NBA Referee Profile
Mike Costabile
Mike Costabile has worked 160 NBA games, and the numbers say he lets play run. His personal foul rate sits 0.4% below league average at 45.7 per game — not a dramatic gap, but a consistent one. Bettors chasing foul-dependent totals should note the lean toward fewer whistles. Where Costabile diverges is at the free throw line: his 56.8 FTA per game runs 2.7% above league average, meaning he finds fouls when they happen inside, he just isn't hunting them on the perimeter. That split matters for player prop bettors more than total bettors. The number that demands the most attention is his home team win rate of 63.1%. The league-wide home win rate hovers around 57-58%, which makes Costabile's number a meaningful outlier. Road teams covering against him is a harder ask than it looks on paper. When he's assigned, factor in home-court lean before touching the spread.
Career stats
Games officiated
160
Personal fouls / g
45.7
-0.4% vs league
Free throw attempts / g
56.8
+2.7% vs league
Combined points / g
214.6
+1.3% vs league
Home vs visitor
Home teams win 63.1% of games officiated by Mike. That's well above the league's ~57% home-court baseline — a signal his crews lean home when the game is close.