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Isaiah Livers
Free agent · F · 28
Isaiah Livers
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2025-26
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Isaiah Livers vs Jae'Sean Tate

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Livers · Tate
Isaiah Livers
Livers
Free agent
2025-26
Tate
Rockets
Jae'Sean Tate
36
Games
availability
46
9.6
Minutes
per game
8.8
1.8
Points
per game
2.8
1.7
Rebounds
per game
1.6
0.6
Assists
per game
0.5
0.6
Steals + blocks
per game
0.3
0.3
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
0.3
34.4%
Field goal %
51.4%
30.0%
Three-point %
1.1 vs 0.7 attempts
31.3%
75.0%
Free throw %
63.6%
46.9%
True shooting
TS%
56.7%
9.4%
Usage
USG%
13.1%
7.8%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
9.5%
8.3%
Rebound %
of available
8.5%
+1.1
Net rating
on court
-3.3
5.0%
PIE
player impact estimate
6.7%
+0.3
Plus-minus
per game
-0.8
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

Jae'Sean Tate scored more in 2025-26, 1.0 points a game apart (2.8 vs 1.8), on Tate's heavier usage (13.1% vs 9.4%).

Tate is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 56.7% to 46.9%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Livers (0.6 vs 0.5 assists), the glass to Livers (1.7 vs 1.6 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Tate played 10 more games (46 vs 36 of 82).

With Livers on the floor his team outscored opponents by +1.1 per 100 possessions, against -3.3 for Tate; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Livers — through —, Tate $2.4M through 2026-27. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Livers
2025-26
Tate
21-15
Record when playing
33-13
2.3
Points at home
2.4
1.3
Points on the road
3.2
1.7
Points in wins
2.9
1.9
Points in losses
2.6
9
Season high
13
0
30-point games
0
0
Double-doubles
0
Livers · last 5
Sun, Mar 22 vs TOR0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sat, Mar 21 vs MIL0 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Tue, Mar 17 at MIN0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Thu, Mar 12 at IND0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sun, Feb 22 vs POR2 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Tate · last 5
Wed, Oct 21 vs DAL0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Thu, Oct 15 vs OKC4 pts · 0 reb · 3 ast
Sun, Oct 11 vs DAL0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Fri, Oct 9 at DAL0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Fri, May 1 vs LAL3 pts · 3 reb · 0 ast
Livers · contract
No contract on file (free agent, two-way, or not yet signed).
Tate · contract
2026-27$2.4M

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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).