Nick Richards

Phoenix Suns

Birthdate:

11/29/1997 (28)

Position:

C

Primary Role:

Secondary Role:

Defensive Role:

Height:

6'11"

Weight:

245

Wingspan:

7'2"

Positional Size:

B-

Hometown:

Kingston, Jamaica

Nick Richards 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
2021	18	3.5	0.2 - 0.5	44.4	0 - 0.1	0	0.4 - 0.6	63.6	0.6	0.1	0	0	0.4	0.2	0.8
2022	50	7.3	1.2 - 1.8	66.7	0 - 0	0	0.6 - 0.9	69.8	1.7	0.3	0.2	0.4	1	0.5	3
2023	65	18.7	3 - 4.8	62.9	0 - 0	100	2.1 - 2.8	74.9	6.4	0.6	0.2	1.1	2.4	0.9	8.2
2024	67	26.2	3.9 - 5.6	69.1	0 - 0	0	2 - 2.7	73.7	8	0.8	0.4	1.1	2.6	1.1	9.7
2025	57	22	3.6 - 6.1	59.1	0 - 0	0	2.1 - 2.8	74.4	8.2	0.9	0.2	1	2.5	1.4	9.3
2026	21	9.8 ↓	1.4 - 2.8 ↓	51.7 ↓	0 - 0 –	0.0 ↓	0.9 - 1.3 ↓	67.9 ↓	3.4 ↓	0.3 ↓	0.1 ↓	0.5 ↓	1.4 ↓	1 ↑	3.8 ↓
Career	278	17.5	2.7 - 4.3	63.4	0 - 0	20.0	1.6 - 2.2	73.5	5.7	0.6	0.2	0.8	2	0.9	7

Season	MP	TS%	3PAR	FTR	SQ	BOXCR	OLOAD	PR	PORT	VERS	CWARP	VORP
2021	63	54.2	11.1	122.2								-0.1
2022	367	68.9		47.8		1.3	18.2	7	0.4	6		-0.1
2023	1217	67.6	0.3	58.5	44.8	1.3	18.9	10	1.5	6	0.79	0.2
2024	1759	71.7	0.3	47.6	44.8	1	16.1	6	0.6	7	0.21	-0.1
2025	1256	63.4	0.6	46.1	43.6	1.5	20.8	3	0.3	10	0.18	-0.4
2026	207	56.2		48.3	39.1	1.3	19.9	0	0.2	9	-0.02	-0.2

Season	MP	COPM	CDPM	CPM	ODARKO	DDARKO	DARKO	ODRIP	DDRIP	DRIP	OBPM	DBPM	BPM
2021	63										-5.9	-2.1	-8
2022	367				-1.7	-0.2	-1.9				-2.6	-0.2	-2.8
2023	1217	-0.9	0	-0.9	-1.3	0.3	-1				-1	-0.2	-1.3
2024	1759	-2	-0.1	-2.1	-1.3	0.4	-0.9	-1.1	0.6	-0.5	-1.6	-0.7	-2.3
2025	1256	-1.3	-0.8	-2.1	-1.4	-0.3	-1.7	-1.2	0.3	-0.9	-2	-1.3	-3.3
2026	207	-1.9 10%	-0.6 30%	-2.6 9%	-1.8	-0.1	-1.9	-1.4	-0.8	-2.2	-5	-1.3	-6.3

Scouting Report

Stat	Value
TS%	61.6%	83
SQ	42.4	33
FTr	46.7%	96
3PAr	0.4%	4
ORB	3	96
cTOV	17.5%	2
Load	20.6	23
Creation	1.4	24
Portability	0.3	2
Passer Rating	2.3	1
CraftedOPM	-1.5	24

Stat	Value
Deflections	1.6	34
raDTOV	-1.9	0
DRB	1	89
Rim Defense	6.7	14
Rim Frequency	48.7	95
BLKpct	4.4	92
Versatility	9	19
rPF	1.5	8
CraftedDPM	-0.8	23

*hover or click any stat for a detailed description.

*This scouting report combines the player's last two seasons of performance, with greater emphasis on the most recent 207 minutes played during the 2025-26 season. Compared to all other players who played over 48 minutes.

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1	Isaiah Jackson	92
2	Adem Bona	89
3	Andre Drummond	89
4	Yves Missi	87
5	Anthony Gill	86
6	Drew Eubanks	86
7	Steven Adams	86
8	Isaac Jones	86
9	Zach Edey	86
10	Moussa Cisse	86

defense

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1	Karlo Matković	85
2	Maxime Raynaud	84
3	Jonas Valančiūnas	82
4	Jalen Smith	81
5	Julian Strawther	80
6	Nikola Vučević	80
7	Noah Penda	80
8	Moussa Diabaté	79
9	Thomas Bryant	79
10	Andre Drummond	79

overall

	Player	Score
1	Isaiah Jackson	87
2	Andre Drummond	86
3	Karlo Matković	82
4	Drew Eubanks	82
5	Steven Adams	82
6	Moussa Diabaté	82
7	Adem Bona	82
8	Charles Bassey	81
9	Isaac Jones	81
10	Jonas Valančiūnas	80

*Similarity Score | The difference between the percentile scores of this player and that of all other players in his position group (guards, wings, forwards, bigs). Converted to a 1-100 scale where 100 is most similar, and 1 is least similar.