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

Gary Trent Jr. vs Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

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Trent Jr. · Caldwell-Pope
Gary Trent Jr.
Trent Jr.
Bucks
2025-26
Caldwell-Pope
76ers
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
65
Games
availability
51
21.2
Minutes
per game
21.3
8.1
Points
per game
8.4
1.0
Rebounds
per game
2.5
1.2
Assists
per game
2.7
0.5
Steals + blocks
per game
1.0
0.6
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
1.2
38.7%
Field goal %
41.0%
36.0%
Three-point %
5.3 vs 3.4 attempts
31.6%
76.9%
Free throw %
91.3%
53.3%
True shooting
TS%
53.3%
16.7%
Usage
USG%
17.3%
8.2%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
18.1%
2.4%
Rebound %
of available
5.4%
-12.4
Net rating
on court
-4.5
4.7%
PIE
player impact estimate
8.3%
-5.4
Plus-minus
per game
-2.2
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

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored more in 2025-26, 0.3 points a game apart (8.4 vs 8.1), on Caldwell-Pope's heavier usage (17.3% vs 16.7%).

Efficiency is a wash: true shooting within a point of each other (53.3% vs 53.3%).

Playmaking goes to Caldwell-Pope (2.7 vs 1.2 assists), the glass to Caldwell-Pope (2.5 vs 1.0 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Trent Jr. played 14 more games (65 vs 51 of 82).

With Caldwell-Pope on the floor his team outscored opponents by -4.5 per 100 possessions, against -12.4 for Trent Jr.; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Trent Jr. $15.2M through 2029-30, Caldwell-Pope $17.7M through 2026-27. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Trent Jr.
2025-26
Caldwell-Pope
24-41
Record when playing
20-31
8.8
Points at home
8.2
7.5
Points on the road
8.6
8.6
Points in wins
9.6
7.9
Points in losses
7.6
36
Season high
20
1
30-point games
0
0
Double-doubles
0
Trent Jr. · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 at IND0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Oct 14 vs CHI0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sun, Oct 11 at CHA0 pts · 2 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Oct 7 at OKC0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Mon, Oct 5 vs MIN11 pts · 1 reb · 1 ast
Caldwell-Pope · last 5
Tue, Oct 20 at NYK10 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Fri, Oct 16 vs BOS7 pts · 2 reb · 0 ast
Sat, Oct 10 at BOS0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Thu, Oct 8 at BKN2 pts · 1 reb · 1 ast
Mon, Oct 5 vs NYK7 pts · 2 reb · 2 ast
Trent Jr. · contract
2026-27$15.2M
2027-28$16.4M
2028-29$16.4M
2029-30$16.0M
Caldwell-Pope · contract
2026-27player option$17.7M
2026-27$2.4M

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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).