Harrison Barnes vs Herbert Jones
Barnes · Jones
↳Bottom lineScoring: Jones · Efficiency: Barnes · Playmaking: Jones · Impact: Jones · Boards & defense: Jones.
?How to read this chart
- Each row
- is one 2026-27 regular-season stat, Barnes on the left and Jones on the right. The better number is in the club's color.
- The bars
- show each player's share of the two totals added together: a 60/40 split means one has half again as much as the other. Turnovers are flipped: fewer is better.
- The five areas
- at the top group the stats that belong together. An area goes to whoever wins more of its rows; the big number in each card is the key stat, with the real values.
- Role and availability
- (games, minutes, usage) describe the role, not how good a player is, so they are shown but not scored.
- The raw count
- Barnes 5, Jones 11 rows won. Every row counts the same here, so read it as a curiosity, not a verdict.
Where the gap is
from the numbers aboveHerbert Jones scored more in 2026-27, 0.2 points a game apart (6.0 vs 5.8), on Jones's heavier usage (13.9% vs 12.8%).
Barnes is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 62.5% to 46.3%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.
Playmaking goes to Jones (0.9 vs 0.0 assists), the glass to Jones (3.1 vs 0.9 rebounds).
With Jones on the floor his team outscored opponents by +7.6 per 100 possessions, against +5.0 for Barnes; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.
On the books for 2026-27: Barnes $8.0M through 2026-27, Jones $14.9M through 2029-30. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.
Splits
2026-27 · from the game logs↳Bottom lineBarnes's team is 7-2 with him on the floor, Jones's 4-7. Barnes has the bigger home-road scoring gap.
?How to read this chart
- Each row
- splits the same game logs a different way: home or road, wins or losses, plus the big-night counts.
- The bars
- show each player's share of the two numbers added together, and the bigger number is in the club's color.
- Record when playing
- is the team's record in the games he suited up for, so missed games are left out.
Last games & contracts
test a trade in the Trade Machine →More comparisons
pick any two players →Per-game numbers and percentages are 2026-27 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).

