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Jalen Wilson
Hawks · F · 25
Jalen Wilson
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2025-26
Kevin Love
Jazz · F-C · 37
Kevin Love
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Jalen Wilson vs Kevin Love

3-14categories
Wilson · Love
Jalen Wilson
Wilson
Hawks
2025-26
Love
Jazz
Kevin Love
54
Games
availability
37
15.9
Minutes
per game
16.6
6.4
Points
per game
6.7
2.1
Rebounds
per game
5.8
0.9
Assists
per game
1.8
0.4
Steals + blocks
per game
0.6
0.7
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
0.8
39.6%
Field goal %
39.7%
35.5%
Three-point %
2.8 vs 3.8 attempts
37.3%
71.9%
Free throw %
84.1%
53.6%
True shooting
TS%
56.8%
17.7%
Usage
USG%
16.1%
9.8%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
14.5%
6.7%
Rebound %
of available
16.7%
-10.9
Net rating
on court
-6.7
6.1%
PIE
player impact estimate
10.3%
-3.6
Plus-minus
per game
-2.2
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

Kevin Love scored more in 2025-26, 0.3 points a game apart (6.7 vs 6.4), on Wilson's heavier usage (17.7% vs 16.1%).

Love is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 56.8% to 53.6%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Love (1.8 vs 0.9 assists), the glass to Love (5.8 vs 2.1 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Wilson played 17 more games (54 vs 37 of 82).

With Love on the floor his team outscored opponents by -6.7 per 100 possessions, against -10.9 for Wilson; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Wilson
2025-26
Love
10-44
Record when playing
10-27
6.2
Points at home
7.2
6.4
Points on the road
6.0
5.9
Points in wins
10.7
6.5
Points in losses
5.2
19
Season high
20
0
30-point games
0
0
Double-doubles
2

Last games & contracts

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Wilson · last 5
Sun, Apr 12 at TOR9 pts · 8 reb · 3 ast
Fri, Apr 10 at MIL13 pts · 7 reb · 7 ast
Thu, Apr 9 vs IND11 pts · 5 reb · 2 ast
Tue, Apr 7 vs MIL7 pts · 1 reb · 2 ast
Sun, Apr 5 vs WAS19 pts · 5 reb · 4 ast
Love · last 5
Wed, Mar 18 at MIN5 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Wed, Mar 11 vs NYK6 pts · 6 reb · 2 ast
Mon, Mar 9 vs GSW12 pts · 8 reb · 1 ast
Sat, Mar 7 at MIL3 pts · 6 reb · 0 ast
Sat, Feb 28 vs NOP3 pts · 2 reb · 2 ast
Wilson · contract
No contract on file (free agent, two-way, or not yet signed).
Love · contract
No contract on file (free agent, two-way, or not yet signed).

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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).