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

Kawhi Leonard vs Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

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Leonard · Gilgeous-Alexander
2
Leonard
Raptors
2025-26
Gilgeous-Alexander
Thunder
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
65
Games
availability
68
32.1
Minutes
per game
33.2
27.9
Points
per game
31.1
6.4
Rebounds
per game
4.3
3.6
Assists
per game
6.6
2.3
Steals + blocks
per game
2.2
2.0
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
2.2
50.5%
Field goal %
55.3%
38.7%
Three-point %
6.8 vs 4.4 attempts
38.6%
89.2%
Free throw %
87.9%
62.9%
True shooting
TS%
66.5%
32.6%
Usage
USG%
32.3%
19.3%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
33.2%
10.2%
Rebound %
of available
6.2%
+7.5
Net rating
on court
+16.3
18.5%
PIE
player impact estimate
20.7%
+5.2
Plus-minus
per game
+11.6
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

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored more in 2025-26, 3.2 points a game apart (31.1 vs 27.9), on Leonard's heavier usage (32.6% vs 32.3%).

Gilgeous-Alexander is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 66.5% to 62.9%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Gilgeous-Alexander (6.6 vs 3.6 assists), the glass to Leonard (6.4 vs 4.3 rebounds).

With Gilgeous-Alexander on the floor his team outscored opponents by +16.3 per 100 possessions, against +7.5 for Leonard; 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, Gilgeous-Alexander $40.8M through 2030-31. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Leonard
2025-26
Gilgeous-Alexander
37-28
Record when playing
56-12
30.4
Points at home
31.3
25.1
Points on the road
30.9
30.1
Points in wins
31.1
25.0
Points in losses
31.1
55
Season high
55
21
30-point games
43
5
Double-doubles
8
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
Gilgeous-Alexander · last 5
Tue, Oct 20 at SAS32 pts · 6 reb · 4 ast
Thu, Oct 15 at HOU17 pts · 1 reb · 3 ast
Tue, Oct 13 vs IND15 pts · 0 reb · 6 ast
Wed, Oct 7 vs MIL17 pts · 3 reb · 5 ast
Sat, May 30 vs SAS35 pts · 4 reb · 9 ast
Leonard · contract
2026-27$50.3M
2027-28$56.1M
2028-29$58.9M
Gilgeous-Alexander · contract
2026-27$40.8M
2027-28$61.0M
2028-29$65.9M
2029-30$70.8M
2030-31$75.6M

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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).