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Franz Wagner
Magic · F · 25
Franz Wagner
vs
2025-26
LeBron James
76ers · F · 41
LeBron James
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Franz Wagner vs LeBron James

5-12categories
Wagner · James
Franz Wagner
Wagner
Magic
2025-26
James
76ers
LeBron James
34
Games
availability
60
30.0
Minutes
per game
33.2
20.6
Points
per game
20.9
5.2
Rebounds
per game
6.1
3.3
Assists
per game
7.2
1.2
Steals + blocks
per game
1.8
1.7
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
3.0
48.1%
Field goal %
51.5%
34.5%
Three-point %
4.1 vs 4.1 attempts
31.7%
82.3%
Free throw %
73.7%
58.8%
True shooting
TS%
59.4%
25.6%
Usage
USG%
26.2%
17.5%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
33.8%
8.4%
Rebound %
of available
9.3%
+3.6
Net rating
on court
+2.6
13.4%
PIE
player impact estimate
15.4%
+2.4
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, 0.3 points a game apart (20.9 vs 20.6), on James's heavier usage (26.2% vs 25.6%).

Efficiency is a wash: true shooting within a point of each other (58.8% vs 59.4%).

Playmaking goes to James (7.2 vs 3.3 assists), the glass to James (6.1 vs 5.2 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: James played 26 more games (60 vs 34 of 82).

With Wagner on the floor his team outscored opponents by +3.6 per 100 possessions, against +2.6 for James; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Wagner $41.8M 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
Wagner
2025-26
James
20-14
Record when playing
39-21
21.2
Points at home
20.7
19.8
Points on the road
21.2
22.3
Points in wins
21.3
18.1
Points in losses
20.2
37
Season high
36
2
30-point games
6
0
Double-doubles
17

Last games & contracts

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Wagner · last 5
Wed, Oct 21 vs ATL22 pts · 6 reb · 5 ast
Fri, Oct 16 vs MIA11 pts · 6 reb · 6 ast
Tue, Oct 13 vs CLE20 pts · 4 reb · 8 ast
Sun, Oct 11 at CLE10 pts · 5 reb · 3 ast
Wed, Oct 7 at MEM6 pts · 2 reb · 7 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
Wagner · contract
2026-27$41.8M
2027-28$44.8M
2028-29$47.9M
2029-30$51.0M
James · contract
2026-27$3.9M
2027-28player option$4.1M

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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).