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Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Royce O'Neale vs Tristan da Silva

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O'Neale · da Silva
Royce O'Neale
O'Neale
Hornets
2025-26
da Silva
Magic
Tristan da Silva
78
Games
availability
77
28.4
Minutes
per game
24.7
9.8
Points
per game
9.9
4.8
Rebounds
per game
3.7
2.7
Assists
per game
1.6
1.5
Steals + blocks
per game
1.2
1.3
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
0.9
42.1%
Field goal %
45.0%
40.8%
Three-point %
6.7 vs 4.2 attempts
37.4%
71.1%
Free throw %
88.4%
59.6%
True shooting
TS%
57.6%
13.9%
Usage
USG%
16.0%
12.9%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
9.2%
8.1%
Rebound %
of available
7.3%
-3.6
Net rating
on court
+1.6
8.2%
PIE
player impact estimate
8.5%
-1.4
Plus-minus
per game
+1.3
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

Tristan da Silva scored more in 2025-26, 0.1 points a game apart (9.9 vs 9.8), on da Silva's heavier usage (16.0% vs 13.9%).

O'Neale is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 59.6% to 57.6%; TS% folds threes and free throws into one number, so the gap survives shot-diet differences.

Playmaking goes to O'Neale (2.7 vs 1.6 assists), the glass to O'Neale (4.8 vs 3.7 rebounds).

With da Silva on the floor his team outscored opponents by +1.6 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: O'Neale $10.9M through 2027-28, da Silva $4.0M through 2027-28. Whether either fits a trade is a Trade Machine question, not a stat one.

Splits

2025-26 · from the game logs
O'Neale
2025-26
da Silva
43-35
Record when playing
43-34
10.2
Points at home
11.1
9.4
Points on the road
8.6
10.5
Points in wins
10.7
8.9
Points in losses
8.9
21
Season high
26
0
30-point games
0
2
Double-doubles
0
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
da Silva · last 5
Sun, May 3 at DET0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Fri, May 1 vs DET10 pts · 6 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Apr 29 at DET3 pts · 3 reb · 0 ast
Mon, Apr 27 vs DET6 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Sat, Apr 25 vs DET0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
O'Neale · contract
2026-27$10.9M
2027-28$11.6M
da Silva · contract
2026-27$4.0M
2027-28$6.1M

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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).