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LaMelo Ball vs top-10 defenses

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

LaMelo Ball has averaged 19.1 points and 5.8 assists per game in 29 games against top-10 defenses, vs 20.1 points and 7.3 assists in 43 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).

Vs top-10 defenses
19.1
points per game · 29 games
Vs everyone else
20.1
points per game · 43 games
Difference
−1.0
per game, top 10 minus everyone else

Career and by season

per game averages · 2025-26 to 2026-27 · regular season
LaMelo Ball per game averages against top-10 defenses and everyone else, career and by season
PeriodOpponentsGamesPTSREBAST3PMSTLBLKMINFG%FT%TS%eFG%PTS diff vs others
CareerTop 102919.14.75.83.51.10.226.941.4%89.9%55.0%52.0%−1.0
Everyone else4320.14.27.34.11.30.228.040.8%89.1%55.1%52.6%
2026-27Top 10312.34.75.72.02.30.019.935.5%90.0%52.3%45.2%−7.3
Everyone else519.63.06.04.01.40.029.845.6%60.0%58.8%58.2%
2025-26Top 102619.94.75.83.71.00.327.741.8%89.8%55.2%52.5%−0.3
Everyone else3820.24.47.54.11.30.327.840.2%92.7%54.7%52.0%

Every game against top-10 defenses

29 games · newest first · opponent's defensive rank that day
  1. Oct 31, 2026at SAS · No. 3 defense (prior season's final)10 pts, 8 reb, 4 ast · 0 3PM · 3 stl, 0 blk · 20 min
  2. Oct 25, 2026vs TOR · No. 7 defense (prior season's final)15 pts, 1 reb, 8 ast · 4 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 17 min
  3. Oct 23, 2026at ORL · No. 10 defense (prior season's final)12 pts, 5 reb, 5 ast · 2 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 23 min
  4. Apr 12, 2026at NYK · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)19 pts, 7 reb, 6 ast · 5 3PM · 2 stl, 1 blk · 29 min
  5. Apr 10, 2026vs DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)27 pts, 5 reb, 8 ast · 6 3PM · 2 stl, 1 blk · 33 min
  6. Apr 7, 2026at BOS · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)36 pts, 5 reb, 6 ast · 6 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 37 min
  7. Apr 5, 2026at MIN · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)35 pts, 3 reb, 8 ast · 7 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 31 min
  8. Apr 2, 2026vs PHX · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)15 pts, 2 reb, 11 ast · 2 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 25 min
  9. Mar 29, 2026vs BOS · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)19 pts, 4 reb, 3 ast · 3 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 26 min
  10. Mar 26, 2026vs NYK · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)22 pts, 5 reb, 6 ast · 4 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 36 min
  11. Mar 19, 2026vs ORL · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)20 pts, 6 reb, 5 ast · 3 3PM · 3 stl, 1 blk · 20 min
  12. Mar 17, 2026vs MIA · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)30 pts, 6 reb, 13 ast · 4 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 33 min
  13. Mar 14, 2026at SAS · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)17 pts, 4 reb, 2 ast · 4 3PM · 3 stl, 1 blk · 22 min
  14. Mar 8, 2026at PHX · No. 10 defense (that season, games so far)22 pts, 7 reb, 6 ast · 4 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 33 min
  15. Mar 6, 2026vs MIA · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)21 pts, 2 reb, 5 ast · 5 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 33 min
  16. Mar 4, 2026at BOS · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)18 pts, 7 reb, 4 ast · 4 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 23 min
  17. Feb 19, 2026vs HOU · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)11 pts, 7 reb, 7 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 31 min
  18. Feb 9, 2026vs DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)20 pts, 4 reb, 4 ast · 4 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 29 min
  19. Feb 5, 2026at HOU · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)20 pts, 6 reb, 4 ast · 5 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 29 min
  20. Jan 31, 2026vs SAS · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)16 pts, 8 reb, 8 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 32 min
  21. Jan 29, 2026at DAL · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)22 pts, 3 reb, 9 ast · 6 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 31 min
  22. Jan 17, 2026at GSW · No. 8 defense (that season, games so far)15 pts, 4 reb, 2 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 21 min
  23. Jan 7, 2026vs TOR · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)15 pts, 7 reb, 7 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 25 min
  24. Jan 5, 2026at OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)16 pts, 2 reb, 2 ast · 4 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 25 min
  25. Dec 31, 2025vs GSW · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)27 pts, 5 reb, 5 ast · 7 3PM · 3 stl, 0 blk · 30 min
  26. Dec 26, 2025at ORL · No. 8 defense (that season, games so far)22 pts, 7 reb, 5 ast · 4 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 29 min
  27. Dec 20, 2025at DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)8 pts, 1 reb, 6 ast · 2 3PM · 2 stl, 2 blk · 23 min
  28. Dec 5, 2025at TOR · No. 8 defense (that season, games so far)11 pts, 2 reb, 3 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 12 min
  29. Nov 29, 2025vs TOR · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)14 pts, 2 reb, 5 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 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 (8 games here, 64 games ranked on that season's games so far). Games are regular season; games he did not play are not counted. 10 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.