Who are the top NBA scorers in the 4th quarter this season?

This year, the NBA will issue a new trophy: the Jerry West Clutch Award. As its name suggests, it will reward the most clutch player of the season. So let’s take a look at the leading scorers in the fourth quarters in 2022-23, two weeks from the end of the regular.

It is by taking a short tour of the site StatMuse that we fell on the NBA ranking of the best scorers in the last 12 minutes of a game. Who has the highest points total since the start of the 2022-23 season? Who scores the most points on average in the fourth quarter? Who has the best shooting percentage? Everything is here.

As can be seen, De’Aaron Fox leads the way with 507 total points scored in fourth quarters this season, in the space of 60 appearances in the final period (for 66 games played in total). Nobody does better, Kyrie Irving being second with 498 points followed by Giannis Antetokounmpo with 459. The latter two, who have fewer appearances than the Sacramento Fox, nevertheless score more points on average in the fourth quarters, with 9 respectively .8 and 9.6 points. They lead the category, ahead of LeBron James (8.7), Fox (8.5) and Stephen Curry (8.3). Finally, in shooting percentage among the Top 25 scorers, inside Bam Adebayo dominates (59.3%), with Giannis (55%), Jaylen Brown (55%), De’Aaron Fox (52.1%) and Bradley Beal (51.8%) behind him.

De’Aaron Fox untouchable in the race for the Clutch Award?

Here are some of the main stats that will likely be used to determine the winner of the inaugural Clutch Award at the end of the season. And the big favorite to win at the time of these lines is D-Fox. Not only does the Sacramento rocket end up in the Top 5 of the three statistical categories just mentioned, but the leader also has countless outstanding moments to his credit in the money time. We remember his recent game-winner on the Chicago floor, the last symbol of an exceptional season for Fox in the clutch. Under his leadership, the Kings snatched games they would have probably lost in previous years, all to find themselves on the Western Conference podium this season.

De’Aaron Fox hitting a game winner against @DuragRiv’s Bulls is fitting. pic.twitter.com/a4qsF00oOO

— Joel Moran (@joelvmoran) March 16, 2023

In any case, rewarding De’Aaron Fox with the Jerry West Award would be a great way to highlight Sacramento’s magnificent season, on the verge of returning to the Playoffs after 16 years of drought.

“He’s Mr. Clutch. We wouldn’t be here without him today. There were so many games where he took it upon himself in the fourth quarter. The confidence he has is rubbing off on us, we are all calmer at the end of the match thanks to him. We give him the ball and he takes care of the rest.”

– Domantas Sabonis, on teammate De’Aaron Fox

De’Aaron Fox’s full stats in the fourth quarters this season: 507 points, 8.5 average, 52.1% shooting including 37.9% from 3-pointers and 77.2% from free throws , 5.1 points scored on average in clutch situations (1st in the NBA).

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Source texte : StatMuse

De’Aaron Fox has been so clutch this season.

So calm, never in excess, often in good plans.

— TrashTalk (@TrashTalk_fr) December 29, 2022