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Cooper Flagg
Mavericks · F · 19
Cooper Flagg
vs
2025-26
Jamal Murray
Nuggets · G · 29
Jamal Murray
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Cooper Flagg vs Jamal Murray

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Flagg · Murray
FlaggMurray
70Games
availability
75
33.5Minutes
per game
35.4
21.0Points
per game
25.4
6.7Rebounds
per game
4.4
4.5Assists
per game
7.1
2.1Steals + blocks
per game
1.3
2.3Turnovers
per game · lower is better
2.3
46.8%Field goal %48.3%
29.5%Three-point %
3.5 vs 7.5 attempts
43.5%
82.7%Free throw %88.7%
54.8%True shooting
TS%
62.2%
26.4%Usage
USG%
26.9%
21.2%Assist %
of teammates' baskets
29.8%
9.3%Rebound %
of available
6.3%
-5.2Net rating
on court
+6.8
12.8%PIE
player impact estimate
14.2%
-3.8Plus-minus
per game
+5.8

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

Jamal Murray scored more in 2025-26, 4.4 points a game apart (25.4 vs 21.0), on Murray's heavier usage (26.9% vs 26.4%).

Murray is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 62.2% to 54.8%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Murray (7.1 vs 4.5 assists), the glass to Flagg (6.7 vs 4.4 rebounds).

With Murray on the floor his team outscored opponents by +6.8 per 100 possessions, against -5.2 for Flagg; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Flagg $14.5M through 2028-29, Murray $50.1M through 2028-29. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
FlaggMurray
22-48Record when playing48-27
21.7Points at home23.7
20.3Points on the road27.1
22.4Points in wins26.5
20.4Points in losses23.4
51Season high53
1130-point games23
13Double-doubles18
Flagg · last 5
Sun, Apr 12 vs CHI10 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Fri, Apr 10 at SAS33 pts · 6 reb · 5 ast
Wed, Apr 8 at PHX11 pts · 11 reb · 6 ast
Tue, Apr 7 at LAC25 pts · 9 reb · 2 ast
Sun, Apr 5 vs LAL45 pts · 8 reb · 9 ast
Murray · last 5
Thu, Apr 30 at MIN12 pts · 6 reb · 4 ast
Mon, Apr 27 vs MIN24 pts · 4 reb · 7 ast
Sat, Apr 25 at MIN30 pts · 5 reb · 5 ast
Thu, Apr 23 at MIN16 pts · 3 reb · 4 ast
Mon, Apr 20 vs MIN30 pts · 7 reb · 7 ast
Flagg · contract
2026-27$14.5M
2027-28$15.2M
2028-29$19.2M
Murray · contract
2026-27$50.1M
2027-28$53.8M
2028-29$57.5M

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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).