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2025-26
Luka Doncic
Lakers · F-G · 27
Luka Doncic
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Austin Reaves vs Luka Doncic

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Reaves · Doncic
Austin Reaves
Reaves
Lakers
2025-26
Doncic
Lakers
Luka Doncic
51
Games
availability
64
34.5
Minutes
per game
35.8
23.3
Points
per game
33.5
4.7
Rebounds
per game
7.7
5.5
Assists
per game
8.3
1.5
Steals + blocks
per game
2.1
3.0
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
4.0
49.0%
Field goal %
47.6%
36.0%
Three-point %
6.4 vs 10.8 attempts
36.6%
87.1%
Free throw %
78.0%
64.1%
True shooting
TS%
61.6%
25.8%
Usage
USG%
36.8%
23.7%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
38.7%
7.1%
Rebound %
of available
11.0%
+5.0
Net rating
on court
+3.8
13.7%
PIE
player impact estimate
18.8%
+3.6
Plus-minus
per game
+2.9
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

Luka Doncic scored more in 2025-26, 10.2 points a game apart (33.5 vs 23.3), on Doncic's heavier usage (36.8% vs 25.8%).

Reaves is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 64.1% to 61.6%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Doncic (8.3 vs 5.5 assists), the glass to Doncic (7.7 vs 4.7 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Doncic played 13 more games (64 vs 51 of 82).

With Reaves on the floor his team outscored opponents by +5.0 per 100 possessions, against +3.8 for Doncic; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Reaves $41.2M through 2029-30, Doncic $49.8M through 2028-29. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Reaves
2025-26
Doncic
36-15
Record when playing
43-21
23.7
Points at home
33.6
22.7
Points on the road
33.3
24.8
Points in wins
35.5
19.6
Points in losses
29.4
51
Season high
60
12
30-point games
44
6
Double-doubles
34
Reaves · last 5
Wed, Oct 21 vs GSW23 pts · 4 reb · 6 ast
Fri, Oct 16 vs DEN19 pts · 5 reb · 3 ast
Tue, Oct 13 vs GSW28 pts · 4 reb · 7 ast
Thu, Oct 8 vs SAC8 pts · 5 reb · 8 ast
Tue, Oct 6 at GSW0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Doncic · last 5
Wed, Oct 21 vs GSW28 pts · 8 reb · 7 ast
Fri, Oct 16 vs DEN15 pts · 4 reb · 2 ast
Thu, Oct 8 vs SAC23 pts · 3 reb · 3 ast
Tue, Oct 6 at GSW0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Mon, Oct 5 at SAC21 pts · 2 reb · 3 ast
Reaves · contract
2026-27$41.2M
2027-28$44.5M
2028-29$47.8M
2029-30player option$51.1M
Doncic · contract
2026-27$49.8M
2027-28$53.8M
2028-29player option$57.8M

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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).