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Devin Booker
Suns · G · 29
Devin Booker
vs
2025-26
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Devin Booker vs Nickeil Alexander-Walker

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Booker · Alexander-Walker
Devin Booker
Booker
Suns
2025-26
Alexander-Walker
Hawks
Nickeil Alexander-Walker
64
Games
availability
78
33.5
Minutes
per game
33.4
26.1
Points
per game
20.8
3.9
Rebounds
per game
3.4
6.0
Assists
per game
3.7
1.1
Steals + blocks
per game
1.8
3.1
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
2.1
45.6%
Field goal %
45.9%
33.0%
Three-point %
5.8 vs 8.1 attempts
39.9%
87.3%
Free throw %
90.2%
58.5%
True shooting
TS%
61.0%
30.7%
Usage
USG%
23.0%
29.3%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
15.5%
5.5%
Rebound %
of available
4.9%
+3.9
Net rating
on court
+4.0
14.2%
PIE
player impact estimate
10.5%
+3.1
Plus-minus
per game
+3.1
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, 5.3 points a game apart (26.1 vs 20.8), on Booker's heavier usage (30.7% vs 23.0%).

Alexander-Walker is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 61.0% to 58.5%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Booker (6.0 vs 3.7 assists), the glass to Booker (3.9 vs 3.4 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Alexander-Walker played 14 more games (78 vs 64 of 82).

With Alexander-Walker on the floor his team outscored opponents by +4.0 per 100 possessions, against +3.9 for Booker; 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, Alexander-Walker $14.4M through 2028-29. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Booker
2025-26
Alexander-Walker
37-27
Record when playing
43-35
25.8
Points at home
20.7
26.3
Points on the road
20.9
25.5
Points in wins
20.5
26.9
Points in losses
21.2
43
Season high
41
24
30-point games
10
6
Double-doubles
2
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
Alexander-Walker · last 5
Wed, Oct 21 at ORL31 pts · 4 reb · 3 ast
Fri, Oct 16 at DAL25 pts · 3 reb · 5 ast
Mon, Oct 12 vs OKC16 pts · 6 reb · 5 ast
Thu, Oct 8 at SAS7 pts · 3 reb · 2 ast
Mon, Oct 5 vs MEM14 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Booker · contract
2026-27$57.1M
2027-28$61.0M
2028-29$64.1M
2029-30$69.2M
Alexander-Walker · contract
2026-27$14.4M
2027-28$15.2M
2028-29player option$15.9M

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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).