Every Elijah Pepper game since joining Perth: drag the line
points, all 73 NBL games 2024-25 to 2026-27 so far, finals included · the 8 games against Sydney marked under the columnsAbove 24.5: 5 of 73 games · below: 68 · v Sydney: 0 of 8 above
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| Date | Season | Opponent | Points | Minutes | Shooting | Threes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-20 | 2024-25 | v SEM | 5 | 6 | 2/5 | 1/3 | W 106-98 |
| 2024-09-27 | 2024-25 | v SYD | 18 | 18 | 6/12 | 5/11 | L 87-88 |
| 2024-10-04 | 2024-25 | v MEL | 6 | 17 | 2/7 | 0/3 | L 68-97 |
| 2024-10-06 | 2024-25 | at TAS | 10 | 30 | 4/7 | 1/3 | L 79-84 |
| 2024-10-10 | 2024-25 | at CNS | 2 | 11 | 1/4 | 0/1 | W 90-87 |
| 2024-10-19 | 2024-25 | at NZL | 4 | 10 | 1/3 | 1/2 | L 85-89 |
| 2024-10-25 | 2024-25 | v SYD | 11 | 25 | 3/15 | 1/11 | W 87-84 |
| 2024-11-01 | 2024-25 | v ILL | 13 | 23 | 4/9 | 1/5 | W 113-105 |
| 2024-11-03 | 2024-25 | at SEM | 17 | 28 | 5/15 | 4/9 | L 76-100 |
| 2024-11-07 | 2024-25 | v TAS | 14 | 30 | 6/10 | 2/5 | W 88-82 |
| 2024-11-09 | 2024-25 | at MEL | 5 | 22 | 2/6 | 0/3 | L 97-106 |
| 2024-11-15 | 2024-25 | v SEM | 7 | 14 | 2/3 | 0/1 | W 97-84 |
| 2024-11-17 | 2024-25 | at BRI | 2 | 16 | 1/9 | 0/5 | L 84-105 |
| 2024-11-29 | 2024-25 | v BRI | 14 | 21 | 5/11 | 4/7 | W 117-89 |
| 2024-12-01 | 2024-25 | v NZL | 3 | 12 | 1/5 | 1/3 | W 123-112 |
| 2024-12-06 | 2024-25 | v ILL | 14 | 23 | 5/8 | 4/6 | L 111-121 |
| 2024-12-08 | 2024-25 | at ADL | 5 | 8 | 1/2 | 1/2 | W 115-105 |
| 2024-12-14 | 2024-25 | at CNS | 10 | 12 | 4/5 | 2/3 | W 128-92 |
| 2024-12-22 | 2024-25 | at ILL | 11 | 12 | 4/6 | 2/4 | L 88-120 |
| 2024-12-28 | 2024-25 | at ADL | 3 | 11 | 1/3 | 1/3 | W 116-92 |
| 2025-01-05 | 2024-25 | at NZL | 4 | 11 | 2/3 | 0/1 | W 96-86 |
| 2025-01-12 | 2024-25 | at TAS | 2 | 21 | 1/6 | 0/5 | W 105-73 |
| 2025-01-15 | 2024-25 | at BRI | 10 | 20 | 4/7 | 2/5 | W 112-85 |
| 2025-01-17 | 2024-25 | v ADL | 11 | 21 | 3/5 | 3/4 | W 110-103 |
| 2025-01-22 | 2024-25 | v MEL | 5 | 14 | 2/6 | 1/4 | L 93-99 |
| 2025-01-25 | 2024-25 | v CNS | 3 | 26 | 1/6 | 1/4 | L 116-125 |
| 2025-01-31 | 2024-25 | v SEM | 5 | 14 | 2/3 | 1/2 | W 100-99 |
| 2025-02-02 | 2024-25 | at SYD | 3 | 5 | 1/1 | 1/1 | W 104-97 |
| 2025-02-07 | 2024-25 | v ADL | 2 | 5 | 1/1 | 0/0 | W 112-104 |
| 2025-02-11 | 2024-25 | v SEM | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | W 122-105 |
| 2025-02-27 | 2024-25 | at MEL | 0 | 7 | 0/0 | 0/0 | L 93-105 |
| 2025-09-20 | 2025-26 | v TAS | 3 | 8 | 1/3 | 1/1 | L 72-75 |
| 2025-09-27 | 2025-26 | at NZL | 3 | 12 | 1/7 | 1/7 | W 89-78 |
| 2025-10-02 | 2025-26 | v ILL | 11 | 12 | 4/7 | 3/5 | W 92-84 |
| 2025-10-10 | 2025-26 | at CNS | 2 | 12 | 0/6 | 0/5 | W 80-77 |
| 2025-10-15 | 2025-26 | v BRI | 3 | 10 | 1/2 | 1/1 | L 93-110 |
| 2025-10-19 | 2025-26 | at SYD | 6 | 24 | 2/10 | 2/7 | L 72-94 |
| 2025-10-22 | 2025-26 | at CNS | 18 | 19 | 7/10 | 3/4 | W 110-78 |
| 2025-10-25 | 2025-26 | v ILL | 12 | 24 | 3/12 | 1/8 | L 84-85 |
| 2025-10-29 | 2025-26 | at TAS | 19 | 22 | 7/9 | 5/6 | W 95-84 |
| 2025-11-02 | 2025-26 | at SEM | 2 | 15 | 1/4 | 0/1 | L 89-94 |
| 2025-11-09 | 2025-26 | at ADL | 3 | 9 | 1/2 | 1/2 | W 94-87 |
| 2025-11-15 | 2025-26 | v NZL | 13 | 32 | 3/11 | 2/5 | W 88-75 |
| 2025-11-21 | 2025-26 | v TAS | 2 | 20 | 0/4 | 0/3 | W 101-95 |
| 2025-11-23 | 2025-26 | at MEL | 2 | 18 | 0/4 | 0/3 | L 87-98 |
| 2025-12-04 | 2025-26 | v MEL | 9 | 27 | 3/7 | 0/4 | W 96-84 |
| 2025-12-07 | 2025-26 | v ADL | 8 | 22 | 3/6 | 2/4 | L 94-95 |
| 2025-12-12 | 2025-26 | v SYD | 7 | 21 | 3/12 | 1/7 | L 79-108 |
| 2025-12-14 | 2025-26 | at BRI | 11 | 24 | 3/10 | 2/8 | W 86-62 |
| 2025-12-18 | 2025-26 | v SEM | 17 | 31 | 7/15 | 2/6 | L 76-77 |
| 2025-12-21 | 2025-26 | at TAS | 10 | 30 | 4/13 | 2/8 | W 94-85 |
| 2025-12-28 | 2025-26 | at ADL | 12 | 23 | 4/9 | 0/5 | L 84-95 |
| 2026-01-01 | 2025-26 | at BRI | 14 | 26 | 5/12 | 3/6 | W 95-75 |
| 2026-01-04 | 2025-26 | at NZL | 13 | 29 | 4/8 | 1/5 | W 99-91 |
| 2026-01-10 | 2025-26 | at SEM | 18 | 33 | 7/10 | 4/6 | W 107-97 |
| 2026-01-16 | 2025-26 | v ILL | 7 | 31 | 2/10 | 1/8 | W 92-87 |
| 2026-01-22 | 2025-26 | v CNS | 25 | 25 | 9/11 | 7/9 | W 106-69 |
| 2026-01-25 | 2025-26 | v MEL | 2 | 29 | 1/5 | 0/4 | L 73-74 |
| 2026-01-28 | 2025-26 | v SEM | 22 | 34 | 6/15 | 4/10 | W 101-93 |
| 2026-01-31 | 2025-26 | at ILL | 19 | 33 | 6/12 | 2/7 | W 106-99 |
| 2026-02-06 | 2025-26 | v CNS | 3 | 34 | 1/6 | 0/5 | W 98-84 |
| 2026-02-13 | 2025-26 | v BRI | 20 | 27 | 9/16 | 2/5 | W 94-75 |
| 2026-02-15 | 2025-26 | at SYD | 14 | 31 | 4/12 | 3/9 | L 84-102 |
| 2026-02-20 | 2025-26 | v ADL | 22 | 35 | 8/14 | 6/10 | W 86-74 |
| 2026-03-04 | 2025-26 | at SEM | 7 | 26 | 3/6 | 1/3 | L 94-111 |
| 2026-03-07 | 2025-26 | v MEL | 5 | 32 | 2/11 | 1/9 | W 95-77 |
| 2026-03-11 | 2025-26 | at SYD | 12 | 38 | 4/13 | 2/7 | L 104-105 |
| 2026-03-14 | 2025-26 | v SYD | 12 | 38 | 5/14 | 2/9 | L 75-89 |
| 2026-09-19 | 2026-27 | v SEM | 19 | 35 | 6/17 | 4/14 | L 79-100 |
| 2026-09-24 | 2026-27 | v ADL | 25 | 34 | 10/17 | 3/7 | W 98-97 |
| 2026-09-26 | 2026-27 | v NZL | 25 | 36 | 8/16 | 5/10 | W 97-93 |
| 2026-10-02 | 2026-27 | v SEM | 25 | 35 | 8/20 | 2/9 | W 92-88 |
| 2026-10-10 | 2026-27 | v NZL | 25 | 30 | 11/16 | 3/6 | W 100-84 |
Why?
When Bryce Cotton packed up for Adelaide, plenty of people reckoned Perth were cooked. 5 games into 2026-27, Perth are 4-1 and the top scorer is a guard who scored 7.1 a game beside Cotton two seasons ago. So I counted every Elijah Pepper game since joining Perth.
2024-257.1 a game, beside Cotton
Cotton leavesPerth, cooked?
2026-2725, four games running
The shoesToo big to fill?
Pepper's increased role
Pepper's points a game went 7.1, 10.5, then . Part of that is the minutes: 15.9 a game in 2024-25, now. But per 36 minutes, Pepper scored 16.1 and 15.3 in the first two seasons, and 25.3 now. The minutes went up, and so did what Pepper does with them.
Points a game: 7.1, 10.5, then 23.8
Elijah Pepper, NBL, finals included · the rise between seasons in the gaps · minutes a game under each seasonShow the numbers
| Season | Games | Points a game | Minutes a game | Per 36 minutes | Field-goal % | Threes made a game | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31 | 7.1 | 15.9 | 16.1 | 41.8% | 1.3 | 18 |
| 2025-26 | 37 | 10.5 | 24.7 | 15.3 | 39.6% | 1.8 | 25 |
| 2026-27 (so far) | 5 | 23.8 | 33.9 | 25.3 | 50.0% | 3.4 | 25 |
Pepper has never scored more than 25 in an NBL game. The first 25 came on 22 Jan 2026; the other four are the last four games. One was the 98-97 win over Cotton's Adelaide on 24 Sep, decided by Pepper's three with 1.9 seconds left, on the night Cotton scored 34 in a 300th NBL game.
25, 25, 25, 25, and one box still empty
Elijah Pepper's points since the opening-night loss (19, lost 79-100 to SEM)24 Sepv ADL
26 Sepv NZL
2 Octv SEM
10 Octv NZL
17 Octat SYD
Show the numbers
| Date | Opponent | Points | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-19 | v SEM | 19 | L 79-100 |
| 2026-09-24 | v ADL | 25 | W 98-97 |
| 2026-09-26 | v NZL | 25 | W 97-93 |
| 2026-10-02 | v SEM | 25 | W 92-88 |
| 2026-10-10 | v NZL | 25 | W 100-84 |
Perth without Cotton
In 2024-25, Cotton scored 28.1 a game and Perth went 20-13. In 2025-26, with Cotton at Adelaide, Perth went 22-15, with nobody above 17.3 a game. Perth won just as often without Cotton; Adelaide went from 14-17 to 27-14 with Cotton. Flip Figure 4 through the seasons: one scorer, then a committee, then Pepper on top.
Perth's top scorers: Cotton, then a committee, then Pepper
points a game, Perth's top five each season · at least 10 games (3 in the season so far) · finals includedShow the numbers
| Season | Record | Win % | Top five scorers (points a game) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20-13 | 60.6% | Bryce Cotton 28.1, Keanu Pinder 15.8, Kristian Doolittle 15.4, Dylan Windler 12.2, Ben Henshall 9.4 |
| 2025-26 | 22-15 | 59.5% | Kristian Doolittle 17.3, Jo Lual-Acuil Jr 17.1, Dylan Windler 13.2, David Duke Jnr 12.2, Elijah Pepper 10.5 |
| 2026-27 (so far) | 4-1 | 80.0% | Elijah Pepper 23.8, Dylan Windler 18.0, Kristian Doolittle 15.2, Jo Lual-Acuil Jr 14.3, Anthony Dell'Orso 13.4 |
Too big to fill?
In 8 games against Sydney, Pepper has never scored more than , averaging 10.4, and Perth won 2 of them. Perth play at Sydney on 17 Oct, a game that had not been played when these numbers were read. Drag the line in Figure 1 down to 18.5 and the Sydney count reads 0 of 8.
Five games is not a career. Pepper has 5 games at 23.8; Cotton averaged at least 22.7 in every season since 2020-21. And hot starts usually cool: that is what every NBL player-season since 2020-21 showed in Five NBL games in. The numbers can't yet say whether this is the next Cotton or a hot start. I'll count Pepper's games again after the Sydney game, and again at the halfway mark of the season.
Summary
- Points a game
- 7.12024-25, with Cotton23.82026-27, without
- Since the opener
- 19L25W25W25W25W
- Perth won
- 60.6%2024-25, with Cotton59.5%2025-26, without
The working
Definitions, sources and when the numbers were read
- Games
- Every completed NBL game Elijah Pepper played for Perth, 2024-25 to 2026-27 (in progress), finals included: 73. A season is stored under the year it ends.
- Records
- Perth's and Adelaide's wins and losses count every completed game that season, finals included.
- Top scorers
- Perth players by points a game, at least 10 games in a full season and 3 in the season in progress.
- Per 36 minutes
- Derived: points a game divided by minutes a game, times 36.
- Read
- 16 October 2026, from Punt's database.
- Sources
- The NBL's own record is at nbl.com.au. The game-winner with 1.9 seconds left and Cotton's 34 in a 300th game are from the AAP match report, 25 September 2026 (Illawarra Mercury).
- Not in this article
- Pepper's shot locations, defence, and prices.
- Sources and terms
- Every source Punt uses, with its licence, is on Credits. The terms are defined in the Glossary, and the methodology page sets out where every number comes from and the rules it follows.