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Ben Sheppard vs top-10 defenses

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

Ben Sheppard has averaged 6.1 points and 2.6 rebounds per game in 16 games against top-10 defenses, vs 7.8 points and 2.5 rebounds in 33 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).

Vs top-10 defenses
6.1
points per game · 16 games
Vs everyone else
7.8
points per game · 33 games
Difference
−1.7
per game, top 10 minus everyone else

Career and by season

Ben Sheppard per game averages against top-10 defenses and everyone else, career and by season
PeriodOpponentsGamesPTSREBAST3PMSTLBLKMINFG%FT%TS%eFG%PTS diff vs others
CareerTop 10166.12.61.51.10.40.118.449.3%72.7%62.9%61.6%−1.7
Everyone else337.82.51.71.60.70.120.448.7%73.9%63.5%62.4%
2026-27Top 100–––––––––––
Everyone else13.01.00.01.00.00.012.233.3%–50.0%50.0%
2025-26Top 10166.12.61.51.10.40.118.449.3%72.7%62.9%61.6%−1.9
Everyone else328.02.51.81.60.70.120.748.9%73.9%63.7%62.6%

Every game against top-10 defenses

  1. Apr 3, 2026at CHA · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)7 pts, 3 reb, 2 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 25 min
  2. Mar 29, 2026vs MIA · No. 8 defense (that season, games so far)5 pts, 2 reb, 1 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 23 min
  3. Mar 23, 2026at ORL · No. 10 defense (that season, games so far)5 pts, 3 reb, 0 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 18 min
  4. Mar 21, 2026at SAS · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)9 pts, 3 reb, 1 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 21 min
  5. Mar 17, 2026at NYK · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)7 pts, 5 reb, 1 ast · 1 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 17 min
  6. Mar 13, 2026vs NYK · No. 7 defense (that season, games so far)5 pts, 3 reb, 1 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 21 min
  7. Mar 12, 2026vs PHX · No. 10 defense (that season, games so far)10 pts, 2 reb, 1 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 13 min
  8. Feb 8, 2026at TOR · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)12 pts, 5 reb, 4 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 27 min
  9. Feb 2, 2026vs HOU · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)2 pts, 0 reb, 2 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 7 min
  10. Jan 23, 2026at OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)6 pts, 1 reb, 2 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 14 min
  11. Jan 17, 2026at DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)8 pts, 0 reb, 0 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 14 min
  12. Jan 14, 2026vs TOR · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)3 pts, 1 reb, 2 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 13 min
  13. Jan 10, 2026vs MIA · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)3 pts, 4 reb, 3 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 20 min
  14. Jan 2, 2026vs SAS · No. 8 defense (that season, games so far)8 pts, 3 reb, 1 ast · 2 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 17 min
  15. Dec 1, 2025vs CLE · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)0 pts, 2 reb, 3 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 18 min
  16. Nov 26, 2025at TOR · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)8 pts, 5 reb, 0 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 27 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.