Sam Merrill
Garbage-time splits · 6 seasons · 257 career GP
Official PPG
7.8
as in the box score
Real PPG
7.1
garbage time removed
Garbage % of points
9.69%
195 garbage pts · Δ -0.8 PPG
Combined official /g
12.1
PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK · box-score sum
Combined real /g
10.7
garbage time removed
Combined garbage %
11.29%
garbage sum ÷ official sum
Scoring by season — per game
| Season | GP | Official PPG | Real PPG | Garbage PPG | Garbage % | Δ PPG |
| 2025-26 | 69 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 0.2 | 1.64% | -0.2 |
| 2024-25 | 79 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 0.6 | 8.11% | -0.6 |
| 2023-24 | 68 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 0.9 | 11.39% | -0.9 |
| 2022-23 | 5 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 20.00% | -1.0 |
| 2021-22 | 6 | 4.2 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 88.00% | -3.7 |
| 2020-21 | 30 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 54.26% | -1.7 |
| Career | 257 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 0.8 | 9.69% | -0.8 |
Career splits — per game
Official = real + garbage. Garbage % is garbage as a share of the official total; Δ is real minus official.
| Stat | Official | Real | Garbage | Garbage % | Δ |
| PTS | 7.8 | 7.1 | 0.8 | 9.69% | -0.8 |
| REB | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 13.04% | -0.3 |
| AST | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 17.15% | -0.3 |
| STL | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 12.03% | -0.1 |
| BLK | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 3.57% | -0.0 |
| TOV | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 10.83% | -0.1 |
| 3PM | 2.0 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 9.71% | -0.2 |
| eFG% | 58.61% | 59.00% | 55.18% | — | — |
| FG% | 42.11% | 42.40% | 39.63% | — | — |
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