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

Justin Champagnie vs Nique Clifford

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Champagnie · Clifford
Justin Champagnie
Champagnie
Wizards
2025-26
Clifford
Kings
10
69
Games
availability
75
20.0
Minutes
per game
25.1
8.7
Points
per game
8.6
5.6
Rebounds
per game
3.8
1.2
Assists
per game
2.4
1.5
Steals + blocks
per game
1.2
0.7
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
1.5
50.2%
Field goal %
41.8%
31.9%
Three-point %
2.4 vs 3.1 attempts
33.3%
78.4%
Free throw %
72.2%
58.9%
True shooting
TS%
50.5%
16.1%
Usage
USG%
16.7%
8.7%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
13.0%
13.3%
Rebound %
of available
7.4%
-9.4
Net rating
on court
-4.5
10.6%
PIE
player impact estimate
6.2%
-4.3
Plus-minus
per game
-2.9
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

Justin Champagnie scored more in 2025-26, 0.1 points a game apart (8.7 vs 8.6), on Clifford's heavier usage (16.7% vs 16.1%).

Champagnie is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 58.9% to 50.5%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Clifford (2.4 vs 1.2 assists), the glass to Champagnie (5.6 vs 3.8 rebounds).

With Clifford on the floor his team outscored opponents by -4.5 per 100 possessions, against -9.4 for Champagnie; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Champagnie $2.7M through 2027-28, Clifford $3.3M through 2028-29. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Champagnie
2025-26
Clifford
13-56
Record when playing
21-54
8.1
Points at home
8.9
9.2
Points on the road
8.3
9.6
Points in wins
9.0
8.4
Points in losses
8.5
21
Season high
30
0
30-point games
1
4
Double-doubles
0
Champagnie · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 at NOP0 pts · 2 reb · 0 ast
Mon, Oct 12 vs BKN7 pts · 3 reb · 0 ast
Sat, Oct 10 vs DET12 pts · 3 reb · 1 ast
Thu, Oct 8 at NYK12 pts · 3 reb · 0 ast
Sun, Apr 12 at CLE13 pts · 6 reb · 3 ast
Clifford · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 at SAS5 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Tue, Oct 13 vs POR2 pts · 2 reb · 5 ast
Sat, Oct 10 at GSW3 pts · 1 reb · 3 ast
Thu, Oct 8 at LAL4 pts · 2 reb · 6 ast
Mon, Oct 5 vs LAL23 pts · 9 reb · 2 ast
Champagnie · contract
2026-27$2.7M
2027-28$3.0M
Clifford · contract
2026-27$3.3M
2027-28$3.4M
2028-29$6.0M

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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).