Los Angeles Lakers · G · age 22

Nick Smith Jr.

Nick Smith Jr. is averaging 6.2 points, 0.8 rebounds, 1.0 assists per game for the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2025-26 NBA season, on 55.2% true shooting across 30 games, through August 9, 2026.

Points: 6.2-3.7 vs last season
Rebounds: 0.8-1.4 vs last season
Assists: 1.0-1.4 vs last season
True shooting: 55.2%375 minutes

Against the league

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Percentile rank in 2025-26 among every player league-wide with at least 500 minutes. For turnover rate, a low percentile is the good one.

No percentile ranks for this season. They need 500 minutes played.

Form

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A rolling average across games, which is the only way a scoring line stops being noise. Each unit gets its own panel and its own axis.

Shot chart

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Every attempt on file. Frequency bins them by area; shot making colors each area by points above or below what the league gets from the same spot.

Shot quality

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Expected effective field goal percentage asks what this shot diet would produce at league-average accuracy. The gap between actual and expected separates shot selection from shot making.

Actual eFG%: 54.0%161 attempts
Expected eFG%: 50.0%at league rates for this diet
Shot making: +4.0%actual minus expected

Nick Smith Jr. 2025-26 shooting by zone

Above the Break 3	75	41.3%	46.6%	1.24	35.0%	+6.3%
In The Paint (Non-RA)	44	47.7%	27.3%	0.95	44.6%	+3.2%
Mid-Range	23	43.5%	14.3%	0.87	41.7%	+1.8%
Restricted Area	8	62.5%	5.0%	1.25	67.1%	-4.6%
Right Corner 3	6	33.3%	3.7%	1.00	38.6%	-5.3%
Left Corner 3	5	20.0%	3.1%	0.60	38.7%	-18.7%

On and off the floor

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How the team performed with this player on the floor against without. Read it as evidence rather than proof: who else was out there is not controlled for.

Nick Smith Jr. on/off impact

2023-24	-12.40	-10.00	-2.40	102.40	109.50	-7.10	114.90	119.50	-4.60	729
2024-25	-14.30	-6.30	-8.00	102.10	107.80	-5.70	116.40	114.10	+2.30	1,369
2025-26	-1.10	1.80	-2.90	110.60	117.20	-6.60	111.70	115.50	-3.80	375

Clutch

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The last five minutes with the score within five points, one row per season. These are small samples by construction, so treat a swing here as a hint.

Nick Smith Jr. clutch splits

2024-25	CHA	17	43	19	6	15	40.0%	5	9	59.8%	56.7%	1	16.3%	-2
2025-26	LAL	1	1	0	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0.0%	0	50.0%	+2

Against every team

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Career totals against each opponent across every season on file, pooled. Percentages come from summed makes and attempts rather than averaged game rates. Opponents faced fewer than three times are left out, because a rate from two games is noise.

Nick Smith Jr. career splits against each opponent

DEN	4	0-4	14.75	2.00	2.25	45.8%	54.2%	60.4%	27.54	-3.25
OKC	3	0-3	12.33	0.00	1.67	43.3%	53.3%	59.1%	19.82	-8.33
POR	6	1-5	11.17	2.33	3.33	39.7%	26.9%	47.4%	23.70	-8.33
TOR	6	2-4	11.00	1.67	2.33	42.0%	50.0%	60.2%	18.68	-7.17
CHI	5	1-4	10.60	3.00	1.80	42.0%	36.0%	52.1%	21.68	-2.80
MIL	4	1-3	10.25	1.75	1.50	39.4%	36.8%	54.8%	16.99	-6.50
SAC	5	2-3	10.20	1.40	1.00	40.4%	40.0%	53.3%	19.57	-5.60
SAS	7	4-3	10.00	3.00	2.43	52.8%	55.0%	64.4%	19.67	-3.00
CLE	6	1-5	9.50	2.17	1.17	47.9%	45.8%	59.4%	16.13	1.00
BKN	5	3-2	9.40	2.00	2.40	34.8%	25.9%	47.5%	25.10	-1.00
BOS	5	0-5	8.80	2.00	1.20	45.7%	45.0%	60.6%	16.12	-8.80
WAS	5	1-4	8.60	2.00	1.60	41.5%	36.8%	51.3%	19.67	-5.20
LAC	4	0-4	7.75	1.50	1.00	35.1%	20.0%	40.9%	19.91	-8.50
DAL	4	1-3	7.75	1.75	2.25	40.0%	46.7%	51.7%	17.42	-3.75
MIN	4	2-2	7.25	1.75	1.50	43.5%	41.2%	59.6%	17.51	2.50
PHX	7	2-5	7.00	1.86	0.86	41.3%	34.8%	51.3%	14.32	-0.14
LAL	4	1-3	6.75	2.00	3.75	31.3%	35.0%	42.2%	22.89	-3.50
NOP	4	2-2	6.75	2.25	1.75	33.3%	35.7%	43.7%	21.37	-4.75
GSW	4	1-3	6.75	0.50	0.75	34.5%	23.8%	45.2%	18.81	-8.00
MIA	5	1-4	6.60	1.60	1.00	44.8%	43.8%	56.9%	18.97	-11.60
NYK	7	1-6	6.29	1.00	1.00	38.5%	50.0%	54.6%	11.71	1.57
MEM	4	2-2	6.25	0.75	2.25	41.7%	35.7%	52.1%	19.07	-6.00
ORL	5	0-5	4.60	0.80	1.60	40.9%	38.5%	52.3%	11.71	-0.60
PHI	4	0-4	4.00	1.00	1.25	36.8%	22.2%	42.1%	14.78	-11.25
ATL	8	3-5	4.00	1.25	1.50	30.0%	25.0%	38.3%	11.90	-3.50
UTA	5	4-1	3.60	0.20	2.80	25.0%	19.1%	32.1%	15.69	-5.00
DET	4	0-4	2.25	1.00	1.00	21.4%	28.6%	30.2%	14.08	-4.75
IND	4	2-2	2.00	1.00	0.75	21.1%	0.0%	21.1%	10.09	-0.50

Season by season

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Every season on file, oldest first.

Nick Smith Jr. season history

2023-24	CHA	51	729	5.92	1.41	1.16	39.1%	43.2%	86.7%	51.1%	50.0%	50.5%	20.2%	11.7%	13.1%	5.3%	-12.40
2024-25	CHA	60	1,369	9.85	2.13	2.42	39.1%	34.0%	93.5%	50.2%	48.2%	53.9%	20.5%	12.2%	16.3%	4.7%	-14.30
2025-26	LAL	30	375	6.17	0.77	1.03	43.5%	39.5%	73.3%	55.2%	54.0%	53.4%	21.2%	11.1%	11.9%	3.7%	-1.10

Game log

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Every game on file across 3 seasons, newest first.

Nick Smith Jr.'s last 20 games of the 2025-26 season, newest first. The full log across every season loads with the interactive view.

Nick Smith Jr. recent game log, 2025-26
	Game			Production						Shooting								Impact

2026-04-12	LAL vs. UTA	W	18	12	0	1	0	0	1	5	11	45.5%	2	6	33.3%	54.5%	54.5%	+6
2026-04-10	LAL vs. PHX	W	13	4	2	0	0	0	1	1	5	20.0%	0	3	0.0%	34.0%	20.0%	+6
2026-04-09	LAL @ GSW	W	11	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	80.0%	4	5	80.0%	120.0%	120.0%	+9
2026-04-07	LAL vs. OKC	L	12	11	0	2	0	0	0	4	6	66.7%	1	2	50.0%	79.9%	75.0%	-5
2026-04-05	LAL @ DAL	L	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-1
2026-02-10	LAL vs. SAS	L	17	6	2	1	1	0	1	3	8	37.5%	0	1	0.0%	37.5%	37.5%	-5
2026-02-01	LAL @ NYK	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	+1
2026-01-18	LAL vs. TOR	W	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	33.3%	1	2	50.0%	50.0%	50.0%	-1
2026-01-17	LAL @ POR	L	10	5	0	3	0	0	2	2	3	66.7%	0	1	0.0%	72.7%	66.7%	-5
2026-01-15	LAL vs. CHA	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-2
2026-01-13	LAL vs. ATL	W	4	6	0	2	0	0	1	2	2	100.0%	2	2	100.0%	150.0%	150.0%	+0
2026-01-12	LAL @ SAC	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	–	–	+4
2026-01-07	LAL @ SAS	L	10	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	25.0%	1	2	50.0%	37.5%	37.5%	-4
2026-01-06	LAL @ NOP	W	10	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	0.0%	0	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-2
2026-01-04	LAL vs. MEM	W	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0%	0	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-6
2026-01-02	LAL vs. MEM	W	16	8	0	2	0	0	0	3	4	75.0%	2	3	66.7%	100.0%	100.0%	-6
2025-12-30	LAL vs. DET	L	17	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	6	16.7%	0	3	0.0%	21.8%	16.7%	-2
2025-12-28	LAL vs. SAC	W	24	21	3	1	0	0	0	8	14	57.1%	5	10	50.0%	75.0%	75.0%	+10
2025-12-23	LAL @ PHX	L	28	12	1	1	0	0	2	5	11	45.5%	1	3	33.3%	50.5%	50.0%	-9
2025-12-20	LAL @ LAC	L	22	9	3	1	1	0	0	4	11	36.4%	1	5	20.0%	40.9%	40.9%	+0