
Scoring efficiency56.4% TSComparison unavailable
True shooting percentage, weighted by attempts
How to read this profile
Percentiles compare this season’s qualified NBA players across all positions. Rebounding reflects opportunity as well as skill; assists depend on touches and teammates; shot volume does not measure gravity. True shooting uses aggregate points and attempts, with a 0.44 free-throw multiplier. Per-36 rates use recorded minutes, which may be rounded in historical NBA game logs.
Decisions under pressure
1.23 assists per turnover is a starting point. Rewatch possessions against traps and late-clock pressure; this ratio alone cannot tell you how difficult the passing job was.
Inspect the record ↓The reporting file
Start with the people who were there.
Read Adams’s official biography and the reporting below for the path to the NBA. A reviewed account of upbringing, scouting disagreements and development is not yet in this file.
Official biography ↗Player reporting ↓03 / The numbers
A season in motion.
2022-23 regular season · 42 games
Game by game
The shooting profile
Every point has a source.
2022-23 · Percentages and attempt volume.
56.4%True shooting
59.7%Effective FG
59.9%
Two-point262 attempts0.0%
Three-point1 attempts36.4%
Free throws129 attemptsShare of points361 total points
Two-pointers 87.0%Three-pointers 0.0%Free throws 13.0%
04 / The reading room
Beyond the stat line.
Read the Game
The next chapter is on the court.
Reviewed player analysis appears here as game reports are published.
Every recorded appearance ↓ESPN ·
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05 / The long view
The career, chapter by chapter.
Points per game · Regular season · Team stints are shown separately where supplied.
| Season | Team | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | HOU | 1 | 9.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 100.0% | — | — |
| 2025-26 | HOU | 32 | 22.8 | 5.8 | 8.6 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 50.4% | — | 58.0% |
| 2024-25 | HOU | 58 | 13.7 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 54.5% | 0.0% | 46.2% |
| 2022-23 | MEM | 42 | 27.0 | 8.6 | 11.5 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 59.7% | 0.0% | 36.4% |
| 2021-22 | MEM | 76 | 26.3 | 6.9 | 10.0 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 54.7% | 0.0% | 54.3% |
| 2020-21 | NO | 58 | 27.7 | 7.6 | 8.9 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 61.4% | 0.0% | 44.4% |
| 2019-20 | OKC | 63 | 26.7 | 10.9 | 9.3 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 59.2% | 33.3% | 58.2% |
| 2018-19 | OKC | 80 | 33.4 | 13.8 | 9.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 59.5% | 0.0% | 50.0% |
| 2017-18 | OKC | 76 | 32.7 | 13.9 | 9.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 62.9% | 0.0% | 55.9% |
| 2016-17 | OKC | 80 | 29.9 | 11.3 | 7.7 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 57.1% | 0.0% | 61.1% |
| 2015-16 | OKC | 80 | 25.2 | 8.0 | 6.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 61.3% | — | 58.2% |
| 2014-15 | OKC | 70 | 25.3 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 54.4% | 0.0% | 50.2% |
| 2013-14 | OKC | 81 | 14.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 50.3% | — | 58.1% |
1xAll-Rookie 2nd Team2014
06 / Every appearance
The game log.
| Competition | Game | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Contribution | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game data will appear as the season unfolds. | ||||||||||||
No games match these filters.
Shooting percentages use recorded attempts; no attempts is unavailable. Game contribution is not player strength or points caused.
07 / The player file
How Adams got here.
At a glance.
- Height
- 6' 11"
- Weight
- 265 lbs
- Age now
- 33 years
- Born
- 1993-07-20
- Hometown
- Rotorua, New Zealand
- College
- Pittsburgh
- Draft
- 2013: Rd 1, Pk 12 (OKC)
- Experience
- 14th Season
The contract
Salary not confirmed.
A dated salary for this player and team is not available in the current contract collection.