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

Jonathan Kuminga vs Noah Clowney

11-6categories
Kuminga · Clowney
Jonathan Kuminga
Kuminga
Timberwolves
2025-26
Clowney
Nets
Noah Clowney
36
Games
availability
66
23.1
Minutes
per game
27.0
12.2
Points
per game
12.3
5.6
Rebounds
per game
4.1
2.3
Assists
per game
1.6
0.9
Steals + blocks
per game
1.5
1.9
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
1.5
46.3%
Field goal %
39.6%
33.3%
Three-point %
2.9 vs 5.9 attempts
32.9%
72.4%
Free throw %
80.4%
55.7%
True shooting
TS%
55.4%
22.6%
Usage
USG%
20.2%
14.8%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
9.5%
11.8%
Rebound %
of available
7.7%
+4.1
Net rating
on court
-8.7
11.1%
PIE
player impact estimate
7.2%
+2.0
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

Noah Clowney scored more in 2025-26, 0.1 points a game apart (12.3 vs 12.2), on Kuminga's heavier usage (22.6% vs 20.2%).

Efficiency is a wash: true shooting within a point of each other (55.7% vs 55.4%).

Playmaking goes to Kuminga (2.3 vs 1.6 assists), the glass to Kuminga (5.6 vs 4.1 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Clowney played 30 more games (66 vs 36 of 82).

With Kuminga on the floor his team outscored opponents by +4.1 per 100 possessions, against -8.7 for Clowney; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Kuminga $6.1M through 2027-28, Clowney $5.4M through 2026-27. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Kuminga
2025-26
Clowney
22-14
Record when playing
17-49
12.3
Points at home
13.7
12.1
Points on the road
10.6
11.7
Points in wins
16.5
12.9
Points in losses
10.8
27
Season high
31
0
30-point games
1
1
Double-doubles
1
Kuminga · last 5
Thu, Apr 30 vs NYK11 pts · 2 reb · 3 ast
Tue, Apr 28 at NYK13 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Sat, Apr 25 vs NYK10 pts · 2 reb · 0 ast
Thu, Apr 23 vs NYK21 pts · 4 reb · 0 ast
Mon, Apr 20 at NYK19 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Clowney · last 5
Fri, Apr 3 vs ATL12 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Tue, Mar 31 vs CHA4 pts · 3 reb · 0 ast
Sun, Mar 29 vs SAC15 pts · 7 reb · 1 ast
Fri, Mar 27 at LAL5 pts · 3 reb · 2 ast
Wed, Mar 18 vs OKC3 pts · 2 reb · 0 ast
Kuminga · contract
2026-27$6.1M
2027-28player option$6.4M
Clowney · contract
2026-27$5.4M

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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).