NBA Referee Profile
Steve Javie
Steve Javie officiated 1,374 NBA games and left a clear statistical fingerprint bettors should know. His personal foul rate ran 3.4% below league average at 43.2 per game, and his free throw attempt rate sat 4.4% under the norm at 49.8 per game — both numbers pointing in the same direction. Javie let play run. Fewer whistles, fewer trips to the line, more physical basketball. That combination compresses scoring variance and puts a ceiling on foul-dependent offenses that live at the charity stripe. If your model leans on free throw volume, Javie was a headwind. The home team won 60.5% of games he worked, which sits noticeably above the historical NBA home win rate of roughly 59%. That edge is small but consistent, and consistent edges compound. Under Javie, home-court advantage was real and measurable — road teams covered at a lower clip than the environment suggested they should.
Career stats
Games officiated
1374
Personal fouls / g
43.2
-3.4% vs league
Free throw attempts / g
49.8
-4.4% vs league
Combined points / g
198.4
-0.5% vs league
Home vs visitor
Home teams win 60.5% of games officiated by Steve. 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 | 13 | 41.3 | 47.5 | 201.5 | 61.5% |
| 2008-09 | 62 | 38.8 | 44.3 | 195.3 | 64.5% |
| 2007-08 | 63 | 38.5 | 45.5 | 199.4 | 54.0% |
| 2006-07 | 63 | 41.5 | 47.9 | 195.2 | 60.3% |
| 2005-06 | 64 | 42.9 | 50.5 | 192.1 | 51.6% |
| 2004-05 | 66 | 42.5 | 47.5 | 191.9 | 65.2% |
| 2003-04 | 67 | 40.6 | 45.9 | 182.9 | 59.7% |
| 2002-03 | 67 | 43.1 | 47.3 | 191.8 | 64.2% |
| 2001-02 | 43 | 42.5 | 47.2 | 190.2 | 65.1% |
| 2000-01 | 44 | 45.0 | 48.9 | 191.8 | 52.3% |
Top team splits
Teams Steve has officiated the most, and how those franchises have fared under him.
| Team | Games | W-L | W% | Pace | PTS/g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAL | 66 | 50-16 | 75.8% | 92.7 | 100.3 |
| MIN | 63 | 30-33 | 47.6% | 92.7 | 97.9 |
| PHO | 62 | 34-28 | 54.8% | 94.5 | 102.8 |
| BOS | 62 | 26-36 | 41.9% | 92.7 | 94.4 |
| CLE | 60 | 26-34 | 43.3% | 89.3 | 90.7 |
| SAS | 59 | 38-21 | 64.4% | 88.2 | 95.3 |
| MIA | 59 | 33-26 | 55.9% | 89.1 | 93.3 |
| PHI | 59 | 33-26 | 55.9% | 91.4 | 95.0 |
| WAS | 59 | 24-35 | 40.7% | 91.2 | 94.7 |
| ATL | 58 | 25-33 | 43.1% | 90.6 | 93.8 |
| DEN | 58 | 22-36 | 37.9% | 92.4 | 96.5 |
| HOU | 57 | 30-27 | 52.6% | 89.9 | 94.6 |
| IND | 57 | 30-27 | 52.6% | 91.5 | 94.0 |
| OKC | 54 | 26-28 | 48.1% | 91.0 | 96.2 |
| ORL | 54 | 27-27 | 50.0% | 91.4 | 95.1 |
| TOR | 54 | 22-32 | 40.7% | 89.0 | 92.6 |
| SAC | 51 | 25-26 | 49.0% | 94.1 | 99.2 |
| MEM | 50 | 20-30 | 40.0% | 91.1 | 93.6 |
| CHA | 43 | 25-18 | 58.1% | 91.7 | 98.6 |
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