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AJ Green
Bucks · G · 26
AJ Green
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2025-26
D'Angelo Russell
Grizzlies · G · 30
D'Angelo Russell
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

AJ Green vs D'Angelo Russell

9-7categories
Green · Russell
AJ Green
Green
Bucks
2025-26
Russell
Grizzlies
D'Angelo Russell
78
Games
availability
26
29.1
Minutes
per game
19.0
10.4
Points
per game
10.2
2.7
Rebounds
per game
2.3
1.9
Assists
per game
4.0
0.6
Steals + blocks
per game
0.6
1.0
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
1.9
42.4%
Field goal %
40.5%
41.9%
Three-point %
7.1 vs 4.3 attempts
29.5%
85.5%
Free throw %
71.7%
62.7%
True shooting
TS%
51.1%
13.5%
Usage
USG%
26.1%
9.0%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
32.8%
4.6%
Rebound %
of available
5.7%
-3.6
Net rating
on court
-3.4
5.8%
PIE
player impact estimate
9.8%
-1.9
Plus-minus
per game
-1.6
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

AJ Green scored more in 2025-26, 0.2 points a game apart (10.4 vs 10.2), on Russell's heavier usage (26.1% vs 13.5%).

Green is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 62.7% to 51.1%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Russell (4.0 vs 1.9 assists), the glass to Green (2.7 vs 2.3 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Green played 52 more games (78 vs 26 of 82).

With Russell on the floor his team outscored opponents by -3.4 per 100 possessions, against -3.6 for Green; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Green — through —, Russell $6.0M through 2026-27. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Green
2025-26
Russell
31-47
Record when playing
9-17
10.7
Points at home
12.3
10.1
Points on the road
6.8
11.5
Points in wins
10.1
9.6
Points in losses
10.2
35
Season high
31
1
30-point games
1
0
Double-doubles
1

Last games & contracts

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Green · last 5
Sun, Apr 12 at PHI19 pts · 5 reb · 1 ast
Fri, Apr 10 vs BKN35 pts · 5 reb · 4 ast
Wed, Apr 8 at DET13 pts · 4 reb · 2 ast
Tue, Apr 7 at BKN20 pts · 6 reb · 1 ast
Sun, Apr 5 vs MEM6 pts · 1 reb · 1 ast
Russell · last 5
Sat, Jan 10 at CHI8 pts · 2 reb · 4 ast
Sat, Dec 27 at SAC7 pts · 0 reb · 4 ast
Tue, Dec 23 vs DEN9 pts · 2 reb · 4 ast
Sat, Dec 20 at PHI0 pts · 1 reb · 1 ast
Thu, Dec 18 vs DET4 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Green · contract
No contract on file (free agent, two-way, or not yet signed).
Russell · contract
2026-27player option$6.0M

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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).