NBA Referee Profile
Jim Kinsey
Jim Kinsey has worked 713 NBA games, and the numbers say he runs a slightly whistle-happy operation on fouls while quietly suppressing free throw volume. His 45.6 personal fouls per game sits 0.2% above league average — he reads contact and calls it, so expect pace interruptions and foul trouble to be a real factor in his games. The contradiction worth noting: his 53.1 free throw attempts per game runs 0.4% below league average, meaning he's calling the fouls but not always sending teams to the line. That gap matters for totals bettors — more stoppages, fewer automatic points. The number that should stop every serious bettor cold is his 63.3% home team win rate. That is not variance. That is a pronounced lean toward the home side that blows past normal home-court advantage. In Kinsey's games, laying the points with a strong home team is a data-backed decision, not a gut call.
Career stats
Games officiated
713
Personal fouls / g
45.6
+0.2% vs league
Free throw attempts / g
53.1
-0.4% vs league
Combined points / g
203.0
+0.5% vs league
Home vs visitor
Home teams win 63.3% of games officiated by Jim. 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-02 | 25 | 42.0 | 46.0 | 187.6 | 76.0% |
| 2000-01 | 53 | 47.5 | 53.1 | 194.7 | 47.2% |
Top team splits
Teams Jim has officiated the most, and how those franchises have fared under him.
| Team | Games | W-L | W% | Pace | PTS/g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOR | 26 | 13-13 | 50.0% | 89.6 | 93.4 |
| ORL | 25 | 16-9 | 64.0% | 89.9 | 92.9 |
| GSW | 24 | 9-15 | 37.5% | 92.9 | 94.8 |
| BOS | 23 | 12-11 | 52.2% | 93.7 | 96.7 |
| CHI | 22 | 12-10 | 54.5% | 86.3 | 90.4 |
| SAC | 21 | 15-6 | 71.4% | 95.2 | 101.4 |
| LAC | 21 | 4-17 | 19.0% | 90.8 | 88.0 |
| DET | 20 | 7-13 | 35.0% | 90.1 | 94.2 |
| POR | 20 | 12-8 | 60.0% | 91.1 | 96.2 |
| MEM | 20 | 7-13 | 35.0% | 90.3 | 91.5 |
| IND | 20 | 13-7 | 65.0% | 89.9 | 98.3 |
| CLE | 19 | 9-10 | 47.4% | 89.2 | 94.6 |
| SAS | 18 | 8-10 | 44.4% | 89.3 | 90.0 |
| OKC | 18 | 11-7 | 61.1% | 90.5 | 97.8 |
| DAL | 17 | 8-9 | 47.1% | 89.2 | 97.4 |
| LAL | 16 | 8-8 | 50.0% | 90.1 | 96.5 |
| CHA | 16 | 8-8 | 50.0% | 90.0 | 94.3 |
| HOU | 15 | 6-9 | 40.0% | 92.6 | 93.5 |
| PHO | 14 | 7-7 | 50.0% | 93.1 | 98.9 |
| MIN | — | — | — | — | — |