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Cody Zeller

CHA · Big · 2016-17 · Indiana · Year 4 · age 24 · born Oct 5, 1992

10.3 PPG6.5 RPG1.6 APG1.0 TPG27.8 MPG

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Height
7'0"
Weight
240

Cody Zeller, 2016-17 with CHA: 10.3 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 27.8 minutes a game. Against the 319 players who qualified that season, his highest marks are Points per shot (93rd percentile), True shooting % (89th) and 2-point % (89th); his lowest are Free throw % (19th percentile) and Assist % (36th). This is his best season by Box Plus/Minus; all 11 are in the table below.

Bars rank him against all 319 qualified players in 2016-17; the second number is his rank among the 76 qualified bigs. 50 is average, and a higher percentile is always the better mark.

Small sample

Role

StatPercentile vs leaguevs bigsValue
Minutes / game656927.8
Minutes share516043.5%
Availability282675.6%

Offense

StatPercentile vs leaguevs bigsValue
Shooting
True shooting %8980.604
Effective FG%8771.571
Points per shot93841.44
3-point %4180.0%
3-point attempts / g5220.0
3PA rate (of FGA)4180.2%
2-point %897257.2%
Free throw %193967.9%
FT attempts / g79743.2
FT rate (of FGA)918044.2%
% points from 36230.0%
Creation & playmaking
Points / 75423913.8
Assist %36568.7%
Assists / 7537582.1
Assist / turnover47781.52
Potential assists / 7549665.3
Usage %263015.3%
Turnover %637510.9%
Turnovers / 7576891.4
Offensive rebound %83377.6%
Drive rate / 7521681.7
Self-creation9061elite
Shot-making (PPP %ile)616658
Defender difficulty9386elite (+0.8)
Impact
On/Off net959410.7

Defense

StatPercentile vs leaguevs bigsValue
Rebounding
Rebounds / 7579308.8
Def. rebound %702015.7%
Activity & outcomes
Steals / 7570831.3
Blocks / 7583451.3
Stocks / 7584632.6
Steal %69831.8%
Block %85513.0%
Rim FG% def. diff7444−3.0%
Matchup difficulty6666high (12.6)
Opp FG% on matchups4241+3.4%
Deflections / 7568792.7
Physical ingredients
Height94757'0"
Strength (weight)7625240

Value

StatPercentile vs leaguevs bigsValue
Overall value
PER735016.7
Win Shares / 488670.157
Box Plus/Minus6545+0.2
Offensive BPM4333−0.9
Defensive BPM8473+1.1
VORP67551.0
Game Score / g70639.9

Season by season

SeasonTeamAgeGPMPGPPGRPGAPGTS%BPMBPM %ileHonours
2013-14CHA218217.36.04.31.1.498−2.021All-Rookie 2nd
2014-15CHA226224.07.65.81.6.530−0.648
2015-16CHA237324.38.76.21.0.592−0.156
2016-17★CHA246227.810.36.51.6.604+0.265
2017-18CHA253319.07.15.40.9.602−1.237
2018-19CHA264925.410.16.82.1.611+0.161
2019-20CHA275823.111.17.11.5.576−0.643
2020-21CHA284820.99.46.81.8.599−0.549
2021-22NOP292713.15.24.60.8.627−2.123
2022-23MIA301514.46.54.30.7.659−2.815
2023-24NOP31437.41.82.60.9.483−2.617

BPM %ile ranks his Box Plus/Minus against that season’s qualified players. ★ is his best season by Box Plus/Minus, among seasons that clear the games floor.