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Karl-Anthony Towns
Knicks · C-F · 30
Karl-Anthony Towns
vs
2025-26
Nickeil Alexander-Walker
Hawks · G · 28
Nickeil Alexander-Walker
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Karl-Anthony Towns vs Nickeil Alexander-Walker

8-9categories
Towns · Alexander-Walker
TownsAlexander-Walker
75Games
availability
78
31.0Minutes
per game
33.4
20.1Points
per game
20.8
11.9Rebounds
per game
3.4
3.0Assists
per game
3.7
1.4Steals + blocks
per game
1.8
2.5Turnovers
per game · lower is better
2.1
50.1%Field goal %45.9%
36.8%Three-point %
4.1 vs 8.1 attempts
39.9%
85.8%Free throw %90.2%
61.9%True shooting
TS%
61.0%
25.1%Usage
USG%
23.0%
14.2%Assist %
of teammates' baskets
15.5%
19.2%Rebound %
of available
4.9%
+7.0Net rating
on court
+4.0
15.4%PIE
player impact estimate
10.5%
+5.0Plus-minus
per game
+3.1

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored more in 2025-26, 0.7 points a game apart (20.8 vs 20.1), on Towns's heavier usage (25.1% vs 23.0%).

Efficiency is a wash: true shooting within a point of each other (61.9% vs 61.0%).

Playmaking goes to Alexander-Walker (3.7 vs 3.0 assists), the glass to Towns (11.9 vs 3.4 rebounds).

With Towns on the floor his team outscored opponents by +7.0 per 100 possessions, against +4.0 for Alexander-Walker; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Towns $57.1M through 2027-28, Alexander-Walker $14.4M through 2028-29. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
TownsAlexander-Walker
49-26Record when playing43-35
20.4Points at home20.7
19.8Points on the road20.9
20.1Points in wins20.5
20.0Points in losses21.2
40Season high41
730-point games10
56Double-doubles2
Towns · last 5
Sat, Jun 13 at SAS2 pts · 10 reb · 1 ast
Wed, Jun 10 vs SAS13 pts · 10 reb · 2 ast
Mon, Jun 8 vs SAS11 pts · 8 reb · 1 ast
Fri, Jun 5 at SAS21 pts · 13 reb · 4 ast
Wed, Jun 3 at SAS18 pts · 12 reb · 4 ast
Alexander-Walker · last 5
Thu, Apr 30 vs NYK11 pts · 1 reb · 2 ast
Tue, Apr 28 at NYK16 pts · 0 reb · 3 ast
Sat, Apr 25 vs NYK15 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Thu, Apr 23 vs NYK14 pts · 3 reb · 0 ast
Mon, Apr 20 at NYK9 pts · 5 reb · 6 ast
Towns · contract
2026-27$57.1M
2027-28player option$61.0M
Alexander-Walker · contract
2026-27$14.4M
2027-28$15.2M
2028-29player option$15.9M

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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).