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

Cedric Coward vs Tim Hardaway Jr.

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Coward · Hardaway Jr.

Cedric Coward: Day-To-Day (Left wrist).

23
Coward
Grizzlies
2025-26
Hardaway Jr.
Heat
Tim Hardaway Jr.
62
Games
availability
80
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
28
Season high
30
0
30-point games
1
7
Double-doubles
0
Coward · last 5
Wed, Oct 21 vs UTA7 pts · 7 reb · 2 ast
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
Hardaway Jr. · last 5
Wed, Oct 21 vs MIN3 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Fri, Oct 16 at ORL7 pts · 1 reb · 2 ast
Wed, Oct 14 vs BKN14 pts · 3 reb · 3 ast
Thu, Oct 8 vs NOP11 pts · 3 reb · 2 ast
Sat, Oct 3 at TOR14 pts · 0 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).