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Dillon Brooks
Suns · G-F · 30
Dillon Brooks
vs
2025-26
LeBron James
76ers · F · 41
LeBron James
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Dillon Brooks vs LeBron James

4-13categories
Brooks · James
Dillon Brooks
Brooks
Suns
2025-26
James
76ers
LeBron James
56
Games
availability
60
30.4
Minutes
per game
33.2
20.2
Points
per game
20.9
3.6
Rebounds
per game
6.1
1.8
Assists
per game
7.2
1.2
Steals + blocks
per game
1.8
1.8
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
3.0
43.5%
Field goal %
51.5%
34.4%
Three-point %
6.6 vs 4.1 attempts
31.7%
84.2%
Free throw %
73.7%
54.0%
True shooting
TS%
59.4%
27.9%
Usage
USG%
26.2%
9.5%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
33.8%
5.8%
Rebound %
of available
9.3%
-1.1
Net rating
on court
+2.6
8.8%
PIE
player impact estimate
15.4%
-0.9
Plus-minus
per game
+2.0
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

LeBron James scored more in 2025-26, 0.7 points a game apart (20.9 vs 20.2), on Brooks's heavier usage (27.9% vs 26.2%).

James is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 59.4% to 54.0%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to James (7.2 vs 1.8 assists), the glass to James (6.1 vs 3.6 rebounds).

With James on the floor his team outscored opponents by +2.6 per 100 possessions, against -1.1 for Brooks; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Brooks $20.0M through 2029-30, James $3.9M through 2027-28. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Brooks
2025-26
James
32-24
Record when playing
39-21
23.7
Points at home
20.7
16.9
Points on the road
21.2
20.4
Points in wins
21.3
19.9
Points in losses
20.2
40
Season high
36
4
30-point games
6
0
Double-doubles
17

Last games & contracts

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Brooks · last 5
Wed, Oct 21 at POR10 pts · 4 reb · 0 ast
Fri, Oct 16 vs UTA18 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Wed, Oct 14 at SAS0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sat, Oct 10 vs SAS15 pts · 2 reb · 2 ast
Wed, Oct 7 at CHI24 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
James · last 5
Tue, Oct 20 at NYK14 pts · 9 reb · 7 ast
Fri, Oct 16 vs BOS8 pts · 8 reb · 7 ast
Sat, Oct 10 at BOS0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Thu, Oct 8 at BKN10 pts · 4 reb · 5 ast
Mon, Oct 5 vs NYK0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Brooks · contract
2026-27$20.0M
2027-28$22.5M
2028-29$24.3M
2029-30$26.1M
James · contract
2026-27$3.9M
2027-28player option$4.1M

More comparisons

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Brooks vs
Desmond Bane · LaMelo Ball · Tyler Herro · Nickeil Alexander-Walker
James vs
Zion Williamson · Cooper Flagg · Julius Randle · Franz Wagner
Brooks vs the top 40 scorers of 2025-26
Luka Doncic · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Anthony Edwards · Jaylen Brown · Tyrese Maxey · Kawhi Leonard · Donovan Mitchell · Nikola Jokic · Lauri Markkanen · Stephen Curry · Devin Booker · Jalen Brunson · Kevin Durant · Jamal Murray · Victor Wembanyama · Michael Porter Jr. · Deni Avdija · Pascal Siakam · Cade Cunningham · Keyonte George · James Harden · Austin Reaves · Jalen Johnson · Paolo Banchero · Norman Powell · Brandon Ingram · Trey Murphy III · Julius Randle · Cooper Flagg · Zion Williamson · LeBron James · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Shaedon Sharpe · Alperen Sengun · Brandon Miller · LaMelo Ball · Bam Adebayo · Karl-Anthony Towns · Desmond Bane
James vs the top 40 scorers of 2025-26
Luka Doncic · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Anthony Edwards · Jaylen Brown · Tyrese Maxey · Kawhi Leonard · Donovan Mitchell · Nikola Jokic · Lauri Markkanen · Stephen Curry · Devin Booker · Jalen Brunson · Kevin Durant · Jamal Murray · Victor Wembanyama · Michael Porter Jr. · Deni Avdija · Pascal Siakam · Cade Cunningham · Keyonte George · James Harden · Austin Reaves · Jalen Johnson · Paolo Banchero · Norman Powell · Brandon Ingram · Trey Murphy III · Julius Randle · Cooper Flagg · Zion Williamson · Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Shaedon Sharpe · Alperen Sengun · Brandon Miller · Dillon Brooks · LaMelo Ball · Bam Adebayo · Karl-Anthony Towns · Desmond Bane

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).