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Jalen Smith vs top-10 defenses

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

Jalen Smith has averaged 12.2 points and 7.7 rebounds per game in 15 games against top-10 defenses, vs 9.6 points and 7.1 rebounds in 28 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).

Vs top-10 defenses
12.2
points per game · 15 games
Vs everyone else
9.6
points per game · 28 games
Difference
+2.6
per game, top 10 minus everyone else

Career and by season

Jalen Smith per game averages against top-10 defenses and everyone else, career and by season
PeriodOpponentsGamesPTSREBAST3PMSTLBLKMINFG%FT%TS%eFG%PTS diff vs others
CareerTop 101512.27.71.51.60.61.124.352.0%82.9%65.2%61.6%+2.6
Everyone else289.67.11.31.40.50.721.846.0%68.1%57.1%55.1%
2026-27Top 10411.09.32.01.30.01.524.042.1%77.8%52.4%48.7%−2.7
Everyone else313.77.72.01.71.00.025.654.8%66.7%63.4%62.9%
2025-26Top 101112.67.11.31.70.80.924.456.3%84.6%70.6%67.2%+3.5
Everyone else259.17.11.21.40.40.821.444.6%68.2%56.1%53.8%

Every game against top-10 defenses

  1. Oct 30, 2026at BOS · No. 4 defense (prior season's final)5 pts, 12 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 2 blk · 27 min
  2. Oct 28, 2026vs NYK · No. 6 defense (prior season's final)17 pts, 11 reb, 5 ast · 3 3PM · 0 stl, 3 blk · 30 min
  3. Oct 26, 2026at BOS · No. 4 defense (prior season's final)7 pts, 6 reb, 1 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 20 min
  4. Oct 21, 2026at TOR · No. 7 defense (prior season's final)15 pts, 8 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 19 min
  5. Mar 23, 2026vs HOU · No. 7 defense (that season, games so far)15 pts, 6 reb, 2 ast · 3 3PM · 0 stl, 2 blk · 26 min
  6. Mar 18, 2026vs TOR · No. 8 defense (that season, games so far)10 pts, 4 reb, 1 ast · 2 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 17 min
  7. Feb 21, 2026vs DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)15 pts, 7 reb, 2 ast · 3 3PM · 0 stl, 3 blk · 25 min
  8. Feb 19, 2026vs TOR · No. 7 defense (that season, games so far)9 pts, 10 reb, 2 ast · 1 3PM · 3 stl, 1 blk · 24 min
  9. Feb 5, 2026at TOR · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)13 pts, 9 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 24 min
  10. Jan 29, 2026vs MIA · No. 10 defense (that season, games so far)11 pts, 5 reb, 0 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 15 min
  11. Jan 22, 2026at MIN · No. 8 defense (that season, games so far)17 pts, 4 reb, 0 ast · 3 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 27 min
  12. Jan 13, 2026at HOU · No. 7 defense (that season, games so far)14 pts, 9 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 36 min
  13. Jan 2, 2026vs ORL · No. 10 defense (that season, games so far)11 pts, 10 reb, 1 ast · 1 3PM · 2 stl, 1 blk · 27 min
  14. Dec 29, 2025vs MIN · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)12 pts, 6 reb, 1 ast · 3 3PM · 1 stl, 2 blk · 25 min
  15. Dec 26, 2025vs PHI · No. 10 defense (that season, games so far)12 pts, 8 reb, 3 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 22 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, 36 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.