Zach Zarba

Do Zach Zarba's games see more free throws?

In 2025-26 Zach Zarba worked 60 NBA games at 19.0 drawn free throws per 100 possessions, against a league rate of 18.9 over the same span.

Zach Zarba: drawn free throws per 100 possessions by season, against each season's league rate
SeasonGamesPossFTA / 100League
2020-21531037817.617.4
2021-22601166016.317.1
2022-23641261318.318.9
2023-24641246417.717.7
2024-25601166616.717.9
2025-26601189019.018.9

What this does not measure: assignments are not random, crew tendency is already one of the context features the expected-free-throw model adjusts for, and no player-by-official split is published. It is not evidence of bias.

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