Dariq Whitehead vs Jrue Holiday
Whitehead · Holiday
Jrue Holiday: Day-To-Day (Hand · Arm · Right).
Where the gap is
from the numbers aboveJrue Holiday scored more in 2025-26, 0.0 points a game apart (16.3 vs 16.3), on Whitehead's heavier usage (23.1% vs 22.7%).
Holiday is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 57.3% to 51.0%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.
Playmaking goes to Holiday (6.1 vs 1.5 assists), the glass to Holiday (4.6 vs 4.0 rebounds).
Availability is part of the comparison: Holiday played 47 more games (53 vs 6 of 82).
With Holiday on the floor his team outscored opponents by +6.1 per 100 possessions, against -24.1 for Whitehead; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.
On the books for 2026-27: Whitehead — through —, Holiday $34.8M through 2027-28. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.
Splits
2025-26 · from the game logsLast games & contracts
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pick any two players →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).
