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Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Al Horford vs Luka Garza

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Horford · Garza
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Horford
Warriors
2025-26
Garza
Celtics
Luka Garza
45
Games
availability
69
21.5
Minutes
per game
16.2
8.3
Points
per game
8.1
4.9
Rebounds
per game
4.1
2.6
Assists
per game
1.0
1.8
Steals + blocks
per game
0.8
0.9
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
0.7
42.6%
Field goal %
57.7%
36.1%
Three-point %
4.6 vs 1.8 attempts
43.3%
84.6%
Free throw %
76.9%
55.4%
True shooting
TS%
68.2%
16.3%
Usage
USG%
16.8%
17.1%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
8.5%
11.1%
Rebound %
of available
12.0%
-0.9
Net rating
on court
+5.8
10.4%
PIE
player impact estimate
10.3%
-0.2
Plus-minus
per game
+1.8
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

Al Horford scored more in 2025-26, 0.2 points a game apart (8.3 vs 8.1), on Garza's heavier usage (16.8% vs 16.3%).

Garza is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 68.2% to 55.4%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Horford (2.6 vs 1.0 assists), the glass to Horford (4.9 vs 4.1 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Garza played 24 more games (69 vs 45 of 82).

With Garza on the floor his team outscored opponents by +5.8 per 100 possessions, against -0.9 for Horford; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Horford $6.8M through 2027-28, Garza $2.8M through 2026-27. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Horford
2025-26
Garza
22-23
Record when playing
47-22
9.9
Points at home
7.6
6.5
Points on the road
8.5
9.8
Points in wins
9.0
6.8
Points in losses
6.0
22
Season high
27
0
30-point games
0
0
Double-doubles
2
Horford · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 vs POR15 pts · 2 reb · 1 ast
Sat, Oct 10 vs SAC4 pts · 5 reb · 3 ast
Wed, Oct 7 at POR0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Tue, Oct 6 vs LAL0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sun, Oct 4 at LAC3 pts · 3 reb · 1 ast
Garza · last 5
Tue, Oct 20 at DET2 pts · 2 reb · 0 ast
Fri, Oct 16 at PHI13 pts · 6 reb · 1 ast
Wed, Oct 14 vs CHA14 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Sat, Oct 10 vs PHI8 pts · 7 reb · 0 ast
Thu, Oct 8 at CLE22 pts · 10 reb · 2 ast
Horford · contract
2026-27$6.8M
2027-28$7.2M
Garza · contract
2026-27$2.8M

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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).