CJ McCollum
Atlanta Hawks
Projected vs actual profile
Season averages, axes scaled to an elite starter level.
Model vs naive baseline
The naive forecaster projects the average of season and last-5 games. We publish the comparison for every stat, whichever side wins.
| Stat | Avg | Model MAE | Naive MAE | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 19.35 | 7.12 | 7.11 | +9.0% |
| Rebounds | 3.38 | 1.6 | 1.65 | +3.7% |
| Assists | 3.78 | 1.51 | 1.43 | -3.1% |
| 3PM | 2.47 | 1.59 | 1.61 | +2.5% |
Skill = CRPS improvement of the full probability distribution over a Poisson naive, per game. Points and rebounds drive the headline score; assists and threes are shown for transparency.
Game by game: predicted vs actual
The shaded band is the model's 10th to 90th percentile before tip-off. Dots are what he actually did.
Every game he started
| Date | Opponent | Points | Rebounds | Assists | 3PM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | vs New York Knicks | 11 (20.4) | 3 (3.8) | 0 (4.4) | 1 (2.4) |
| 2026-04-28 | @ New York Knicks | 6 (21.0) | 3 (3.8) | 1 (4.2) | 0 (2.5) |
| 2026-04-25 | vs New York Knicks | 17 (22.0) | 1 (4.0) | 3 (4.4) | 0 (2.9) |
| 2026-04-23 | vs New York Knicks | 23 (20.9) | 5 (3.8) | 1 (4.6) | 2 (2.7) |
| 2026-04-20 | @ New York Knicks | 32 (19.7) | 3 (4.0) | 6 (4.3) | 3 (2.6) |
| 2026-04-18 | @ New York Knicks | 26 (19.4) | 3 (3.9) | 1 (4.3) | 4 (2.6) |
| 2026-04-10 | vs Cleveland Cavaliers | 29 (19.6) | 4 (3.5) | 4 (5.3) | 6 (2.4) |
| 2026-04-08 | @ Cleveland Cavaliers | 12 (19.7) | 4 (3.3) | 4 (4.7) | 0 (2.4) |
| 2026-04-06 | vs New York Knicks | 17 (19.5) | 3 (3.4) | 6 (4.2) | 3 (2.5) |
| 2026-04-03 | @ Brooklyn Nets | 25 (19.3) | 2 (3.4) | 7 (4.0) | 4 (2.5) |
| 2026-04-01 | @ Orlando Magic | 9 (21.2) | 1 (3.6) | 3 (4.6) | 1 (2.5) |
| 2026-03-30 | vs Boston Celtics | 14 (21.2) | 1 (3.9) | 6 (4.6) | 2 (2.5) |
| 2026-03-28 | vs Sacramento Kings | 22 (21.1) | 4 (3.8) | 5 (5.2) | 2 (2.7) |
| 2026-03-27 | @ Boston Celtics | 21 (20.0) | 5 (3.9) | 2 (4.4) | 3 (2.4) |
| 2026-03-25 | @ Detroit Pistons | 27 (19.4) | 1 (3.3) | 5 (4.0) | 5 (2.4) |
| 2026-03-23 | vs Memphis Grizzlies | 15 (20.6) | 4 (3.6) | 9 (4.7) | 3 (2.6) |
| 2026-03-21 | vs Golden State Warriors | 23 (20.1) | 3 (3.6) | 5 (4.3) | 1 (2.4) |
| 2026-03-20 | @ Houston Rockets | 17 (19.7) | 2 (3.5) | 2 (3.9) | 2 (2.5) |
| 2026-03-18 | @ Dallas Mavericks | 24 (20.3) | 0 (3.7) | 7 (4.0) | 0 (2.6) |
| 2026-03-16 | vs Orlando Magic | 9 (20.6) | 2 (3.5) | 3 (4.4) | 1 (2.6) |
| 2026-03-14 | vs Milwaukee Bucks | 30 (20.3) | 3 (3.9) | 2 (4.4) | 7 (2.4) |
| 2026-03-12 | vs Brooklyn Nets | 14 (21.5) | 4 (3.9) | 2 (4.6) | 0 (2.4) |
| 2026-03-10 | vs Dallas Mavericks | 13 (20.8) | 9 (3.5) | 4 (4.4) | 2 (2.5) |
| 2026-03-07 | vs Philadelphia 76ers | 17 (20.2) | 3 (3.4) | 7 (4.3) | 1 (2.3) |
| 2026-03-04 | @ Milwaukee Bucks | 18 (19.2) | 2 (3.4) | 8 (3.5) | 2 (2.2) |
| 2026-03-01 | vs Portland Trail Blazers | 19 (19.6) | 2 (3.4) | 5 (4.2) | 2 (2.6) |
| 2026-02-26 | vs Washington Wizards | 25 (19.7) | 6 (3.3) | 3 (4.6) | 2 (2.5) |
| 2026-02-24 | vs Washington Wizards | 8 (20.9) | 2 (3.4) | 2 (5.1) | 0 (2.7) |
| 2026-02-22 | vs Brooklyn Nets | 16 (20.2) | 8 (3.3) | 4 (4.7) | 3 (2.4) |
| 2026-02-09 | @ Minnesota Timberwolves | 38 (18.4) | 1 (3.4) | 2 (3.8) | 5 (2.4) |
| 2026-01-17 | vs Boston Celtics | 11 (22.3) | 7 (2.8) | 4 (4.2) | 0 (1.9) |
| 2026-01-06 | vs Orlando Magic | 27 (18.2) | 6 (3.1) | 5 (4.1) | 3 (2.6) |
| 2026-01-04 | vs Minnesota Timberwolves | 20 (17.8) | 3 (3.0) | 2 (4.1) | 3 (2.5) |
| 2026-01-02 | vs Brooklyn Nets | 17 (18.9) | 6 (3.2) | 3 (4.1) | 3 (2.4) |
| 2025-12-31 | @ Milwaukee Bucks | 18 (18.0) | 4 (3.4) | 4 (3.8) | 3 (2.4) |
| 2025-12-29 | vs Phoenix Suns | 17 (18.8) | 3 (3.4) | 4 (4.4) | 0 (2.6) |
| 2025-12-28 | vs Memphis Grizzlies | 16 (18.7) | 4 (3.6) | 5 (4.0) | 1 (2.7) |
| 2025-12-26 | vs Toronto Raptors | 21 (17.4) | 3 (3.4) | 4 (4.0) | 3 (2.4) |
| 2025-12-23 | @ Charlotte Hornets | 14 (18.8) | 6 (3.3) | 4 (3.9) | 1 (2.5) |
| 2025-12-21 | vs San Antonio Spurs | 15 (19.4) | 3 (3.3) | 4 (3.7) | 1 (2.9) |
| 2025-12-20 | @ Memphis Grizzlies | 28 (19.5) | 5 (3.5) | 6 (3.3) | 6 (2.7) |
| 2025-12-18 | @ San Antonio Spurs | 11 (19.6) | 4 (3.6) | 3 (3.2) | 1 (3.0) |
| 2025-12-14 | @ Indiana Pacers | 18 (19.6) | 6 (3.5) | 2 (4.1) | 2 (3.0) |
| 2025-12-12 | vs Cleveland Cavaliers | 27 (18.6) | 4 (3.4) | 6 (3.9) | 3 (2.9) |
| 2025-12-06 | vs Atlanta Hawks | 28 (20.1) | 0 (3.5) | 3 (4.5) | 7 (2.9) |
| 2025-12-04 | vs Boston Celtics | 22 (19.7) | 2 (3.4) | 3 (4.1) | 3 (2.9) |
| 2025-12-02 | @ Philadelphia 76ers | 10 (19.8) | 3 (3.2) | 4 (3.3) | 0 (3.0) |
| 2025-12-01 | vs Milwaukee Bucks | 28 (18.9) | 4 (3.4) | 5 (3.3) | 4 (2.7) |
| 2025-11-28 | @ Indiana Pacers | 11 (20.2) | 1 (3.5) | 2 (3.6) | 1 (2.9) |
| 2025-11-25 | vs Atlanta Hawks | 46 (16.7) | 5 (3.0) | 4 (3.6) | 10 (2.4) |
| 2025-11-22 | @ Chicago Bulls | 18 (18.4) | 2 (3.3) | 3 (3.4) | 3 (2.8) |
| 2025-11-21 | @ Toronto Raptors | 20 (17.8) | 3 (3.1) | 3 (3.4) | 2 (2.6) |
| 2025-11-19 | @ Minnesota Timberwolves | 14 (18.6) | 5 (3.0) | 4 (3.0) | 2 (2.6) |
| 2025-11-16 | vs Brooklyn Nets | 17 (19.5) | 2 (3.3) | 3 (3.8) | 3 (2.7) |
| 2025-11-12 | @ Houston Rockets | 10 (18.2) | 2 (2.7) | 3 (3.2) | 2 (2.7) |
| 2025-11-10 | @ Detroit Pistons | 42 (14.7) | 6 (2.8) | 4 (3.5) | 5 (2.3) |
| 2025-11-08 | vs Dallas Mavericks | 25 (14.2) | 6 (3.0) | 2 (3.2) | 2 (2.3) |
| 2025-11-07 | vs Cleveland Cavaliers | 25 (13.8) | 2 (3.2) | 3 (3.4) | 6 (2.4) |
| 2025-11-05 | @ Boston Celtics | 3 (13.9) | 1 (3.3) | 4 (2.7) | 0 (2.2) |
| 2025-11-03 | @ New York Knicks | 5 (15.0) | 1 (3.5) | 2 (3.1) | 1 (2.6) |
Bold = actual, in brackets = model projection before the game. Only games he started are shown: our projections assume the starting five, so a scratch is not a model miss.
About this data
The 2025-26 season is a holdout backtest: the models were trained and validated only on seasons up to 2024-25, then predicted every 2025-26 game. The season is fully out-of-sample, with one caveat: historical features use realized lineups, while live production predicts from the expected starting five, so live accuracy can run marginally lower. Projections and full distributions for today's games are on the NBA player projections page, and the methodology behind every model is on the methodology page.