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2025-26
Ochai Agbaji
Free agent · G · 26
Ochai Agbaji
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Jalen Pickett vs Ochai Agbaji

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Pickett · Agbaji

2026-27 has too few games to compare these two yet, so this page shows 2025-26, the last full season for both.

Jalen Pickett
Pickett
Clippers
2025-26
Agbaji
Free agent
Ochai Agbaji
50
Games
availability
62
16.1
Minutes
per game
15.7
5.2
Points
per game
5.1
2.3
Rebounds
per game
2.3
2.3
Assists
per game
0.8
0.4
Steals + blocks
per game
0.7
0.7
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
0.5
42.2%
Field goal %
43.6%
38.6%
Three-point %
2.5 vs 2.1 attempts
26.6%
78.9%
Free throw %
83.7%
54.1%
True shooting
TS%
52.5%
14.8%
Usage
USG%
14.2%
20.8%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
7.0%
6.7%
Rebound %
of available
7.1%
-0.4
Net rating
on court
-2.7
8.4%
PIE
player impact estimate
5.7%
+0.1
Plus-minus
per game
-1.0
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 Pickett scored more in 2025-26, 0.1 points a game apart (5.2 vs 5.1), on Pickett's heavier usage (14.8% vs 14.2%).

Pickett is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 54.1% to 52.5%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Pickett (2.3 vs 0.8 assists), the glass to Agbaji (2.3 vs 2.3 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Agbaji played 12 more games (62 vs 50 of 82).

With Pickett on the floor his team outscored opponents by -0.4 per 100 possessions, against -2.7 for Agbaji; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Pickett
2025-26
Agbaji
34-16
Record when playing
28-34
4.7
Points at home
5.4
5.8
Points on the road
4.7
5.6
Points in wins
5.8
4.4
Points in losses
4.5
29
Season high
18
0
30-point games
0
0
Double-doubles
0
Pickett · last 5
Wed, Nov 4 vs MIA0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Mon, Nov 2 vs TOR0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sun, Nov 1 at GSW0 pts · 2 reb · 3 ast
Fri, Oct 30 at MIN0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Oct 28 vs LAL4 pts · 1 reb · 1 ast
Agbaji · last 5
Tue, Oct 13 at TOR0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Mon, Oct 12 vs MIN2 pts · 2 reb · 1 ast
Thu, Oct 8 vs WAS0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Mon, Oct 5 at PHI1 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Sun, Apr 5 vs WAS12 pts · 4 reb · 2 ast
Pickett · contract
No contract on file (free agent, two-way, or not yet signed).
Agbaji · contract
No contract on file (free agent, two-way, or not yet signed).

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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).