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Harrison Barnes
Spurs · F · 34
Harrison Barnes
vs
2025-26
Royce O'Neale
Hornets · F · 33
Royce O'Neale
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Harrison Barnes vs Royce O'Neale

8-9categories
Barnes · O'Neale
Harrison Barnes
Barnes
Spurs
2025-26
O'Neale
Hornets
Royce O'Neale
77
Games
availability
78
25.8
Minutes
per game
28.4
9.9
Points
per game
9.8
2.8
Rebounds
per game
4.8
1.9
Assists
per game
2.7
0.8
Steals + blocks
per game
1.5
0.8
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
1.3
45.6%
Field goal %
42.1%
38.8%
Three-point %
4.6 vs 6.7 attempts
40.8%
82.9%
Free throw %
71.1%
60.8%
True shooting
TS%
59.6%
14.4%
Usage
USG%
13.9%
9.7%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
12.9%
5.1%
Rebound %
of available
8.1%
+7.8
Net rating
on court
-3.6
7.5%
PIE
player impact estimate
8.2%
+4.3
Plus-minus
per game
-1.4
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

Harrison Barnes scored more in 2025-26, 0.1 points a game apart (9.9 vs 9.8), on Barnes's heavier usage (14.4% vs 13.9%).

Barnes is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 60.8% to 59.6%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to O'Neale (2.7 vs 1.9 assists), the glass to O'Neale (4.8 vs 2.8 rebounds).

With Barnes on the floor his team outscored opponents by +7.8 per 100 possessions, against -3.6 for O'Neale; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Barnes $8.0M through 2026-27, O'Neale $10.9M through 2027-28. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Barnes
2025-26
O'Neale
57-20
Record when playing
43-35
10.8
Points at home
10.2
9.2
Points on the road
9.4
10.4
Points in wins
10.5
8.5
Points in losses
8.9
31
Season high
21
1
30-point games
0
0
Double-doubles
2

Last games & contracts

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Barnes · last 5
Sat, Jun 13 vs NYK0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Fri, Jun 5 vs NYK0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Jun 3 vs NYK0 pts · 2 reb · 1 ast
Sat, May 30 at OKC0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Thu, May 28 vs OKC6 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
O'Neale · last 5
Mon, Apr 27 vs OKC8 pts · 7 reb · 2 ast
Sat, Apr 25 vs OKC3 pts · 6 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Apr 22 at OKC16 pts · 9 reb · 4 ast
Sun, Apr 19 at OKC4 pts · 3 reb · 3 ast
Fri, Apr 10 at LAL11 pts · 7 reb · 3 ast
Barnes · contract
2026-27$8.0M
O'Neale · contract
2026-27$10.9M
2027-28$11.6M

More comparisons

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Barnes vs
Tristan da Silva · Olivier-Maxence Prosper · Isaiah Stewart · Royce O'Neale
O'Neale vs
Tristan da Silva · Harrison Barnes · Isaiah Stewart · Olivier-Maxence Prosper

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).