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Aaron Holiday
Free agent · G · 29
Aaron Holiday
vs
2025-26
Dru Smith
Heat · G · 28
Dru Smith
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Aaron Holiday vs Dru Smith

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Holiday · Smith
Aaron Holiday
Holiday
Free agent
2025-26
Smith
Heat
Dru Smith
57
Games
availability
70
13.7
Minutes
per game
16.3
5.5
Points
per game
5.6
1.0
Rebounds
per game
2.5
1.1
Assists
per game
2.6
0.6
Steals + blocks
per game
1.7
0.7
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
0.8
41.7%
Field goal %
41.5%
39.4%
Three-point %
3.0 vs 1.8 attempts
29.5%
85.4%
Free throw %
82.9%
57.8%
True shooting
TS%
53.2%
15.9%
Usage
USG%
14.2%
10.5%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
21.4%
3.5%
Rebound %
of available
6.6%
+8.3
Net rating
on court
-3.2
6.3%
PIE
player impact estimate
9.1%
+2.3
Plus-minus
per game
-1.2
Bars show each player's share of the pair's total; the better number is in the club's color (turnovers: fewer is better).

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

Dru Smith scored more in 2025-26, 0.1 points a game apart (5.6 vs 5.5), on Holiday's heavier usage (15.9% vs 14.2%).

Holiday is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 57.8% to 53.2%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Smith (2.6 vs 1.1 assists), the glass to Smith (2.5 vs 1.0 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Smith played 13 more games (70 vs 57 of 82).

With Holiday on the floor his team outscored opponents by +8.3 per 100 possessions, against -3.2 for Smith; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Holiday — through —, Smith $2.6M through 2027-28. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Holiday
2025-26
Smith
38-19
Record when playing
38-32
4.9
Points at home
5.9
6.1
Points on the road
5.4
6.4
Points in wins
6.1
3.6
Points in losses
5.1
22
Season high
13
0
30-point games
0
0
Double-doubles
0
Holiday · last 5
Fri, May 1 vs LAL2 pts · 1 reb · 2 ast
Wed, Apr 29 at LAL5 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sun, Apr 26 vs LAL9 pts · 0 reb · 1 ast
Fri, Apr 24 vs LAL0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Tue, Apr 21 at LAL0 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Smith · last 5
Wed, Oct 21 vs MIN0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Fri, Oct 16 at ORL0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Oct 14 vs BKN0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sat, Oct 10 vs MIN0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Thu, Oct 8 vs NOP0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Holiday · contract
No contract on file (free agent, two-way, or not yet signed).
Smith · contract
2026-27$2.6M
2027-28team option$2.9M

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Per-game numbers and percentages are 2025-26 regular season from stats.nba.com; splits and last games from our own game logs; contract figures are cap hits from public salary data and can lag a signing by a day. Bold marks the better number in each row (turnovers: fewer is better).