1. Markelle is having a career best year in scoring, field goal %, three point %, assists per game, steals per game, and rebounds per game.
2. Removing his initial minutes restriction, Orlando is 22-19 with Fultz on the season. (44 win pace). Without him they are 5-16 (18 win pace.) [Source](https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask?q=fultz+record+2022-23)
3. Fultz is shooting 52.1% within 5-9 FT min 70 attempts, which is 7th among guards. [Source](https://twitter.com/IsThisAnything1/status/1633276892320088065?s=20)
4. Markelle shoots 57.1% (!!) percent from the field in the 4th quarter. He is the Magic’s best crunch time player. [Source](https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/fultz-4th-quarter-field-goal-percentage)
5. Fultz has a better assist ratio (27.6) than Darius Garland and Lamelo Ball. [Source](http://www.espn.com/nba/hollinger/statistics/_/position/pg/sort/assistRatio)
6. Fultz shoots 50.6% from the field, which is higher than fellow guards like Stephen Curry, Kyrie Irving, and Damian Lillard. [Source](https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask?q=nba+point+guards+field+goal+percentage+2022-23+player+by+player)
7. Fultz shot 29/30 (96.6%) from the line in the month of February, which was tied for the highest percentage in the league. [Source](https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/highest-free-throw-percentage-in-february-min-25-attempts)
8. Fultz in his last 15 games is averaging 16/5/5 on 53% field goal shooting. [Source](https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/fultz-last-15-games)
9. Fultz has anchored the perimeter defense of the #5 ranked defense in the league since the All-star break: he averages 1.5 steals per game, which is more than Marcus Smart, Jrue Holiday, and just .1 below Chris Paul. [Source](https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/steals-per-game-point-guard-player-by-player)
10. Speaking of steals, Fultz ranks 9th in the league in steal percentage at 2.5%. [Source](https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2023_advanced.html)
11. Fultz has a better VORP than Tyrese Maxey, Anfernee Simons, and Marcus Smart. [Source](https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2023_advanced.html)
12. Fultz ranks higher in Defensive Win Shares than Lu Dort and Patrick Beverley. [Source](https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2023_advanced.html)
13. Fultz shoots 41.7% from downtown in the 1st quarter this season. This is a real time stat that shows how his shoulder unfortunately gets weaker due to TOS as the game goes on. [Source](https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/fultz-three-point-percentage-1st-quarter)
by iwillwinandthrow
5 Comments
Love Fultz and love this list 1-12. 13 is a stretch and a crutch that no longer needs be used. His 3 is still a work in progress but improvement has been made.
He is just scratching the surface.
Fultz can be a super star. Him and Paolo with one more stud can really dominate. Especially with the supporting guys.
Fultz becoming a hawk for steals is nasty. No break for the other teams back court when you have Fultz and Jalen doing that all game
#13 is some stupid bullshit conjecture but I like everything else you brought up 🙂
Fultz is legitimately a really good point guard. We needing shooting badly around our cornerstones in Franz and paolo but i hope we can make it work with fultz to, he’s so good beyond just the stats and he’s still only 24!