AJ Hammons or Jeff McInnis? The NBA Stat Breakdown

This is as close as it gets. AJ Hammons and Jeff McInnis split the statistical categories evenly — 4 apiece — making this one of the most genuinely contested C comparisons in NBA history. When the numbers are this balanced, the debate comes down to which statistics matter most to you.

AJ Hammons's Blocks Per Game of 0.6 compared to Jeff McInnis's 0.1 represents a 500% advantage — dramatically better than their counterpart in this critical category. It is the single most decisive number in this comparison and the clearest statistical argument for AJ Hammons's edge.

The most competitive category in this matchup is Field Goal %, where AJ Hammons posts 40.5% against Jeff McInnis's 43.1% — a gap of just 6.4%. Jeff McInnis can point to this as evidence that the overall comparison is closer than the final 4-4 tally suggests. In any debate, Field Goal % is the statistical ammunition for the Jeff McInnis side.

Centers have evolved dramatically across NBA eras — from dominant low-post scorers to modern stretch bigs. Career statistics must be evaluated with positional evolution and era context in mind.

With categories split evenly, this comparison ultimately comes down to which statistics matter most to you. AJ Hammons claims the tiebreaker through Blocks Per Game advantage — a 500% edge — but reasonable people can, and do, argue both sides of this NBA debate.