Hoops Nightly
Devin Booker
Suns · G · 29
Devin Booker
vs
2025-26
Jalen Johnson
Hawks · F · 24
Jalen Johnson
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Devin Booker vs Jalen Johnson

7-10categories
Booker · Johnson
Devin Booker
Booker
Suns
2025-26
Johnson
Hawks
Jalen Johnson
64
Games
availability
72
33.5
Minutes
per game
35.2
26.1
Points
per game
22.5
3.9
Rebounds
per game
10.3
6.0
Assists
per game
7.9
1.1
Steals + blocks
per game
1.6
3.1
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
3.4
45.6%
Field goal %
48.9%
33.0%
Three-point %
5.8 vs 4.7 attempts
35.2%
87.3%
Free throw %
78.8%
58.5%
True shooting
TS%
58.1%
30.7%
Usage
USG%
26.4%
29.3%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
32.5%
5.5%
Rebound %
of available
14.0%
+3.9
Net rating
on court
+3.2
14.2%
PIE
player impact estimate
16.1%
+3.1
Plus-minus
per game
+2.6
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

Devin Booker scored more in 2025-26, 3.6 points a game apart (26.1 vs 22.5), on Booker's heavier usage (30.7% vs 26.4%).

Efficiency is a wash: true shooting within a point of each other (58.5% vs 58.1%).

Playmaking goes to Johnson (7.9 vs 6.0 assists), the glass to Johnson (10.3 vs 3.9 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Johnson played 8 more games (72 vs 64 of 82).

With Booker on the floor his team outscored opponents by +3.9 per 100 possessions, against +3.2 for Johnson; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Booker $57.1M through 2029-30, Johnson $30.0M through 2029-30. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Booker
2025-26
Johnson
37-27
Record when playing
42-30
25.8
Points at home
22.1
26.3
Points on the road
22.9
25.5
Points in wins
22.8
26.9
Points in losses
22.2
43
Season high
43
24
30-point games
12
6
Double-doubles
49
Booker · last 5
Wed, Oct 21 at POR23 pts · 4 reb · 2 ast
Fri, Oct 16 vs UTA16 pts · 3 reb · 6 ast
Wed, Oct 14 at SAS0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Oct 7 at CHI11 pts · 0 reb · 1 ast
Mon, Oct 5 at DET13 pts · 3 reb · 3 ast
Johnson · last 5
Wed, Oct 21 at ORL20 pts · 14 reb · 6 ast
Fri, Oct 16 at DAL20 pts · 14 reb · 3 ast
Sat, Oct 10 at IND20 pts · 7 reb · 3 ast
Thu, Oct 8 at SAS0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Mon, Oct 5 vs MEM8 pts · 5 reb · 3 ast
Booker · contract
2026-27$57.1M
2027-28$61.0M
2028-29$64.1M
2029-30$69.2M
Johnson · contract
2026-27$30.0M
2027-28$30.0M
2028-29$30.0M
2029-30$30.0M

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).