San Antonio defied expectations with a 28-game improvement over last season. These key figures highlight the campaign that ended with the No. 2 seed in the West.
SAN ANTONIO — Anyone who watched the Spurs this season – especially down the stretch, when they torched opponents for a 30-4 mark in their last 34 games – will tell you they looked like an NBA team on a mission to prove the only preseason expectations that truly mattered were their own.
Lucky for them, we don’t just have the on-court flair to go by. The numbers back up their success.
Here’s a big one: 28. As in, a 28-game regular-season improvement over 2024-25—good for the third-biggest turnaround in franchise history.
And as the Silver & Black prepare to embark on their first playoffs in seven years – a number San Antonio will be more than happy to see return to 0 when they tip off against the Trail Blazers on Sunday – we’re breaking down the key figures that defined what was a remarkable regular season.
Whether you’re building your own personal catalogue of Spurs knowledge or want to look like the smartest guy in the room at the playoff watch party, these are the numbers that tell the story of the Spurs’ regular season.
3.1
Victor Wembanyama’s blocks per game in a year when the question about his Defensive Player of the Year case isn’t whether he will win it, but whether it will be unanimous. Wembanyama played in 64 games this year and finished with five or more blocks 17 times.
Per the NBA, Wemby is just the third player in history to lead the league in blocks in three straight seasons. The others: Marcus Camby and Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, who each led the league for a four-season stretch in the 2000s and 90s, respectively.
42
The number of times this season the Spurs won by at least 10 points, meaning about two in every three wins weren’t exactly nail-biters.
San Antonio was a scoring machine, finishing with an offensive rating (referring to points per 100 possessions) of 118.7—tied with the Knicks for third in the NBA. Only the Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets scored at a more efficient clip.
110.4
The Spurs’ defensive rating for the season, also third in the NBA (behind just the Thunder and Pistons). The level of San Antonio’s tenacity on both sides of the ball was unmatched in the 2025-26 campaign; they’re the only team to have finished in the top three in both offensive and defensive rating, a testament to their playmaking, consistency and coaching.
17.5
The number of wins by which the Spurs beat their preseason projects from Basketball Reference. By that metric, the Silver & Black were the most overachieving team in the NBA this season.
Not a bad way to start the next chapter of the Wembanyama Era.
5
The number of triple-doubles recorded by Stephon Castle this season, including his historic February outing against Dallas in which he tallied 40 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists while shooting just under 80% from the field.
As it so happens, those five triple-doubles account for all five that Castle has amassed in his young career so far. Castle’s 16.7 points per game and 7.4 assists per game also led all second-year players.
Just two years into his career, he’s cemented himself as a perfect running mate for Wembanyama—and not just because of the uncanny perfection of their “Area 51” nickname.
25.0
The points-per-48-minutes average that rookie Dylan Harper finished with this season. Just four first-years had more, including Rookie of the Year frontrunners Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel.
The figure is notable: While Harper, unlike other players picked early in the 2025 NBA Draft, largely came off the bench this season, it provides a more accurate look at his quick adjustment to the NBA and his potential as a cog in the dynasty the Spurs hope to be starting.
2.43 billion and 4
Those two figure are markers of Wembanyama’s ascendance to NBA superstardom, making good on his hype as a “generational prospect” from when he was drafted.
Wemby highlights were viewed 2.43 billion times on social media this season, according to the NBA; that made him the second-most viewed player online in the league, behind only LeBron James. And he was fourth in jersey sales in the league this season, behind Steph Curry, Luka Doncic and Jalen Brunson.
Those numbers partially reflect the on-court success. But they’re also a harbinger of how the eyes of the league and its fans are turning back to San Antonio in a way they perhaps haven’t since the Big Three Era.
60.3
The combined points-per-game average of Wembanyama (25.0), De’Aaron Fox (18.6) and Castle (16.7) this season. Those three Spurs all finished the season in the top 50 across the NBA in scoring, making them one of seven teams boasting at least three such players (Boston, Cleveland, New York, Houston, Toronto and Charlotte, which had four players).
4
The number of wins the Spurs need to get in the first round of the playoffs to advance on the Western Conference side of the bracket. Tipoff in Game 1 against the Portland Trail Blazers is Sunday at 8 p.m. CT.