Shot DNA

Every field-goal attempt of the 2025-26 regular season, mapped to true court position — then ranked by shot diet. Minimum 250 attempts. Percentages are the share of a player's own shots from that zone; every profile has the full heat map.

Keeping the mid-range alive

Largest share of shots from the mid-range — the analytics era's forbidden zone.

  1. 2Khris MiddletonWSH36%
  2. 3T.J. McConnellIND35%
  3. 4Brandon IngramTOR32%
  4. 5Joel EmbiidPHI31%
  5. 6Kevin DurantHOU30%
  6. 7Bobby PortisMIA29%
  7. 8Ryan NembhardATL27%
  8. 9Devin BookerPHX27%
  9. 10Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderOKC27%
  10. 11Jordan HawkinsNO25%
  11. 12Rui HachimuraLAC24%

Heaviest three-point diets

Largest share of shots from beyond the arc.

  1. 1AJ GreenMIL90%
  2. 2Sam HauserBOS84%
  3. 3Royce O'NealeCHA83%
  4. 4Isaiah JoeDET79%
  5. 5Sam MerrillCLE77%
  6. 6Donte DiVincenzoMIN77%
  7. 7Duncan RobinsonDET77%
  8. 8Vit KrejciPOR76%
  9. 9Julian ChampagnieSA74%
  10. 10Baylor ScheiermanBOS73%
  11. 11Jaylin WilliamsOKC73%
  12. 12Gary Trent Jr.MIL72%

Most rim pressure

Largest share of shots at the restricted area — living at the basket.

  1. 1Rudy GobertMIN86%
  2. 2Luke KornetSA85%
  3. 3Ryan KalkbrennerCHA84%
  4. 4Jaxson HayesUTAH80%
  5. 5Daniel GaffordDAL80%
  6. 6Robert Williams IIIPOR76%
  7. 7Moussa DiabateCHA75%
  8. 8Yves MissiNO75%
  9. 9Mark WilliamsPHX71%
  10. 10Jalen DurenDET68%
  11. 11Zion WilliamsonNO68%
  12. 12Collin Murray-BoylesTOR68%

Most balanced diets

Closest to a perfect third each of paint, mid-range, and threes — score every way.

  1. 1Kevin DurantHOU94%
  2. 2Khris MiddletonWSH94%
  3. 3Ryan NembhardATL91%
  4. 4Bobby PortisMIA90%
  5. 5Brandon IngramTOR89%
  6. 6Devin BookerPHX87%
  7. 7Dillon BrooksPHX86%
  8. 8Andrew NembhardIND86%
  9. 9Rui HachimuraLAC83%
  10. 10Jalen BrunsonNY81%
  11. 11Ace BaileyUTAH81%
  12. 12Kawhi LeonardLAC80%

Source: NBA shot-location data, refreshed weekly. Inspired by the eternal question — is the mid-range dead?