Mark Sears vs Noah Penda
Sears · Penda
2026-27 has too few games to compare these two yet, so this page shows 2025-26, the last full season for both.
Noah Penda: Out (Right hamstring).
Where the gap is
from the numbers aboveNoah Penda scored more in 2025-26, 0.7 points a game apart (3.8 vs 3.1), on Sears's heavier usage (34.4% vs 14.0%).
Sears is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 66.6% to 50.6%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.
Playmaking goes to Penda (1.2 vs 0.3 assists), the glass to Penda (3.2 vs 0.3 rebounds).
Availability is part of the comparison: Penda played 52 more games (59 vs 7 of 82).
With Sears on the floor his team outscored opponents by +21.4 per 100 possessions, against -3.0 for Penda; on-court net rating carries the teammates with it, so read it next to PIE.
On the books for 2026-27: Sears — 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 logsLast games & contracts
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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).
Their teams right now
Orlando MagicNoah Penda's team