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Ajay Mitchell
Thunder · G · 24
Ajay Mitchell
vs
2025-26
23
Grizzlies · G · 22
Cedric Coward
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Ajay Mitchell vs Cedric Coward

11-3categories
Mitchell · Coward

Ajay Mitchell: Day-To-Day (Calf · Leg · Right).

Ajay Mitchell
Mitchell
Thunder
2025-26
Coward
Grizzlies
23
57
Games
availability
62
25.8
Minutes
per game
25.8
13.6
Points
per game
13.6
3.3
Rebounds
per game
5.9
3.6
Assists
per game
2.8
1.5
Steals + blocks
per game
1.0
1.4
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
1.7
48.5%
Field goal %
47.1%
34.7%
Three-point %
3.1 vs 4.4 attempts
33.8%
87.0%
Free throw %
84.3%
58.5%
True shooting
TS%
58.5%
21.0%
Usage
USG%
20.7%
19.4%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
15.4%
6.2%
Rebound %
of available
10.6%
+15.6
Net rating
on court
+0.3
11.6%
PIE
player impact estimate
11.0%
+8.8
Plus-minus
per game
+0.4
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

Cedric Coward scored more in 2025-26, 0.0 points a game apart (13.6 vs 13.6), on Mitchell's heavier usage (21.0% vs 20.7%).

Efficiency is a wash: true shooting within a point of each other (58.5% vs 58.5%).

Playmaking goes to Mitchell (3.6 vs 2.8 assists), the glass to Coward (5.9 vs 3.3 rebounds).

With Mitchell on the floor his team outscored opponents by +15.6 per 100 possessions, against +0.3 for Coward; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Mitchell $2.9M through 2027-28, Coward $6.0M through 2028-29. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Mitchell
2025-26
Coward
50-7
Record when playing
20-42
13.4
Points at home
15.2
13.8
Points on the road
11.8
13.7
Points in wins
14.9
13.0
Points in losses
13.0
26
Season high
28
0
30-point games
0
1
Double-doubles
7

Last games & contracts

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Mitchell · last 5
Fri, May 22 at SAS2 pts · 5 reb · 1 ast
Wed, May 20 vs SAS10 pts · 0 reb · 2 ast
Mon, May 18 vs SAS4 pts · 4 reb · 5 ast
Mon, May 11 at LAL28 pts · 3 reb · 4 ast
Sat, May 9 at LAL24 pts · 4 reb · 10 ast
Coward · last 5
Wed, Apr 8 at DEN27 pts · 6 reb · 2 ast
Mon, Apr 6 vs CLE12 pts · 5 reb · 3 ast
Fri, Apr 3 vs TOR15 pts · 2 reb · 1 ast
Wed, Apr 1 vs NYK15 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Mon, Mar 30 vs PHX7 pts · 3 reb · 3 ast
Mitchell · contract
2026-27$2.9M
2027-28team option$2.9M
Coward · contract
2026-27$6.0M
2027-28$6.3M
2028-29$8.3M

More comparisons

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Mitchell vs
Cedric Coward · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Reed Sheppard · Quentin Grimes
Coward vs
Ajay Mitchell · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Reed Sheppard · Quentin Grimes

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).