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Anfernee Simons vs top defenses

PHI · 2025-26 to 2026-27 · regular season

Anfernee Simons has averaged 11.7 points and 2.3 rebounds per game in 9 games against top-5 defenses, vs 14.2 points and 2.4 rebounds in 37 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).

Vs top-5 defenses
11.7
points per game · 9 games
Vs everyone else
14.2
points per game · 37 games
Difference
−2.5
per game, top 5 minus everyone else

Career and by season

Anfernee Simons per game averages against top-5 defenses and everyone else, career and by season
PeriodOpponentsGamesPTSREBAST3PMSTLBLKMINFG%FT%TS%eFG%PTS diff vs others
CareerTop 5911.72.32.31.80.30.324.039.0%100.0%50.1%47.0%−2.5
Everyone else3714.22.42.12.90.60.125.144.0%87.2%58.2%56.3%
2026-27Top 515.03.03.01.01.02.026.820.0%–25.0%25.0%−7.1
Everyone else712.11.91.03.00.70.024.242.4%80.0%60.4%58.3%
2025-26Top 5812.52.32.31.90.30.123.641.1%100.0%52.7%49.4%−2.2
Everyone else3014.72.52.42.80.60.125.344.2%89.2%57.9%55.9%

Every game against top-5 defenses

  1. Oct 25, 2026vs DET · No. 2 defense (prior season's final)5 pts, 3 reb, 3 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 2 blk · 27 min
  2. Feb 21, 2026vs DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)4 pts, 2 reb, 0 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 13 min
  3. Jan 19, 2026at DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)9 pts, 3 reb, 0 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 25 min
  4. Jan 15, 2026at MIA · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)39 pts, 4 reb, 4 ast · 7 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 34 min
  5. Jan 10, 2026vs SAS · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)5 pts, 2 reb, 3 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 25 min
  6. Jan 9, 2026vs TOR · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)15 pts, 2 reb, 5 ast · 3 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 26 min
  7. Dec 19, 2025vs MIA · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)14 pts, 4 reb, 1 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 29 min
  8. Dec 15, 2025vs DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)9 pts, 0 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 25 min
  9. Nov 26, 2025vs DET · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)5 pts, 1 reb, 4 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 12 min

What counts: a team's defensive rating is 100 × the points its opponents scored ÷ possessions, with possessions = FGA + 0.44*FTA - OREB + TOV, mean of both teams. A game's rank uses only games played before that date. Until every team has 15 games, the prior season's final ranks are used (8 games here, 38 games ranked on that season's games so far). Games are regular season; games he did not play are not counted. 17 games where the opponent's rank could not be determined are left out of both columns. TS% = PTS ÷ (2 × (FGA + 0.44 × FTA)); eFG% = (FGM + 0.5 × 3PM) ÷ FGA; both from totals for each row. Past results, not a projection.