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Dylan Cardwell
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2025-26
Nick Richards
Heat · C · 28
Nick Richards
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Dylan Cardwell vs Nick Richards

13-4categories
Cardwell · Richards
32
Cardwell
Kings
2025-26
Richards
Heat
Nick Richards
44
Games
availability
48
20.6
Minutes
per game
14.6
5.4
Points
per game
5.8
7.5
Rebounds
per game
5.1
1.4
Assists
per game
0.3
2.2
Steals + blocks
per game
0.9
0.9
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
1.2
58.7%
Field goal %
51.2%
50.0%
Three-point %
0.1 vs 0.4 attempts
27.8%
51.0%
Free throw %
64.4%
59.1%
True shooting
TS%
56.2%
10.8%
Usage
USG%
17.6%
9.5%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
3.3%
17.4%
Rebound %
of available
16.3%
-2.5
Net rating
on court
-8.4
8.9%
PIE
player impact estimate
7.9%
-1.5
Plus-minus
per game
-2.8
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

Nick Richards scored more in 2025-26, 0.4 points a game apart (5.8 vs 5.4), on Richards's heavier usage (17.6% vs 10.8%).

Cardwell is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 59.1% to 56.2%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Cardwell (1.4 vs 0.3 assists), the glass to Cardwell (7.5 vs 5.1 rebounds).

With Cardwell on the floor his team outscored opponents by -2.5 per 100 possessions, against -8.4 for Richards; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Cardwell — through —, Richards $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
Cardwell
2025-26
Richards
13-31
Record when playing
20-28
6.1
Points at home
6.2
4.7
Points on the road
5.2
3.9
Points in wins
5.5
6.0
Points in losses
5.9
15
Season high
16
0
30-point games
0
3
Double-doubles
4

Last games & contracts

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Cardwell · last 5
Sun, Apr 12 at POR6 pts · 8 reb · 0 ast
Fri, Apr 10 vs GSW7 pts · 7 reb · 1 ast
Tue, Apr 7 at GSW8 pts · 9 reb · 2 ast
Sun, Apr 5 vs LAC15 pts · 8 reb · 2 ast
Fri, Apr 3 vs NOP6 pts · 8 reb · 1 ast
Richards · last 5
Wed, Mar 25 at PHI2 pts · 5 reb · 0 ast
Mon, Mar 23 vs HOU11 pts · 8 reb · 0 ast
Thu, Mar 19 vs CLE16 pts · 8 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Mar 18 vs TOR4 pts · 6 reb · 0 ast
Mon, Mar 16 vs MEM5 pts · 6 reb · 1 ast
Cardwell · contract
No contract on file (free agent, two-way, or not yet signed).
Richards · contract
2026-27$2.4M

More comparisons

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Cardwell vs
Yves Missi · Mitchell Robinson · Nick Richards · Branden Carlson
Richards vs
Steven Adams · Branden Carlson · Mitchell Robinson · Yves Missi

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).