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

Kobe Sanders vs Pat Spencer

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Sanders · Spencer
Kobe Sanders
Sanders
Clippers
2025-26
Spencer
Suns
Pat Spencer
68
Games
availability
66
19.9
Minutes
per game
18.6
7.3
Points
per game
7.2
2.3
Rebounds
per game
2.4
1.6
Assists
per game
3.5
0.8
Steals + blocks
per game
0.8
1.2
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
1.3
46.6%
Field goal %
42.7%
40.8%
Three-point %
2.9 vs 2.5 attempts
35.7%
82.6%
Free throw %
77.2%
59.7%
True shooting
TS%
51.6%
15.5%
Usage
USG%
18.5%
11.7%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
27.0%
5.6%
Rebound %
of available
6.5%
+0.2
Net rating
on court
-3.4
6.2%
PIE
player impact estimate
8.7%
+0.5
Plus-minus
per game
-1.4
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

Kobe Sanders scored more in 2025-26, 0.1 points a game apart (7.3 vs 7.2), on Spencer's heavier usage (18.5% vs 15.5%).

Sanders is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 59.7% to 51.6%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Spencer (3.5 vs 1.6 assists), the glass to Spencer (2.4 vs 2.3 rebounds).

With Sanders on the floor his team outscored opponents by +0.2 per 100 possessions, against -3.4 for Spencer; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Sanders $2.6M through 2029-30, Spencer — through —. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Sanders
2025-26
Spencer
36-32
Record when playing
30-36
7.9
Points at home
6.4
6.7
Points on the road
8.2
8.4
Points in wins
5.4
6.1
Points in losses
8.7
20
Season high
20
0
30-point games
0
0
Double-doubles
1
Sanders · last 5
Wed, Oct 14 vs DEN0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sun, Oct 4 vs GSW0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sun, Apr 12 vs GSW11 pts · 3 reb · 2 ast
Fri, Apr 10 at POR4 pts · 0 reb · 1 ast
Wed, Apr 8 vs OKC17 pts · 2 reb · 1 ast
Spencer · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 vs UTA8 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Oct 14 at SAS9 pts · 1 reb · 4 ast
Sat, Oct 10 vs SAS0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Oct 7 at CHI8 pts · 0 reb · 1 ast
Mon, Oct 5 at DET1 pts · 0 reb · 1 ast
Sanders · contract
2026-27$2.6M
2027-28$2.8M
2028-29$2.9M
2029-30team option$3.0M
Spencer · contract
No contract on file (free agent, two-way, or not yet signed).

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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).