Bennedict Mathurin is averaging career highs in scoring, rebounding and assists per game in 2025-26.
“Stat Just Happened” is where one number tells the whole story — and the film fills in the rest.
Today’s number is 98.1.
That’s Bennedict Mathurin’s percentile as a pick-and-roll ball handler, per NBA.com.
When you stack him next to the league’s best, you start to see why Indiana’s half-court offense might not be as lost as it looked.
Possessions
Frequency
Points Per Poss.
Percentile
Bennedict Mathurin
4.8
25.3%
1.33
98.1
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
9.9
39.2%
1.21
93.9
Anthony Edwards
5.7
23.4%
1.14
88.7
Luka Doncic
12.9
38.7
1.09
83.5
Donovan Mitchell
9.8
36.2%
1.03
79.2
A season ago, the Pacers were one of the league’s most efficient screen-and-roll teams, which makes sense as the ball was in the hands of one of the league’s most adept decision makers: Tyrese Haliburton.
Haliburton ranked in the 95.5th percentile a season ago, serving as the ball handler in pick-and-roll situations. Knowing they’d be without their superstar this season, Indiana could’ve been left with a major offensive hole in their half-court playbook.
While Mathurin hasn’t replaced Haliburton’s production, of course, the Pacers have been solid with the ball in his hands. Since recovering from a toe injury that kept him out of the lineup for 11 games, Mathurin has returned and orchestrated Indiana’s two-man game as well as Haliburton did last season.
Season
Player
Possessions
Frequency
Points Per Poss
Percentile
2025-26
Bennedict Mathurin
4.8
25.3%
1.33
98.1
2024-25
Tyrese Haliburton
6.4
38.4%
1.11
95.5
Haliburton’s play last season helped power a top-10 offense for the Pacers. They aren’t quite there yet this season, but with Mathurin back in the lineup, there are signs of progression.
Over the last 10 games, the Pacers are scoring at a rate of 111.8 points per 100 possessions. That’s up from their overall number this season (108.2), which ranks 30th.
Aside from how well he’s operating in screen and roll situations, Mathurin, 23, is enjoying a career-best season: 20.1 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game while shooting 41.1% on 3-pointers.
Highlights from Bennedict Mathurin 25-point game
Take away any team’s No. 1 option, and their offense is going to wobble. But Indiana doesn’t need Mathurin to replace Haliburton. They need him to steady possessions and punish the coverage that used to funnel elsewhere.
Since the Pacers get 16.8% of their offense from pick-and-roll ball-handler reps, that matters.
Because when Mathurin turns those actions into efficient points, the floor stops shrinking.