Buddy Hield vs top defenses
Buddy Hield has averaged 10.4 points and 2.3 rebounds per game in 8 games against top-5 defenses, vs 6.5 points and 2.4 rebounds in 31 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).
- Vs top-5 defenses
- 10.4
- points per game · 8 games
- Vs everyone else
- 6.5
- points per game · 31 games
- Difference
- +3.9
- per game, top 5 minus everyone else
Career and by season
| Period | Opponents | Games | PTS | REB | AST | 3PM | STL | BLK | MIN | FG% | FT% | TS% | eFG% | PTS diff vs others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | Top 5 | 8 | 10.4 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 19.4 | 43.8% | 80.0% | 60.7% | 58.6% | +3.9 |
| Everyone else | 31 | 6.5 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 13.7 | 45.0% | 73.3% | 56.6% | 55.6% | ||
| 2026-27 | Top 5 | 2 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 14.8 | 42.9% | – | 57.1% | 57.1% | −2.0 |
| Everyone else | 5 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 13.3 | 48.0% | 100.0% | 59.0% | 58.0% | ||
| 2025-26 | Top 5 | 6 | 12.5 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 21.0 | 43.9% | 80.0% | 61.1% | 58.8% | +5.9 |
| Everyone else | 26 | 6.6 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 13.7 | 44.5% | 71.4% | 56.2% | 55.1% |
Every game against top-5 defenses
- Oct 30, 2026at BOS · No. 4 defense (prior season's final)5 pts, 3 reb, 1 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 17 min
- Oct 26, 2026at BOS · No. 4 defense (prior season's final)3 pts, 0 reb, 1 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 13 min
- Jan 30, 2026vs DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)10 pts, 4 reb, 2 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 17 min
- Jan 20, 2026vs TOR · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)25 pts, 1 reb, 2 ast · 6 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 19 min
- Jan 19, 2026vs MIA · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)16 pts, 4 reb, 2 ast · 4 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 23 min
- Jan 2, 2026vs OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)11 pts, 2 reb, 1 ast · 3 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 24 min
- Dec 2, 2025vs OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)13 pts, 1 reb, 4 ast · 2 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 28 min
- Nov 26, 2025vs HOU · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)0 pts, 3 reb, 0 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 15 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 (7 games here, 32 games ranked on that season's games so far). Games are regular season; games he did not play are not counted. 19 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.