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Aaron Gordon
Nuggets · F · 30
Aaron Gordon
vs
2025-26
Kristaps Porziņģis
Warriors · F-C · 31
Kristaps Porziņģis
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Aaron Gordon vs Kristaps Porziņģis

10-7categories
Gordon · Porziņģis

Aaron Gordon: Day-To-Day (Calf · Leg · Left).

Aaron Gordon
Gordon
Nuggets
2025-26
Porziņģis
Warriors
Kristaps Porziņģis
36
Games
availability
32
27.9
Minutes
per game
24.0
16.2
Points
per game
16.7
5.8
Rebounds
per game
5.2
2.7
Assists
per game
2.5
0.9
Steals + blocks
per game
1.8
1.1
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
1.3
49.7%
Field goal %
44.6%
38.9%
Three-point %
4.4 vs 5.0 attempts
33.8%
76.7%
Free throw %
84.2%
62.0%
True shooting
TS%
58.2%
21.3%
Usage
USG%
26.5%
13.0%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
16.2%
10.2%
Rebound %
of available
10.4%
+12.7
Net rating
on court
+3.0
11.7%
PIE
player impact estimate
12.4%
+7.6
Plus-minus
per game
+1.4
Bars show each player's share of the pair's total; the better number is in the club's color (turnovers: fewer is better).

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

Kristaps Porziņģis scored more in 2025-26, 0.5 points a game apart (16.7 vs 16.2), on Porziņģis's heavier usage (26.5% vs 21.3%).

Gordon is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 62.0% to 58.2%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Gordon (2.7 vs 2.5 assists), the glass to Gordon (5.8 vs 5.2 rebounds).

With Gordon on the floor his team outscored opponents by +12.7 per 100 possessions, against +3.0 for Porziņģis; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Gordon $33.7M through 2028-29, Porziņģis $19.5M through 2027-28. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
GordonPorziņģis
27-9Record when playing13-19
14.7Points at home17.3
17.8Points on the road16.2
14.4Points in wins18.2
21.4Points in losses15.6
50Season high30
130-point games2
3Double-doubles1
Gordon · last 5
Sat, Apr 25 at MIN9 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Mon, Apr 20 vs MIN8 pts · 7 reb · 4 ast
Sat, Apr 18 vs MIN17 pts · 8 reb · 3 ast
Wed, Apr 8 vs MEM6 pts · 2 reb · 6 ast
Mon, Apr 6 vs POR23 pts · 9 reb · 5 ast
Porziņģis · last 5
Sun, Apr 12 at LAC12 pts · 8 reb · 1 ast
Fri, Apr 10 at SAC11 pts · 7 reb · 2 ast
Sun, Apr 5 vs HOU9 pts · 8 reb · 3 ast
Thu, Apr 2 vs CLE16 pts · 7 reb · 1 ast
Sun, Mar 29 at DEN23 pts · 3 reb · 2 ast
Gordon · contract
2026-27$33.7M
2027-28player option$36.4M
2028-29$39.0M
Porziņģis · contract
2026-27$19.5M
2027-28player option$20.5M

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Per-game numbers and percentages are 2025-26 regular season from stats.nba.com; splits and last games from our own game logs; contract figures are cap hits from public salary data and can lag a signing by a day. Bold marks the better number in each row (turnovers: fewer is better).