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NBA Referees: what really happens in their games

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Across 12,748 logged NBA games, the biggest scoring gap between referees is real: games with Matt Myers average 233.7 points, games with Brandon Adair just 223.1 — against a league average of 227.7. Every referee below links to their full record.

Referee	Games	Avg points	League	Home wins
Josh Tiven	241	225.7	227.7	58%
Marc Davis	238	228.0	227.7	50%
Ray Acosta	238	226.1	227.7	53%
Zach Zarba	238	227.9	227.7	57%
James Williams	237	226.8	227.7	61%
Gediminas Petraitis	233	227.1	227.7	48%
Mitchell Ervin	232	228.6	227.7	54%
Tyler Ford	232	227.1	227.7	55%
Justin Van Duyne	227	225.2	227.7	53%
Tony Brothers	227	226.7	227.7	59%
Nick Buchert	226	227.2	227.7	53%
Jacyn Goble	225	228.8	227.7	55%
Kevin Scott	224	224.4	227.7	52%
Brent Barnaky	223	224.3	227.7	52%
Curtis Blair	218	225.3	227.7	58%
Pat Fraher	218	228.1	227.7	50%
Mark Lindsay	217	227.3	227.7	56%
Courtney Kirkland	215	226.5	227.7	52%
Scott Foster	214	228.0	227.7	58%
Karl Lane	213	226.5	227.7	58%
Sean Wright	212	223.4	227.7	53%
Brian Forte	209	225.1	227.7	55%
Natalie Sago	206	226.7	227.7	56%
Sean Corbin	205	227.6	227.7	56%
Andy Nagy	202	229.7	227.7	54%
Kevin Cutler	202	227.6	227.7	52%
Marat Kogut	201	226.8	227.7	56%
John Butler	198	226.3	227.7	54%
J.B. DeRosa	195	227.5	227.7	57%
Eric Dalen	193	224.4	227.7	59%
James Capers	189	226.3	227.7	58%
Ed Malloy	188	227.1	227.7	62%
Phenizee Ransom	185	231.8	227.7	44%
John Goble	185	226.5	227.7	58%
Scott Twardoski	180	229.7	227.7	56%
Jason Goldenberg	174	229.4	227.7	56%
Mousa Dagher	172	227.7	227.7	48%
CJ Washington	169	231.8	227.7	50%
Bill Kennedy	167	228.3	227.7	55%
J.T. Orr	165	227.4	227.7	57%
Nate Green	165	228.9	227.7	59%
Dedric Taylor	157	226.6	227.7	56%
Ben Taylor	156	226.5	227.7	62%
Jenna Schroeder	155	227.3	227.7	59%
Matt Myers	153	233.7	227.7	59%
Tre Maddox	152	226.1	227.7	55%
Brandon Schwab	149	228.8	227.7	52%
Evan Scott	149	228.3	227.7	55%
Michael Smith	138	230.3	227.7	57%
Jonathan Sterling	138	230.2	227.7	59%
Danielle Scott	137	229.1	227.7	55%
Suyash Mehta	137	225.3	227.7	55%
Derrick Collins	136	228.6	227.7	57%
Robert Hussey	134	229.1	227.7	57%
Rodney Mott	133	225.8	227.7	56%
Brandon Adair	132	223.1	227.7	52%
Brett Nansel	131	226.2	227.7	59%
David Guthrie	129	225.1	227.7	50%
John Conley	124	228.0	227.7	57%
Matt Kallio	123	231.2	227.7	62%
Che Flores	120	229.3	227.7	53%
Ashley Moyer-Gleich	117	227.5	227.7	54%
Sha'Rae Mitchell	117	228.0	227.7	56%
Aaron Smith	114	226.4	227.7	65%
Tom Washington	99	224.8	227.7	65%
Simone Jelks	94	232.0	227.7	46%
Intae Hwang	94	228.6	227.7	50%
Derek Richardson	84	230.6	227.7	56%
Tyler Ricks	81	226.6	227.7	49%
Dannica Baroody	76	229.7	227.7	70%
Matt Boland	75	228.1	227.7	55%
Leon Wood	72	231.2	227.7	46%
Pat O'Connell	66	228.3	227.7	58%
Jenna Reneau	60	230.1	227.7	43%
Biniam Maru	51	232.2	227.7	51%
J.D. Ralls	50	229.5	227.7	44%
JD Ralls	46	226.1	227.7	57%
Scott Wall	40	227.6	227.7	60%
Brent Haskill	31	232.8	227.7	58%
Tyler Mirkovich small sample	16	224.2	227.7	75%
Lauren Holtkamp small sample	16	231.4	227.7	44%
Nate Cearley small sample	14	237.3	227.7	36%
Eric Lewis small sample	14	241.6	227.7	79%
Agon Abazi small sample	11	224.3	227.7	64%
Chelisa Painter small sample	9	219.3	227.7	44%
Klajdi Mulla small sample	7	235.7	227.7	43%
Gina Catanzariti small sample	7	233.9	227.7	71%
Clare Simmons small sample	6	224.2	227.7	67%

"Small sample" means we don't have enough of that referee's games yet to publish a full page — the row still shows what we do have. Averages update as new games are logged. Last build: 2026-10-09 06:35 UTC.

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Common questions

Do NBA referees really affect the score?

The numbers on this page are real averages from logged games, shown next to the league average so you can see the gap. Some of the gap is the referee, some is the games they happen to get. Treat it as one more thing to check — not a system on its own.

Where does this data come from?

Official game records: final scores, results and venues for every logged game each referee worked. We only publish a full page for referees with enough games to be meaningful.

How do bettors use referee stats?

Mostly for totals. If a referee's games run clearly above or below the league average, that's worth knowing before you take an over or under. Check the number, then check the price.

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NBA Referees: what really happens in their games

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