A recurring topic ever since the Lakers got Anthony Davis was which hairstyle does he play his best at. I decided to check all his games as a Laker to finally answer this question. I used basketball-reference.com for the stats and used highlights and official Laker photosets of each game to determine his hairstyle. Since I manually did this in around 2 hours, I doubt I didn’t make any mistakes. I’m fairly sure it’s 90% accurate though.

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Hairstyle	W-L Record	Games	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3PT%	FT%
Drop Fade	67-26	93	24.5	8.8	3.1	1.4	2.1	0.502	0.310	0.813
Afro	6-8	14	22.9	12.7	3.4	0.8	2.1	0.517	0.111	0.768
Braids	39-27	76	24.4	10.6	3.2	1.1	2.0	0.541	0.279	0.764
Tied-up Braids	38-26	64	25.2	11.7	2.7	1.3	2.4	0.548	0.295	0.828

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Complete stats: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KYZi8jylxkq1Sn3oRx5H4Rjs1VLjW6UOgEsrogPvflo/edit?usp=sharing

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Thoughts and insights:

- I’m very surprised that Afro AD only made 14 appearances as of now.

- Afro AD is 2/18 from three.

- He played with the drop fade in every game pre-Covid which explains the high W-L record.

- It seems that the tied-up braids is his best hairstyle. Highest PPG and BPG, second-highest RPG, best overall shooting splits.