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

Cedric Coward vs Tim Hardaway Jr.

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Coward · Hardaway Jr.

Coward

Grizzlies

2025-26

Hardaway Jr.

Heat

Games

availability

25.8

Minutes

per game

26.6

13.6

Points

per game

13.5

5.9

Rebounds

per game

2.6

2.8

Assists

per game

1.4

1.0

Steals + blocks

per game

0.6

1.7

Turnovers

per game · lower is better

0.5

47.1%

Field goal %

44.7%

33.8%

Three-point %

4.4 vs 6.9 attempts

40.7%

84.3%

Free throw %

81.1%

58.5%

True shooting

TS%

62.4%

20.7%

Usage

USG%

17.7%

15.4%

Assist %

of teammates' baskets

7.0%

10.6%

Rebound %

of available

4.7%

+0.3

Net rating

on court

+4.5

11.0%

PIE

player impact estimate

8.5%

+0.4

Plus-minus

per game

+2.5

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, 0.1 points a game apart (13.6 vs 13.5), on Coward's heavier usage (20.7% vs 17.7%).

Hardaway Jr. is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 62.4% to 58.5%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Coward (2.8 vs 1.4 assists), the glass to Coward (5.9 vs 2.6 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Hardaway Jr. played 18 more games (80 vs 62 of 82).

With Hardaway Jr. on the floor his team outscored opponents by +4.5 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, Hardaway Jr. $6.5M through 2026-27. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs

Coward

2025-26

Hardaway Jr.

20-42

Record when playing

52-28

15.2

Points at home

13.1

11.8

Points on the road

13.9

14.9

Points in wins

13.9

13.0

Points in losses

12.8

Season high

30-point games

Double-doubles

Last games & contracts

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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

Hardaway Jr. · last 5

Thu, Apr 30 at MIN13 pts · 4 reb · 2 ast

Mon, Apr 27 vs MIN8 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast

Sat, Apr 25 at MIN10 pts · 5 reb · 2 ast

Thu, Apr 23 at MIN11 pts · 5 reb · 0 ast

Mon, Apr 20 vs MIN16 pts · 3 reb · 0 ast

Coward · contract

2026-27$6.0M

2027-28$6.3M

2028-29$8.3M

Hardaway Jr. · contract

2026-27$6.5M

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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).