Kyrie Irving vs top defenses
Kyrie Irving has averaged 21.7 points and 5.0 assists per game in 3 games against top-5 defenses, vs 21.0 points and 4.5 assists in 2 games against everyone else (2026-27, regular season).
- Vs top-5 defenses
- 21.7
- points per game · 3 games
- Vs everyone else
- 21.0
- points per game · 2 games
- Difference
- +0.7
- per game, top 5 minus everyone else
Career and by season
| Period | Opponents | Games | PTS | REB | AST | 3PM | STL | BLK | MIN | FG% | FT% | TS% | eFG% | PTS diff vs others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | Top 5 | 3 | 21.7 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 28.5 | 57.1% | 100.0% | 71.4% | 67.9% | +0.7 |
| Everyone else | 2 | 21.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 28.8 | 46.9% | 100.0% | 61.4% | 57.8% | ||
| 2026-27 | Top 5 | 3 | 21.7 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 28.5 | 57.1% | 100.0% | 71.4% | 67.9% | +0.7 |
| Everyone else | 2 | 21.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 28.8 | 46.9% | 100.0% | 61.4% | 57.8% |
Every game against top-5 defenses
- Oct 30, 2026vs HOU · No. 5 defense (prior season's final)35 pts, 4 reb, 9 ast · 5 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 35 min
- Oct 28, 2026vs OKC · No. 1 defense (prior season's final)15 pts, 2 reb, 4 ast · 3 3PM · 2 stl, 2 blk · 27 min
- Oct 21, 2026at HOU · No. 5 defense (prior season's final)15 pts, 4 reb, 2 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 24 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 (5 games here, 0 games ranked on that season's games so far). Games are regular season; games he did not play are not counted. TS% = PTS ÷ (2 × (FGA + 0.44 × FTA)); eFG% = (FGM + 0.5 × 3PM) ÷ FGA; both from totals for each row. Past results, not a projection.