Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Jaxson Hayes vs Ryan Kalkbrenner

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Hayes · Kalkbrenner

Hayes

Jazz

2025-26

Kalkbrenner

Hornets

Games

availability

18.3

Minutes

per game

21.4

7.5

Points

per game

7.6

4.1

Rebounds

per game

5.5

0.9

Assists

per game

0.8

1.2

Steals + blocks

per game

2.0

0.5

Turnovers

per game · lower is better

0.9

75.6%

Field goal %

75.3%

100.0%

Three-point %

0.0 vs 0.1 attempts

0.0%

65.3%

Free throw %

71.6%

75.8%

True shooting

TS%

76.2%

12.4%

Usage

USG%

11.3%

7.1%

Assist %

of teammates' baskets

5.3%

11.1%

Rebound %

of available

12.1%

+2.4

Net rating

on court

+1.1

10.9%

PIE

player impact estimate

10.8%

+1.1

Plus-minus

per game

+0.7

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

Ryan Kalkbrenner scored more in 2025-26, 0.1 points a game apart (7.6 vs 7.5), on Hayes's heavier usage (12.4% vs 11.3%).

Efficiency is a wash: true shooting within a point of each other (75.8% vs 76.2%).

Playmaking goes to Hayes (0.9 vs 0.8 assists), the glass to Kalkbrenner (5.5 vs 4.1 rebounds).

With Hayes on the floor his team outscored opponents by +2.4 per 100 possessions, against +1.1 for Kalkbrenner; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Hayes $6.0M through 2027-28, Kalkbrenner $2.4M through 2028-29. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs

Hayes

2025-26

Kalkbrenner

43-23

Record when playing

39-30

7.9

Points at home

7.8

7.2

Points on the road

7.3

Points in wins

7.6

8.0

Points in losses

7.4

Season high

30-point games

Double-doubles

Last games & contracts

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Hayes · last 5

Fri, Oct 16 at PHX6 pts · 7 reb · 0 ast

Mon, Oct 12 vs SAS11 pts · 2 reb · 0 ast

Tue, Oct 6 vs DEN7 pts · 4 reb · 0 ast

Sun, Oct 4 at DEN2 pts · 3 reb · 4 ast

Mon, May 11 vs OKC18 pts · 5 reb · 1 ast

Kalkbrenner · last 5

Fri, Oct 16 at MEM2 pts · 3 reb · 0 ast

Wed, Oct 14 at BOS7 pts · 3 reb · 0 ast

Sun, Oct 11 vs MIL4 pts · 5 reb · 0 ast

Tue, Oct 6 vs BKN2 pts · 2 reb · 0 ast

Sun, Apr 12 at NYK9 pts · 5 reb · 2 ast

Hayes · contract

2026-27$6.0M

2027-28team option$6.0M

Kalkbrenner · contract

2026-27$2.4M

2027-28$2.5M

2028-29team option$2.7M

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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).