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Jamal Cain
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Nuggets · F · 25
Spencer Jones
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Jamal Cain vs Spencer Jones

8-8categories
Cain · Jones
8
Cain
Magic
2025-26
Jones
Nuggets
21
40
Games
availability
64
12.1
Minutes
per game
22.1
5.4
Points
per game
5.5
2.0
Rebounds
per game
3.3
0.7
Assists
per game
0.8
0.4
Steals + blocks
per game
1.3
0.5
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
0.5
48.7%
Field goal %
50.4%
38.4%
Three-point %
1.8 vs 2.3 attempts
39.6%
84.8%
Free throw %
60.8%
62.4%
True shooting
TS%
61.9%
15.9%
Usage
USG%
9.7%
8.5%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
4.7%
8.0%
Rebound %
of available
7.3%
+4.5
Net rating
on court
+1.6
8.1%
PIE
player impact estimate
4.5%
+1.1
Plus-minus
per game
0.0
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

Spencer Jones scored more in 2025-26, 0.1 points a game apart (5.5 vs 5.4), on Cain's heavier usage (15.9% vs 9.7%).

Efficiency is a wash: true shooting within a point of each other (62.4% vs 61.9%).

Playmaking goes to Jones (0.8 vs 0.7 assists), the glass to Jones (3.3 vs 2.0 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Jones played 24 more games (64 vs 40 of 82).

With Cain on the floor his team outscored opponents by +4.5 per 100 possessions, against +1.6 for Jones; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Cain $2.6M through 2026-27, Jones $6.0M through 2027-28. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Cain
2025-26
Jones
22-18
Record when playing
41-23
4.7
Points at home
5.6
6.0
Points on the road
5.4
5.6
Points in wins
4.7
5.1
Points in losses
6.9
20
Season high
28
0
30-point games
0
0
Double-doubles
1

Last games & contracts

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Cain · last 5
Sun, May 3 at DET5 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Fri, May 1 vs DET3 pts · 4 reb · 2 ast
Wed, Apr 29 at DET5 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Mon, Apr 27 vs DET8 pts · 9 reb · 0 ast
Sat, Apr 25 vs DET7 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Jones · last 5
Thu, Apr 30 at MIN8 pts · 2 reb · 1 ast
Mon, Apr 27 vs MIN20 pts · 3 reb · 1 ast
Sat, Apr 25 at MIN0 pts · 4 reb · 0 ast
Thu, Apr 23 at MIN6 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Mon, Apr 20 vs MIN0 pts · 2 reb · 0 ast
Cain · contract
2026-27team option$2.6M
Jones · contract
2026-27$6.0M
2027-28$5.8M

More comparisons

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Cain vs
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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).