Nick Richards

Seasons 2020-21–2025-26 · 6 on record · Ht 6-11 · b. 1997

Player info

Position	C
Number	#4 (also #14, #2, #13)
Team	Chicago Bulls
Height	6-11
Weight	245 lb
Born	1997-11-29 (age 28)
College	Kentucky
Drafted	2020 · Round 2, Pick 42 · New Orleans Pelicans
Seasons	2020-21–2025-26 (6)

Career averages

7.1 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 0.6 APG · 305 games · .621 FG% · .261 3P%.

Stats by season — per game

Season	Tm	Age	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	PER	TS%
2020-21	CHA	23	18	3.5	.444	0.000	.636	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.8	5.5	.542
2021-22	CHA	24	50	7.3	.667	—	.698	1.7	0.3	0.2	0.4	3.0	15.9	.689
2022-23	CHA	25	65	18.7	.629	1.000	.749	6.4	0.6	0.2	1.1	8.2	18.3	.676
2023-24	CHA	26	67	26.3	.691	0.000	.737	8.0	0.8	0.4	1.1	9.7	16.7	.717
2024-25	2TM	27	57	22.0	.591	0.000	.744	8.2	0.9	0.2	1.0	9.3	16.6	.634
	CHA	27	21	21.0	.561	0.000	.678	7.5	1.3	0.3	1.2	8.9	17.2	.614
	PHX	27	36	22.7	.605	0.000	.822	8.6	0.6	0.2	0.8	9.5	16.3	.645
2025-26	2TM	28	48	14.6	.512	.278	.644	5.1	0.3	0.2	0.7	5.8	11.9	.562
	PHX	28	28	9.1	.493	—	.679	3.3	0.3	0.1	0.5	3.2	11.4	.534
	CHI	28	20	22.4	.523	.278	.630	7.6	0.4	0.3	0.9	9.4	12.2	.577

Stats by season — totals

Season	Tm	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2020-21	CHA	18	0	63	4	9	.444	0	1	7	11	11	2	0	0	3	15
2021-22	CHA	50	5	367	60	90	.667	0	0	30	43	86	13	9	21	24	150
2022-23	CHA	65	9	1,217	197	313	.629	1	1	137	183	416	38	11	71	59	532
2023-24	CHA	67	51	1,759	260	376	.691	0	1	132	179	539	54	26	74	73	652
2024-25	2TM	57	43	1,256	205	347	.591	0	2	119	160	466	49	14	55	81	529
	CHA	21	9	440	64	114	.561	0	1	59	87	158	28	7	26	33	187
	PHX	36	34	816	141	233	.605	0	1	60	73	308	21	7	29	48	342
2025-26	2TM	48	6	701	103	201	.512	5	18	65	101	243	16	10	32	59	276
	PHX	28	2	254	35	71	.493	0	0	19	28	91	8	4	14	25	89
	CHI	20	4	447	68	130	.523	5	18	46	73	152	8	6	18	34	187
Career		305	—	—	829	1,336	.621	6	23	490	677	1761	172	70	253	299	2,154

Per 36 minutes

Season	Tm	G	MPG	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PTS
2020-21	CHA	18	3.5	2.3	5.1	.444	0.0	0.6	4.0	6.3	6.3	1.1	0.0	0.0	1.7	8.6
2021-22	CHA	50	7.3	5.9	8.8	.667	0.0	0.0	2.9	4.2	8.4	1.3	0.9	2.1	2.4	14.7
2022-23	CHA	65	18.7	5.8	9.3	.629	0.0	0.0	4.1	5.4	12.3	1.1	0.3	2.1	1.7	15.7
2023-24	CHA	67	26.3	5.3	7.7	.691	0.0	0.0	2.7	3.7	11.0	1.1	0.5	1.5	1.5	13.3
2024-25	2TM	57	22.0	5.9	9.9	.591	0.0	0.1	3.4	4.6	13.4	1.4	0.4	1.6	2.3	15.2
	CHA	21	21.0	5.2	9.3	.561	0.0	0.1	4.8	7.1	12.9	2.3	0.6	2.1	2.7	15.3
	PHX	36	22.7	6.2	10.3	.605	0.0	0.0	2.6	3.2	13.6	0.9	0.3	1.3	2.1	15.1
2025-26	2TM	48	14.6	5.3	10.3	.512	0.3	0.9	3.3	5.2	12.5	0.8	0.5	1.6	3.0	14.2
	PHX	28	9.1	5.0	10.1	.493	0.0	0.0	2.7	4.0	12.9	1.1	0.6	2.0	3.5	12.6
	CHI	20	22.4	5.5	10.5	.523	0.4	1.4	3.7	5.9	12.2	0.6	0.5	1.4	2.7	15.1

Counting stats scaled to a per-36-minute pace.

Advanced stats

Season	Tm	G	MP	PER	TS%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
2020-21	CHA	18	63	5.5	.542	11.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	.026	-5.9	-2.1	-8.0	-0.1
2021-22	CHA	50	367	15.9	.689	15.4	0.6	0.3	1.0	.125	-2.6	-0.2	-2.8	-0.1
2022-23	CHA	65	1,217	18.3	.676	15.6	2.7	1.5	4.2	.165	-1.0	-0.2	-1.3	+0.2
2023-24	CHA	67	1,759	16.7	.717	13.3	3.8	1.3	5.1	.140	-1.6	-0.7	-2.3	-0.1
2024-25	2TM	57	1,256	16.6	.634	17.3	1.8	1.2	3.0	.114	-2.0	-1.3	-3.3	-0.4
	CHA	21	440	17.2	.614	17.9	0.5	0.5	1.1	.117	-2.3	+0.2	-2.0	+0.0
	PHX	36	816	16.3	.645	17.0	1.3	0.6	1.9	.112	-1.9	-2.1	-3.9	-0.4
2025-26	2TM	48	701	11.9	.562	18.2	-0.2	0.8	0.6	.040	-4.9	-1.2	-6.1	-0.7
	PHX	28	254	11.4	.534	18.1	-0.2	0.4	0.2	.039	-6.0	-0.8	-6.8	-0.3
	CHI	20	447	12.2	.577	18.3	-0.1	0.4	0.4	.040	-4.3	-1.5	-5.8	-0.4
Career		305	—	—	—	—	—	—	13.9	—	—	—	—	-1.2

PER, True Shooting %, Usage %, Win Shares (Off/Def/Total, per 48), Box Plus/Minus (Off/Def/Total) and Value Over Replacement Player.

Game log — 2025-26

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	+/−
2025-10-22	vs SAC	W 120–116	4	8	3	0	0	0	3-3	0-0	-6
2025-10-24	@ LAC	L 102–129	9	2	1	0	1	0	1-3	0-0	-7
2025-10-25	@ DEN	L 111–133	9	4	4	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	-10
2025-10-27	@ UTA	L 134–138	15	6	10	0	0	3	2-6	0-0	+5
2025-10-29	vs MEM	L 113–114	11	0	2	0	1	0	0-1	0-0	+3
2025-10-31	vs UTA	W 118–96	6	4	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	-3
2025-11-02	vs SAS	W 130–118	10	10	3	2	0	0	4-6	0-0	+1
2025-11-04	@ GSW	L 107–118	3	2	0	1	0	0	1-3	0-0	-4
2025-11-06	vs LAC	W 115–102	11	3	3	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	+3
2025-11-08	@ LAC	W 114–103	15	4	5	0	0	2	2-3	0-0	-8
2025-11-10	vs NOP	W 121–98	8	2	5	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	+7
2025-11-12	@ DAL	W 123–114	9	6	7	1	0	0	3-5	0-0	+5
2025-11-13	vs IND	W 133–98	15	4	1	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	-13
2025-11-16	vs ATL	L 122–124	14	3	5	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	+16
2025-11-18	@ POR	W 127–110	10	8	2	0	0	1	4-7	0-0	-5
2025-11-21	vs MIN	W 114–113	8	2	4	0	0	0	1-3	0-0	+3
2025-11-23	vs SAS	W 111–102	5	2	2	0	0	0	1-4	0-0	-4
2025-11-24	vs HOU	L 92–114	21	4	11	0	0	1	2-4	0-0	-17
2025-11-26	@ SAC	W 112–100	5	3	0	0	0	2	1-1	0-0	0
2025-11-28	@ OKC	L 119–123	4	2	1	1	0	0	1-1	0-0	-1
2025-11-29	vs DEN	L 112–130	7	0	3	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	-11
2025-12-01	@ LAL	W 125–108	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2025-12-05	@ HOU	L 98–117	8	2	0	1	0	0	1-2	0-0	+11
2025-12-08	@ MIN	W 108–105	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2025-12-10	@ OKC	L 89–138	7	0	5	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	-11
2025-12-14	vs LAL	L 114–116	2	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	-9
2025-12-18	vs GSW	W 99–98	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2025-12-20	@ GSW	L 116–119	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2025-12-23	vs LAL	W 132–108	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2025-12-26	@ NOP	W 115–108	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2025-12-27	@ NOP	W 123–114	7	2	3	0	1	0	1-1	0-0	+4
2025-12-29	@ WAS	W 115–101	17	2	9	0	0	3	1-8	0-0	-10
2025-12-31	@ CLE	L 113–129	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-01-02	vs SAC	W 129–102	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-01-04	vs OKC	W 108–105	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-01-05	@ HOU	L 97–100	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-01-07	@ MEM	W 117–98	4	4	1	0	1	0	2-2	0-0	+1
2026-01-09	vs NYK	W 112–107	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-01-11	vs WAS	W 112–93	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-01-13	@ MIA	L 121–127	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	+1
2026-01-15	@ DET	L 105–108	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-01-17	@ NYK	W 106–99	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-01-19	@ BKN	W 126–117	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-01-20	@ PHI	W 116–110	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-01-23	@ ATL	L 103–110	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-01-25	vs MIA	L 102–111	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-01-27	vs BKN	W 106–102	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-01-29	vs DET	W 114–96	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-01-30	vs CLE	W 126–113	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-02-01	vs LAC	L 93–117	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-02-03	@ POR	W 130–125	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-02-07	vs DEN	L 120–136	19	15	7	0	1	1	5-8	1-1	-13
2026-02-09	@ BKN	L 115–123	25	12	6	1	2	2	4-7	0-1	+9
2026-02-11	@ BOS	L 105–124	20	5	4	0	0	2	1-5	1-1	-15
2026-02-19	vs TOR	L 101–110	12	6	5	0	0	1	2-2	0-0	+2
2026-02-21	vs DET	L 110–126	19	5	5	0	0	1	2-6	0-2	-12
2026-02-22	vs NYK	L 99–105	23	9	13	0	0	1	3-6	0-1	0
2026-02-24	vs CHA	L 99–131	22	6	5	0	0	0	2-5	0-0	-22
2026-02-26	vs POR	L 112–121	26	14	10	1	0	0	4-7	0-0	-12
2026-03-01	vs MIL	W 120–97	27	11	7	0	1	1	5-9	0-1	+8
2026-03-03	vs OKC	L 108–116	23	12	13	0	1	0	6-9	0-1	+5
2026-03-05	@ PHX	W 105–103	29	9	11	1	1	2	2-2	0-0	-8
2026-03-08	@ SAC	L 110–126	20	10	11	1	0	1	3-8	0-1	+5
2026-03-10	@ GSW	W 130–124	28	10	10	1	0	2	4-7	0-0	-5
2026-03-12	@ LAL	L 130–142	25	15	4	1	0	0	7-9	0-1	-7
2026-03-13	@ LAC	L 108–119	30	10	8	1	0	3	3-10	1-3	-1
2026-03-16	vs MEM	W 132–107	12	5	6	1	0	0	2-4	0-0	+6
2026-03-18	vs TOR	L 109–139	16	4	6	0	0	0	2-5	0-1	-20
2026-03-19	vs CLE	L 110–115	30	16	8	0	0	0	7-11	1-2	+11
2026-03-23	vs HOU	W 132–124	26	11	8	0	0	1	3-7	1-2	+2
2026-03-25	@ PHI	L 137–157	9	2	5	0	0	0	1-3	0-0	-9
2026-03-27	@ OKC	L 113–131	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-03-28	@ MEM	L 124–125	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-04-05	vs PHX	L 110–120	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0
2026-04-12	@ DAL	L 128–149	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0

Career splits

Split	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
Home	211	5.0	4.0	0.4	90–121
Away	213	5.0	4.2	0.4	77–136
In wins	167	4.6	3.6	0.3	167–0
In losses	257	5.3	4.5	0.5	0–257

Regular-season career splits by venue and result.

Career stats vs each team

Opponent	G	PPG	RPG	APG	W–L
ATL Atlanta Hawks	18	5.9	4.7	0.4	9–9
BOS Boston Celtics	15	3.4	3.0	0.2	2–13
BKN Brooklyn Nets	16	3.3	2.9	0.2	7–9
CHI Chicago Bulls	18	4.8	4.0	0.4	4–14
CLE Cleveland Cavaliers	19	4.8	3.7	0.4	7–12
DAL Dallas Mavericks	11	4.5	4.0	0.4	6–5
DEN Denver Nuggets	13	6.9	5.2	0.5	1–12
DET Detroit Pistons	17	6.2	4.4	0.6	9–8
GSW Golden State Warriors	11	5.6	5.8	0.5	5–6
HOU Houston Rockets	16	5.6	4.6	0.3	6–10
IND Indiana Pacers	15	5.5	5.3	0.5	11–4
LAC Los Angeles Clippers	15	5.8	3.9	0.3	4–11
LAL Los Angeles Lakers	13	3.8	2.8	0.2	4–9
MEM Memphis Grizzlies	15	4.7	3.8	0.5	5–10
MIA Miami Heat	17	3.4	3.2	0.2	4–13
MIL Milwaukee Bucks	16	4.6	3.7	0.1	7–9
MIN Minnesota Timberwolves	11	3.1	3.2	0.5	6–5
NOP New Orleans Pelicans	13	5.7	5.8	0.7	7–6
NYK New York Knicks	18	3.4	2.8	0.3	7–11
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder	15	3.7	4.0	0.3	6–9
ORL Orlando Magic	13	3.0	2.3	0.3	7–6
PHI Philadelphia 76ers	18	7.9	4.7	0.6	3–15
PHX Phoenix Suns	11	4.9	5.3	0.4	2–9
POR Portland Trail Blazers	10	5.2	4.1	0.3	5–5
SAC Sacramento Kings	11	5.5	4.5	1.0	7–4
SAS San Antonio Spurs	10	5.4	3.8	0.3	7–3
TOR Toronto Raptors	19	5.8	3.9	0.6	5–14
UTA Utah Jazz	10	7.7	6.0	0.7	4–6
WAS Washington Wizards	19	5.2	4.8	0.2	10–9

Regular-season career averages against each current franchise.

Shooting by distance — 2025-26

Darker = a larger share of this player’s shots came from that range; the number is field-goal % from there.

Range	% of shots	FG%
At the rim (0-3 ft)	55%	.704
In the paint (3-10 ft)	28%	.324
Mid-range (10-16 ft)	2%	.333
Long two (16 ft-3P)	1%	0.000
Three-pointers (3-pointers)	14%	.278

Average shot distance 5.9 ft · 25% of attempts were dunks · 67% of threes from the corner

Contract & salary

Nominal salaries; tracked coverage is limited to seasons in the current dataset.

Season	Salary
2020-21	$1,000,000
2021-22	$1,517,981
2022-23	$1,782,621
2024-25	$5,000,000
2025-26	$5,000,000
Career earnings	$14,300,602

Frequently asked questions

What team does Nick Richards play for?

Nick Richards plays C for the Chicago Bulls.

What are Nick Richards's career stats?

Nick Richards has averaged 7.1 PPG, 5.8 RPG, 0.6 APG over 6 seasons (2020-21–2025-26).

How much does Nick Richards make?

Nick Richards's salary is $5,000,000 for the 2025-26 season, with career earnings of about $14.3M.

How tall is Nick Richards?

Nick Richards is 6-11 (245 lb).

How old is Nick Richards?

Nick Richards was born 1997-11-29 and is 28 years old.

When was Nick Richards drafted?

Nick Richards was drafted in 2020, round 2, pick 42, by the New Orleans Pelicans.