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Alperen Sengun
Rockets · C · 24
Alperen Sengun
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2025-26
Nickeil Alexander-Walker
Hawks · G · 28
Nickeil Alexander-Walker
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Alperen Sengun vs Nickeil Alexander-Walker

8-9categories
Sengun · Alexander-Walker
SengunAlexander-Walker
72Games
availability
78
33.3Minutes
per game
33.4
20.4Points
per game
20.8
8.9Rebounds
per game
3.4
6.2Assists
per game
3.7
2.3Steals + blocks
per game
1.8
3.2Turnovers
per game · lower is better
2.1
51.9%Field goal %45.9%
30.5%Three-point %
1.8 vs 8.1 attempts
39.9%
69.1%Free throw %90.2%
56.9%True shooting
TS%
61.0%
25.9%Usage
USG%
23.0%
28.2%Assist %
of teammates' baskets
15.5%
13.3%Rebound %
of available
4.9%
+3.4Net rating
on court
+4.0
14.2%PIE
player impact estimate
10.5%
+2.8Plus-minus
per game
+3.1

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored more in 2025-26, 0.4 points a game apart (20.8 vs 20.4), on Sengun's heavier usage (25.9% vs 23.0%).

Alexander-Walker is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 61.0% to 56.9%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Sengun (6.2 vs 3.7 assists), the glass to Sengun (8.9 vs 3.4 rebounds).

With Alexander-Walker on the floor his team outscored opponents by +4.0 per 100 possessions, against +3.4 for Sengun; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Sengun — through —, Alexander-Walker $14.4M through 2028-29. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
SengunAlexander-Walker
46-26Record when playing43-35
19.8Points at home20.7
20.8Points on the road20.9
20.6Points in wins20.5
19.9Points in losses21.2
39Season high41
1030-point games10
34Double-doubles2
Sengun · last 5
Fri, May 1 vs LAL17 pts · 11 reb · 1 ast
Wed, Apr 29 at LAL14 pts · 9 reb · 8 ast
Sun, Apr 26 vs LAL19 pts · 6 reb · 2 ast
Fri, Apr 24 vs LAL33 pts · 16 reb · 6 ast
Tue, Apr 21 at LAL20 pts · 11 reb · 5 ast
Alexander-Walker · last 5
Thu, Apr 30 vs NYK11 pts · 1 reb · 2 ast
Tue, Apr 28 at NYK16 pts · 0 reb · 3 ast
Sat, Apr 25 vs NYK15 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Thu, Apr 23 vs NYK14 pts · 3 reb · 0 ast
Mon, Apr 20 at NYK9 pts · 5 reb · 6 ast
Sengun · contract
No contract on file (free agent, two-way, or not yet signed).
Alexander-Walker · contract
2026-27$14.4M
2027-28$15.2M
2028-29player option$15.9M

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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).