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Isaiah Stewart
Grizzlies · F-C · 25
Isaiah Stewart
vs
2025-26
Royce O'Neale
Hornets · F · 33
Royce O'Neale
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Isaiah Stewart vs Royce O'Neale

12-5categories
Stewart · O'Neale
Isaiah Stewart
Stewart
Grizzlies
2025-26
O'Neale
Hornets
Royce O'Neale
58
Games
availability
78
22.7
Minutes
per game
28.4
10.0
Points
per game
9.8
5.0
Rebounds
per game
4.8
1.1
Assists
per game
2.7
1.9
Steals + blocks
per game
1.5
1.2
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
1.3
55.0%
Field goal %
42.1%
33.3%
Three-point %
2.1 vs 6.7 attempts
40.8%
75.6%
Free throw %
71.1%
63.2%
True shooting
TS%
59.6%
16.4%
Usage
USG%
13.9%
7.3%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
12.9%
10.3%
Rebound %
of available
8.1%
+1.8
Net rating
on court
-3.6
9.5%
PIE
player impact estimate
8.2%
+0.7
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

Isaiah Stewart scored more in 2025-26, 0.2 points a game apart (10.0 vs 9.8), on Stewart's heavier usage (16.4% vs 13.9%).

Stewart is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 63.2% 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 1.1 assists), the glass to Stewart (5.0 vs 4.8 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: O'Neale played 20 more games (78 vs 58 of 82).

With Stewart on the floor his team outscored opponents by +1.8 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: Stewart $15.0M through 2027-28, 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
Stewart
2025-26
O'Neale
42-16
Record when playing
43-35
10.4
Points at home
10.2
9.7
Points on the road
9.4
10.2
Points in wins
10.5
9.5
Points in losses
8.9
31
Season high
21
1
30-point games
0
2
Double-doubles
2

Last games & contracts

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Stewart · last 5
Sun, May 17 vs CLE3 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Fri, May 15 at CLE0 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Wed, May 13 vs CLE8 pts · 2 reb · 1 ast
Mon, May 11 at CLE4 pts · 3 reb · 0 ast
Sat, May 9 at CLE4 pts · 2 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
Stewart · contract
2026-27$15.0M
2027-28team option$15.0M
O'Neale · contract
2026-27$10.9M
2027-28$11.6M

More comparisons

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Stewart vs
Precious Achiuwa · Derrick Jones Jr. · Harrison Barnes · Tristan da Silva
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).