John Pinto (basketball)
Filipino basketball player (born 1990)
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Nard John "Nards" V. Pinto (born October 15, 1990) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
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Pinto in 2025 | |
| No. 10 – Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard / shooting guard |
| League | PBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | October 15, 1990 Davao City, Philippines |
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Listed weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Holy Child College of Davao (Davao City) |
| College | Arellano |
| PBA draft | 2014: 2nd round, 19th overall pick |
| Drafted by | GlobalPort Batang Pier |
| Playing career | 2014–present |
| Career history | |
| 2014–2015 | GlobalPort Batang Pier |
| 2015–2016 | Mahindra Enforcer |
| 2016–2018 | Blackwater Elite |
| 2019–2021 | Meralco Bolts |
| 2022–present | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel |
| Career highlights | |
Professional career
Pinto was drafted 19th overall by the GlobalPort Batang Pier in the 2014 PBA draft.[1]
In 2015, he joined the Mahindra Enforcer.[2]
In September 2016, he joined the Blackwater Elite after becoming an unrestricted free agent.[3]
On January 7, 2019, he was traded to the Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters for Joseph Eriobu.[4] However, before appearing in a game with the Fuel Masters, on January 12, he was traded to the Meralco Bolts for Jason Ballesteros and a 2020 second-round pick. The day after, he signed a two-year contract extension with the Bolts.[5]
On January 1, 2022, Pinto became an unrestricted free agent. On January 7, he signed a three-year deal with the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel after declining a contract extension with the Bolts.[6]
PBA career statistics
| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | MPG | Minutes per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage |
| 3FG% | 3-point field-goal percentage | 4P% | 4-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | 127 | Career high |
As of the end of 2024–25 season[7][8]
Season-by-season averages
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | 4P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–15 | GlobalPort | 21 | 5.7 | .355 | .182 | — | .286 | 1.4 | .7 | .2 | — | 1.2 |
| 2015–16 | Mahindra | 32 | 17.4 | .391 | .206 | — | .643 | 2.6 | 2.6 | .6 | .1 | 3.9 |
| Blackwater | ||||||||||||
| 2016–17 | Blackwater | 34 | 21.5 | .424 | .356 | — | .520 | 3.1 | 3.4 | .6 | .1 | 6.3 |
| 2017–18 | Blackwater | 34 | 23.0 | .485 | .517 | — | .605 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 1.0 | .1 | 6.6 |
| 2019 | Meralco | 41 | 13.0 | .357 | .316 | — | .731 | 1.6 | 1.3 | .5 | .0 | 3.5 |
| 2020 | Meralco | 17 | 10.3 | .229 | .125 | — | .385 | 1.3 | 1.1 | .4 | — | 1.8 |
| 2021 | Meralco | 40 | 22.9 | .393 | .342 | — | .659 | 3.0 | 2.3 | .7 | .1 | 6.9 |
| Barangay Ginebra | ||||||||||||
| 2022–23 | Barangay Ginebra | 51 | 16.5 | .392 | .330 | — | .723 | 2.5 | 2.4 | .7 | .0 | 4.8 |
| 2023–24 | Barangay Ginebra | 30 | 14.4 | .405 | .400 | — | .737 | 2.3 | 1.2 | .4 | .0 | 3.3 |
| 2024–25 | Barangay Ginebra | 42 | 7.5 | .427 | .395 | — | .769 | 1.0 | .9 | .1 | — | 2.1 |
| Career | 342 | 15.8 | .401 | .344 | — | .631 | 2.3 | 2.1 | .5 | .0 | 4.3 | |
