Peyton Watson vs top defenses
Peyton Watson has averaged 14.3 points and 3.5 rebounds per game in 8 games against top-5 defenses, vs 16.4 points and 5.1 rebounds in 35 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).
- Vs top-5 defenses
- 14.3
- points per game · 8 games
- Vs everyone else
- 16.4
- points per game · 35 games
- Difference
- −2.1
- 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 | 8 | 14.3 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 32.8 | 45.7% | 80.0% | 55.3% | 51.1% | −2.1 |
| Everyone else | 35 | 16.4 | 5.1 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 30.6 | 47.5% | 72.5% | 58.1% | 54.2% | ||
| 2026-27 | Top 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Everyone else | 6 | 10.8 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 28.6 | 37.1% | 78.9% | 46.2% | 40.3% | ||
| 2025-26 | Top 5 | 8 | 14.3 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 32.8 | 45.7% | 80.0% | 55.3% | 51.1% | −3.3 |
| Everyone else | 29 | 17.6 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 31.0 | 49.3% | 71.6% | 60.0% | 56.6% |
Every game against top-5 defenses
- Feb 3, 2026at DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)17 pts, 3 reb, 2 ast · 0 3PM · 2 stl, 3 blk · 38 min
- Feb 1, 2026vs OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)29 pts, 5 reb, 3 ast · 5 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 38 min
- Jan 27, 2026vs DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)13 pts, 3 reb, 3 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 3 blk · 37 min
- Dec 29, 2025at MIA · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)11 pts, 2 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 32 min
- Dec 25, 2025vs MIN · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)9 pts, 4 reb, 0 ast · 1 3PM · 3 stl, 0 blk · 42 min
- Dec 15, 2025vs HOU · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)5 pts, 0 reb, 0 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 6 min
- Dec 1, 2025vs DAL · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)15 pts, 5 reb, 3 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 3 blk · 35 min
- Nov 28, 2025vs SAS · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)15 pts, 6 reb, 3 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 34 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, 37 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.