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Jakob Poeltl
Raptors · C · 31
Jakob Poeltl
vs
2025-26
9
Bucks · C · 22
Kel'el Ware
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Jakob Poeltl vs Kel'el Ware

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Poeltl · Ware
Jakob Poeltl
Poeltl
Raptors
2025-26
Ware
Bucks
9
46
Games
availability
77
25.0
Minutes
per game
22.1
10.7
Points
per game
11.1
7.0
Rebounds
per game
9.0
2.0
Assists
per game
0.7
1.6
Steals + blocks
per game
1.9
1.2
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
0.8
70.0%
Field goal %
53.0%
0.0%
Three-point %
0.0 vs 3.0 attempts
39.5%
60.2%
Free throw %
74.0%
69.8%
True shooting
TS%
61.6%
15.0%
Usage
USG%
17.4%
11.1%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
4.6%
14.5%
Rebound %
of available
18.0%
+2.0
Net rating
on court
-1.0
11.5%
PIE
player impact estimate
13.7%
+1.0
Plus-minus
per game
-0.9
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

Kel'el Ware scored more in 2025-26, 0.4 points a game apart (11.1 vs 10.7), on Ware's heavier usage (17.4% vs 15.0%).

Poeltl is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 69.8% to 61.6%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Poeltl (2.0 vs 0.7 assists), the glass to Ware (9.0 vs 7.0 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Ware played 31 more games (77 vs 46 of 82).

With Poeltl on the floor his team outscored opponents by +2.0 per 100 possessions, against -1.0 for Ware; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Poeltl $19.5M through 2029-30, Ware $4.7M through 2027-28. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Poeltl
2025-26
Ware
26-20
Record when playing
39-38
10.8
Points at home
10.6
10.6
Points on the road
11.6
12.1
Points in wins
13.2
8.9
Points in losses
8.9
23
Season high
28
0
30-point games
0
7
Double-doubles
24

Last games & contracts

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Poeltl · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 at DET0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Thu, Oct 15 at NYK7 pts · 4 reb · 2 ast
Tue, Oct 13 vs NYK6 pts · 5 reb · 1 ast
Sat, Oct 10 vs LAC9 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Sat, Oct 3 vs MIA9 pts · 1 reb · 1 ast
Ware · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 at IND13 pts · 3 reb · 1 ast
Wed, Oct 14 vs CHI5 pts · 5 reb · 1 ast
Sun, Oct 11 at CHA10 pts · 2 reb · 1 ast
Wed, Oct 7 at OKC18 pts · 12 reb · 1 ast
Mon, Oct 5 vs MIN14 pts · 12 reb · 0 ast
Poeltl · contract
2026-27player option$19.5M
2027-28$27.3M
2028-29$29.5M
2029-30$27.3M
Ware · contract
2026-27$4.7M
2027-28$7.1M

More comparisons

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Poeltl vs
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Ware vs
Jusuf Nurkic · Rudy Gobert · Kyle Filipowski · Jakob Poeltl

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).