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Kel'el Ware vs top-10 defenses

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

Kel'el Ware has averaged 8.5 points and 7.7 rebounds per game in 25 games against top-10 defenses, vs 12.1 points and 9.1 rebounds in 42 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).

Vs top-10 defenses
8.5
points per game · 25 games
Vs everyone else
12.1
points per game · 42 games
Difference
−3.6
per game, top 10 minus everyone else

Career and by season

per game averages · 2025-26 to 2026-27 · regular season
Kel'el Ware per game averages against top-10 defenses and everyone else, career and by season
PeriodOpponentsGamesPTSREBAST3PMSTLBLKMINFG%FT%TS%eFG%PTS diff vs others
CareerTop 10258.57.70.81.00.61.020.746.7%88.9%55.2%53.3%−3.6
Everyone else4212.19.10.81.40.71.121.854.4%65.5%62.7%61.9%
2026-27Top 1024.08.50.00.00.01.016.820.0%100.0%25.2%20.0%−10.4
Everyone else514.48.81.01.20.80.820.350.9%70.6%59.5%56.6%
2025-26Top 10238.97.60.91.00.71.021.049.1%87.5%57.9%56.2%−2.9
Everyone else3711.89.20.81.40.71.122.054.9%63.4%63.2%62.7%

Every game against top-10 defenses

25 games · newest first · opponent's defensive rank that day
  1. Nov 2, 2026at MIN · No. 8 defense (prior season's final)2 pts, 9 reb, 0 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 2 blk · 17 min
  2. Oct 28, 2026vs HOU · No. 5 defense (prior season's final)6 pts, 8 reb, 0 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 17 min
  3. Apr 14, 2026at CHA · No. 10 defense (that season, games so far)12 pts, 19 reb, 4 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 5 blk · 42 min
  4. Apr 12, 2026vs ATL · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)16 pts, 7 reb, 1 ast · 4 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 29 min
  5. Apr 9, 2026at TOR · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)7 pts, 4 reb, 1 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 11 min
  6. Apr 7, 2026at TOR · No. 8 defense (that season, games so far)5 pts, 8 reb, 2 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 17 min
  7. Apr 1, 2026vs BOS · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)8 pts, 2 reb, 0 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 13 min
  8. Mar 23, 2026vs SAS · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)7 pts, 7 reb, 1 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 2 blk · 22 min
  9. Mar 21, 2026at HOU · No. 7 defense (that season, games so far)0 pts, 1 reb, 0 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 5 min
  10. Mar 14, 2026vs ORL · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)13 pts, 10 reb, 1 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 2 blk · 27 min
  11. Mar 8, 2026vs DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)12 pts, 6 reb, 0 ast · 0 3PM · 2 stl, 2 blk · 26 min
  12. Feb 28, 2026vs HOU · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)13 pts, 15 reb, 1 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 29 min
  13. Feb 6, 2026at BOS · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)2 pts, 5 reb, 0 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 10 min
  14. Jan 19, 2026at GSW · No. 7 defense (that season, games so far)15 pts, 4 reb, 2 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 18 min
  15. Jan 17, 2026vs OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)7 pts, 9 reb, 0 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 16 min
  16. Jan 13, 2026vs PHX · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)10 pts, 5 reb, 1 ast · 2 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 16 min
  17. Jan 11, 2026at OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)8 pts, 1 reb, 0 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 16 min
  18. Jan 6, 2026at MIN · No. 7 defense (that season, games so far)7 pts, 11 reb, 2 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 28 min
  19. Jan 3, 2026vs MIN · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)11 pts, 8 reb, 1 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 29 min
  20. Jan 1, 2026at DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)4 pts, 13 reb, 0 ast · 0 3PM · 2 stl, 2 blk · 27 min
  21. Dec 23, 2025vs TOR · No. 8 defense (that season, games so far)5 pts, 9 reb, 0 ast · 1 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 21 min
  22. Dec 9, 2025at ORL · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)4 pts, 6 reb, 0 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 12 min
  23. Dec 5, 2025at ORL · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)4 pts, 8 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 22 min
  24. Dec 3, 2025at DAL · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)22 pts, 10 reb, 2 ast · 4 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 25 min
  25. Nov 29, 2025vs DET · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)12 pts, 7 reb, 0 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 22 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 (7 games here, 60 games ranked on that season's games so far). Games are regular season; games he did not play are not counted. 18 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.