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Keaton Wallace
Free agent · G · 27
Keaton Wallace
vs
2025-26
Noah Penda
Magic · G-F · 21
Noah Penda
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Keaton Wallace vs Noah Penda

7-10categories
Wallace · Penda

Noah Penda: Out (Right hamstring).

Keaton Wallace
Wallace
Free agent
2025-26
Penda
Magic
Noah Penda
53
Games
availability
59
10.1
Minutes
per game
12.8
3.5
Points
per game
3.8
1.1
Rebounds
per game
3.2
1.8
Assists
per game
1.2
0.6
Steals + blocks
per game
0.8
0.5
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
0.7
39.8%
Field goal %
40.4%
37.3%
Three-point %
1.9 vs 1.6 attempts
32.3%
66.7%
Free throw %
68.8%
52.0%
True shooting
TS%
50.6%
16.1%
Usage
USG%
14.0%
26.4%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
12.4%
5.0%
Rebound %
of available
11.8%
-8.6
Net rating
on court
-3.0
7.7%
PIE
player impact estimate
7.6%
-1.9
Plus-minus
per game
-0.9
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

Noah Penda scored more in 2025-26, 0.3 points a game apart (3.8 vs 3.5), on Wallace's heavier usage (16.1% vs 14.0%).

Wallace is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 52.0% to 50.6%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to Wallace (1.8 vs 1.2 assists), the glass to Penda (3.2 vs 1.1 rebounds).

With Penda on the floor his team outscored opponents by -3.0 per 100 possessions, against -8.6 for Wallace; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.

On the books for 2026-27: Wallace — through —, Penda $2.2M through 2028-29. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
Wallace
2025-26
Penda
31-22
Record when playing
30-29
3.2
Points at home
2.8
3.8
Points on the road
4.7
3.4
Points in wins
4.0
3.7
Points in losses
3.7
14
Season high
13
0
30-point games
0
0
Double-doubles
2

Last games & contracts

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Wallace · last 5
Thu, Apr 30 vs NYK4 pts · 3 reb · 2 ast
Tue, Apr 28 at NYK0 pts · 0 reb · 1 ast
Sat, Apr 25 vs NYK2 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sun, Apr 12 at MIA8 pts · 4 reb · 6 ast
Fri, Apr 10 vs CLE0 pts · 0 reb · 2 ast
Penda · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 vs MIA0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Tue, Oct 13 vs CLE5 pts · 4 reb · 2 ast
Sun, Oct 11 at CLE8 pts · 5 reb · 5 ast
Wed, Oct 7 at MEM0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Apr 22 at DET0 pts · 1 reb · 0 ast
Wallace · contract
No contract on file (free agent, two-way, or not yet signed).
Penda · contract
2026-27$2.2M
2027-28$2.5M
2028-29team option$2.7M

More comparisons

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Wallace vs
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Penda vs
Hugo Gonzalez · Jaylen Clark · Ron Harper Jr. · AJ Johnson

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).