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Brandon Miller
Hornets · F · 23
Brandon Miller
vs
2025-26
Cooper Flagg
Mavericks · F · 19
Cooper Flagg
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Brandon Miller vs Cooper Flagg

6-11categories
Miller · Flagg

Brandon Miller: Day-To-Day (Shoulder · Arm · Left).

MillerFlagg
65Games
availability
70
30.3Minutes
per game
33.5
20.2Points
per game
21.0
4.9Rebounds
per game
6.7
3.3Assists
per game
4.5
1.7Steals + blocks
per game
2.1
2.5Turnovers
per game · lower is better
2.3
43.5%Field goal %46.8%
38.3%Three-point %
8.2 vs 3.5 attempts
29.5%
89.2%Free throw %82.7%
57.4%True shooting
TS%
54.8%
27.2%Usage
USG%
26.4%
17.3%Assist %
of teammates' baskets
21.2%
7.8%Rebound %
of available
9.3%
+8.5Net rating
on court
-5.2
11.3%PIE
player impact estimate
12.8%
+5.7Plus-minus
per game
-3.8

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

Cooper Flagg scored more in 2025-26, 0.8 points a game apart (21.0 vs 20.2), on Miller's heavier usage (27.2% vs 26.4%).

Miller is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 57.4% to 54.8%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Flagg (4.5 vs 3.3 assists), the glass to Flagg (6.7 vs 4.9 rebounds).

With Miller on the floor his team outscored opponents by +8.5 per 100 possessions, against -5.2 for Flagg; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Miller $15.1M through 2026-27, Flagg $14.5M through 2028-29. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
MillerFlagg
41-24Record when playing22-48
21.2Points at home21.7
19.0Points on the road20.3
21.0Points in wins22.4
18.7Points in losses20.4
33Season high51
530-point games11
3Double-doubles13
Miller · last 5
Sun, Apr 12 at NYK19 pts · 3 reb · 2 ast
Fri, Apr 10 vs DET22 pts · 3 reb · 0 ast
Tue, Apr 7 at BOS20 pts · 0 reb · 2 ast
Sun, Apr 5 at MIN7 pts · 6 reb · 3 ast
Fri, Apr 3 vs IND22 pts · 6 reb · 3 ast
Flagg · last 5
Sun, Apr 12 vs CHI10 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Fri, Apr 10 at SAS33 pts · 6 reb · 5 ast
Wed, Apr 8 at PHX11 pts · 11 reb · 6 ast
Tue, Apr 7 at LAC25 pts · 9 reb · 2 ast
Sun, Apr 5 vs LAL45 pts · 8 reb · 9 ast
Miller · contract
2026-27$15.1M
Flagg · contract
2026-27$14.5M
2027-28$15.2M
2028-29$19.2M

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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).