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NBA Home Cooking: Split Differentials

by Ethan Haskell (Ethan) Last Updated 2014-01-26 23:33:48

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It’s not something that should be on the forefront of your day-to-day research process, but certain players in the NBA are significantly better on their home court than when they take to the road. For the majority of players those splits are relatively close together, but there are a number of guys for whom the change is pretty drastic. In this article, we’ll take a look at which players thrive at home as well as some guys who do their best work on the road.

A few notes before moving forward:

1) Minimum 10 Home Games and 10 Road Games Played to Qualify
2) Minimum 15 FPPG (both at home and on the road) to Qualify
3) Includes Stats from beginning of 2013 to January 21st

Quick fact before we get into more numbers, the average player at home has a 19.03 FPPG average so far this season compared to 18.41 FPPG on the road.

Home Stats Road Stats FPPG (H-R)

GUARDS

Worst Comparative Home Splits

Shown below are the 15 worst home vs. road differentials for guards only. These players perform better on the road than at home, on average.

PLAYER Team GP PPG FG% RPG APG FPPG GP PPG FG% RPG APG FPPG Hm-Rd
Brandon Knight MIL 14 14.93 39.8% 3.21 3.93 23.39 17 16.53 43.5% 4.06 4.65 28.49 -5.10
Brandon Jennings DET 21 13.57 35.5% 2.90 8.95 30.63 19 19.00 38.6% 3.63 7.79 35.31 -4.68
Iman Shumpert NYK 20 5.90 32.8% 5.15 1.75 15.81 22 8.32 45.1% 4.91 2.23 20.14 -4.34
Michael Carter-Williams PHI 17 15.35 39.4% 5.88 7.24 35.03 14 19.57 42.6% 5.64 5.93 38.88 -3.85
Damian Lillard POR 19 20.84 42.3% 3.89 5.26 32.94 22 22.23 41.8% 3.91 6.23 36.49 -3.55
Stephen Curry GSW 17 21.65 42.9% 4.29 9.94 41.48 22 25.05 45.5% 4.95 8.77 44.70 -3.22
Jeremy Lin HOU 18 13.28 46.7% 2.33 3.78 21.80 14 14.36 46.4% 2.50 5.00 24.93 -3.13
Martell Webster WAS 19 10.95 44.7% 3.16 1.37 17.74 20 11.65 46.7% 4.30 1.90 20.66 -2.92
Ty Lawson DEN 20 16.80 41.7% 3.85 8.75 34.80 18 19.78 43.9% 2.94 9.06 37.39 -2.60
Patrick Beverley HOU 13 10.54 40.4% 3.54 2.15 18.94 11 9.64 46.6% 3.73 2.64 21.34 -2.40
Wesley Matthews POR 19 16.53 48.1% 3.95 2.21 25.42 22 16.50 47.7% 4.73 2.59 27.47 -2.05
Jimmy Butler CHI 16 10.38 34.0% 4.94 2.13 23.11 12 14.17 42.1% 3.75 2.25 25.04 -1.93
Norris Cole MIA 20 6.55 41.1% 2.35 3.20 15.12 23 8.78 50.0% 2.52 3.57 17.03 -1.91
James Anderson PHI 21 10.71 53.6% 3.81 1.29 17.40 20 9.10 37.6% 4.15 2.00 18.93 -1.53
Kirk Hinrich CHI 20 6.70 32.4% 3.00 4.90 18.90 17 9.47 38.9% 2.88 4.47 20.40 -1.50

Best Comparative Home Splits

Shown below are the 15 best home vs. road differentials for guards only. These players perform better at home than on the road, on average.

PLAYER Team GP PPG FG% RPG APG FPPG GP PPG FG% RPG APG FPPG Hm-Rd
Kyrie Irving CLE 17 24.94 44.9% 2.88 7.71 40.19 21 19.33 40.9% 2.95 5.05 31.21 8.98
Jrue Holiday NOP 15 16.53 46.3% 4.40 9.00 36.98 19 12.42 42.4% 3.84 7.37 28.45 8.53
Eric Bledsoe PHX 13 19.54 51.2% 5.08 6.31 35.86 11 16.18 46.3% 3.36 5.45 28.95 6.92
Deron Williams BRK 11 14.00 51.8% 2.00 8.18 29.40 13 12.85 42.1% 2.23 5.62 22.48 6.92
Dwyane Wade MIA 16 20.69 55.4% 5.13 5.13 36.90 14 16.79 52.1% 4.57 4.29 30.06 6.84
Rodney Stuckey DET 16 17.06 50.8% 2.88 2.00 23.76 18 11.89 42.0% 1.56 2.06 17.39 6.37
John Wall WAS 20 20.85 45.0% 4.25 9.80 41.90 20 18.50 40.7% 4.25 7.40 35.65 6.25
Jarrett Jack CLE 17 10.35 41.2% 3.59 3.82 21.34 22 8.73 41.0% 2.27 3.68 16.34 4.99
Darren Collison LAC 21 10.43 50.6% 2.52 3.33 20.27 22 8.82 45.2% 2.14 2.55 15.56 4.70
Mike Conley MEM 24 19.75 48.9% 2.58 6.13 33.62 15 15.27 40.7% 2.47 6.47 29.53 4.09
Trey Burke UTA 14 15.36 42.1% 3.64 5.71 28.16 16 12.38 36.2% 3.00 5.88 24.10 4.06
Gordon Hayward UTA 18 19.56 44.5% 5.33 4.89 35.07 20 15.60 39.2% 5.75 5.00 31.10 3.97
Lance Stephenson IND 23 14.87 51.5% 6.96 5.65 30.26 17 12.06 46.4% 6.41 4.59 26.34 3.92
Tony Allen MEM 14 10.79 48.0% 3.79 2.21 22.72 13 9.62 51.0% 3.92 1.77 18.82 3.90
Randy Foye DEN 20 11.50 41.9% 2.75 2.80 19.90 19 9.63 39.2% 2.05 2.05 16.17 3.73

FORWARDS

Worst Comparative Home Splits

Shown below are the 15 worst home vs. road differentials for guards only. These players perform better on the road than at home, on average.

PLAYER Team GP PPG FG% RPG APG FPPG GP PPG FG% RPG APG FPPG Hm-Rd
Thaddeus Young PHI 19 14.63 46.4% 6.53 1.79 27.94 19 20.32 51.7% 6.53 1.74 33.86 -5.92
Tyreke Evans NOP 18 11.22 38.5% 4.33 3.50 23.06 18 14.22 42.3% 4.89 5.00 28.03 -4.97
David West IND 23 11.04 51.2% 6.22 2.96 24.46 18 13.94 44.0% 7.11 3.11 29.37 -4.91
Glen Davis ORL 14 13.00 50.0% 6.57 1.64 24.14 16 15.06 43.4% 8.00 1.31 29.01 -4.87
Paul Millsap ATL 20 16.05 43.8% 7.50 3.00 32.85 18 19.22 49.4% 8.89 2.61 36.69 -3.84
Tim Duncan SAS 24 12.58 44.3% 9.04 3.25 32.02 15 17.20 49.5% 10.33 2.80 35.33 -3.32
Paul George IND 23 21.61 44.4% 6.43 3.43 36.13 18 25.28 47.0% 6.00 3.67 39.42 -3.29
Chandler Parsons HOU 20 16.55 51.0% 6.30 3.30 29.66 16 18.56 52.8% 5.00 4.06 32.91 -3.25
Andray Blatche BRK 19 10.42 42.0% 4.84 1.89 20.44 18 12.22 52.3% 7.44 1.17 23.63 -3.19
Andre Iguodala GSW 14 8.36 46.3% 3.36 5.07 22.28 18 10.89 53.4% 4.78 4.39 25.21 -2.93
Amir Johnson TOR 19 8.95 52.4% 6.21 1.37 20.66 21 11.95 57.0% 7.29 0.95 23.55 -2.89
LaMarcus Aldridge POR 19 22.63 46.1% 10.53 2.95 41.95 22 25.32 48.5% 11.50 2.68 44.82 -2.88
Kris Humphries BOS 15 7.20 48.9% 5.47 1.20 16.16 20 7.20 54.1% 6.15 0.85 18.66 -2.50
LeBron James MIA 20 26.40 61.9% 6.10 5.95 42.50 22 25.77 54.0% 7.18 6.77 44.46 -1.96
Zach Randolph MEM 23 16.22 42.3% 10.13 3.04 31.68 16 17.94 46.6% 11.31 2.06 33.48 -1.80

Best Comparative Home Splits

Shown below are the 15 best home vs. road differentials for guards only. These players perform better at home than on the road, on average.

PLAYER Team GP PPG FG% RPG APG FPPG GP PPG FG% RPG APG FPPG Hm-Rd
Kenneth Faried DEN 19 12.32 58.6% 8.95 1.05 26.84 19 7.79 48.0% 6.37 0.63 17.91 8.94
Terrence Jones HOU 18 14.00 57.7% 8.56 1.56 30.32 19 9.21 44.0% 7.05 0.84 21.46 8.86
Anthony Davis NOP 17 21.82 56.0% 10.41 1.53 45.73 18 19.33 49.6% 10.28 1.11 39.06 6.67
Carmelo Anthony NYK 18 27.78 43.7% 10.17 2.67 45.53 21 24.62 44.5% 8.05 3.48 40.35 5.19
Tristan Thompson CLE 19 14.42 48.6% 10.42 1.05 28.45 22 10.73 44.3% 9.55 0.55 23.50 4.95
Harrison Barnes GSW 16 11.50 41.3% 4.50 1.94 20.62 23 9.52 43.8% 3.26 1.22 15.87 4.75
Kevin Durant OKC 22 31.09 53.8% 8.73 5.64 51.56 20 31.15 46.3% 6.70 4.60 47.49 4.07
Jordan Hill LAL 19 9.63 54.2% 7.58 1.11 22.12 23 7.78 55.1% 7.17 0.57 18.07 4.06
Marvin Williams UTA 15 9.87 47.2% 5.80 1.00 20.79 19 8.21 40.3% 4.26 1.32 17.09 3.70
Nene Hilario WAS 17 14.53 47.1% 5.94 3.29 29.07 16 12.50 50.7% 5.75 3.00 25.46 3.61
Brandon Bass BOS 20 11.10 46.2% 7.15 1.40 23.53 23 10.65 45.3% 4.96 1.04 20.08 3.45
Al-Farouq Aminu NOP 20 7.15 42.9% 7.85 1.60 21.52 20 7.15 52.5% 5.35 1.40 18.07 3.45
Dirk Nowitzki DAL 20 22.40 51.9% 6.10 2.95 35.80 23 19.61 44.1% 5.52 2.74 32.60 3.19
Luol Deng CLE 15 19.87 49.3% 6.53 4.00 33.77 16 18.19 44.2% 6.13 3.25 30.60 3.17
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist CHA 13 9.62 49.0% 5.46 0.85 18.98 11 7.36 46.2% 4.82 0.82 15.83 3.15

CENTERS

Worst Comparative Home Splits

Shown below are the 10 worst home vs. road differentials for guards only. These players perform better on the road than at home, on average.

PLAYER Team GP PPG FG% RPG APG FPPG GP PPG FG% RPG APG FPPG Hm-Rd
Andrea Bargnani NYK 20 12.25 44.6% 5.05 0.60 20.76 22 14.41 44.1% 5.45 1.77 25.93 -5.17
Al Jefferson CHA 16 16.44 47.0% 9.81 2.31 34.87 17 20.12 49.2% 10.94 1.94 39.28 -4.41
DeAndre Jordan LAC 21 9.24 65.3% 13.24 0.76 31.65 22 10.32 62.8% 14.27 1.05 34.88 -3.23
John Henson MIL 14 11.43 48.6% 8.29 2.07 27.62 17 12.59 54.4% 7.88 1.12 29.31 -1.69
Kosta Koufos MEM 25 7.60 46.8% 6.44 0.60 18.07 16 7.63 46.5% 7.00 0.75 19.59 -1.52
DeJuan Blair DAL 21 8.05 59.7% 6.24 1.05 18.10 22 7.82 55.1% 6.27 1.32 19.41 -1.31
Marcin Gortat WAS 20 12.65 55.2% 8.25 1.20 26.80 20 11.55 49.0% 9.30 1.80 28.01 -1.21
Enes Kanter UTA 19 10.89 47.4% 6.11 0.63 19.69 23 11.61 48.3% 6.22 1.00 20.74 -1.05
DeMarcus Cousins SAC 20 24.15 50.3% 11.50 2.60 44.20 19 22.74 48.1% 11.89 3.16 44.64 -0.44
Chris Bosh MIA 20 16.05 52.2% 6.65 0.80 27.83 22 16.27 52.4% 6.55 1.36 28.17 -0.34

Best Comparative Home Splits

Shown below are the 10 best home vs. road differentials for guards only. These players perform better at home than on the road, on average.

PLAYER Team GP PPG FG% RPG APG FPPG GP PPG FG% RPG APG FPPG Hm-Rd
Jared Sullinger BOS 19 14.89 45.6% 8.21 2.26 28.77 22 11.55 41.7% 7.68 1.18 22.81 5.96
Miles Plumlee PHX 20 10.85 51.4% 9.95 0.55 27.52 20 8.85 50.3% 7.70 0.60 21.64 5.88
Derrick Favors UTA 17 15.00 55.0% 9.65 1.24 32.37 23 12.39 48.3% 8.96 1.13 26.92 5.45
Anderson Varejao CLE 19 10.11 52.9% 11.84 2.00 30.37 22 7.55 45.1% 9.23 2.86 25.60 4.77
Joakim Noah CHI 22 12.77 47.9% 12.27 3.73 36.09 19 11.05 46.4% 10.05 3.79 31.54 4.55
Roy Hibbert IND 23 13.26 48.5% 7.65 1.48 30.01 18 11.33 45.4% 8.22 1.22 25.59 4.42
Samuel Dalembert DAL 19 7.21 65.4% 6.95 0.42 18.76 23 5.17 51.1% 5.48 0.52 15.01 3.75
Pau Gasol LAL 18 16.72 46.3% 10.39 3.56 36.30 21 15.71 45.2% 9.86 3.10 32.71 3.59
Robin Lopez POR 19 11.58 55.0% 8.95 0.68 25.29 22 9.23 53.3% 7.36 0.82 22.25 3.04
Al Horford ATL 14 19.21 58.5% 9.07 2.50 36.28 14 17.64 55.2% 7.71 2.57 33.47 2.81

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