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Caleb Love
76ers · G · 24
Caleb Love
vs
2025-26
D'Angelo Russell
Grizzlies · G · 30
D'Angelo Russell
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Caleb Love vs D'Angelo Russell

7-9categories
Love · Russell
Caleb Love
Love
76ers
2025-26
Russell
Grizzlies
D'Angelo Russell
49
Games
availability
26
20.7
Minutes
per game
19.0
10.4
Points
per game
10.2
2.3
Rebounds
per game
2.3
2.5
Assists
per game
4.0
0.7
Steals + blocks
per game
0.6
1.3
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
1.9
38.8%
Field goal %
40.5%
31.8%
Three-point %
6.0 vs 4.3 attempts
29.5%
73.5%
Free throw %
71.7%
49.7%
True shooting
TS%
51.1%
22.8%
Usage
USG%
26.1%
18.7%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
32.8%
5.3%
Rebound %
of available
5.7%
-6.3
Net rating
on court
-3.4
7.9%
PIE
player impact estimate
9.8%
-2.6
Plus-minus
per game
-1.6
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

Caleb Love scored more in 2025-26, 0.2 points a game apart (10.4 vs 10.2), on Russell's heavier usage (26.1% vs 22.8%).

Russell is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 51.1% to 49.7%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Russell (4.0 vs 2.5 assists), the glass to Russell (2.3 vs 2.3 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Love played 23 more games (49 vs 26 of 82).

With Russell on the floor his team outscored opponents by -3.4 per 100 possessions, against -6.3 for Love; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Love — through —, Russell $6.0M through 2026-27. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Love
2025-26
Russell
24-25
Record when playing
9-17
11.7
Points at home
12.3
9.0
Points on the road
6.8
12.3
Points in wins
10.1
8.5
Points in losses
10.2
26
Season high
31
0
30-point games
1
0
Double-doubles
1

Last games & contracts

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Love · last 5
Sun, Apr 12 vs SAC0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Apr 8 at SAS0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Tue, Mar 31 at LAC2 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Mar 25 vs MIL0 pts · 0 reb · 1 ast
Thu, Feb 12 at UTA11 pts · 0 reb · 2 ast
Russell · last 5
Sat, Jan 10 at CHI8 pts · 2 reb · 4 ast
Sat, Dec 27 at SAC7 pts · 0 reb · 4 ast
Tue, Dec 23 vs DEN9 pts · 2 reb · 4 ast
Sat, Dec 20 at PHI0 pts · 1 reb · 1 ast
Thu, Dec 18 vs DET4 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Love · contract
No contract on file (free agent, two-way, or not yet signed).
Russell · contract
2026-27player option$6.0M

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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).