NBA Referee Profile
Joe Borgia
Joe Borgia has worked 558 NBA games, and the numbers say he lets play run. His career average of 45.1 personal fouls per game sits 1.3% below league average, and his 53.2 free throw attempts per game runs 2.0% below the norm. That combination tells you two things: he is not generating whistle volume, and he is not sending teams to the line at standard rates. For totals bettors, a Borgia assignment is a data point worth tracking — fewer fouls generally means fewer stoppages and a cleaner pace, though the FTA suppression also caps the easy free-throw points that inflate scoring. The home-team win rate under Borgia sits at 61.3%, which is elevated enough to notice. That number does not mean he favors the home side consciously, but it means home-court advantage has been a consistent factor in his games. Bettors laying points against road teams in a Borgia game have had the trend on their side.
Career stats
Games officiated
558
Personal fouls / g
45.1
-1.3% vs league
Free throw attempts / g
53.2
-2.0% vs league
Combined points / g
204.8
-0.3% vs league
Home vs visitor
Home teams win 61.3% of games officiated by Joe. That's well above the league's ~57% home-court baseline — a signal his crews lean home when the game is close.
Top team splits
Teams Joe has officiated the most, and how those franchises have fared under him.
| Team | Games | W-L | W% | Pace | PTS/g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTA | 13 | 9-4 | 69.2% | 91.3 | 100.1 |
| DAL | 12 | 2-10 | 16.7% | 90.0 | 89.9 |
| PHI | 11 | 1-10 | 9.1% | 93.7 | 96.8 |
| LAC | 11 | 6-5 | 54.5% | 91.8 | 101.4 |
| PHO | 10 | 8-2 | 80.0% | 91.3 | 103.3 |
| SAS | 10 | 4-6 | 40.0% | 88.2 | 95.4 |
| ORL | 10 | 5-5 | 50.0% | 87.3 | 89.7 |
| TOR | 9 | 4-5 | 44.4% | 91.6 | 95.9 |
| BOS | 9 | 3-6 | 33.3% | 94.0 | 100.8 |
| MIL | 8 | 1-7 | 12.5% | 90.5 | 91.8 |
| CLE | 8 | 5-3 | 62.5% | 85.1 | 92.3 |
| MEM | 8 | 2-6 | 25.0% | 89.4 | 97.7 |
| OKC | 8 | 7-1 | 87.5% | 88.7 | 100.4 |
| GSW | 8 | 2-6 | 25.0% | 89.2 | 91.4 |
| MIN | 8 | 4-4 | 50.0% | 91.3 | 96.2 |
| DEN | 8 | 1-7 | 12.5% | 88.6 | 87.7 |
| WAS | 7 | 6-1 | 85.7% | 92.8 | 104.0 |
| LAL | 6 | 6-0 | 100.0% | 92.8 | 103.7 |
| SAC | 5 | 2-3 | 40.0% | 92.0 | 87.2 |
| DET | — | — | — | — | — |