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Sharife Cooper
Free agent · G · 25
Sharife Cooper
vs
2025-26
Walter Clayton Jr.
Mavericks · G · 23
Walter Clayton Jr.
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Sharife Cooper vs Walter Clayton Jr.

9-8categories
Cooper · Clayton Jr.
Sharife Cooper
Cooper
Free agent
2025-26
Clayton Jr.
Mavericks
Walter Clayton Jr.
41
Games
availability
69
17.1
Minutes
per game
20.4
8.1
Points
per game
7.8
2.1
Rebounds
per game
2.0
3.0
Assists
per game
4.0
0.5
Steals + blocks
per game
0.9
1.5
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
1.7
51.4%
Field goal %
38.4%
38.2%
Three-point %
1.9 vs 3.5 attempts
30.7%
83.3%
Free throw %
90.1%
60.9%
True shooting
TS%
52.3%
19.7%
Usage
USG%
18.1%
25.6%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
27.4%
6.1%
Rebound %
of available
4.8%
-11.7
Net rating
on court
-9.6
9.4%
PIE
player impact estimate
7.3%
-4.5
Plus-minus
per game
-4.1
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

Sharife Cooper scored more in 2025-26, 0.3 points a game apart (8.1 vs 7.8), on Cooper's heavier usage (19.7% vs 18.1%).

Cooper is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 60.9% to 52.3%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Clayton Jr. (4.0 vs 3.0 assists), the glass to Cooper (2.1 vs 2.0 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Clayton Jr. played 28 more games (69 vs 41 of 82).

With Clayton Jr. on the floor his team outscored opponents by -9.6 per 100 possessions, against -11.7 for Cooper; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Cooper
2025-26
Clayton Jr.
6-35
Record when playing
17-52
8.0
Points at home
6.6
8.3
Points on the road
9.1
11.0
Points in wins
6.9
7.6
Points in losses
8.1
21
Season high
20
0
30-point games
0
0
Double-doubles
1

Last games & contracts

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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
Clayton Jr. · last 5
Wed, Oct 21 at HOU0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Fri, Oct 16 vs CHA4 pts · 0 reb · 4 ast
Fri, Oct 9 at CHI2 pts · 1 reb · 3 ast
Wed, Oct 7 vs ORL9 pts · 3 reb · 3 ast
Mon, Oct 5 at ATL7 pts · 1 reb · 2 ast
Cooper · contract
No contract on file (free agent, two-way, or not yet signed).
Clayton Jr. · 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).