Technical Fouls TECH

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 67 qualified NBA players in 2026-27 were at or below 1. The tenth with the most were above 2, which is where the number stops being a good sign.

Median
1
Top 10%
2
Leader
3

By position, the median was 1 for C, 1 for F and 1 for G.

Qualified: non-zero, 2026-27 regular season.

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