Sam Merrill

CLE · Guards · Age 31

Recent form

Box score, per game
	G	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	+/-
Last 3	3	22.2	10.0	2.3	2.3	1.0	0.0	0.7	45.5	41.2	75.0	+13.3
Last 5	5	23.6	9.2	2.6	2.4	0.8	0.0	0.4	44.1	34.6	87.5	+12.0
Last 10	10	25.4	9.0	2.6	2.7	1.1	0.0	0.4	39.7	29.8	84.6	+8.5
Last 20	20	27.0	10.6	3.2	2.8	0.8	0.1	0.4	41.2	31.5	86.2	+5.8
2026-27	6	23.8	8.5	3.0	2.3	0.8	0.0	0.3	43.6	34.5	87.5	+10.8
2025-26	52	26.4	12.8	2.6	2.4	0.6	0.1	0.8	46.1	42.1	85.5	+4.7

2026-27 projection · 23.1 min (17.5–28.8)

Game projection

Last 10–20 include 2025-26 games.

Percentiles

Compared with other guards

Hustle

2025-26

StatPercentileValue

Deflections per 362.1

Steals per 360.8

Loose balls recovered per 360.5

Screen assists per 360.9

Charges drawn per 36 noisy0.1

Box-outs per 360.4

Shot profile

2025-26

StatPercentileValue

Attempts in the key per 362.2

Rim attempts per 361.4

Mid-range attempts per 360.7

Corner 3 attempts per 361.6

Above-the-break 3 attempts per 368.2

Drives per 365.7

Paint touches per 361.6

Catch-and-shoot attempts per 367.2

Pull-up attempts per 363.5

Usage rate16.7%

Corner 3 FG% noisy53.1%

Above-the-break 3 FG% noisy39.9%

Catch-and-shoot FG% noisy43.5%

Play types

2025-26

StatPercentileValue

Pick-and-roll ball handler frequency5.1%

Pick-and-roll roll man frequency8.4%

Spot-up frequency38.0%

Spot-up points per possession noisy1.26

Transition frequency16.8%

Transition points per possession noisy1.27

Cut frequency5.7%

Defense

2025-26

StatPercentileValue

Contested shots per 363.9

Blocks per 360.1

FG% allowed vs. shooters' usual noisy-0.2%

Game log

Last 6 games
	OPP	W/L	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TOV	FG	3P	+/-
Oct 31	@ MIL	W	19	6	4	3	1	0	2-4	1-3	+24
Oct 29	@ ATL	L	27	16	2	3	1	2	6-11	4-8	+8
Oct 28	vs WAS	W	20	8	1	1	1	0	2-7	2-6	+8
Oct 26	vs MIN	W	31	9	4	2	1	0	3-8	1-6	+13
Oct 24	vs BKN	W	21	7	2	3	0	0	2-4	1-3	+7
Oct 22	@ PHI	L	24	5	5	2	1	0	2-5	1-3	+5

Details & sources

Silent stats

Silent stats, per game
	Defl	Contest	Loose	Scrn ast	Box-outs	Charges
Last 3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	0.0
Last 5	2.0	1.8	0.0	0.2	0.6	0.0
2026-27	1.6	1.4	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.1
2025-26	1.5	2.9	0.4	0.7	0.3	0.1
2026-27 projection	1.51.1–1.9	2.72.0–3.3	0.40.3–0.5	0.50.3–0.7	0.30.1–0.4	0.10.1–0.1

Last 10–20 fill in once his team has played that many 2026-27 games (tracking windows don’t reach back into last season); Silent stats count his team’s last N games, not necessarily his own. He can miss one his team played.

About these numbers

Sam ranked among the top guards in rolling share, above-the-break 3s and catch-and-shoot attempts in 2025-26.

Aggregate · balldontlie season averages (NBA tracking), 2025-26 regular season · retrieved October 20, 2026. Percentiles compare players in the same position group (guards).

2026-27 percentiles appear after 150 minutes (123 in this snapshot).

Bars and bubbles show percentiles; the number on the right is the observed rate. The neutral tick marks 2025-26 when current-season data leads. Rates are per 36 minutes; percentages and points per possession (PPP) use their own units.

Noisy stats barely repeat year to year; read them as this season only.

2025-26 · 26.5 min/g.

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