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

Jared McCain vs Sharife Cooper

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McCain · Cooper

McCain

Thunder

2025-26

Cooper

Free agent

Games

availability

17.3

Minutes

per game

17.1

8.3

Points

per game

8.1

2.0

Rebounds

per game

2.1

1.3

Assists

per game

3.0

0.6

Steals + blocks

per game

0.5

0.8

Turnovers

per game · lower is better

1.5

42.5%

Field goal %

51.4%

38.5%

Three-point %

3.8 vs 1.9 attempts

38.2%

86.4%

Free throw %

83.3%

55.1%

True shooting

TS%

60.9%

19.8%

Usage

USG%

19.7%

11.1%

Assist %

of teammates' baskets

25.6%

5.6%

Rebound %

of available

6.1%

+4.6

Net rating

on court

-11.7

7.9%

PIE

player impact estimate

9.4%

+1.9

Plus-minus

per game

-4.5

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

Jared McCain scored more in 2025-26, 0.2 points a game apart (8.3 vs 8.1), on McCain's heavier usage (19.8% vs 19.7%).

Cooper is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 60.9% to 55.1%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Cooper (3.0 vs 1.3 assists), the glass to Cooper (2.1 vs 2.0 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: McCain played 26 more games (67 vs 41 of 82).

With McCain on the floor his team outscored opponents by +4.6 per 100 possessions, against -11.7 for Cooper; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: McCain $4.4M through 2027-28, Cooper — through —. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs

McCain

2025-26

Cooper

46-21

Record when playing

6-35

7.7

Points at home

8.0

9.0

Points on the road

8.3

8.4

Points in wins

11.0

8.2

Points in losses

7.6

Season high

30-point games

Double-doubles

Last games & contracts

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McCain · last 5

Tue, Oct 20 at SAS20 pts · 2 reb · 2 ast

Thu, Oct 15 at HOU8 pts · 6 reb · 0 ast

Tue, Oct 13 vs IND20 pts · 2 reb · 2 ast

Wed, Oct 7 vs MIL11 pts · 1 reb · 2 ast

Tue, Oct 6 vs NOP12 pts · 1 reb · 5 ast

Cooper · last 5

Sun, Apr 12 at CLE20 pts · 2 reb · 6 ast

Fri, Apr 10 vs MIA11 pts · 1 reb · 7 ast

Thu, Apr 9 vs CHI9 pts · 2 reb · 4 ast

Tue, Apr 7 vs CHI17 pts · 1 reb · 4 ast

Sun, Apr 5 at BKN2 pts · 0 reb · 1 ast

McCain · contract

2026-27$4.4M

2027-28$6.8M

Cooper · 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).