Basketball Savant / Players / Tolu Smith 3.7 PPG3.3 RPG0.9 APG0.5 TPG9.2 MPGTS
Tolu Smith
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Tolu Smith, 2025-26 with DET: 3.7 points, 3.3 rebounds and 0.9 assists in 9.2 minutes a game. He fell short of the qualifying floor (20 games at 15 minutes a game), so the percentiles below set a small sample against the 349 players who cleared it.
Bars rank him against all 349 qualified players in 2025-26; the second number is his rank among the 107 qualified wings. 50 is average, and a higher percentile is always the better mark.
Small sample
Role
| Stat | Percentile vs league | vs wings | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minutes / game | 1 | 1 | 9.2 |
| Minutes share | 1 | 1 | 3.5% |
| Availability | 1 | 1 | 18.3% |
Offense
| Stat | Percentile vs league | vs wings | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shooting | |||
| True shooting % | 41 | 35 | .569 |
| Effective FG% | 17 | 15 | .500 |
| Points per shot | 94 | 95 | 1.56 |
| 3-point attempts / g | 2 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 3PA rate (of FGA) | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 2-point % | 24 | 17 | 50.0% |
| Free throw % | 13 | 13 | 66.7% |
| FT attempts / g | 52 | 54 | 2.0 |
| FT rate (of FGA) | 99 | 99 | 83.3% |
| % points from 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Creation & playmaking | |||
| Points / 75 | 42 | 48 | 15.2 |
| Assist % | 52 | 68 | 14.3% |
| Assists / 75 | 51 | 68 | 3.5 |
| Assist / turnover | 51 | 70 | 1.86 |
| Potential assists / 75 | 45 | 60 | 5.4 |
| Usage % | 43 | 44 | 17.7% |
| Turnover % | 43 | 41 | 12.5% |
| Turnovers / 75 | 49 | 41 | 1.9 |
| Offensive rebound % | 99 | 99 | 16.1% |
| Drive rate / 75 | 21 | 19 | 3.0 |
| Self-creation | 99 | 99 | elite |
| Defender difficulty | 99 | 99 | elite (+0.5) |
| Impact | |||
| On/Off net | 8 | 8 | -6.4 |
Defense
| Stat | Percentile vs league | vs wings | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rebounding | |||
| Rebounds / 75 | 97 | 99 | 13.3 |
| Def. rebound % | 93 | 97 | 21.1% |
| Activity & outcomes | |||
| Steals / 75 | 2 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Blocks / 75 | 93 | 97 | 1.6 |
| Stocks / 75 | 67 | 67 | 2.2 |
| Steal % | 1 | 1 | 0.7% |
| Block % | 93 | 97 | 4.4% |
| Rim FG% def. diff | 74 | 71 | −4.5% |
| Matchup difficulty | 1 | 1 | low (9.2) |
| Opp FG% on matchups | 41 | 39 | +0.8% |
| Deflections / 75 | 2 | 3 | 1.1 |
| Physical ingredients | |||
| Height | 90 | 97 | 6'11" |
Value
| Stat | Percentile vs league | vs wings | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall value | |||
| PER | 73 | 78 | 16.9 |
| Win Shares / 48 | 94 | 97 | .185 |
| Box Plus/Minus | 55 | 63 | +0.0 |
| Offensive BPM | 41 | 49 | −0.9 |
| Defensive BPM | 79 | 85 | +0.9 |
| VORP | 29 | 36 | 0.1 |
| Game Score / g | 2 | 2 | 3.8 |
Season by season
| Season | Team | Age | GP | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | TS% | BPM | BPM %ile | Honours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | DET | 24 | 1 | 22.4 | 14.0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | .678 | −8.9 | 1 | |
| 2025-26 | DET | 25 | 15 | 9.2 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 0.9 | .569 | +0.0 | 55 |
BPM %ile ranks his Box Plus/Minus against that season’s qualified players.