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

Bryce McGowens vs Jared McCain

8-9categories
McGowens · McCain

McGowens

Pelicans

2025-26

McCain

Thunder

Games

availability

21.0

Minutes

per game

17.3

8.1

Points

per game

8.3

2.1

Rebounds

per game

2.0

1.5

Assists

per game

1.3

0.8

Steals + blocks

per game

0.6

0.4

Turnovers

per game · lower is better

0.8

48.1%

Field goal %

42.5%

40.9%

Three-point %

2.2 vs 3.8 attempts

38.5%

77.9%

Free throw %

86.4%

61.0%

True shooting

TS%

55.1%

13.6%

Usage

USG%

19.8%

9.1%

Assist %

of teammates' baskets

11.1%

4.7%

Rebound %

of available

5.6%

-3.6

Net rating

on court

+4.6

6.7%

PIE

player impact estimate

7.9%

-1.7

Plus-minus

per game

+1.9

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

Jared McCain scored more in 2025-26, 0.2 points a game apart (8.3 vs 8.1), on McCain's heavier usage (19.8% vs 13.6%).

McGowens is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 61.0% to 55.1%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to McGowens (1.5 vs 1.3 assists), the glass to McGowens (2.1 vs 2.0 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: McCain played 25 more games (67 vs 42 of 82).

With McCain on the floor his team outscored opponents by +4.6 per 100 possessions, against -3.6 for McGowens; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: McGowens $2.6M through 2027-28, McCain $4.4M through 2027-28. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs

McGowens

2025-26

McCain

14-28

Record when playing

46-21

7.8

Points at home

7.7

8.4

Points on the road

9.0

9.5

Points in wins

8.4

7.4

Points in losses

8.2

Season high

30-point games

Double-doubles

Last games & contracts

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McGowens · last 5

Fri, Oct 16 vs WAS5 pts · 2 reb · 1 ast

Wed, Oct 14 at DAL4 pts · 1 reb · 1 ast

Thu, Oct 8 at MIA1 pts · 3 reb · 7 ast

Tue, Oct 6 at OKC7 pts · 1 reb · 1 ast

Sun, Mar 8 vs WAS4 pts · 1 reb · 3 ast

McCain · last 5

Tue, Oct 20 at SAS20 pts · 2 reb · 2 ast

Thu, Oct 15 at HOU8 pts · 6 reb · 0 ast

Tue, Oct 13 vs IND20 pts · 2 reb · 2 ast

Wed, Oct 7 vs MIL11 pts · 1 reb · 2 ast

Tue, Oct 6 vs NOP12 pts · 1 reb · 5 ast

McGowens · contract

2026-27$2.6M

2027-28$2.9M

McCain · contract

2026-27$4.4M

2027-28$6.8M

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McCain vs
Luguentz Dort · Luke Kennard · Kentavious Caldwell-Pope · Bones Hyland

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).