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14
Pelicans · G · 21
AJ Johnson
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2025-26
2
Free agent · G-F · 29
Amir Coffey
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

AJ Johnson vs Amir Coffey

6-9categories
Johnson · Coffey
14
Johnson
Pelicans
2025-26
Coffey
Free agent
2
48
Games
availability
46
9.4
Minutes
per game
10.7
3.3
Points
per game
3.2
1.1
Rebounds
per game
1.2
1.0
Assists
per game
0.6
0.3
Steals + blocks
per game
0.3
0.6
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
0.2
32.4%
Field goal %
48.7%
21.1%
Three-point %
1.2 vs 1.1 attempts
34.7%
85.0%
Free throw %
78.6%
41.3%
True shooting
TS%
59.4%
19.5%
Usage
USG%
11.7%
15.1%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
7.6%
5.7%
Rebound %
of available
5.7%
-6.4
Net rating
on court
-2.2
4.5%
PIE
player impact estimate
6.8%
-1.1
Plus-minus
per game
-0.7
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 Johnson scored more in 2025-26, 0.1 points a game apart (3.3 vs 3.2), on Johnson's heavier usage (19.5% vs 11.7%).

Coffey is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 59.4% to 41.3%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Johnson (1.0 vs 0.6 assists), the glass to Coffey (1.2 vs 1.1 rebounds).

With Coffey on the floor his team outscored opponents by -2.2 per 100 possessions, against -6.4 for Johnson; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Johnson $3.2M through 2027-28, Coffey — through —. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Johnson
2025-26
Coffey
9-39
Record when playing
20-26
5.1
Points at home
4.1
2.0
Points on the road
2.1
5.3
Points in wins
3.4
2.9
Points in losses
3.2
20
Season high
17
0
30-point games
0
0
Double-doubles
0
Johnson · last 5
Wed, Oct 21 vs IND0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Fri, Oct 16 vs WAS2 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Oct 14 at DAL8 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Thu, Oct 8 at MIA0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sun, Apr 12 vs CHI20 pts · 1 reb · 1 ast
Coffey · last 5
Mon, Apr 27 vs OKC0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sat, Apr 25 vs OKC0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Apr 22 at OKC0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sun, Apr 19 at OKC0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sun, Apr 12 at OKC17 pts · 3 reb · 3 ast
Johnson · contract
2026-27$3.2M
2027-28$5.5M
Coffey · contract
No contract on file (free agent, two-way, or not yet signed).

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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).