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Jared McCain vs top-10 defenses

OKC · 2025-26 to 2026-27 · regular season

Jared McCain has averaged 7.8 points and 2.4 rebounds per game in 21 games against top-10 defenses, vs 9.5 points and 2.2 rebounds in 46 games against everyone else (2025-26 to 2026-27, regular season).

Vs top-10 defenses
7.8
points per game · 21 games
Vs everyone else
9.5
points per game · 46 games
Difference
−1.7
per game, top 10 minus everyone else

Career and by season

Jared McCain per game averages against top-10 defenses and everyone else, career and by season
PeriodOpponentsGamesPTSREBAST3PMSTLBLKMINFG%FT%TS%eFG%PTS diff vs others
CareerTop 10217.82.41.31.10.50.017.541.1%80.0%51.3%49.0%−1.7
Everyone else469.52.21.51.70.60.119.142.8%87.5%56.1%53.7%
2026-27Top 10316.03.02.73.31.00.326.648.6%66.7%62.6%62.2%+10.0
Everyone else46.03.31.80.30.30.023.721.1%87.5%28.9%22.4%
2025-26Top 10186.42.31.10.80.40.016.038.6%82.4%47.7%44.7%−3.5
Everyone else429.92.11.51.90.60.118.745.3%87.5%59.4%57.3%

Every game against top-10 defenses

  1. Oct 31, 2026at HOU · No. 5 defense (prior season's final)10 pts, 4 reb, 2 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 28 min
  2. Oct 26, 2026vs PHX · No. 9 defense (prior season's final)18 pts, 3 reb, 4 ast · 4 3PM · 1 stl, 1 blk · 30 min
  3. Oct 20, 2026at SAS · No. 3 defense (prior season's final)20 pts, 2 reb, 2 ast · 6 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 22 min
  4. Apr 12, 2026vs PHX · No. 10 defense (that season, games so far)9 pts, 4 reb, 2 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 25 min
  5. Mar 30, 2026vs DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)7 pts, 2 reb, 0 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 14 min
  6. Mar 29, 2026vs NYK · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)0 pts, 2 reb, 0 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 11 min
  7. Mar 25, 2026at BOS · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)6 pts, 1 reb, 0 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 13 min
  8. Mar 17, 2026at ORL · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)6 pts, 2 reb, 0 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 12 min
  9. Mar 12, 2026vs BOS · No. 5 defense (that season, games so far)3 pts, 1 reb, 0 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 12 min
  10. Mar 4, 2026at NYK · No. 7 defense (that season, games so far)5 pts, 1 reb, 1 ast · 1 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 15 min
  11. Feb 25, 2026at DET · No. 2 defense (that season, games so far)20 pts, 3 reb, 2 ast · 4 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 30 min
  12. Feb 24, 2026at TOR · No. 7 defense (that season, games so far)5 pts, 4 reb, 0 ast · 0 3PM · 1 stl, 0 blk · 10 min
  13. Feb 11, 2026at PHX · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)12 pts, 4 reb, 1 ast · 2 3PM · 2 stl, 0 blk · 22 min
  14. Feb 7, 2026vs HOU · No. 4 defense (that season, games so far)5 pts, 2 reb, 1 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 14 min
  15. Feb 3, 2026at GSW · No. 9 defense (that season, games so far)0 pts, 0 reb, 2 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 8 min
  16. Jan 12, 2026at TOR · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)2 pts, 0 reb, 0 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 6 min
  17. Jan 11, 2026at TOR · No. 6 defense (that season, games so far)5 pts, 1 reb, 1 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 9 min
  18. Dec 30, 2025at MEM · No. 8 defense (that season, games so far)2 pts, 4 reb, 1 ast · 0 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 13 min
  19. Dec 28, 2025at OKC · No. 1 defense (that season, games so far)10 pts, 4 reb, 1 ast · 2 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 23 min
  20. Dec 20, 2025vs DAL · No. 8 defense (that season, games so far)12 pts, 5 reb, 5 ast · 1 3PM · 3 stl, 0 blk · 30 min
  21. Dec 4, 2025vs GSW · No. 8 defense (that season, games so far)7 pts, 1 reb, 3 ast · 1 3PM · 0 stl, 0 blk · 21 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 (7 games here, 60 games ranked on that season's games so far). Games are regular season; games he did not play are not counted. 7 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.