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

Cedric Coward vs Jalen Suggs

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Coward · Suggs
23
Coward
Grizzlies
2025-26
Suggs
Magic
Jalen Suggs
62
Games
availability
57
25.8
Minutes
per game
27.6
13.6
Points
per game
13.8
5.9
Rebounds
per game
3.9
2.8
Assists
per game
5.5
1.0
Steals + blocks
per game
2.5
1.7
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
2.7
47.1%
Field goal %
43.5%
33.8%
Three-point %
4.4 vs 6.3 attempts
33.9%
84.3%
Free throw %
85.5%
58.5%
True shooting
TS%
56.1%
20.7%
Usage
USG%
22.0%
15.4%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
28.4%
10.6%
Rebound %
of available
6.8%
+0.3
Net rating
on court
+5.2
11.0%
PIE
player impact estimate
11.0%
+0.4
Plus-minus
per game
+3.2
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

Jalen Suggs scored more in 2025-26, 0.2 points a game apart (13.8 vs 13.6), on Suggs's heavier usage (22.0% vs 20.7%).

Coward is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 58.5% to 56.1%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Suggs (5.5 vs 2.8 assists), the glass to Coward (5.9 vs 3.9 rebounds).

With Suggs on the floor his team outscored opponents by +5.2 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: Coward $6.0M through 2028-29, Suggs $32.4M through 2029-30. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Coward
2025-26
Suggs
20-42
Record when playing
34-23
15.2
Points at home
14.6
11.8
Points on the road
12.8
14.9
Points in wins
14.3
13.0
Points in losses
13.0
28
Season high
28
0
30-point games
0
7
Double-doubles
4
Coward · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 vs CHA13 pts · 5 reb · 4 ast
Fri, Oct 9 at CHI2 pts · 2 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Oct 7 vs ORL8 pts · 4 reb · 3 ast
Mon, Oct 5 at ATL9 pts · 5 reb · 4 ast
Wed, Apr 8 at DEN27 pts · 6 reb · 2 ast
Suggs · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 vs MIA8 pts · 3 reb · 4 ast
Tue, Oct 13 vs CLE9 pts · 5 reb · 2 ast
Sun, Oct 11 at CLE0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Oct 7 at MEM0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sun, May 3 at DET6 pts · 4 reb · 4 ast
Coward · contract
2026-27$6.0M
2027-28$6.3M
2028-29$8.3M
Suggs · contract
2026-27$32.4M
2027-28$29.6M
2028-29$26.8M
2029-30$26.7M

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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).