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

Bronny James vs Yuki Kawamura

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James · Kawamura

James

Lakers

2025-26

Kawamura

Free agent

Games

availability

8.9

Minutes

per game

11.6

2.9

Points

per game

3.4

0.5

Rebounds

per game

1.8

1.2

Assists

per game

2.6

0.6

Steals + blocks

per game

0.5

0.6

Turnovers

per game · lower is better

0.8

40.9%

Field goal %

32.7%

38.6%

Three-point %

1.4 vs 2.1 attempts

29.7%

85.7%

Free throw %

89.5%

51.7%

True shooting

TS%

51.4%

16.3%

Usage

USG%

13.3%

19.5%

Assist %

of teammates' baskets

26.6%

3.2%

Rebound %

of available

7.4%

-8.0

Net rating

on court

-2.3

5.8%

PIE

player impact estimate

8.2%

-1.0

Plus-minus

per game

-0.2

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

Yuki Kawamura scored more in 2025-26, 0.5 points a game apart (3.4 vs 2.9), on James's heavier usage (16.3% vs 13.3%).

Efficiency is a wash: true shooting within a point of each other (51.7% vs 51.4%).

Playmaking goes to Kawamura (2.6 vs 1.2 assists), the glass to Kawamura (1.8 vs 0.5 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: James played 24 more games (42 vs 18 of 82).

With Kawamura on the floor his team outscored opponents by -2.3 per 100 possessions, against -8.0 for James; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: James $2.3M through 2027-28, Kawamura — through —. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs

James

2025-26

Kawamura

24-18

Record when playing

6-12

2.1

Points at home

2.2

4.1

Points on the road

4.1

2.5

Points in wins

3.3

3.4

Points in losses

3.5

Season high

30-point games

Double-doubles

Last games & contracts

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James · last 5

Fri, Oct 16 vs DEN0 pts · 1 reb · 1 ast

Tue, Oct 13 vs GSW0 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast

Thu, Oct 8 vs SAC4 pts · 4 reb · 6 ast

Tue, Oct 6 at GSW4 pts · 1 reb · 5 ast

Mon, Oct 5 at SAC3 pts · 5 reb · 2 ast

Kawamura · last 5

Sat, Oct 10 at TOR10 pts · 0 reb · 4 ast

Sun, Oct 4 vs GSW1 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast

Sun, Apr 12 at DAL14 pts · 2 reb · 1 ast

Fri, Apr 10 vs ORL0 pts · 0 reb · 2 ast

Thu, Apr 9 at WAS6 pts · 4 reb · 4 ast

James · contract

2026-27$2.3M

2027-28team option$2.5M

Kawamura · contract

No contract on file (free agent, two-way, or not yet signed).

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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).