Tracking data shows which NBA players run the most miles per game

Since the 2013-14 season, theNBA has used player-tracking technology to collect all kinds ofinteresting data, including a player’s average speed, distancetraveled, number of touches and more.

Second Spectrum is the NBA’s“official optical tracking provider,” and they’ve installed aplayer-tracking system in the catwalk of every NBA arena. Usingmultiple cameras, state-of-the-art machine learning andcomputer-vision techniques, the software identifies and locatesevery player and the ball 25 times per second. If something happenson the court, the player-tracking system catches it, and the datagets uploaded to NBA.com.

That’s how we know that fiveplayers — Mikal Bridges, Miles Bridges, Tyrese Haliburton, TyreseMaxey and Scottie Barnes — ran more than 200 miles throughout thecourse of last season. And for the second-straight season, FredVanVleet led all players in average distance traveled, running 2.82miles per game.

Which players are currentlycovering the most distance this season? And which players have thefastest and slowest average speed? Let’s take a look:

MOST MILES PERGAME

LaMeloBall2.8miles per gameFredVanVleet2.77miles per gameTerryRozier2.74miles per gameMikalBridges2.73miles per gamePascalSiakam2.72miles per gameDejounte Murray2.69miles per gameTylerHerro2.69miles per gameScottie Barnes2.68miles per gameC.J.McCollum2.64miles per gameZachLaVine2.64miles per game