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

Daniel Gafford vs Isaac Okoro

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Gafford · Okoro

Isaac Okoro: Day-To-Day (Knee · Leg).

Daniel Gafford
Gafford
Mavericks
2025-26
Okoro
Bulls
Isaac Okoro
55
Games
availability
63
21.7
Minutes
per game
26.9
9.5
Points
per game
9.3
6.9
Rebounds
per game
2.7
1.1
Assists
per game
1.6
2.1
Steals + blocks
per game
1.2
1.1
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
0.7
65.5%
Field goal %
46.0%
0.0%
Three-point %
0.0 vs 3.5 attempts
33.0%
68.3%
Free throw %
79.5%
67.7%
True shooting
TS%
57.4%
15.1%
Usage
USG%
13.7%
7.1%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
7.9%
14.5%
Rebound %
of available
4.9%
-7.1
Net rating
on court
-8.5
11.4%
PIE
player impact estimate
5.0%
-3.4
Plus-minus
per game
-5.3
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

Daniel Gafford scored more in 2025-26, 0.2 points a game apart (9.5 vs 9.3), on Gafford's heavier usage (15.1% vs 13.7%).

Gafford is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 67.7% to 57.4%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Okoro (1.6 vs 1.1 assists), the glass to Gafford (6.9 vs 2.7 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Okoro played 8 more games (63 vs 55 of 82).

With Gafford on the floor his team outscored opponents by -7.1 per 100 possessions, against -8.5 for Okoro; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Gafford $17.3M through 2028-29, Okoro $11.8M through 2026-27. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Gafford
2025-26
Okoro
12-43
Record when playing
26-37
10.3
Points at home
9.3
8.8
Points on the road
9.3
9.7
Points in wins
9.5
9.5
Points in losses
9.1
24
Season high
24
0
30-point games
0
10
Double-doubles
0
Gafford · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 vs ATL6 pts · 2 reb · 1 ast
Sun, Oct 11 at HOU9 pts · 4 reb · 0 ast
Fri, Oct 9 vs HOU7 pts · 3 reb · 0 ast
Sun, Apr 5 vs LAL7 pts · 7 reb · 0 ast
Fri, Apr 3 vs ORL7 pts · 3 reb · 1 ast
Okoro · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 vs MIN0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Oct 14 at MIL0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sun, Oct 11 at DEN5 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Fri, Oct 9 vs MEM5 pts · 3 reb · 3 ast
Wed, Oct 7 vs PHX2 pts · 1 reb · 2 ast
Gafford · contract
2026-27$17.3M
2027-28$18.1M
2028-29$19.0M
Okoro · contract
2026-27$11.8M

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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).