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De'Aaron Fox
Spurs · G · 28
De'Aaron Fox
vs
2025-26
Kon Knueppel
Hornets · G-F · 21
Kon Knueppel
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

De'Aaron Fox vs Kon Knueppel

9-8categories
Fox · Knueppel
De'Aaron Fox
Fox
Spurs
2025-26
Knueppel
Hornets
Kon Knueppel
72
Games
availability
81
31.0
Minutes
per game
31.5
18.6
Points
per game
18.5
3.8
Rebounds
per game
5.3
6.2
Assists
per game
3.4
1.5
Steals + blocks
per game
0.9
2.3
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
2.0
48.6%
Field goal %
47.5%
33.2%
Three-point %
5.5 vs 7.9 attempts
42.5%
76.0%
Free throw %
86.3%
57.8%
True shooting
TS%
63.3%
24.2%
Usage
USG%
21.6%
28.6%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
15.8%
5.6%
Rebound %
of available
8.2%
+9.9
Net rating
on court
+6.2
11.7%
PIE
player impact estimate
11.5%
+6.3
Plus-minus
per game
+4.0
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

De'Aaron Fox scored more in 2025-26, 0.1 points a game apart (18.6 vs 18.5), on Fox's heavier usage (24.2% vs 21.6%).

Knueppel is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 63.3% to 57.8%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Fox (6.2 vs 3.4 assists), the glass to Knueppel (5.3 vs 3.8 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Knueppel played 9 more games (81 vs 72 of 82).

With Fox on the floor his team outscored opponents by +9.9 per 100 possessions, against +6.2 for Knueppel; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Fox $49.8M through 2029-30, Knueppel $10.5M through 2028-29. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
FoxKnueppel
55-17Record when playing44-37
19.0Points at home16.8
18.1Points on the road20.1
19.0Points in wins18.2
17.1Points in losses18.8
37Season high34
330-point games5
8Double-doubles7
Fox · last 5
Sat, Jun 13 vs NYK7 pts · 0 reb · 5 ast
Wed, Jun 10 at NYK18 pts · 5 reb · 7 ast
Mon, Jun 8 at NYK12 pts · 3 reb · 8 ast
Fri, Jun 5 vs NYK20 pts · 3 reb · 5 ast
Wed, Jun 3 vs NYK7 pts · 4 reb · 5 ast
Knueppel · last 5
Sun, Apr 12 at NYK14 pts · 6 reb · 5 ast
Fri, Apr 10 vs DET10 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Tue, Apr 7 at BOS13 pts · 5 reb · 5 ast
Sun, Apr 5 at MIN11 pts · 4 reb · 3 ast
Fri, Apr 3 vs IND20 pts · 4 reb · 4 ast
Fox · contract
2026-27$49.8M
2027-28$53.8M
2028-29$57.8M
2029-30$61.8M
Knueppel · contract
2026-27$10.5M
2027-28$11.0M
2028-29$13.9M

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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).