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Bucks · C · 22
Kel'el Ware
vs
2025-26
Rudy Gobert
Timberwolves · C · 34
Rudy Gobert
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Kel'el Ware vs Rudy Gobert

8-9categories
Ware · Gobert
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Ware
Bucks
2025-26
Gobert
Timberwolves
Rudy Gobert
77
Games
availability
76
22.1
Minutes
per game
31.3
11.1
Points
per game
10.9
9.0
Rebounds
per game
11.5
0.7
Assists
per game
1.7
1.9
Steals + blocks
per game
2.4
0.8
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
1.4
53.0%
Field goal %
68.2%
39.5%
Three-point %
3.0 vs 0.1 attempts
0.0%
74.0%
Free throw %
52.6%
61.6%
True shooting
TS%
66.4%
17.4%
Usage
USG%
12.7%
4.6%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
7.4%
18.0%
Rebound %
of available
17.3%
-1.0
Net rating
on court
+5.0
13.7%
PIE
player impact estimate
12.1%
-0.9
Plus-minus
per game
+3.1
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

Kel'el Ware scored more in 2025-26, 0.2 points a game apart (11.1 vs 10.9), on Ware's heavier usage (17.4% vs 12.7%).

Gobert is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 66.4% to 61.6%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Gobert (1.7 vs 0.7 assists), the glass to Gobert (11.5 vs 9.0 rebounds).

With Gobert on the floor his team outscored opponents by +5.0 per 100 possessions, against -1.0 for Ware; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Ware $4.7M through 2027-28, Gobert $36.5M through 2027-28. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Ware
2025-26
Gobert
39-38
Record when playing
46-30
10.6
Points at home
11.5
11.6
Points on the road
10.3
13.2
Points in wins
12.3
8.9
Points in losses
8.8
28
Season high
26
0
30-point games
0
24
Double-doubles
33

Last games & contracts

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Ware · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 at IND13 pts · 3 reb · 1 ast
Wed, Oct 14 vs CHI5 pts · 5 reb · 1 ast
Sun, Oct 11 at CHA10 pts · 2 reb · 1 ast
Wed, Oct 7 at OKC18 pts · 12 reb · 1 ast
Mon, Oct 5 vs MIN14 pts · 12 reb · 0 ast
Gobert · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 at CHI0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Oct 14 vs DET8 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Mon, Oct 12 at NYK2 pts · 3 reb · 3 ast
Wed, Oct 7 at IND7 pts · 9 reb · 2 ast
Mon, Oct 5 at MIL6 pts · 7 reb · 0 ast
Ware · contract
2026-27$4.7M
2027-28$7.1M
Gobert · contract
2026-27$36.5M
2027-28$38.0M

More comparisons

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Ware vs
Jusuf Nurkic · Rudy Gobert · Kyle Filipowski · Jakob Poeltl
Gobert vs
Jusuf Nurkic · Kel'el Ware · Jakob Poeltl · Jock Landale

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).