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Sam Merrill
Cleveland Cavaliers
G · #5 · 6'4" · 205 lb · Age 30 · 7 yrs in the NBA
2025-26 season grade
77.7
- Points added per game
- +1.1
- Per 100 possessions
- +1.0
- Rank
- 113 of 505
- Games
- 52 of 82
What the grade is made of
Points per 100 possessions each part adds or takes away, against a league-average player. The grade then counts how much he plays: what he adds per game over a replacement-level player.
- Points above what an average shooter scores on the same shots, against this defense+1.9
- Turnovers, above an average player's rate+1.4
- Steals, above an average player's rate−0.7
- Defensive rebounds, above an average player's rate−0.5
- Assists, above an average player's rate−0.4
- Blocks, above an average player's rate−0.3
- Shots and free-throw trips taken on, above an average player's share−0.3
- Offensive rebounds, above an average player's rate+0.2
- Personal fouls, above an average player's rate−0.0
- These add up to +1.3 this season. The grade uses +1.0: early in the season it's blended with last season's −0.0 until his minutes build up.
2025-26 game log
Game grades need 12+ minutes; playoff and play-in games aren't graded.
| Game | Result | Min | Pts | Reb | Ast | FG | 3PT | Stl | Blk | TO | +/- | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, May 25vsNYPlayoffs | L 93-130 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -13 | – |
| Sat, May 23vsNYPlayoffs | L 108-121 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | – |
| Thu, May 21@NYPlayoffs | L 93-109 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1-8 | 0-7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -8 | – |
| Tue, May 19@NYPlayoffs | L 104-115 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4-9 | 3-8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -17 | – |
| Sun, May 17@DETPlayoffs | W 125-94 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 7-10 | 5-8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +22 | – |
| Fri, May 15vsDETPlayoffs | L 94-115 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -10 | – |
| Wed, May 13@DETPlayoffs | W 117-113 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -7 | – |
| Mon, May 11vsDETPlayoffs | W 112-103 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2-8 | 2-7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +6 | – |
| Sat, May 9vsDETPlayoffs | W 116-109 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | – |
| Thu, May 7@DETPlayoffs | L 97-107 | Did not play (coach's decision) | – | |||||||||
| Tue, May 5@DETPlayoffs | L 101-111 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -10 | – |
| Sun, May 3vsTORPlayoffs | W 114-102 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 4-8 | 3-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +16 | – |
| Fri, May 1@TORPlayoffs | L 110-112 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -6 | – |
| Wed, Apr 29vsTORPlayoffs | W 125-120 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +19 | – |
| Sun, Apr 26@TORPlayoffs | L 89-93 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5-9 | 3-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | – |
| Thu, Apr 23@TORPlayoffs | L 104-126 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | – |
| Mon, Apr 20vsTORPlayoffs | W 115-105 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2-6 | 1-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | – |
| Sat, Apr 18vsTORPlayoffs | W 126-113 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | – |
| Wed, Apr 8vsATL | W 122-116 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69.7 |
| Mon, Apr 6@MEM | W 142-126 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 7-16 | 4-11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 86.5 |
| Thu, Apr 2@GS | W 118-111 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1-6 | 1-6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +12 | 12.7 |
| Mon, Mar 30@UTAH | W 122-113 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4-14 | 0-8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +13 | 8.0 |
| Fri, Mar 27vsMIA | W 149-128 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3-9 | 2-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +25 | 45.1 |
| Wed, Mar 25vsMIA | L 103-120 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6-13 | 4-10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -22 | 49.3 |
| Tue, Mar 24vsORL | W 136-131 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 6-11 | 2-6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 88.6 |
| Sat, Mar 21@NO | W 111-106 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 5-9 | 3-7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +5 | 73.2 |
| Thu, Mar 19@CHI | W 115-110 | 31 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 5-12 | 3-8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 62.2 |
| Tue, Mar 17@MIL | W 123-116 | 28 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 6-12 | 3-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +22 | 73.6 |
| Wed, Mar 11@ORL | L 122-128 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 5-8 | 2-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 77.0 |
| Mon, Mar 9vsPHI | W 115-101 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1-6 | 0-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 20.0 |
| Sun, Mar 8vsBOS | L 98-109 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2-9 | 1-7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 23.3 |
| Tue, Mar 3vsDET | W 113-109 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3-10 | 3-7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 38.4 |
| Sun, Mar 1@BKN | W 106-102 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 5-8 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +20 | 74.0 |
| Fri, Feb 27@DET | L 119-122 | 36 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 6-14 | 4-10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -13 | 74.1 |
| Wed, Feb 25@MIL | L 116-118 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 6-13 | 2-8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 8.8 |
| Tue, Feb 24vsNY | W 109-94 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +13 | 4.2 |
| Sun, Feb 22@OKC | L 113-121 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 7-12 | 6-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | 86.6 |
| Fri, Feb 20@CHA | W 118-113 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4-6 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -14 | 70.4 |
| Thu, Feb 19vsBKN | W 112-84 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +13 | 31.2 |
| Wed, Feb 11vsWSH | W 138-113 | 25 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 11-12 | 9-10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +22 | 99.9 |
| Mon, Feb 9@DEN | W 119-117 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3-6 | 3-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +13 | 54.8 |
| Sat, Feb 7@SAC | W 132-126 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0-6 | 0-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -8 | 2.6 |
| Wed, Feb 4@LAC | W 124-91 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +21 | 57.9 |
| Sun, Feb 1@POR | W 130-111 | 29 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 7-9 | 6-8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +25 | 96.8 |
| Fri, Jan 30@PHX | L 113-126 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4-12 | 2-7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -19 | 12.0 |
| Wed, Jan 28vsLAL | W 129-99 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +31 | 26.0 |
| Wed, Jan 14@PHI | W 133-107 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | – |
| Mon, Jan 12vsUTAH | L 112-123 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5-11 | 3-8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -10 | 41.9 |
| Sat, Jan 10vsMIN | W 146-134 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 5-7 | 5-6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | +20 | 97.6 |
| Thu, Jan 8@MIN | L 122-131 | 31 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 7-13 | 5-11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +6 | 91.9 |
| Tue, Jan 6@IND | W 120-116 | 31 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 6-12 | 6-10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +5 | 71.4 |
| Sun, Jan 4vsDET | L 110-114 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5-8 | 5-7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 78.6 |
| Fri, Jan 2vsDEN | W 113-108 | Did not play (coach's decision) | – | |||||||||
| Wed, Dec 31vsPHX | W 129-113 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6-14 | 4-9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +14 | 23.5 |
| Mon, Dec 29@SA | W 113-101 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1-6 | 1-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 15.3 |
| Sat, Dec 27@HOU | L 100-117 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 5-8 | 3-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -24 | 79.0 |
| Thu, Dec 25@NY | L 124-126 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4-11 | 2-8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 37.2 |
| Tue, Dec 23vsNO | W 141-118 | 26 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 7-12 | 6-10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +18 | 96.6 |
| Mon, Dec 22vsCHA | W 139-132 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2-7 | 0-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +6 | 32.1 |
| Mon, Nov 17vsMIL | W 118-106 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 7-10 | 6-9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 90.6 |
| Sat, Nov 15vsMEM | W 108-100 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 5-9 | 2-6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 45.1 |
| Thu, Nov 13vsTOR | L 113-126 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4-11 | 3-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 40.4 |
| Wed, Nov 12@MIA | W 130-116 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1-10 | 1-8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -8 | 10.4 |
| Mon, Nov 10@MIA | L 138-140 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4-16 | 4-16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 6.5 |
| Sat, Nov 8vsCHI | W 128-122 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 3-8 | 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +6 | 44.1 |
| Fri, Nov 7@WSH | W 148-115 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5-6 | 4-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +10 | 94.2 |
| Wed, Nov 5vsPHI | W 132-121 | 27 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4-6 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 71.6 |
| Mon, Oct 27@DET | W 116-95 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4-7 | 3-6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +13 | 86.0 |
| Sun, Oct 26vsMIL | W 118-113 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 5-11 | 4-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +17 | 68.2 |
| Fri, Oct 24@BKN | W 131-124 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 6-11 | 6-10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | +14 | 85.9 |
| Wed, Oct 22@NY | L 111-119 | 28 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 6-11 | 5-10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 75.3 |