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Dwight Powell
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Dwight Powell
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Dorian Finney-Smith vs Dwight Powell

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Finney-Smith · Powell
Dorian Finney-Smith
Finney-Smith
Hawks
2025-26
Powell
Free agent
Dwight Powell
37
Games
availability
63
16.8
Minutes
per game
14.4
3.3
Points
per game
3.3
2.5
Rebounds
per game
4.1
1.0
Assists
per game
1.1
0.6
Steals + blocks
per game
0.8
0.6
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
0.7
33.3%
Field goal %
64.4%
27.0%
Three-point %
2.7 vs 0.1 attempts
28.6%
88.9%
Free throw %
69.6%
45.2%
True shooting
TS%
69.9%
10.4%
Usage
USG%
8.4%
7.8%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
9.5%
7.1%
Rebound %
of available
13.6%
+1.8
Net rating
on court
-0.5
3.4%
PIE
player impact estimate
7.3%
+0.4
Plus-minus
per game
-0.1
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

Dwight Powell scored more in 2025-26, 0.0 points a game apart (3.3 vs 3.3), on Finney-Smith's heavier usage (10.4% vs 8.4%).

Powell is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 69.9% to 45.2%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Powell (1.1 vs 1.0 assists), the glass to Powell (4.1 vs 2.5 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Powell played 26 more games (63 vs 37 of 82).

With Finney-Smith on the floor his team outscored opponents by +1.8 per 100 possessions, against -0.5 for Powell; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Finney-Smith $13.3M through 2028-29, Powell — through —. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Finney-Smith
2025-26
Powell
23-14
Record when playing
19-44
3.5
Points at home
4.3
3.1
Points on the road
2.4
3.5
Points in wins
4.7
3.0
Points in losses
2.7
9
Season high
18
0
30-point games
0
0
Double-doubles
3
Finney-Smith · last 5
Fri, May 1 vs LAL0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Apr 29 at LAL6 pts · 3 reb · 1 ast
Sun, Apr 26 vs LAL2 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Fri, Apr 24 vs LAL0 pts · 4 reb · 0 ast
Sun, Apr 12 vs MEM9 pts · 2 reb · 1 ast
Powell · last 5
Sun, Apr 12 vs CHI7 pts · 12 reb · 2 ast
Fri, Apr 10 at SAS4 pts · 11 reb · 5 ast
Wed, Apr 8 at PHX4 pts · 3 reb · 3 ast
Tue, Apr 7 at LAC4 pts · 8 reb · 1 ast
Sun, Apr 5 vs LAL0 pts · 2 reb · 2 ast
Finney-Smith · contract
2026-27$13.3M
2027-28$13.3M
2028-29player option$13.3M
Powell · contract
No contract on file (free agent, two-way, or not yet signed).

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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).