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2025-26
Luka Doncic
Lakers · F-G · 27
Luka Doncic
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Keyonte George vs Luka Doncic

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George · Doncic
Keyonte George
George
Jazz
2025-26
Doncic
Lakers
Luka Doncic
54
Games
availability
64
33.1
Minutes
per game
35.8
23.6
Points
per game
33.5
3.7
Rebounds
per game
7.7
6.1
Assists
per game
8.3
1.4
Steals + blocks
per game
2.1
3.1
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
4.0
45.6%
Field goal %
47.6%
37.1%
Three-point %
6.7 vs 10.8 attempts
36.6%
89.2%
Free throw %
78.0%
60.9%
True shooting
TS%
61.6%
27.5%
Usage
USG%
36.8%
28.6%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
38.7%
5.4%
Rebound %
of available
11.0%
-8.6
Net rating
on court
+3.8
12.2%
PIE
player impact estimate
18.8%
-6.2
Plus-minus
per game
+2.9
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

Luka Doncic scored more in 2025-26, 9.9 points a game apart (33.5 vs 23.6), on Doncic's heavier usage (36.8% vs 27.5%).

Efficiency is a wash: true shooting within a point of each other (60.9% vs 61.6%).

Playmaking goes to Doncic (8.3 vs 6.1 assists), the glass to Doncic (7.7 vs 3.7 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Doncic played 10 more games (64 vs 54 of 82).

With Doncic on the floor his team outscored opponents by +3.8 per 100 possessions, against -8.6 for George; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: George $6.6M through 2031-32, Doncic $49.8M through 2028-29. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
George
2025-26
Doncic
16-38
Record when playing
43-21
23.3
Points at home
33.6
24.0
Points on the road
33.3
28.0
Points in wins
35.5
21.8
Points in losses
29.4
43
Season high
60
14
30-point games
44
4
Double-doubles
34
George · last 5
Wed, Oct 21 at MEM22 pts · 3 reb · 5 ast
Fri, Oct 16 at PHX13 pts · 1 reb · 3 ast
Mon, Oct 12 vs SAS13 pts · 2 reb · 1 ast
Tue, Oct 6 vs DEN6 pts · 0 reb · 4 ast
Sun, Oct 4 at DEN15 pts · 4 reb · 3 ast
Doncic · last 5
Wed, Oct 21 vs GSW28 pts · 8 reb · 7 ast
Fri, Oct 16 vs DEN15 pts · 4 reb · 2 ast
Thu, Oct 8 vs SAC23 pts · 3 reb · 3 ast
Tue, Oct 6 at GSW0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Mon, Oct 5 at SAC21 pts · 2 reb · 3 ast
George · contract
2026-27$6.6M
2027-28$28.7M
2028-29$29.8M
2029-30$31.0M
2030-31$32.3M
2031-32$33.6M
Doncic · contract
2026-27$49.8M
2027-28$53.8M
2028-29player option$57.8M

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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).