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Paul George vs top-10 defenses

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

Paul George has averaged 18.1 points and 5.5 rebounds per game in 13 games against top-10 defenses, vs 18.1 points and 5.5 rebounds in 28 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).

Vs top-10 defenses
18.1
points per game · 13 games
Vs everyone else
18.1
points per game · 28 games
Difference
0.0
per game, top 10 minus everyone else

Career and by season

Paul George per game averages against top-10 defenses and everyone else, career and by season
PeriodOpponentsGamesPTSREBAST3PMSTLBLKMINFG%FT%TS%eFG%PTS diff vs others
CareerTop 101318.15.53.73.22.10.433.141.8%80.0%56.3%52.6%0.0
Everyone else2818.15.53.92.61.70.430.645.5%87.7%58.0%54.7%
2026-27Top 10323.36.04.34.33.00.732.548.0%90.0%64.3%61.0%+5.3
Everyone else318.06.05.72.01.70.029.444.4%88.9%55.1%51.1%
2025-26Top 101016.55.33.52.81.80.333.339.6%77.1%53.4%49.6%−1.6
Everyone else2518.15.43.72.71.70.430.845.7%87.5%58.4%55.2%

Every game against top-10 defenses

  1. Nov 1, 2026at ORL · No. 10 defense (prior season's final)17 pts, 6 reb, 8 ast · 3 3PM · 2 stl, 2 blk · 33 min
  2. Oct 23, 2026vs NYK · No. 6 defense (prior season's final)15 pts, 7 reb, 2 ast · 3 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 34 min
  3. Oct 20, 2026at DET · No. 2 defense (prior season's final)38 pts, 5 reb, 3 ast · 7 3PM · 5 stl, 0 blk · 31 min
  4. Apr 9, 2026at HOU · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)7 pts, 4 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 24 min
  5. Apr 6, 2026at SAS · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)16 pts, 4 reb, 4 ast · 4 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 38 min
  6. Apr 4, 2026vs DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)20 pts, 5 reb, 4 ast · 3 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 28 min
  7. Apr 3, 2026vs MIN · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)23 pts, 6 reb, 6 ast · 3 3PM · 4 stl, 1 blk · 38 min
  8. Mar 30, 2026at MIA · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)19 pts, 4 reb, 2 ast · 4 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 35 min
  9. Mar 28, 2026at CHA · No. 10 defense (that season, games so far)26 pts, 13 reb, 2 ast · 4 3PM · 4 stl, 1 blk · 36 min
  10. Jan 22, 2026vs HOU · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)10 pts, 6 reb, 4 ast · 2 3PM · 3 stl, 1 blk · 37 min
  11. Jan 12, 2026at TOR · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)15 pts, 4 reb, 6 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 29 min
  12. Dec 30, 2025at MEM · No. 8 defense (that season, games so far)17 pts, 3 reb, 3 ast · 3 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 39 min
  13. Dec 28, 2025at OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)12 pts, 4 reb, 3 ast · 4 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 29 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 (6 games here, 35 games ranked on that season's games so far). Games are regular season; games he did not play are not counted. 3 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.