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

Alperen Sengun vs Nickeil Alexander-Walker

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Sengun · Alexander-Walker
Alperen Sengun
Sengun
Rockets
2025-26
Alexander-Walker
Hawks
Nickeil Alexander-Walker
72
Games
availability
78
33.3
Minutes
per game
33.4
20.4
Points
per game
20.8
8.9
Rebounds
per game
3.4
6.2
Assists
per game
3.7
2.3
Steals + blocks
per game
1.8
3.2
Turnovers
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%
+3.4
Net rating
on court
+4.0
14.2%
PIE
player impact estimate
10.5%
+2.8
Plus-minus
per game
+3.1
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

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 $35.6M through 2029-30, 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
Sengun
2025-26
Alexander-Walker
46-26
Record when playing
43-35
19.8
Points at home
20.7
20.8
Points on the road
20.9
20.6
Points in wins
20.5
19.9
Points in losses
21.2
39
Season high
41
10
30-point games
10
34
Double-doubles
2
Sengun · last 5
Wed, Oct 21 vs DAL23 pts · 10 reb · 5 ast
Thu, Oct 15 vs OKC14 pts · 7 reb · 5 ast
Sun, Oct 11 vs DAL0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Fri, Oct 9 at DAL16 pts · 10 reb · 10 ast
Fri, May 1 vs LAL17 pts · 11 reb · 1 ast
Alexander-Walker · last 5
Wed, Oct 21 at ORL31 pts · 4 reb · 3 ast
Fri, Oct 16 at DAL25 pts · 3 reb · 5 ast
Mon, Oct 12 vs OKC16 pts · 6 reb · 5 ast
Thu, Oct 8 at SAS7 pts · 3 reb · 2 ast
Mon, Oct 5 vs MEM14 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Sengun · contract
2026-27$35.6M
2027-28$37.3M
2028-29$39.0M
2029-30player option$39.0M
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).