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

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope vs Luguentz Dort

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Caldwell-Pope · Dort
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
Caldwell-Pope
76ers
2025-26
Dort
Hawks
Luguentz Dort
51
Games
availability
69
21.3
Minutes
per game
26.8
8.4
Points
per game
8.3
2.5
Rebounds
per game
3.6
2.7
Assists
per game
1.2
1.0
Steals + blocks
per game
1.3
1.2
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
0.8
41.0%
Field goal %
38.5%
31.6%
Three-point %
3.4 vs 5.4 attempts
34.4%
91.3%
Free throw %
75.9%
53.3%
True shooting
TS%
52.4%
17.3%
Usage
USG%
13.9%
18.1%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
5.9%
5.4%
Rebound %
of available
6.3%
-4.5
Net rating
on court
+8.0
8.3%
PIE
player impact estimate
4.9%
-2.2
Plus-minus
per game
+4.3
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

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored more in 2025-26, 0.1 points a game apart (8.4 vs 8.3), on Caldwell-Pope's heavier usage (17.3% vs 13.9%).

Efficiency is a wash: true shooting within a point of each other (53.3% vs 52.4%).

Playmaking goes to Caldwell-Pope (2.7 vs 1.2 assists), the glass to Dort (3.6 vs 2.5 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Dort played 18 more games (69 vs 51 of 82).

With Dort on the floor his team outscored opponents by +8.0 per 100 possessions, against -4.5 for Caldwell-Pope; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Caldwell-Pope $17.7M through 2026-27, Dort $18.2M through 2026-27. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Caldwell-Pope
2025-26
Dort
20-31
Record when playing
53-16
8.2
Points at home
8.1
8.6
Points on the road
8.6
9.6
Points in wins
8.6
7.6
Points in losses
7.6
20
Season high
19
0
30-point games
0
0
Double-doubles
0
Caldwell-Pope · last 5
Tue, Oct 20 at NYK10 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Fri, Oct 16 vs BOS7 pts · 2 reb · 0 ast
Sat, Oct 10 at BOS0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Thu, Oct 8 at BKN2 pts · 1 reb · 1 ast
Mon, Oct 5 vs NYK7 pts · 2 reb · 2 ast
Dort · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 at DAL8 pts · 4 reb · 2 ast
Sat, Oct 10 at IND7 pts · 6 reb · 2 ast
Thu, Oct 8 at SAS0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Mon, Oct 5 vs MEM0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sat, May 30 vs SAS3 pts · 1 reb · 2 ast
Caldwell-Pope · contract
2026-27player option$17.7M
2026-27$2.4M
Dort · contract
2026-27team option$18.2M

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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).