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Head to head · 2026-27 regular season · stats.nba.com

Bryce Hopkins vs Noa Essengue

4-1areas won
Hopkins · Essengue
Boards & defenseRebounds2.0vs3.5Essengue wins 3 of 3 statsrebounds, steals and blocks
13
Hopkins
Nuggets
2026-27
Essengue
Bulls
Noa Essengue
Scoring
5.4
Points
per game
5.3
Efficiency
70.8%
True shooting
TS%
45.9%
63.6%
Field goal %
37.8%
40.0%
Three-point %
0.7 vs 2.1 attempts
17.6%
72.7%
Free throw %
55.0%
0.7
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
0.9
Playmaking
0.4
Assists
per game
0.4
4.6%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
4.0%
Impact
-10.1
Net rating
on court
-20.2
6.7%
PIE
player impact estimate
1.2%
-2.6
Plus-minus
per game
-6.6
Boards & defense
2.0
Rebounds
per game
3.5
7.5%
Rebound %
of available
10.9%
0.3
Steals + blocks
per game
0.7
Role and availabilitycontext, not scored
7
Games
availability
8
14.2
Minutes
per game
14.1
13.6%
Usage
USG%
17.4%

Bottom lineScoring: Hopkins · Efficiency: Hopkins · Playmaking: Hopkins · Impact: Hopkins · Boards & defense: Essengue.

How to read this chart
Each row
is one 2026-27 regular-season stat, Hopkins on the left and Essengue on the right. The better number is in the club's color.
The bars
show each player's share of the two totals added together: a 60/40 split means one has half again as much as the other. Turnovers are flipped: fewer is better.
The five areas
at the top group the stats that belong together. An area goes to whoever wins more of its rows; the big number in each card is the key stat, with the real values.
Role and availability
(games, minutes, usage) describe the role, not how good a player is, so they are shown but not scored.
The raw count
Hopkins 11, Essengue 5 rows won. Every row counts the same here, so read it as a curiosity, not a verdict.

Where the gap is

from the numbers above

Bryce Hopkins scored more in 2026-27, 0.1 points a game apart (5.4 vs 5.3), on Essengue's heavier usage (17.4% vs 13.6%).

Hopkins is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 70.8% to 45.9%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Essengue (0.4 vs 0.4 assists), the glass to Essengue (3.5 vs 2.0 rebounds).

With Hopkins on the floor his team outscored opponents by -10.1 per 100 possessions, against -20.2 for Essengue; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Hopkins — through —, Essengue $5.7M through 2028-29. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2026-27 · from the game logs
Hopkins
2026-27
Essengue
4-3
Record when playing
1-7
11.0
Points at home
6.5
1.3
Points on the road
4.8
5.8
Points in wins
4.0
5.0
Points in losses
5.4
18
Season high
10
0
30-point games
0
0
Double-doubles
0

Bottom lineHopkins's team is 4-3 with him on the floor, Essengue's 1-7. Hopkins has the bigger home-road scoring gap.

How to read this chart
Each row
splits the same game logs a different way: home or road, wins or losses, plus the big-night counts.
The bars
show each player's share of the two numbers added together, and the bigger number is in the club's color.
Record when playing
is the team's record in the games he suited up for, so missed games are left out.
Hopkins · last 5
Mon, Nov 9 at HOU2 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sat, Nov 7 at IND3 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Nov 4 vs TOR18 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Mon, Nov 2 vs POR0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Fri, Oct 30 at PHX0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Essengue · last 5
Sun, Nov 8 vs PHI10 pts · 7 reb · 1 ast
Wed, Nov 4 at NYK6 pts · 3 reb · 0 ast
Mon, Nov 2 at PHI8 pts · 6 reb · 0 ast
Fri, Oct 30 at BOS10 pts · 4 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Oct 28 vs NYK3 pts · 0 reb · 1 ast
Hopkins · contract
No contract on file (free agent, two-way, or not yet signed).
Essengue · contract
2026-27$5.7M
2027-28$6.0M
2028-29$8.2M

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Per-game numbers and percentages are 2026-27 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).

Hopkins · Essengue · from the live data

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