Hoops Nightly
Haywood Highsmith
Free agent · F · 29
Haywood Highsmith
vs
2025-26
Pete Nance
Bucks · F · 26
Pete Nance
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Haywood Highsmith vs Pete Nance

9-5categories
Highsmith · Nance
Haywood Highsmith
Highsmith
Free agent
2025-26
Nance
Bucks
Pete Nance
7
Games
availability
47
13.0
Minutes
per game
15.7
5.4
Points
per game
5.4
1.9
Rebounds
per game
2.7
1.0
Assists
per game
1.0
0.6
Steals + blocks
per game
0.6
0.0
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
0.6
52.2%
Field goal %
51.5%
57.1%
Three-point %
2.0 vs 2.5 attempts
42.0%
85.7%
Free throw %
36.4%
72.9%
True shooting
TS%
63.9%
12.1%
Usage
USG%
13.2%
11.9%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
9.2%
7.2%
Rebound %
of available
8.6%
+1.7
Net rating
on court
-5.2
10.7%
PIE
player impact estimate
7.8%
+1.4
Plus-minus
per game
-1.7
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

Pete Nance scored more in 2025-26, 0.0 points a game apart (5.4 vs 5.4), on Nance's heavier usage (13.2% vs 12.1%).

Highsmith is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 72.9% to 63.9%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Nance (1.0 vs 1.0 assists), the glass to Nance (2.7 vs 1.9 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: Nance played 40 more games (47 vs 7 of 82).

With Highsmith on the floor his team outscored opponents by +1.7 per 100 possessions, against -5.2 for Nance; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Highsmith $1.0M through 2026-27, Nance $2.5M through 2026-27. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Highsmith
2025-26
Nance
4-3
Record when playing
14-33
1.5
Points at home
5.4
7.0
Points on the road
5.4
3.5
Points in wins
6.4
8.0
Points in losses
5.0
16
Season high
23
0
30-point games
0
0
Double-doubles
1
Highsmith · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 vs UTA0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Oct 14 at SAS7 pts · 3 reb · 1 ast
Sat, Oct 10 vs SAS3 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Oct 7 at CHI0 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Mon, Oct 5 at DET2 pts · 4 reb · 0 ast
Nance · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 at IND0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Oct 14 vs CHI4 pts · 3 reb · 2 ast
Sun, Oct 11 at CHA3 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Wed, Oct 7 at OKC6 pts · 5 reb · 0 ast
Mon, Oct 5 vs MIN3 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Highsmith · contract
2026-27$1.0M
Nance · contract
2026-27$2.5M

More comparisons

pick any two players →

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).