NBA Referee Profile
Mark Ayotte
Mark Ayotte has worked 1,005 career games, and the numbers he produces at the stripe are worth tracking. His career average of 48 free throw attempts per game runs 0.8% above league average, meaning he gets to the line slightly more than a neutral whistle would suggest — not a high-volume outlier, but consistently tilted toward contact being called. His personal fouls per game sit at 41.5, just 0.2% above league average, so the elevated FTA comes without a proportionate spike in fouls overall. He is not swallowing the whistle, but he is not running a tight game either — he sits just above baseline on both metrics. The number that demands attention is his home team win rate of 62.2%. League home-court advantage typically runs around 60%, but Ayotte's figure clears that threshold. Bettors fading road teams in his games have had a statistically meaningful edge over his 1,005-game sample.
Career stats
Games officiated
1005
Personal fouls / g
41.5
+0.2% vs league
Free throw attempts / g
48.0
+0.8% vs league
Combined points / g
205.4
+0.5% vs league
Home vs visitor
Home teams win 62.2% of games officiated by Mark. 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-14 | 60 | 42.3 | 47.8 | 204.4 | 63.3% |
| 2012-13 | 63 | 40.2 | 45.3 | 198.6 | 66.7% |
| 2011-12 | 51 | 39.6 | 47.7 | 196.3 | 62.7% |
| 2010-11 | 62 | 39.9 | 48.0 | 203.3 | 74.2% |
| 2009-10 | 66 | 41.0 | 50.4 | 200.3 | 53.0% |
| 2008-09 | 64 | 41.4 | 49.3 | 199.5 | 71.9% |
| 2007-08 | 63 | 40.6 | 47.8 | 200.2 | 54.0% |
| 2006-07 | 56 | 42.5 | 48.9 | 196.4 | 46.4% |
| 2005-06 | 52 | 46.3 | 54.7 | 196.2 | 61.5% |
| 2004-05 | 55 | 45.4 | 52.9 | 195.5 | 63.6% |
Top team splits
Teams Mark has officiated the most, and how those franchises have fared under him.
| Team | Games | W-L | W% | Pace | PTS/g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAC | 86 | 36-50 | 41.9% | 95.5 | 103.5 |
| UTA | 81 | 44-37 | 54.3% | 93.1 | 100.1 |
| PHO | 77 | 43-34 | 55.8% | 96.7 | 105.9 |
| DEN | 75 | 44-31 | 58.7% | 96.4 | 107.3 |
| OKC | 68 | 41-27 | 60.3% | 96.0 | 105.5 |
| ATL | 68 | 38-30 | 55.9% | 95.0 | 104.0 |
| TOR | 66 | 44-22 | 66.7% | 94.1 | 103.4 |
| MEM | 65 | 31-34 | 47.7% | 92.6 | 98.5 |
| ORL | 63 | 29-34 | 46.0% | 93.3 | 100.0 |
| IND | 63 | 34-29 | 54.0% | 94.1 | 100.5 |
| DET | 62 | 34-28 | 54.8% | 91.0 | 99.0 |
| CHI | 61 | 24-37 | 39.3% | 93.9 | 97.5 |
| NOH | 61 | 26-35 | 42.6% | 93.2 | 100.4 |
| CLE | 59 | 27-32 | 45.8% | 93.0 | 99.6 |
| PHI | 59 | 28-31 | 47.5% | 94.6 | 101.0 |
| BOS | 59 | 28-31 | 47.5% | 93.6 | 100.4 |
| DAL | 56 | 29-27 | 51.8% | 93.5 | 100.9 |
| NJN | 56 | 23-33 | 41.1% | 93.2 | 97.5 |
| NYK | 54 | 29-25 | 53.7% | 94.0 | 106.7 |
| HOU | — | — | — | — | — |