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Derik Queen
Pelicans · C · 21
Derik Queen
vs
2025-26
Donovan Clingan
Trail Blazers · C · 22
Donovan Clingan
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Derik Queen vs Donovan Clingan

5-12categories
Queen · Clingan
Derik Queen
Queen
Pelicans
2025-26
Clingan
Trail Blazers
Donovan Clingan
81
Games
availability
77
25.0
Minutes
per game
27.2
11.7
Points
per game
12.1
7.1
Rebounds
per game
11.6
3.7
Assists
per game
2.1
1.9
Steals + blocks
per game
2.3
2.3
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
1.2
47.3%
Field goal %
52.0%
26.1%
Three-point %
1.1 vs 3.2 attempts
34.1%
79.5%
Free throw %
68.0%
54.6%
True shooting
TS%
60.4%
21.4%
Usage
USG%
16.3%
20.8%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
11.2%
13.6%
Rebound %
of available
19.9%
-6.7
Net rating
on court
+0.1
10.9%
PIE
player impact estimate
13.9%
-3.8
Plus-minus
per game
+0.2
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

Donovan Clingan scored more in 2025-26, 0.4 points a game apart (12.1 vs 11.7), on Queen's heavier usage (21.4% vs 16.3%).

Clingan is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 60.4% to 54.6%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Queen (3.7 vs 2.1 assists), the glass to Clingan (11.6 vs 7.1 rebounds).

With Clingan on the floor his team outscored opponents by +0.1 per 100 possessions, against -6.7 for Queen; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Queen $5.4M through 2028-29, Clingan $7.5M through 2027-28. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
QueenClingan
26-55Record when playing41-36
13.1Points at home11.4
10.4Points on the road12.9
11.0Points in wins13.4
12.0Points in losses10.6
33Season high28
330-point games0
14Double-doubles37
Queen · last 5
Sun, Apr 12 at MIN30 pts · 22 reb · 4 ast
Fri, Apr 10 at BOS25 pts · 11 reb · 4 ast
Tue, Apr 7 vs UTA17 pts · 12 reb · 7 ast
Sun, Apr 5 vs ORL2 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Fri, Apr 3 at SAC8 pts · 6 reb · 2 ast
Clingan · last 5
Tue, Apr 28 at SAS10 pts · 5 reb · 6 ast
Sun, Apr 26 vs SAS5 pts · 6 reb · 0 ast
Fri, Apr 24 vs SAS7 pts · 11 reb · 2 ast
Tue, Apr 21 at SAS9 pts · 10 reb · 2 ast
Sun, Apr 19 at SAS4 pts · 7 reb · 1 ast
Queen · contract
2026-27$5.4M
2027-28$5.7M
2028-29$8.1M
Clingan · contract
2026-27$7.5M
2027-28$9.6M

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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).