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Luke Kennard vs top defenses

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

Luke Kennard has averaged 7.7 points and 3.2 assists per game in 15 games against top-5 defenses, vs 8.7 points and 1.9 assists in 52 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).

Vs top-5 defenses
7.7
points per game · 15 games
Vs everyone else
8.7
points per game · 52 games
Difference
−1.0
per game, top 5 minus everyone else

Career and by season

Luke Kennard per game averages against top-5 defenses and everyone else, career and by season
PeriodOpponentsGamesPTSREBAST3PMSTLBLKMINFG%FT%TS%eFG%PTS diff vs others
CareerTop 5157.72.93.21.50.50.122.648.2%91.7%64.2%61.8%−1.0
Everyone else528.72.21.91.50.60.120.756.2%91.3%72.1%69.9%
2026-27Top 519.01.02.03.00.00.016.160.0%–90.0%90.0%+0.3
Everyone else38.72.31.32.00.30.016.150.0%100.0%73.2%68.8%
2025-26Top 5147.63.13.31.40.60.123.147.5%91.7%62.7%60.0%−1.1
Everyone else498.72.22.01.50.70.120.956.5%90.5%72.0%69.9%

Every game against top-5 defenses

  1. Oct 26, 2026at OKC · No. 1 defense (prior season's final)9 pts, 1 reb, 2 ast · 3 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 16 min
  2. Apr 7, 2026vs OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)10 pts, 2 reb, 9 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 23 min
  3. Apr 2, 2026at OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)7 pts, 4 reb, 3 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 33 min
  4. Mar 23, 2026at DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)6 pts, 3 reb, 2 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 28 min
  5. Mar 19, 2026at MIA · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)0 pts, 2 reb, 0 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 13 min
  6. Feb 10, 2026vs SAS · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)14 pts, 2 reb, 5 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 28 min
  7. Feb 9, 2026vs OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)7 pts, 1 reb, 1 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 24 min
  8. Feb 3, 2026at MIA · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)12 pts, 5 reb, 1 ast · 4 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 23 min
  9. Jan 29, 2026vs HOU · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)0 pts, 7 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 1 blk · 16 min
  10. Jan 23, 2026vs PHX · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)9 pts, 6 reb, 4 ast · 3 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 23 min
  11. Jan 5, 2026at TOR · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)10 pts, 0 reb, 4 ast · 3 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 22 min
  12. Dec 31, 2025vs MIN · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)15 pts, 6 reb, 5 ast · 2 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 27 min
  13. Dec 29, 2025at OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)12 pts, 4 reb, 5 ast · 3 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 31 min
  14. Dec 12, 2025at DET · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)0 pts, 0 reb, 3 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 15 min
  15. Dec 1, 2025at DET · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)5 pts, 1 reb, 3 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 17 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 (4 games here, 63 games ranked on that season's games so far). Games are regular season; games he did not play are not counted. 15 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.