How NBA points actually behave

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Across 506 NBA players with at least 10 logged games in points, this page measures 28181 games in total. The median player in that field averages 8.4 points. The line closest to a coin flip sits at 7.5 for the median of the 506 players whose distribution supports one — half the field is more often over it, half more often under. The deepest sample here is Julian Champagnie, with 105 logged games. Of the 503 players whose spread can be measured, 35 cluster tightly around their average, 239 vary moderately and 229 swing widely. 506 of them have at least three games home and away, so the venue gap below is measured rather than assumed. Every figure is counted from official box scores and describes games already played. It is not a projection, and on its own it says nothing about whether any price on offer is worth taking.

Measured as of 2026-09-20, rebuilt daily from official box scores. Window: 2025-10-21 to 2026-06-13. No prices appear on this page.

Where the coin-flip line sits in NBA points

Each player's own most balanced threshold — the half-point line he has finished above in closest to half his logged games — measured from his distribution rather than read off a book. Deepest sample first, not best to worst. The 40 deepest samples of 506 measured; the figures above this table are over all 506.

NBA points — measured field
PlayerClubLogged gamesAverageBalanced lineHit rate there
Julian ChampagnieSpurs10511.1 pointsOver 10.553 of 105 (50%)
Keldon JohnsonSpurs10512.0 pointsOver 11.552 of 105 (50%)
Mikal BridgesKnicks10114.2 pointsOver 14.547 of 101 (47%)
Harrison BarnesSpurs978.4 pointsOver 7.546 of 97 (47%)
Karl-Anthony TownsKnicks9419.2 pointsOver 19.546 of 94 (49%)
Carter BryantSpurs933.8 pointsOver 2.550 of 93 (54%)
De'Aaron FoxSpurs9317.9 pointsOver 17.546 of 93 (49%)
Jalen BrunsonKnicks9326.5 pointsOver 27.546 of 93 (49%)
Javonte GreenPistons936.4 pointsOver 6.544 of 93 (47%)
Cason WallaceThunder928.6 pointsOver 7.545 of 92 (49%)
Dylan HarperSpurs9212.4 pointsOver 12.545 of 92 (49%)
Julius RandleTimberwolves9120.4 pointsOver 19.543 of 91 (47%)
Luke KornetSpurs915.8 pointsOver 5.545 of 91 (49%)
Stephon CastleSpurs9117.0 pointsOver 16.548 of 91 (53%)
Devin VassellSpurs9013.7 pointsOver 13.544 of 90 (49%)
Duncan RobinsonPistons9012.1 pointsOver 12.546 of 90 (51%)
Jake LaRaviaLakers907.8 pointsOver 6.540 of 90 (44%)
Jordan ClarksonKnicks907.9 pointsOver 7.548 of 90 (53%)
Desmond BaneMagic8919.9 pointsOver 19.544 of 89 (49%)
Jamal SheadRaptors896.8 pointsOver 6.542 of 89 (47%)
Naz ReidTimberwolves8913.4 pointsOver 12.546 of 89 (52%)
Bruce BrownNuggets887.8 pointsOver 7.540 of 88 (45%)
Donovan MitchellCavaliers8827.5 pointsOver 28.544 of 88 (50%)
James HardenCavaliers8822.7 pointsOver 21.543 of 88 (49%)
Luke KennardLakers888.7 pointsOver 8.544 of 88 (50%)
Reed SheppardRockets8813.4 pointsOver 12.544 of 88 (50%)
Rudy GobertTimberwolves8810.4 pointsOver 9.548 of 88 (55%)
Ausar ThompsonPistons879.6 pointsOver 8.544 of 87 (51%)
Dennis SchröderCavaliers879.8 pointsOver 8.542 of 87 (48%)
Jose AlvaradoKnicks876.7 pointsOver 5.544 of 87 (51%)
Ronald Holland IIPistons877.5 pointsOver 7.543 of 87 (49%)
Sandro MamukelashviliRaptors8710.7 pointsOver 10.544 of 87 (51%)
Scottie BarnesRaptors8718.6 pointsOver 17.544 of 87 (51%)
Toumani CamaraTrail Blazers8713.0 pointsOver 12.546 of 87 (53%)
Daniss JenkinsPistons869.3 pointsOver 7.542 of 86 (49%)
Donte DiVincenzoTimberwolves8612.1 pointsOver 11.545 of 86 (52%)
Oso IghodaroSuns866.5 pointsOver 5.548 of 86 (56%)
Payton PritchardCeltics8616.8 pointsOver 16.541 of 86 (48%)
Quentin Grimes76ers8612.6 pointsOver 12.541 of 86 (48%)
Tim Hardaway Jr.Nuggets8613.3 pointsOver 12.545 of 86 (52%)

The steadiest NBA points records

Standard deviation in the market’s own units, and the same figure as a share of the player’s average so it means the same thing in points as in passing yards. A narrow spread means the average is close to what a typical game actually looked like; it says nothing about what the next one will look like.

The steadiest NBA points records
PlayerClubLogged gamesAverageStandard deviationSpread as % of average
Jayson TatumCeltics2222.2 points4.520%
Ty JeromeGrizzlies1519.7 points4.020%
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderThunder8330.5 points7.324%
Jaylen BrownCeltics7828.4 points7.426%
Kevin DurantRockets7925.9 points6.726%
Kawhi LeonardClippers6527.9 points7.326%
Pascal SiakamPacers6224.0 points6.427%
Luka DončićLakers6433.5 points9.127%
RJ BarrettRaptors6419.8 points5.628%
Devin BookerSuns6825.8 points7.328%

The widest NBA points swings

The other end of the same measurement. A wide spread means the average describes the middle of a broad range rather than a typical night, which is worth knowing before reading anything into that average.

The widest NBA points swings
PlayerClubLogged gamesAverageStandard deviationSpread as % of average
Joe InglesTimberwolves301.6 points3.4210%
TyTy Washington Jr.Clippers161.3 points2.7208%
Brooks BarnhizerThunder401.7 points3.2189%
Hunter TysonNuggets212.2 points3.8173%
Nikola TopićThunder192.9 points5.0169%
Johni Broome76ers131.3 points2.2168%
Trey Jemison IIIKnicks131.0 points1.7166%
Kyle Lowry76ers161.1 points1.7165%
Kevin McCullar Jr.Knicks212.4 points3.9163%
Pacôme DadietKnicks361.9 points3.0158%

The widest home and away gaps in NBA points

Both averages are over the games actually played at each venue, and the game count for each is in the cell beside it. A gap measured over a handful of games either way is one you cannot distinguish from noise — this table prints the denominators so you can tell which is which. Three games a side is the floor for appearing here at all.

NBA points — venue gaps
PlayerClubHome (games)Away (games)Gap
Nate WilliamsWarriors12.4 (5)5.6 (9)6.8 at home
Dillon BrooksSuns24.0 (29)17.4 (31)6.6 at home
Trae YoungWizards20.8 (8)14.7 (7)6.1 at home
Zach EdeyGrizzlies10.0 (4)15.7 (7)5.7 away
Kawhi LeonardClippers30.4 (34)25.1 (31)5.3 at home
Elijah HarklessJazz9.6 (11)4.8 (15)4.8 at home
MarJon Beauchamp76ers4.4 (7)9.1 (7)4.7 away
Malachi SmithNets6.4 (9)11.0 (6)4.6 away
Leaky BlackWizards10.3 (4)5.9 (11)4.4 at home
Scotty Pippen Jr.Grizzlies8.3 (3)12.7 (7)4.4 away

Ahead of their own baseline over the last five

Last five logged games against the full log, reported only where the gap is more than a tenth of the player’s own average. It is a description of five games that have been played and it is not a forecast of the sixth.

Ahead of their own baseline over the last five
PlayerClubLast 5Full logDifference
Joe InglesTimberwolves5.8 points1.6 over 30262% above
Rayan RupertGrizzlies17.6 points5.2 over 64239% above
E.J. LiddellNets18.4 points5.7 over 26225% above
Jordan HawkinsPelicans15.8 points5.1 over 51212% above
Rob DillinghamBulls15.8 points6.3 over 65151% above
Micah PeavyPelicans10.8 points4.3 over 61151% above
Branden CarlsonThunder14.4 points5.8 over 42150% above
Brooks BarnhizerThunder4.2 points1.7 over 40147% above
Jericho SimsBucks12.2 points5.0 over 67145% above
AJ JohnsonMavericks8.0 points3.3 over 48140% above

Behind their own baseline over the last five

The same comparison in the other direction, and the same caveat: five games is five games, and a run below a baseline is as often noise as it is a change.

Behind their own baseline over the last five
PlayerClubLast 5Full logDifference
Noah PendaMagic0.0 points3.8 over 60100% below
Yang HansenTrail Blazers0.0 points2.0 over 47100% below
Javonte CookeTrail Blazers0.0 points1.2 over 19100% below
TyTy Washington Jr.Clippers0.0 points1.3 over 16100% below
Blake WesleyTrail Blazers0.2 points4.3 over 3595% below
Will RichardWarriors0.4 points6.4 over 6994% below
Luke KornetSpurs0.6 points5.8 over 9190% below
Bones HylandTimberwolves0.8 points8.0 over 8190% below
Craig Porter Jr.Cavaliers0.4 points4.1 over 7190% below
Vít KrejčíTrail Blazers0.8 points8.0 over 6990% below

Common questions

Where does the NBA points coin-flip line sit?

At the half-point threshold each player has finished above in about half their logged games. It is measured per player from their own distribution rather than read off a sportsbook, which is why it is on this page at all: a posted line moves through the day and this page is rebuilt once, so a number taken from a book would be wrong by morning.

Is this a ranking of the best NBA points props?

No. Nothing here is ordered by how good a bet it is, and no price is quoted anywhere on the page. The tables are ordered by sample depth, by spread and by the size of a measured gap, because those are the things a game log can actually establish.

How many games are behind each points figure?

The count is printed beside every one of them. A player only appears once they have ten or more logged games in the market, and games they did not play are absent rather than counted as zero, so an average describes games they were actually in.

Does a points trend on this page predict the next game?

No. A trend here is a comparison between a player’s last five logged games and their full log, and it is reported only when the gap is large enough to be worth naming. It is a description of what has happened, and history is not a forecast.

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