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Pistons · C · 22
Jalen Duren
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2025-26
Karl-Anthony Towns
Knicks · C-F · 30
Karl-Anthony Towns
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Jalen Duren vs Karl-Anthony Towns

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Duren · Towns
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Duren
Pistons
2025-26
Towns
Knicks
Karl-Anthony Towns
70
Games
availability
75
28.2
Minutes
per game
31.0
19.5
Points
per game
20.1
10.5
Rebounds
per game
11.9
2.0
Assists
per game
3.0
1.6
Steals + blocks
per game
1.4
1.9
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
2.5
65.0%
Field goal %
50.1%
0.0%
Three-point %
0.0 vs 4.1 attempts
36.8%
74.7%
Free throw %
85.8%
68.8%
True shooting
TS%
61.9%
23.1%
Usage
USG%
25.1%
10.4%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
14.2%
18.2%
Rebound %
of available
19.2%
+11.8
Net rating
on court
+7.0
17.7%
PIE
player impact estimate
15.4%
+6.9
Plus-minus
per game
+5.0
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

Karl-Anthony Towns scored more in 2025-26, 0.6 points a game apart (20.1 vs 19.5), on Towns's heavier usage (25.1% vs 23.1%).

Duren is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 68.8% to 61.9%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Towns (3.0 vs 2.0 assists), the glass to Towns (11.9 vs 10.5 rebounds).

With Duren on the floor his team outscored opponents by +11.8 per 100 possessions, against +7.0 for Towns; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Duren $40.2M through 2030-31, Towns $57.1M through 2027-28. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Duren
2025-26
Towns
50-20
Record when playing
49-26
20.3
Points at home
20.4
18.7
Points on the road
19.8
20.8
Points in wins
20.1
16.1
Points in losses
20.0
36
Season high
40
8
30-point games
7
41
Double-doubles
56

Last games & contracts

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Duren · last 5
Tue, Oct 20 vs BOS22 pts · 9 reb · 1 ast
Fri, Oct 16 vs TOR14 pts · 3 reb · 1 ast
Wed, Oct 14 at MIN24 pts · 3 reb · 1 ast
Sat, Oct 10 at WAS0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Mon, Oct 5 vs PHX0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Towns · last 5
Tue, Oct 20 vs PHI19 pts · 12 reb · 1 ast
Thu, Oct 15 vs TOR13 pts · 15 reb · 9 ast
Mon, Oct 12 vs MIN11 pts · 2 reb · 4 ast
Thu, Oct 8 vs WAS8 pts · 7 reb · 3 ast
Mon, Oct 5 at PHI5 pts · 5 reb · 2 ast
Duren · contract
2026-27$40.2M
2027-28$36.9M
2028-29$39.0M
2029-30$41.0M
2030-31$43.0M
Towns · contract
2026-27$57.1M
2027-28player option$61.0M

More comparisons

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Duren vs
Karl-Anthony Towns · Bam Adebayo · Alperen Sengun · Evan Mobley
Towns vs
Bam Adebayo · Alperen Sengun · Jalen Duren · Evan Mobley
Towns 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 · Dillon Brooks · LaMelo Ball · Bam Adebayo · 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).