NBA · 2025-26
Current player information
Ajay Mitchell
#25 · G·Oklahoma City Thunder
- Height
- 6-4
- Weight
- 190 lb
- College
- California-Santa Barbara
- Country
- Belgium
- Draft
- 2024 · Rd 2, Pick 38
- Seasons
- 2024–2026
Current injury status
Reported Sep 24
Day-To-DayCalf — Leg — StrainEst. return Oct 6
Thunder general manager Sam Presti has mentioned Mitchell (calf) multiple times as a player who could take on more minutes and make a jump this season, according to Brandon Rahbar of Daily Thunder.
Mitchell appears to be a candidate for an expanded role in Oklahoma City's rotation after showing promise in a limited capacity last season. The team lost Isaiah Joe, Aaron Wiggins and Luguentz Dort this offseason, making Mitchell an obvious player to watch ahead of fantasy drafts. His exact place in the rotation will become clearer during training camp and the preseason.
Season averages
2025-26
Rest and travel splits
69 final games · 2025-26
Situation table7 situations
| Situation | GP | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | TS% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SeasonEvery final box score | 69 | 26.2 | 13.9 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 58.2% | +9.4 |
| Back-to-backs0 full local rest days | 9 | 26.20.0 | 13.2−0.6 | 2.6−0.8 | 2.6−1.2 | 57.8%−0.3 | +4.1−5.3 |
| Long travel1,500+ miles since the prior scheduled game | 1Small sample (< 5 games) | 31.9+5.8 | 21.0+7.1 | 6.0+2.6 | 4.0+0.3 | 62.6%+4.5 | +9.0−0.4 |
| Body-clock shift2+ hours from home time | 13 | 28.3+2.1 | 15.3+1.5 | 3.9+0.6 | 4.8+1.1 | 60.7%+2.5 | +14.9+5.5 |
| Dense windowEnds a 3-in-4, 4-in-6, or 5-in-7 | 14 | 28.7+2.6 | 15.8+1.9 | 3.2−0.1 | 3.8+0.1 | 60.8%+2.6 | +11.1+1.7 |
| Extended rest3+ full rest days | 5 | 25.3−0.9 | 12.6−1.3 | 4.0+0.6 | 3.6−0.1 | 55.1%−3.1 | +14.0+4.6 |
| High-fatigue spotsFatigue Index 7+ of 10 | 4Small sample (< 5 games) | 25.9−0.2 | 12.3−1.6 | 3.5+0.1 | 3.5−0.2 | 66.3%+8.1 | +12.3+2.8 |
| Road gamesAway from home; neutral floors excluded | 33 | 27.0+0.9 | 14.6+0.8 | 3.7+0.3 | 3.9+0.2 | 57.9%−0.3 | +9.0−0.5 |
True shooting drops 3.1 points on extended rest — 5 games.
How it's counted
Each situation shows this player's numbers in those games, with the difference from their full-season line in parentheses. The definition sits under each situation name. Situations overlap: one game can count in several.
True shooting is one shooting number that folds in threes and free throws; its differences are in points of TS%. Every final box score counts — there is no minutes cutoff. Fewer than 5 games reads as a small sample. These splits describe what happened. They do not prove the schedule caused it.
Game log
100 games · 2025-26
| Date | Opp | Result | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | FG | 3P | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30 | vs | L103-111 | DNP — injury | |||||||||||
| May 28 | @ | L91-118 | DNP — injury | |||||||||||
| May 26 | vs | W127-114 | DNP — injury | |||||||||||
| May 24 | @ | L82-103 | DNP — injury | |||||||||||
| May 22 | @ | W123-108 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -3 |
| May 20 | vs | W122-113 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4-8 | 0-2 | 2-2 | +11 |
| May 18 | vs | L115-122 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +7 |
| May 11 | @ | W115-110 | 33 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12-19 | 1-4 | 3-3 | +17 |
| May 9 | @ | W131-108 | 30 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10-17 | 2-4 | 2-3 | +14 |
| May 7 | vs | W125-107 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7-12 | 0-3 | 6-7 | +18 |
| May 5 | vs | W108-90 | 28 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7-16 | 1-5 | 3-3 | +14 |
| Apr 27 | @ | W131-122 | 34 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7-16 | 4-6 | 4-4 | +27 |
| Apr 25 | @ | W121-109 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5-20 | 1-5 | 4-4 | +15 |
| Apr 22 | vs | W120-107 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5-12 | 1-5 | 3-4 | +9 |
| Apr 19 | vs | W119-84 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 | +22 |
| Apr 12 | vs | L103-135 | DNP — injury | |||||||||||
| Apr 10 | @ | L107-127 | DNP — injury | |||||||||||
| Apr 8 | @ | W128-110 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 1-2 | +14 |
| Apr 7 | @ | W123-87 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-9 | 1-3 | 2-2 | +7 |
| Apr 5 | vs | W146-111 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3-9 | 1-4 | 0-0 | +15 |
| Apr 2 | vs | W139-96 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | +25 |
| Mar 30 | vs | W114-110 | 36 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4-10 | 0-1 | 6-6 | +5 |
| Mar 29 | vs | W111-100 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 2-4 | +4 |
| Mar 27 | vs | W131-113 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6-10 | 1-3 | 2-2 | +14 |
| Mar 25 | @ | L109-119 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4-9 | 0-3 | 0-0 | +3 |
| Mar 23 | @ | W123-103 | DNP — nwt league suspension | |||||||||||
| Mar 21 | @ | W132-111 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6-10 | 2-2 | 0-0 | -5 |
| Mar 18 | @ | W121-92 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | +17 |
| Mar 17 | @ | W113-108 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5-12 | 1-3 | 5-5 | -9 |
| Mar 15 | vs | W116-103 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4-13 | 1-4 | 2-2 | +1 |
| Mar 12 | vs | W104-102 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6-10 | 1-3 | 2-3 | -1 |
| Mar 9 | vs | W129-126 | 29 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9-16 | 1-4 | 5-5 | +11 |
| Mar 7 | vs | W104-97 | DNP — injury | |||||||||||
| Mar 4 | @ | W103-100 | DNP — injury | |||||||||||
| Mar 3 | @ | W116-108 | DNP — injury | |||||||||||
| Mar 1 | @ | W100-87 | DNP — injury | |||||||||||
| Feb 27 | vs | W127-121 | DNP — injury | |||||||||||
| Feb 25 | @ | L116-124 | DNP — injury | |||||||||||
| Feb 24 | @ | W116-107 | DNP — injury | |||||||||||
| Feb 22 | vs | W121-113 | DNP — injury | |||||||||||
| Feb 20 | vs | W105-86 | DNP — injury | |||||||||||
| Feb 13 | vs | L36-41 | DNP | |||||||||||
| Feb 12 | vs | L93-110 | DNP — injury | |||||||||||
| Feb 11 | @ | W136-109 | DNP — injury | |||||||||||
| Feb 9 | @ | W119-110 | DNP — injury | |||||||||||
| Feb 7 | vs | L106-112 | DNP — injury | |||||||||||
| Feb 4 | @ | L106-116 | DNP — injury | |||||||||||
| Feb 3 | vs | W128-92 | DNP — injury | |||||||||||
| Feb 1 | @ | W121-111 | DNP — injury | |||||||||||
| Jan 29 | @ | L111-123 | DNP — injury | |||||||||||
| Jan 27 | vs | W104-95 | DNP — injury | |||||||||||
| Jan 25 | vs | L101-103 | DNP — injury | |||||||||||
| Jan 23 | vs | L114-117 | DNP — injury | |||||||||||
| Jan 21 | @ | W122-102 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8-12 | 2-2 | 0-1 | +13 |
| Jan 19 | @ | W136-104 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 1-2 | +17 |
| Jan 17 | @ | L120-122 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6-13 | 1-6 | 2-2 | -4 |
| Jan 15 | @ | W111-91 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7-10 | 3-4 | 0-0 | +9 |
| Jan 13 | vs | W119-98 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4-8 | 0-2 | 3-3 | +4 |
| Jan 11 | vs | W124-112 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8-15 | 0-3 | 0-0 | +22 |
| Jan 9 | @ | W117-116 | 38 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9-18 | 2-6 | 3-5 | +15 |
| Jan 7 | vs | W129-125 | 33 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5-15 | 2-7 | 4-4 | +7 |
| Jan 5 | vs | L97-124 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4-9 | 2-4 | 1-2 | -5 |
| Jan 4 | @ | L105-108 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4-9 | 1-3 | 4-4 | +1 |
| Jan 2 | @ | W131-94 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | +21 |
| Dec 31 | vs | W124-95 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 8-8 | +16 |
| Dec 29 | vs | W140-129 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3-8 | 0-3 | 4-4 | -11 |
| Dec 28 | vs | W129-104 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5-9 | 2-4 | 1-2 | +16 |
| Dec 25 | vs | L102-117 | DNP — concussion protocol | |||||||||||
| Dec 23 | @ | L110-130 | DNP — concussion protocol | |||||||||||
| Dec 22 | vs | W119-103 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7-13 | 1-3 | 1-2 | -1 |
| Dec 19 | @ | L107-112 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5-10 | 0-2 | 4-4 | -5 |
| Dec 18 | vs | W122-101 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7-15 | 1-3 | 1-1 | +25 |
| Dec 13 | vs | L109-111 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 4-4 | +2 |
| Dec 10 | vs | W138-89 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 2-2 | +9 |
| Dec 7 | @ | W131-101 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 2-2 | +32 |
| Dec 5 | vs | W132-111 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Dec 2 | @ | W124-112 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | +16 |
| Nov 30 | @ | W123-115 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5-9 | 1-3 | 6-6 | +7 |
| Nov 28 | vs | W123-119 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -2 |
| Nov 26 | vs | W113-105 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5-9 | 0-1 | 3-6 | +15 |
| Nov 23 | vs | W122-95 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8-8 | 2-2 | 2-4 | +24 |
| Nov 21 | @ | W144-112 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4-10 | 2-3 | 2-2 | +29 |
| Nov 19 | vs | W113-99 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4-10 | 0-3 | 5-5 | +14 |
| Nov 17 | @ | W126-109 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4-14 | 0-4 | 3-4 | -18 |
| Nov 15 | @ | W109-96 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6-15 | 1-4 | 1-1 | -4 |
| Nov 12 | vs | W121-92 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6-13 | 1-5 | 1-1 | +18 |
| Nov 11 | vs | W126-102 | 31 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6-13 | 2-4 | 3-4 | +6 |
| Nov 9 | @ | W114-100 | 32 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8-15 | 2-3 | 3-4 | +9 |
| Nov 7 | @ | W132-101 | 31 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5-12 | 2-2 | 6-6 | +26 |
| Nov 5 | @ | L119-121 | 31 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7-11 | 0-1 | 7-7 | -3 |
| Nov 4 | @ | W126-107 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +31 |
| Nov 2 | vs | W137-106 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2-8 | 0-3 | 6-8 | +19 |
| Oct 30 | vs | W127-108 | 30 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6-15 | 2-7 | 6-6 | +9 |
| Oct 28 | vs | W107-101 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7-15 | 3-7 | 1-1 | +7 |
| Oct 27 | @ | W101-94 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7-14 | 0-4 | 3-3 | -2 |
| Oct 25 | @ | W117-100 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6-14 | 2-3 | 0-0 | -1 |
| Oct 23 | @ | W141-135 | 38 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9-19 | 0-3 | 8-8 | +12 |
| Oct 21 | vs | W125-124 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6-12 | 3-6 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Oct 17 | vs | W94-91 | DNP | |||||||||||
| Oct 11 | @ | L101-116 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 4-5 | -2 |


