NBA Referee Profile
Derrick Stafford
Derrick Stafford has worked 1,767 NBA games, and his foul tendencies sit right at the league mean — 43.6 personal fouls per game, just 0.2% above average. That's not a ref who's blowing the whistle at every contact, but he's not swallowing his whistle either. Where he diverges is at the free throw line: 50 FTA per game, running 0.8% below league average. Teams get to the line slightly less often under Stafford than they do league-wide, which matters when you're pricing team totals or handicapping foul-prone lineups. The number that stands out most for bettors is his home team win rate — 61.9%. The league baseline hovers around 59%, so Stafford's home teams win at a meaningfully elevated clip. That's not noise across 1,767 games. When Stafford is on the sheet, the home side holds a stronger-than-normal edge, and fading home chalk in his games carries more risk than the spread alone suggests.
Career stats
Games officiated
1767
Personal fouls / g
43.6
+0.2% vs league
Free throw attempts / g
50.0
-0.8% vs league
Combined points / g
199.7
-0.1% vs league
Home vs visitor
Home teams win 61.9% of games officiated by Derrick. That's well above the league's ~57% home-court baseline — a signal his crews lean home when the game is close.
Recent seasons
| Season | Games | PF/g | FTA/g | PTS/g | Home W% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-10 | 66 | 42.1 | 47.7 | 201.5 | 62.1% |
| 2008-09 | 61 | 43.3 | 48.7 | 194.9 | 55.7% |
| 2007-08 | 59 | 41.9 | 49.9 | 204.5 | 62.7% |
| 2006-07 | 60 | 45.8 | 53.1 | 200.4 | 70.0% |
| 2005-06 | 67 | 48.0 | 54.5 | 200.1 | 61.2% |
| 2004-05 | 63 | 46.4 | 52.7 | 192.9 | 63.5% |
| 2003-04 | 66 | 44.1 | 48.8 | 183.8 | 54.5% |
| 2002-03 | 60 | 45.3 | 50.4 | 190.7 | 68.3% |
| 2001-02 | 61 | 43.8 | 48.2 | 190.9 | 57.4% |
| 2000-01 | 65 | 42.7 | 47.4 | 186.8 | 69.2% |
Top team splits
Teams Derrick has officiated the most, and how those franchises have fared under him.
| Team | Games | W-L | W% | Pace | PTS/g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 98 | 42-56 | 42.9% | 92.6 | 98.3 |
| WAS | 97 | 40-57 | 41.2% | 92.5 | 96.4 |
| DET | 95 | 51-44 | 53.7% | 90.6 | 96.5 |
| OKC | 93 | 51-42 | 54.8% | 92.0 | 98.1 |
| UTA | 93 | 46-47 | 49.5% | 91.0 | 97.4 |
| DAL | 93 | 52-41 | 55.9% | 92.0 | 99.0 |
| TOR | 91 | 38-53 | 41.8% | 92.0 | 96.6 |
| SAS | 90 | 64-26 | 71.1% | 91.0 | 96.0 |
| MIL | 89 | 46-43 | 51.7% | 91.9 | 97.7 |
| CHI | 89 | 51-38 | 57.3% | 92.4 | 97.6 |
| MIA | 88 | 49-39 | 55.7% | 90.0 | 94.8 |
| LAL | 87 | 46-41 | 52.9% | 93.1 | 99.2 |
| NJN | 87 | 39-48 | 44.8% | 92.0 | 94.2 |
| DEN | 86 | 41-45 | 47.7% | 94.3 | 100.2 |
| ATL | 85 | 40-45 | 47.1% | 91.7 | 96.9 |
| SAC | 84 | 33-51 | 39.3% | 94.3 | 99.5 |
| PHO | 81 | 40-41 | 49.4% | 94.7 | 100.6 |
| CLE | 79 | 39-40 | 49.4% | 92.4 | 97.1 |
| POR | 75 | 43-32 | 57.3% | 90.0 | 97.5 |
| LAC | — | — | — | — | — |