Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Bronny James vs Mark Sears

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James · Sears

2026-27 has too few games to compare these two yet, so this page shows 2025-26, the last full season for both.

James

Lakers

2025-26

Sears

Free agent

Games

availability

8.9

Minutes

per game

3.7

2.9

Points

per game

3.1

0.5

Rebounds

per game

0.3

1.2

Assists

per game

0.3

0.6

Steals + blocks

per game

0.0

0.6

Turnovers

per game · lower is better

0.6

40.9%

Field goal %

46.2%

38.6%

Three-point %

1.4 vs 1.1 attempts

50.0%

85.7%

Free throw %

75.0%

51.7%

True shooting

TS%

66.6%

16.3%

Usage

USG%

34.4%

19.5%

Assist %

of teammates' baskets

12.5%

3.2%

Rebound %

of available

4.9%

-8.0

Net rating

on court

+21.4

5.8%

PIE

player impact estimate

7.8%

-1.0

Plus-minus

per game

+1.7

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

Mark Sears scored more in 2025-26, 0.2 points a game apart (3.1 vs 2.9), on Sears's heavier usage (34.4% vs 16.3%).

Sears is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 66.6% to 51.7%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to James (1.2 vs 0.3 assists), the glass to James (0.5 vs 0.3 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: James played 35 more games (42 vs 7 of 82).

With Sears on the floor his team outscored opponents by +21.4 per 100 possessions, against -8.0 for James; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: James $2.3M through 2027-28, Sears — through —. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs

James

2025-26

Sears

24-18

Record when playing

1-6

2.1

Points at home

1.8

4.1

Points on the road

5.0

2.5

Points in wins

0.0

3.4

Points in losses

3.7

Season high

30-point games

Double-doubles

Last games & contracts

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James · last 5

Wed, Nov 4 at SAC0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast

Mon, Nov 2 vs MIA2 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast

Sun, Nov 1 vs TOR0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast

Fri, Oct 30 at GSW0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast

Wed, Oct 28 at LAC0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast

Sears · last 5

Mon, Nov 24 vs POR3 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast

Sat, Nov 22 vs DET0 pts · 1 reb · 1 ast

Sat, Nov 15 vs LAL4 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast

Fri, Nov 14 vs CHA0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast

Wed, Nov 12 at CHA7 pts · 0 reb · 1 ast

James · contract

2026-27$2.3M

2027-28team option$2.5M

Sears · 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).

James · Sears · from the live data

Their teams right now

Los Angeles LakersBronny James's team

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