NBA Referee Profile
Brandon Schwab
Brandon Schwab has worked 242 NBA games, and the number that matters most to bettors is his personal foul rate sitting 1.8% below the league average. Schwab lets play run. He is not hunting contact, and his free throw attempt average of 44.6 per game — 0.7% below league average — confirms it. Fewer whistles means fewer dead balls, which generally compresses scoring variance and favors unders when the total is already on the lower end. His home team win rate of 53.3% sits modestly above the league baseline, suggesting a slight lean toward home squads but nothing dramatic enough to build a standalone bet around. The more actionable signal is the foul suppression. When Schwab is on the assignment, expect physicality to go less punished, stars to hunt free throws with less success, and the pace of the game to stay in the hands of the players more than the officials.
Career stats
Games officiated
242
Personal fouls / g
38.1
-1.8% vs league
Free throw attempts / g
44.6
-0.7% vs league
Combined points / g
226.7
-0.4% vs league
Home vs visitor
Home teams win 53.3% of games officiated by Brandon. That's below the league baseline — his crews trend more neutral than most on 50/50 whistles.
Recent seasons
| Season | Games | PF/g | FTA/g | PTS/g | Home W% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 57 | 38.2 | 45.6 | 233.2 | 47.4% |
| 2024-25 | 47 | 35.7 | 41.6 | 223.4 | 57.4% |
| 2023-24 | 37 | 39.4 | 46.2 | 228.3 | 48.6% |
| 2022-23 | 42 | 38.5 | 45.6 | 227.8 | 61.9% |
| 2021-22 | 39 | 38.5 | 44.0 | 220.2 | 51.3% |
| 2020-21 | 20 | 39.4 | 45.2 | 223.1 | 55.0% |
Top team splits
Teams Brandon has officiated the most, and how those franchises have fared under him.
| Team | Games | W-L | W% | Pace | PTS/g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OKC | 24 | 15-9 | 62.5% | 99.1 | 115.2 |
| CHA | 22 | 9-13 | 40.9% | 99.0 | 113.6 |
| DET | 22 | 9-13 | 40.9% | 100.1 | 109.1 |
| ORL | 21 | 7-14 | 33.3% | 98.5 | 105.6 |
| IND | 20 | 7-13 | 35.0% | 99.9 | 112.7 |
| HOU | 19 | 7-12 | 36.8% | 100.6 | 112.8 |
| SAS | 19 | 8-11 | 42.1% | 100.6 | 112.2 |
| CHI | 17 | 8-9 | 47.1% | 100.2 | 114.1 |
| UTA | 16 | 5-11 | 31.3% | 99.7 | 112.7 |
| PHI | 16 | 7-9 | 43.8% | 98.4 | 109.9 |
| NJN | 16 | 8-8 | 50.0% | 98.3 | 105.9 |
| MEM | 15 | 10-5 | 66.7% | 100.4 | 115.7 |
| DEN | 15 | 11-4 | 73.3% | 97.6 | 120.0 |
| NYK | 15 | 10-5 | 66.7% | 95.7 | 112.3 |
| WAS | 14 | 7-7 | 50.0% | 100.5 | 114.9 |
| GSW | 14 | 7-7 | 50.0% | 98.5 | 111.3 |
| PHO | 10 | 7-3 | 70.0% | 97.6 | 114.8 |
| SAC | 9 | 8-1 | 88.9% | 98.6 | 119.2 |
| POR | 9 | 2-7 | 22.2% | 99.8 | 104.4 |
| MIA | — | — | — | — | — |