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Taj Gibson

Charlotte Hornets

Birthdate:

6/24/1985 (40)

Position:

C

Primary Role:

Secondary Role:

Defensive Role:

Rim Protector

Height:

Weight:

Wingspan:

0'0"

Positional Size:

Hometown:

Taj Gibson Stats

Traditional
Advanced
Per 36
Plus Minus

Season	GP	MPG	FGM-FGA	FG%	3PM-3PA	3P%	FTM-FTA	FT%	REB	APG	STL	BLK	PF	TOV	PTS
2010	82	26.9	3.8 - 7.7	49.4	0 - 0	0	1.4 - 2.1	64.6	7.5	0.9	0.6	1.3	3.4	1.4	9
2011	80	21.8	2.9 - 6.3	46.6	0 - 0.1	12.5	1.3 - 1.9	67.6	5.7	0.7	0.5	1.3	2.5	0.9	7.1
2012	63	20.4	3.2 - 6.4	49.5	0 - 0	0	1.3 - 2.1	62.2	5.3	0.7	0.4	1.3	2.1	1	7.7
2013	65	22.5	3.3 - 6.8	48.5	0 - 0.1	0	1.4 - 2	67.9	5.3	0.9	0.4	1.4	2.6	1.2	8
2014	82	28.7	5.2 - 10.9	47.9	0 - 0.1	0	2.6 - 3.4	75.1	6.8	1.1	0.5	1.4	2.5	1.8	13
2015	62	27.3	4.1 - 8.2	50.2	0 - 0	0	2.1 - 3	71.7	6.4	1.1	0.6	1.2	2.6	1.2	10.3
2016	73	26.5	3.6 - 6.8	52.6	0 - 0	0	1.4 - 2	69.2	6.9	1.5	0.6	1.1	2.5	1.1	8.6
2017	78	25.5	4.7 - 9.1	51.5	0 - 0.2	23.1	1.4 - 2	71.5	6.2	0.9	0.5	0.8	2.1	1.3	10.8
2018	82	33.2	5.2 - 9	57.7	0.1 - 0.4	20	1.7 - 2.3	76.8	7.1	1.2	0.8	0.7	2.7	1.1	12.2
2019	70	24.1	4.3 - 7.7	56.6	0.2 - 0.5	32.4	1.9 - 2.5	75.7	6.5	1.2	0.8	0.6	2.7	1	10.8
2020	62	16.5	2.7 - 4.6	58.4	0.1 - 0.2	28.6	0.7 - 0.9	73.2	4.3	0.8	0.4	0.5	2	0.8	6.1
2021	45	20.8	2.2 - 3.5	62.7	0.1 - 0.3	20	0.9 - 1.2	72.7	5.6	0.8	0.7	1.1	2.2	0.5	5.4
2022	52	18.2	1.7 - 3.2	51.8	0.3 - 0.7	39.5	0.8 - 1	80.8	4.4	0.6	0.4	0.8	2.6	0.5	4.4
2023	49	9.8	1.3 - 2.6	52	0.2 - 0.5	33.3	0.6 - 0.9	71.4	1.9	0.7	0.3	0.2	1.7	0.5	3.4
2025	37	11.1 ↓	1.3 - 2.6 ↓	49.5 ↓	0 - 0.1 ↓	50.0 ↑	0.3 - 0.5 ↓	60.0 ↓	3.2 ↓	0.6 ↓	0.2 ↓	0.5 ↓	1.5 ↓	0.7 ↓	2.9 ↓
Career	1001	23	3.5 - 6.7	51.7	0.1 - 0.2	26.6	1.4 - 1.9	71.2	5.7	0.9	0.5	1	2.4	1	8.4

Season	MP	TS%	3PAR	FTR	SQ	BOXCR	OLOAD	PR	PORT	VERS	CWARP	VORP
2010	2204	52.1		27.8	43.3	1	20	0.8			1.4	0
2011	1742	50.2	1.6	29.5	45.2	1	21.2	1.6			1.6	0.5
2012	1284	52.2		33.4	37.9	1.4	23.9	1.7			2.7	0.9
2013	1459	51.8	0.9	29.7	45	1.3	23.1	1.8			1	0.3
2014	2351	52.4	0.8	31.4	54.5	1.9	28.1	1.3			2.1	0.6
2015	1692	54.5		36.4	47	1.3	22.8	2.1			1.2	0.7
2016	1936	55.6	0.6	29.2	45.6	1.1	20.1	3.5			1.9	1
2017	1989	54.3	1.8	22.3	46.8	1.5	23.8	1.4			1	0.2
2018	2726	61	4.7	25.1	54.7	1.1	18.9	2.2			3.1	1
2019	1686	61.2	6.3	33	56.1	1.7	22.9	2.7			1.2	0.8
2020	1025	61	4.9	19.6	48	1.3	20.1	3	3.1		0.1	0.2
2021	936	66.1	9.5	34.8	46.4	0.5	13.3	3.6	3.3	19	1.4	0.8
2022	946	60.6	22.9	31.3	61.9	0.1	13.1	2.6	5.2	12	0.6	0
2023	480	58.5	19.2	33.6	40.5	1.8	22	4.1	4.8	0	0.24	-0.1
2025	409	51.5	2.1	21.1		0.8	17.4	1.5	0.9	8.5	-0.08	-0.3

Season	MP	COPM	CDPM	CPM	ODARKO	DDARKO	DARKO	ODRIP	DDRIP	DRIP	OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2010	2204	-2.1	1.2	-0.9							-2.4	0.5	-2
2011	1742	-1.9	1.6	-0.3							-2.2	1.4	-0.9
2012	1284	-0.5	2.5	2							-0.7	1.5	0.8
2013	1459	-1.8	1	-0.8							-2.1	1	-1.1
2014	2351	-1.2	0.8	-0.4							-1.3	0.4	-1
2015	1692	-1	0.2	-0.8							-0.5	0.1	-0.4
2016	1936	-0.5	0.3	-0.2							-0.4	0.4	0
2017	1989	-1.4	0.2	-1.2							-1.1	-0.4	-1.5
2018	2726	0.1	0	0.1							0.1	-0.7	-0.5
2019	1686	0.3	-1	-0.7							0.3	-0.4	-0.1
2020	1025	-1.5	-0.4	-1.9							-0.8	-0.3	-1.1
2021	936	-1.1	1.8	0.7							-0.7	2.1	1.3
2022	946	-2.5	1.5	-1	-2.1	2.1	0				-3	1	-2
2023	480	-2.1	1	-1.2	-3	1.4	-1.7				-3.6	0.5	-3.2
2025	409	-3.7 0%	1 78%	-2.8 10%	-4.2	0.9	-3.3	-1.9	0.4	-1.5	-5.2	-0.1	-5.3

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	51.5%	24
SQ	0	2
FTr	21.1%	48
3PAr	2.1%	6
ORB	-2.5	25
cTOV	17.2%	1
Load	17.4	12
Creation	0.8	10
Portability	0.9	11
Passer Rating	1.5	7
CraftedOPM	-3.7	0

Stat	Value
Deflections	1.8	29
raDTOV	-0.3	22
DRB	1.2	90
Rim Defense	-12.3	98
Rim Frequency	36.7	49
BLKpct	4.3	91
Versatility	8.5	13
rPF	2	4
CraftedDPM	1	79

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*This scouting report combines the player's last two seasons of performance, with greater emphasis on the most recent 409 minutes played during the 2024-25 season. Compared to all other players who played over 48 minutes.

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