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

Johnny Furphy vs Ochai Agbaji

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Furphy · Agbaji

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

Johnny Furphy: Out (Right knee).

Johnny Furphy
Furphy
Pacers
2025-26
Agbaji
Free agent
Ochai Agbaji
35
Games
availability
62
18.4
Minutes
per game
15.7
5.1
Points
per game
5.1
4.4
Rebounds
per game
2.3
1.2
Assists
per game
0.8
0.8
Steals + blocks
per game
0.7
0.8
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
0.5
47.0%
Field goal %
43.6%
32.4%
Three-point %
2.0 vs 2.1 attempts
26.6%
48.6%
Free throw %
83.7%
54.7%
True shooting
TS%
52.5%
12.5%
Usage
USG%
14.2%
8.5%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
7.0%
11.9%
Rebound %
of available
7.1%
-4.6
Net rating
on court
-2.7
6.6%
PIE
player impact estimate
5.7%
-1.7
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

Ochai Agbaji scored more in 2025-26, 0.0 points a game apart (5.1 vs 5.1), on Agbaji's heavier usage (14.2% vs 12.5%).

Furphy is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 54.7% to 52.5%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Furphy (1.2 vs 0.8 assists), the glass to Furphy (4.4 vs 2.3 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Agbaji played 27 more games (62 vs 35 of 82).

With Agbaji on the floor his team outscored opponents by -2.7 per 100 possessions, against -4.6 for Furphy; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Furphy $2.3M through 2027-28, Agbaji — through —. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Furphy
2025-26
Agbaji
10-25
Record when playing
28-34
4.8
Points at home
5.4
5.6
Points on the road
4.7
4.4
Points in wins
5.8
5.4
Points in losses
4.5
18
Season high
18
0
30-point games
0
1
Double-doubles
0
Furphy · last 5
Wed, Oct 7 vs MIN0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sun, Feb 8 at TOR4 pts · 2 reb · 3 ast
Fri, Feb 6 at MIL2 pts · 8 reb · 3 ast
Tue, Feb 3 vs UTA14 pts · 7 reb · 6 ast
Mon, Feb 2 vs HOU2 pts · 4 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
Furphy · contract
2026-27$2.3M
2027-28team option$2.5M
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).