Jeffrey Smith

Do Jeffrey Smith's games see more free throws?

In 2025-26 Jeffrey Smith worked 20 WNBA games at 23.9 drawn free throws per 100 possessions, against a league rate of 22.7 over the same span.

Jeffrey Smith: drawn free throws per 100 possessions by season, against each season's league rate
SeasonGamesPossFTA / 100League
2020-2119309522.522.5
2021-2221331320.721.3
2022-2324377720.522.2
2023-2427426820.922.4
2024-2523357220.522.1
2025-2620306623.922.7

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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