CJ McCollum vs top defenses
CJ McCollum has averaged 20.9 points and 2.8 rebounds per game in 11 games against top-5 defenses, vs 18.3 points and 3.4 rebounds in 57 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).
- Vs top-5 defenses
- 20.9
- points per game · 11 games
- Vs everyone else
- 18.3
- points per game · 57 games
- Difference
- +2.6
- per game, top 5 minus everyone else
Career and by season
| Period | Opponents | Games | PTS | REB | AST | 3PM | STL | BLK | MIN | FG% | FT% | TS% | eFG% | PTS diff vs others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | Top 5 | 11 | 20.9 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 29.6 | 49.5% | 76.9% | 60.6% | 59.8% | +2.6 |
| Everyone else | 57 | 18.3 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 29.5 | 45.9% | 76.7% | 56.6% | 53.5% | ||
| 2026-27 | Top 5 | 2 | 18.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 29.7 | 50.0% | 66.7% | 59.1% | 58.3% | +5.7 |
| Everyone else | 6 | 12.8 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 25.7 | 43.5% | 85.7% | 56.5% | 52.4% | ||
| 2025-26 | Top 5 | 9 | 21.4 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 29.6 | 49.4% | 80.0% | 60.9% | 60.1% | +2.4 |
| Everyone else | 51 | 19.0 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 30.0 | 46.1% | 76.0% | 56.6% | 53.6% |
Every game against top-5 defenses
- Oct 26, 2026at HOU · No. 5 defense (prior season's final)20 pts, 1 reb, 3 ast · 4 3PM · 4 stl, 0 blk · 30 min
- Oct 24, 2026vs HOU · No. 5 defense (prior season's final)17 pts, 2 reb, 1 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 30 min
- Mar 30, 2026vs BOS · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)14 pts, 1 reb, 6 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 2 blk · 30 min
- Mar 27, 2026at BOS · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)21 pts, 5 reb, 2 ast · 3 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 34 min
- Mar 25, 2026at DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)27 pts, 1 reb, 5 ast · 5 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 35 min
- Feb 20, 2026vs MIA · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)20 pts, 2 reb, 1 ast · 4 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 27 min
- Feb 3, 2026at MIA · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)26 pts, 4 reb, 2 ast · 6 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 26 min
- Jan 29, 2026vs HOU · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)23 pts, 5 reb, 2 ast · 5 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 31 min
- Jan 23, 2026vs PHX · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)21 pts, 4 reb, 0 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 30 min
- Jan 4, 2026vs MIN · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)20 pts, 3 reb, 2 ast · 3 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 22 min
- Dec 26, 2025vs TOR · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)21 pts, 3 reb, 4 ast · 3 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 31 min
What counts: a team's defensive rating is 100 × the points its opponents scored ÷ possessions, with possessions = FGA + 0.44*FTA - OREB + TOV, mean of both teams. A game's rank uses only games played before that date. Until every team has 15 games, the prior season's final ranks are used (8 games here, 60 games ranked on that season's games so far). Games are regular season; games he did not play are not counted. 16 games where the opponent's rank could not be determined are left out of both columns. TS% = PTS ÷ (2 × (FGA + 0.44 × FTA)); eFG% = (FGM + 0.5 × 3PM) ÷ FGA; both from totals for each row. Past results, not a projection.