Technical FoulsTECH

TECH stands for technical fouls in basketball. Fouls called for conduct rather than contact: arguing with officials, taunting, hanging on the rim.

How TECH is calculated

Counted. Each gives the opponent one free throw and possession stays as it was.

A player’s 16th technical of a regular season brings a one-game suspension, and every second one after that another. Two in one game mean an ejection.

What counts as a good TECH?

Half of the 258 qualified NBA players in 2025-26 were at or below 2. The tenth with the most were above 6.3, which is where the number stops being a good sign.

Median: 2
Top 10%: 6.3
Leader: 20

By position, the median was 2 for C, 2 for F and 2 for G.

Qualified: non-zero, 2025-26 regular season.