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

Cedric Coward vs Quentin Grimes

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Coward · Grimes
23
Coward
Grizzlies
2025-26
Grimes
Lakers
Quentin Grimes
62
Games
availability
75
25.8
Minutes
per game
29.4
13.6
Points
per game
13.4
5.9
Rebounds
per game
3.6
2.8
Assists
per game
3.3
1.0
Steals + blocks
per game
1.3
1.7
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
1.8
47.1%
Field goal %
45.0%
33.8%
Three-point %
4.4 vs 5.1 attempts
33.4%
84.3%
Free throw %
84.0%
58.5%
True shooting
TS%
58.5%
20.7%
Usage
USG%
18.3%
15.4%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
15.9%
10.6%
Rebound %
of available
5.8%
+0.3
Net rating
on court
-0.1
11.0%
PIE
player impact estimate
9.2%
+0.4
Plus-minus
per game
+0.1
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, 0.2 points a game apart (13.6 vs 13.4), on Coward's heavier usage (20.7% vs 18.3%).

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

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

Availability is part of the comparison: Grimes played 13 more games (75 vs 62 of 82).

With Coward on the floor his team outscored opponents by +0.3 per 100 possessions, against -0.1 for Grimes; 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, Grimes $14.0M 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
Grimes
20-42
Record when playing
42-33
15.2
Points at home
13.5
11.8
Points on the road
13.3
14.9
Points in wins
14.3
13.0
Points in losses
12.3
28
Season high
31
0
30-point games
1
7
Double-doubles
2
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
Grimes · last 5
Sun, May 10 vs NYK6 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Fri, May 8 vs NYK6 pts · 2 reb · 2 ast
Wed, May 6 at NYK7 pts · 3 reb · 3 ast
Mon, May 4 at NYK5 pts · 1 reb · 4 ast
Sat, May 2 at BOS3 pts · 6 reb · 4 ast
Coward · contract
2026-27$6.0M
2027-28$6.3M
2028-29$8.3M
Grimes · contract
2026-27$14.0M
2027-28$14.7M
2028-29$15.3M
2029-30player option$16.0M

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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).