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Ben Sheppard vs bottom-10 defenses

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

Ben Sheppard has averaged 7.5 points and 2.4 rebounds per game in 14 games against bottom-10 defenses, vs 7.2 points and 2.6 rebounds in 35 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).

Vs bottom-10 defenses
7.5
points per game · 14 games
Vs everyone else
7.2
points per game · 35 games
Difference
+0.3
per game, bottom 10 minus everyone else

Career and by season

Ben Sheppard per game averages against bottom-10 defenses and everyone else, career and by season
PeriodOpponentsGamesPTSREBAST3PMSTLBLKMINFG%FT%TS%eFG%PTS diff vs others
CareerBottom 10147.52.42.41.50.70.120.952.0%54.5%65.8%66.0%+0.3
Everyone else357.22.61.41.40.50.119.347.6%82.6%62.4%60.7%
2026-27Bottom 1013.01.00.01.00.00.012.233.3%–50.0%50.0%
Everyone else0–––––––––––
2025-26Bottom 10137.82.52.51.50.80.121.652.8%54.5%66.4%66.7%+0.6
Everyone else357.22.61.41.40.50.119.347.6%82.6%62.4%60.7%

Every game against bottom-10 defenses

  1. Oct 21, 2026at NOP · No. 24 defense (prior season's final)3 pts, 1 reb, 0 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 12 min
  2. Apr 1, 2026at CHI · No. 23 defense (that season, games so far)13 pts, 2 reb, 5 ast · 1 3PM · 2 stl, 1 blk · 22 min
  3. Mar 10, 2026at SAC · No. 28 defense (that season, games so far)9 pts, 4 reb, 3 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 23 min
  4. Mar 6, 2026at LAL · No. 21 defense (that season, games so far)5 pts, 2 reb, 4 ast · 1 3PM · 3 stl, 0 blk · 26 min
  5. Feb 20, 2026at WAS · No. 28 defense (that season, games so far)8 pts, 5 reb, 3 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 20 min
  6. Feb 19, 2026at WAS · No. 29 defense (that season, games so far)15 pts, 3 reb, 2 ast · 3 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 27 min
  7. Feb 11, 2026at BKN · No. 25 defense (that season, games so far)9 pts, 1 reb, 4 ast · 3 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 19 min
  8. Feb 6, 2026at MIL · No. 23 defense (that season, games so far)6 pts, 1 reb, 1 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 16 min
  9. Feb 3, 2026vs UTA · No. 30 defense (that season, games so far)8 pts, 1 reb, 1 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 29 min
  10. Jan 28, 2026vs CHI · No. 24 defense (that season, games so far)3 pts, 1 reb, 1 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 6 min
  11. Jan 16, 2026vs NOP · No. 28 defense (that season, games so far)4 pts, 3 reb, 2 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 15 min
  12. Jan 8, 2026at CHA · No. 21 defense (that season, games so far)7 pts, 4 reb, 2 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 27 min
  13. Nov 29, 2025vs CHI · No. 23 defense (that season, games so far)6 pts, 2 reb, 0 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 22 min
  14. Nov 28, 2025vs WAS · No. 30 defense (that season, games so far)9 pts, 3 reb, 5 ast · 3 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 29 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 (1 game here, 48 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.