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

Nickeil Alexander-Walker vs Victor Wembanyama

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Alexander-Walker · Wembanyama
Nickeil Alexander-Walker
Alexander-Walker
Hawks
2025-26
Wembanyama
Spurs
Victor Wembanyama
78
Games
availability
64
33.4
Minutes
per game
29.2
20.8
Points
per game
25.0
3.4
Rebounds
per game
11.5
3.7
Assists
per game
3.1
1.8
Steals + blocks
per game
4.1
2.1
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
2.4
45.9%
Field goal %
51.2%
39.9%
Three-point %
8.1 vs 5.5 attempts
34.9%
90.2%
Free throw %
82.7%
61.0%
True shooting
TS%
62.6%
23.0%
Usage
USG%
31.6%
15.5%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
17.0%
4.9%
Rebound %
of available
18.6%
+4.0
Net rating
on court
+17.0
10.5%
PIE
player impact estimate
20.9%
+3.1
Plus-minus
per game
+10.7
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

Victor Wembanyama scored more in 2025-26, 4.2 points a game apart (25.0 vs 20.8), on Wembanyama's heavier usage (31.6% vs 23.0%).

Wembanyama is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 62.6% to 61.0%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Alexander-Walker (3.7 vs 3.1 assists), the glass to Wembanyama (11.5 vs 3.4 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Alexander-Walker played 14 more games (78 vs 64 of 82).

With Wembanyama on the floor his team outscored opponents by +17.0 per 100 possessions, against +4.0 for Alexander-Walker; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Alexander-Walker $14.4M through 2028-29, Wembanyama $16.9M through 2031-32. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Alexander-Walker
2025-26
Wembanyama
43-35
Record when playing
50-14
20.7
Points at home
26.3
20.9
Points on the road
23.6
20.5
Points in wins
25.5
21.2
Points in losses
23.1
41
Season high
41
10
30-point games
18
2
Double-doubles
42
Alexander-Walker · last 5
Wed, Oct 21 at ORL31 pts · 4 reb · 3 ast
Fri, Oct 16 at DAL25 pts · 3 reb · 5 ast
Mon, Oct 12 vs OKC16 pts · 6 reb · 5 ast
Thu, Oct 8 at SAS7 pts · 3 reb · 2 ast
Mon, Oct 5 vs MEM14 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Wembanyama · last 5
Tue, Oct 20 vs OKC12 pts · 13 reb · 3 ast
Fri, Oct 16 vs SAC14 pts · 8 reb · 2 ast
Wed, Oct 14 vs PHX19 pts · 5 reb · 3 ast
Mon, Oct 12 at UTA0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sat, Oct 10 at PHX13 pts · 7 reb · 6 ast
Alexander-Walker · contract
2026-27$14.4M
2027-28$15.2M
2028-29player option$15.9M
Wembanyama · contract
2026-27$16.9M
2027-28$43.5M
2028-29$47.0M
2029-30$50.5M
2030-31$53.9M
2031-32$57.4M

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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).