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Jose Alvarado vs top-10 defenses

NYK · 2025-26 to 2026-27 · regular season

Jose Alvarado has averaged 6.9 points and 3.1 assists per game in 17 games against top-10 defenses, vs 7.2 points and 3.6 assists in 38 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).

Vs top-10 defenses
6.9
points per game · 17 games
Vs everyone else
7.2
points per game · 38 games
Difference
−0.3
per game, top 10 minus everyone else

Career and by season

Jose Alvarado per game averages against top-10 defenses and everyone else, career and by season
PeriodOpponentsGamesPTSREBAST3PMSTLBLKMINFG%FT%TS%eFG%PTS diff vs others
CareerTop 10176.92.63.11.30.90.117.542.7%53.8%53.8%53.4%−0.3
Everyone else387.22.23.61.51.00.220.041.2%85.0%54.2%52.7%
2026-27Top 1012.02.02.00.01.00.010.850.0%–50.0%50.0%−2.0
Everyone else24.01.51.51.01.00.512.637.5%–50.0%50.0%
2025-26Top 10167.22.63.21.40.90.117.942.6%53.8%53.9%53.5%−0.2
Everyone else367.42.23.71.51.00.220.441.3%85.0%54.3%52.8%

Every game against top-10 defenses

  1. Oct 23, 2026at BOS · No. 4 defense (prior season's final)2 pts, 2 reb, 2 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 11 min
  2. Apr 10, 2026vs TOR · No. 7 defense (that season, games so far)12 pts, 5 reb, 2 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 18 min
  3. Mar 31, 2026at HOU · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)12 pts, 1 reb, 2 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 12 min
  4. Mar 29, 2026at OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)8 pts, 3 reb, 4 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 17 min
  5. Mar 26, 2026at CHA · No. 10 defense (that season, games so far)0 pts, 0 reb, 0 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 5 min
  6. Mar 4, 2026vs OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)3 pts, 0 reb, 2 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 12 min
  7. Mar 3, 2026at TOR · No. 7 defense (that season, games so far)4 pts, 1 reb, 5 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 17 min
  8. Mar 1, 2026vs SAS · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)3 pts, 3 reb, 5 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 17 min
  9. Feb 21, 2026vs HOU · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)8 pts, 1 reb, 4 ast · 2 3PM · 5 stl, 0 blk · 20 min
  10. Feb 19, 2026vs DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)6 pts, 4 reb, 5 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 20 min
  11. Feb 8, 2026at BOS · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)12 pts, 2 reb, 2 ast · 2 3PM · 2 stl, 1 blk · 25 min
  12. Jan 27, 2026at OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)8 pts, 3 reb, 4 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 20 min
  13. Jan 25, 2026at SAS · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)6 pts, 5 reb, 1 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 13 min
  14. Jan 4, 2026at MIA · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)6 pts, 6 reb, 3 ast · 2 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 20 min
  15. Dec 22, 2025vs DAL · No. 10 defense (that season, games so far)6 pts, 2 reb, 3 ast · 2 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 16 min
  16. Dec 18, 2025vs HOU · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)7 pts, 3 reb, 6 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 30 min
  17. Dec 2, 2025vs MIN · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)14 pts, 3 reb, 3 ast · 4 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 25 min

What counts: a team's defensive rating is 100 × the points its opponents scored ÷ possessions, with possessions = FGA + 0.44*FTA - OREB + TOV, mean of both teams. A game's rank uses only games played before that date. Until every team has 15 games, the prior season's final ranks are used (3 games here, 52 games ranked on that season's games so far). Games are regular season; games he did not play are not counted. 17 games where the opponent's rank could not be determined are left out of both columns. TS% = PTS ÷ (2 × (FGA + 0.44 × FTA)); eFG% = (FGM + 0.5 × 3PM) ÷ FGA; both from totals for each row. Past results, not a projection.