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Tyler Kolek vs top-10 defenses

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

Tyler Kolek has averaged 3.7 points and 3.1 assists per game in 20 games against top-10 defenses, vs 5.2 points and 3.3 assists in 35 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).

Vs top-10 defenses
3.7
points per game · 20 games
Vs everyone else
5.2
points per game · 35 games
Difference
−1.5
per game, top 10 minus everyone else

Career and by season

Tyler Kolek per game averages against top-10 defenses and everyone else, career and by season
PeriodOpponentsGamesPTSREBAST3PMSTLBLKMINFG%FT%TS%eFG%PTS diff vs others
CareerTop 10203.72.13.10.40.60.012.738.5%100.0%45.9%43.6%−1.5
Everyone else355.21.63.31.00.30.112.544.9%70.0%56.7%56.1%
2026-27Top 1021.02.06.00.01.50.013.10.0%100.0%12.7%0.0%−3.3
Everyone else34.31.34.71.00.00.012.250.0%–65.0%65.0%
2025-26Top 10184.02.12.70.40.50.012.642.3%100.0%49.5%47.9%−1.3
Everyone else325.31.63.21.00.30.112.544.5%70.0%56.2%55.5%

Every game against top-10 defenses

  1. Oct 27, 2026vs DET · No. 2 defense (prior season's final)2 pts, 1 reb, 3 ast · 0 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 11 min
  2. Oct 25, 2026vs ORL · No. 10 defense (prior season's final)0 pts, 3 reb, 9 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 15 min
  3. Mar 31, 2026at HOU · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)0 pts, 1 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 2 min
  4. Mar 26, 2026at CHA · No. 10 defense (that season, games so far)0 pts, 1 reb, 0 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 6 min
  5. Mar 3, 2026at TOR · No. 7 defense (that season, games so far)0 pts, 0 reb, 0 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 1 min
  6. Mar 1, 2026vs SAS · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)0 pts, 0 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 3 min
  7. Feb 8, 2026at BOS · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)6 pts, 0 reb, 0 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 4 min
  8. Feb 6, 2026at DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)5 pts, 3 reb, 3 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 20 min
  9. Jan 28, 2026at TOR · No. 7 defense (that season, games so far)5 pts, 1 reb, 10 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 20 min
  10. Jan 17, 2026vs PHX · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)2 pts, 1 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 17 min
  11. Jan 15, 2026at GSW · No. 7 defense (that season, games so far)0 pts, 2 reb, 5 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 11 min
  12. Jan 9, 2026at PHX · No. 8 defense (that season, games so far)2 pts, 2 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 10 min
  13. Jan 5, 2026at DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)9 pts, 3 reb, 1 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 19 min
  14. Dec 31, 2025at SAS · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)3 pts, 3 reb, 6 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 15 min
  15. Dec 23, 2025at MIN · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)20 pts, 11 reb, 8 ast · 2 3PM · 3 stl, 0 blk · 31 min
  16. Dec 21, 2025vs MIA · No. 3 defense (that season, games so far)6 pts, 4 reb, 3 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 22 min
  17. Dec 13, 2025at ORL · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)4 pts, 3 reb, 4 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 16 min
  18. Dec 9, 2025at TOR · No. 8 defense (that season, games so far)2 pts, 1 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 8 min
  19. Dec 7, 2025vs ORL · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)2 pts, 0 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 8 min
  20. Nov 30, 2025vs TOR · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)6 pts, 2 reb, 3 ast · 0 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 14 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, 50 games ranked on that season's games so far). Games are regular season; games he did not play are not counted. 12 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.