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Caleb Love
76ers · G · 25
Caleb Love
vs
2025-26
29
Kings · G-F · 28
Daeqwon Plowden
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Caleb Love vs Daeqwon Plowden

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Love · Plowden
Caleb Love
Love
76ers
2025-26
Plowden
Kings
29
49
Games
availability
32
20.7
Minutes
per game
26.4
10.4
Points
per game
10.8
2.3
Rebounds
per game
3.0
2.5
Assists
per game
1.3
0.7
Steals + blocks
per game
0.9
1.3
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
0.8
38.8%
Field goal %
43.0%
31.8%
Three-point %
6.0 vs 5.8 attempts
33.3%
73.5%
Free throw %
85.7%
49.7%
True shooting
TS%
57.2%
22.8%
Usage
USG%
15.7%
18.7%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
6.5%
5.3%
Rebound %
of available
5.7%
-6.3
Net rating
on court
-10.9
7.9%
PIE
player impact estimate
5.7%
-2.6
Plus-minus
per game
-6.4
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

Daeqwon Plowden scored more in 2025-26, 0.4 points a game apart (10.8 vs 10.4), on Love's heavier usage (22.8% vs 15.7%).

Plowden is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 57.2% to 49.7%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Love (2.5 vs 1.3 assists), the glass to Plowden (3.0 vs 2.3 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Love played 17 more games (49 vs 32 of 82).

With Love on the floor his team outscored opponents by -6.3 per 100 possessions, against -10.9 for Plowden; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Love — through —, Plowden $2.4M through 2027-28. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Love
2025-26
Plowden
24-25
Record when playing
9-23
11.7
Points at home
11.3
9.0
Points on the road
10.3
12.3
Points in wins
15.2
8.5
Points in losses
9.0
26
Season high
23
0
30-point games
0
0
Double-doubles
0
Love · last 5
Tue, Oct 20 at NYK0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Fri, Oct 16 vs BOS0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sat, Oct 10 at BOS3 pts · 1 reb · 1 ast
Thu, Oct 8 at BKN4 pts · 0 reb · 5 ast
Mon, Oct 5 vs NYK15 pts · 3 reb · 6 ast
Plowden · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 at SAS5 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Tue, Oct 13 vs POR10 pts · 5 reb · 0 ast
Sat, Oct 10 at GSW0 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Thu, Oct 8 at LAL15 pts · 0 reb · 1 ast
Mon, Oct 5 vs LAL12 pts · 5 reb · 1 ast
Love · contract
No contract on file (free agent, two-way, or not yet signed).
Plowden · contract
2026-27$2.4M
2027-28$2.7M

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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).