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Curtis Jones
Free agent · G · 25
Curtis Jones
vs
2025-26
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Curtis Jones vs Tyus Jones

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Jones · Jones
Curtis Jones
Jones
Free agent
2025-26
Jones
Nuggets
Tyus Jones
10
Games
availability
67
8.8
Minutes
per game
14.6
2.9
Points
per game
3.0
1.1
Rebounds
per game
1.1
1.0
Assists
per game
2.4
0.4
Steals + blocks
per game
0.6
0.2
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
0.4
40.7%
Field goal %
34.9%
33.3%
Three-point %
1.8 vs 2.0 attempts
29.2%
50.0%
Free throw %
77.8%
52.0%
True shooting
TS%
44.8%
14.2%
Usage
USG%
10.3%
14.7%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
22.2%
5.3%
Rebound %
of available
3.6%
+13.6
Net rating
on court
-6.1
7.5%
PIE
player impact estimate
6.5%
+2.6
Plus-minus
per game
-1.6
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

Tyus Jones scored more in 2025-26, 0.1 points a game apart (3.0 vs 2.9), on Jones's heavier usage (14.2% vs 10.3%).

Jones is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 52.0% to 44.8%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Jones (2.4 vs 1.0 assists), the glass to Jones (1.1 vs 1.1 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Jones played 57 more games (67 vs 10 of 82).

With Jones on the floor his team outscored opponents by +13.6 per 100 possessions, against -6.1 for Jones; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Jones — through —, Jones $2.4M through 2026-27. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Jones
2025-26
Jones
8-2
Record when playing
37-30
2.3
Points at home
2.2
3.1
Points on the road
3.8
3.4
Points in wins
2.8
1.0
Points in losses
3.2
13
Season high
16
0
30-point games
0
0
Double-doubles
0
Jones · last 5
Thu, Oct 8 vs BOS0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sun, Apr 12 at SAS13 pts · 5 reb · 3 ast
Fri, Apr 10 vs OKC7 pts · 1 reb · 3 ast
Wed, Apr 8 vs MEM0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sun, Mar 29 vs GSW0 pts · 0 reb · 1 ast
Jones · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 at LAL0 pts · 1 reb · 8 ast
Wed, Oct 14 at LAC0 pts · 1 reb · 7 ast
Sun, Oct 11 vs CHI4 pts · 0 reb · 2 ast
Tue, Oct 6 at UTA2 pts · 2 reb · 6 ast
Sun, Oct 4 vs UTA8 pts · 2 reb · 6 ast
Jones · contract
No contract on file (free agent, two-way, or not yet signed).
Jones · contract
2026-27$2.4M

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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).