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

Kawhi Leonard vs Kevin Durant

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Leonard · Durant
2
Leonard
Raptors
2025-26
Durant
Rockets
Kevin Durant
65
Games
availability
78
32.1
Minutes
per game
36.4
27.9
Points
per game
26.0
6.4
Rebounds
per game
5.5
3.6
Assists
per game
4.8
2.3
Steals + blocks
per game
1.7
2.0
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
3.2
50.5%
Field goal %
52.0%
38.7%
Three-point %
6.8 vs 5.8 attempts
41.3%
89.2%
Free throw %
87.4%
62.9%
True shooting
TS%
64.1%
32.6%
Usage
USG%
26.3%
19.3%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
20.3%
10.2%
Rebound %
of available
7.3%
+7.5
Net rating
on court
+5.5
18.5%
PIE
player impact estimate
15.0%
+5.2
Plus-minus
per game
+4.4
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

Kawhi Leonard scored more in 2025-26, 1.9 points a game apart (27.9 vs 26.0), on Leonard's heavier usage (32.6% vs 26.3%).

Durant is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 64.1% to 62.9%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Durant (4.8 vs 3.6 assists), the glass to Leonard (6.4 vs 5.5 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Durant played 13 more games (78 vs 65 of 82).

With Leonard on the floor his team outscored opponents by +7.5 per 100 possessions, against +5.5 for Durant; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Leonard $50.3M through 2028-29, Durant $43.9M through 2027-28. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Leonard
2025-26
Durant
37-28
Record when playing
48-30
30.4
Points at home
24.5
25.1
Points on the road
27.5
30.1
Points in wins
25.8
25.0
Points in losses
26.2
55
Season high
40
21
30-point games
29
5
Double-doubles
7
Leonard · last 5
Wed, Oct 21 vs CHI23 pts · 6 reb · 2 ast
Fri, Oct 16 at DET0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Thu, Oct 15 at NYK6 pts · 1 reb · 1 ast
Tue, Oct 13 vs NYK21 pts · 5 reb · 0 ast
Sat, Oct 3 vs MIA0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Durant · last 5
Wed, Oct 21 vs DAL30 pts · 6 reb · 3 ast
Thu, Oct 15 vs OKC11 pts · 0 reb · 1 ast
Sun, Oct 11 vs DAL0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Fri, Oct 9 at DAL15 pts · 0 reb · 2 ast
Tue, Apr 21 at LAL23 pts · 6 reb · 4 ast
Leonard · contract
2026-27$50.3M
2027-28$56.1M
2028-29$58.9M
Durant · contract
2026-27$43.9M
2027-28$46.1M

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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).