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2025-26
Luka Doncic
Lakers · F-G · 27
Luka Doncic
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Jalen Johnson vs Luka Doncic

6-11categories
Johnson · Doncic
Jalen Johnson
Johnson
Hawks
2025-26
Doncic
Lakers
Luka Doncic
72
Games
availability
64
35.2
Minutes
per game
35.8
22.5
Points
per game
33.5
10.3
Rebounds
per game
7.7
7.9
Assists
per game
8.3
1.6
Steals + blocks
per game
2.1
3.4
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
4.0
48.9%
Field goal %
47.6%
35.2%
Three-point %
4.7 vs 10.8 attempts
36.6%
78.8%
Free throw %
78.0%
58.1%
True shooting
TS%
61.6%
26.4%
Usage
USG%
36.8%
32.5%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
38.7%
14.0%
Rebound %
of available
11.0%
+3.2
Net rating
on court
+3.8
16.1%
PIE
player impact estimate
18.8%
+2.6
Plus-minus
per game
+2.9
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

Luka Doncic scored more in 2025-26, 11.0 points a game apart (33.5 vs 22.5), on Doncic's heavier usage (36.8% vs 26.4%).

Doncic is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 61.6% to 58.1%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Doncic (8.3 vs 7.9 assists), the glass to Johnson (10.3 vs 7.7 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Johnson played 8 more games (72 vs 64 of 82).

With Doncic on the floor his team outscored opponents by +3.8 per 100 possessions, against +3.2 for Johnson; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Johnson $30.0M through 2029-30, Doncic $49.8M through 2028-29. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Johnson
2025-26
Doncic
42-30
Record when playing
43-21
22.1
Points at home
33.6
22.9
Points on the road
33.3
22.8
Points in wins
35.5
22.2
Points in losses
29.4
43
Season high
60
12
30-point games
44
49
Double-doubles
34
Johnson · last 5
Wed, Oct 21 at ORL20 pts · 14 reb · 6 ast
Fri, Oct 16 at DAL20 pts · 14 reb · 3 ast
Sat, Oct 10 at IND20 pts · 7 reb · 3 ast
Thu, Oct 8 at SAS0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Mon, Oct 5 vs MEM8 pts · 5 reb · 3 ast
Doncic · last 5
Wed, Oct 21 vs GSW28 pts · 8 reb · 7 ast
Fri, Oct 16 vs DEN15 pts · 4 reb · 2 ast
Thu, Oct 8 vs SAC23 pts · 3 reb · 3 ast
Tue, Oct 6 at GSW0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Mon, Oct 5 at SAC21 pts · 2 reb · 3 ast
Johnson · contract
2026-27$30.0M
2027-28$30.0M
2028-29$30.0M
2029-30$30.0M
Doncic · contract
2026-27$49.8M
2027-28$53.8M
2028-29player option$57.8M

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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).