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Draymond Green

F-C · 6′6″ · Current team: Golden State Warriors

Regular season · Dec 28, 2025 · GSW 127 @ TOR 141 · Final

Draymond Green: season-high 21 points vs Raptors (Dec 28, 2025)

ANSWER

21 PTS · 8-of-14 FG · 4-of-8 3P · 1-of-3 FT · 33:18 MIN

Usual before this game: 8.0 PTS · 7.3 FGA · 27.1 MIN, from 25 regular-season games

Best Game Score of 26 games this season: 16.9 against a usual 6.6 (+10.3)

Season-high 21 points (previous high 17, set on Nov 7, 2025)

SURPRISE SCORE
95Unusual
above usual

No more than 5 in 100 games by players at this level finish this far above their usual.

For a player who plays every game, a game this far above the usual comes about 2 to 4 times a season.

How the score works

Why did Draymond Green score 21 points?

In 33:18 against the Raptors on Dec 28, 2025, Draymond Green scored 21 points: 8-of-14 from the field (57.1%), 4-of-8 from three (50.0%), 1-of-3 on free throws. Before this game, Green averaged 8.0 points on 7.3 shots in 27.1 minutes across 25 regular-season games. The previous high this season was 17 points. By Game Score it was the best of 26 games this season. The shot count was 14, against a usual 7.3. The 57.1% from the field compares with a usual 40.4%. By shot type: threes 12 points (usual 4.2); two-pointers 8 points (usual 3.1). Minutes: 33:18, against a usual 27.1; Game Score per 36 minutes: 18.3, against a usual 8.8. At the Raptors, the Warriors lost 141-127. The box score records what changed, not why: it holds no injury, matchup or coaching information.

Generated from the box score and this season's game log. How the score works

01

What changed

Green in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (25 games)Change
Minutes33:1827.1+6.2
Points218.0+13.0
Shots (FGA) · FG%14 · 57.1%7.3 · 40.4%+6.7 · +16.7
3PA · 3P%8 · 50.0%4.3 · 32.4%+3.7 · +17.6
FTA · FT%1-of-31.1 · 64.3%+1.9
Rebounds46.1-2.1
Assists75.0+2.0
Turnovers33.1-0.1
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 25 games22.717.1+5.6
Game Score per 36 minutes18.38.8+9.5
02

Points by shot type

Twos, threes and free throws: the changes add up to the points change

Points by shot type against the usual line
Shot typeThis gameUsual (25 games)Change
Threes12 (4-of-8)4.2 (1.4-of-4.3)+7.8
Twos8 (4-of-6)3.1 (1.6-of-3.0)+4.9
Free throws1 (1-of-3)0.7 (0.7-of-1.1)+0.3
Total218.0+13.0
03

Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

16.9 against a usual 6.6 (+10.3)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+9.7
Rebounds-1.0
Assists+1.4
Steals and blocks-0.5
Turnovers and fouls+0.7
Total+10.3
04

Season so far

Regular season, in date order

Game Score in each of this season's 26 games, oldest first, this game last: 9.4, 15.9, 6.1, 6, 10.8, 7.2, 4.4, 5.3, 13.9, -0.8, 0.4, -1.7, 4.5, 5, 11.2, 10.4, 13.3, 0, 8.5, 1.9, 11.8, 4.2, 5.7, 8.8, 3.9, 16.9

Best Game Score of 26 games this season.

Previous best: 15.9, set on Oct 23, 2025.

05

Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Warriors lost 141-127 at the Raptors.
  • Previous appearance: Dec 25, 2025, 3 days earlier.
  • No earlier regular-season meetings with the Raptors this season.
06

What this page cannot tell you

The same on every performance page

Limits

Box scores record what happened, not why: no injuries or health, defensive assignments, matchups, coaching decisions or play-by-play.

METHOD

Game Score against the player's own usual line. How rare a gap is comes from NBA regular-season games of 2023-24 and 2024-25, checked on 2025-26.