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

Alperen Sengun vs Nikola Jokic

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Sengun · Jokic
Alperen Sengun
Sengun
Rockets
2025-26
Jokic
Nuggets
Nikola Jokic
72
Games
availability
65
33.3
Minutes
per game
34.8
20.4
Points
per game
27.7
8.9
Rebounds
per game
12.9
6.2
Assists
per game
10.7
2.3
Steals + blocks
per game
2.2
3.2
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
3.7
51.9%
Field goal %
56.9%
30.5%
Three-point %
1.8 vs 4.5 attempts
38.0%
69.1%
Free throw %
83.1%
56.9%
True shooting
TS%
67.0%
25.9%
Usage
USG%
28.9%
28.2%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
45.8%
13.3%
Rebound %
of available
18.5%
+3.4
Net rating
on court
+10.8
14.2%
PIE
player impact estimate
21.3%
+2.8
Plus-minus
per game
+8.5
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

Nikola Jokic scored more in 2025-26, 7.3 points a game apart (27.7 vs 20.4), on Jokic's heavier usage (28.9% vs 25.9%).

Jokic is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 67.0% to 56.9%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Jokic (10.7 vs 6.2 assists), the glass to Jokic (12.9 vs 8.9 rebounds).

With Jokic on the floor his team outscored opponents by +10.8 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, Jokic $59.0M through 2027-28. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Sengun
2025-26
Jokic
46-26
Record when playing
43-22
19.8
Points at home
27.6
20.8
Points on the road
27.8
20.6
Points in wins
27.6
19.9
Points in losses
27.8
39
Season high
56
10
30-point games
25
34
Double-doubles
55
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
Jokic · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 at LAL17 pts · 6 reb · 8 ast
Wed, Oct 14 at LAC5 pts · 6 reb · 7 ast
Sun, Oct 11 vs CHI22 pts · 11 reb · 10 ast
Tue, Oct 6 at UTA6 pts · 4 reb · 5 ast
Sun, Oct 4 vs UTA3 pts · 3 reb · 7 ast
Sengun · contract
2026-27$35.6M
2027-28$37.3M
2028-29$39.0M
2029-30player option$39.0M
Jokic · contract
2026-27$59.0M
2027-28player option$62.8M

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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).