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

Derrick Jones Jr. vs Jalen Smith

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Jones Jr. · Smith

Jones Jr.

Clippers

2025-26

Smith

Bulls

Games

availability

27.0

Minutes

per game

20.7

10.1

Points

per game

10.2

3.5

Rebounds

per game

6.7

1.4

Assists

per game

1.2

1.9

Steals + blocks

per game

1.3

0.8

Turnovers

per game · lower is better

1.0

49.9%

Field goal %

48.3%

35.9%

Three-point %

3.1 vs 4.2 attempts

37.3%

76.3%

Free throw %

74.2%

60.0%

True shooting

TS%

60.8%

14.4%

Usage

USG%

18.3%

6.8%

Assist %

of teammates' baskets

8.1%

6.5%

Rebound %

of available

15.2%

+4.0

Net rating

on court

+3.4

7.2%

PIE

player impact estimate

10.9%

+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

Jalen Smith scored more in 2025-26, 0.1 points a game apart (10.2 vs 10.1), on Smith's heavier usage (18.3% vs 14.4%).

Efficiency is a wash: true shooting within a point of each other (60.0% vs 60.8%).

Playmaking goes to Jones Jr. (1.4 vs 1.2 assists), the glass to Smith (6.7 vs 3.5 rebounds).

With Jones Jr. on the floor his team outscored opponents by +4.0 per 100 possessions, against +3.4 for Smith; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Jones Jr. $10.5M through 2026-27, Smith $9.4M 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 Jr.

2025-26

Smith

26-24

Record when playing

26-27

10.0

Points at home

10.2

10.3

Points on the road

10.2

10.6

Points in wins

9.7

9.5

Points in losses

10.7

Season high

30-point games

Double-doubles

Last games & contracts

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Jones Jr. · last 5

Sun, Apr 12 vs GSW0 pts · 4 reb · 0 ast

Fri, Apr 10 at POR10 pts · 2 reb · 1 ast

Wed, Apr 8 vs OKC11 pts · 5 reb · 1 ast

Tue, Apr 7 vs DAL11 pts · 10 reb · 2 ast

Sun, Apr 5 at SAC6 pts · 3 reb · 1 ast

Smith · last 5

Wed, Mar 25 at PHI0 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast

Mon, Mar 23 vs HOU15 pts · 6 reb · 2 ast

Wed, Mar 18 vs TOR10 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast

Mon, Mar 16 vs MEM13 pts · 5 reb · 0 ast

Thu, Mar 12 at LAL14 pts · 4 reb · 0 ast

Jones Jr. · contract

2026-27$10.5M

Smith · contract

2026-27$9.4M

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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).