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Royce O'Neale
Hornets · F · 33
Royce O'Neale
vs
2025-26
Zaccharie Risacher
Mavericks · F · 21
Zaccharie Risacher
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Royce O'Neale vs Zaccharie Risacher

11-5categories
O'Neale · Risacher
Royce O'Neale
O'Neale
Hornets
2025-26
Risacher
Mavericks
Zaccharie Risacher
78
Games
availability
67
28.4
Minutes
per game
22.4
9.8
Points
per game
9.6
4.8
Rebounds
per game
3.8
2.7
Assists
per game
1.1
1.5
Steals + blocks
per game
1.4
1.3
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
0.9
42.1%
Field goal %
45.5%
40.8%
Three-point %
6.7 vs 3.9 attempts
36.8%
71.1%
Free throw %
64.4%
59.6%
True shooting
TS%
55.7%
13.9%
Usage
USG%
16.8%
12.9%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
6.8%
8.1%
Rebound %
of available
8.1%
-3.6
Net rating
on court
+0.2
8.2%
PIE
player impact estimate
7.0%
-1.4
Plus-minus
per game
-0.2
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

Royce O'Neale scored more in 2025-26, 0.2 points a game apart (9.8 vs 9.6), on Risacher's heavier usage (16.8% vs 13.9%).

O'Neale is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 59.6% to 55.7%; 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 O'Neale (4.8 vs 3.8 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: O'Neale played 11 more games (78 vs 67 of 82).

With Risacher on the floor his team outscored opponents by +0.2 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, Risacher $13.8M 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
Risacher
43-35
Record when playing
39-28
10.2
Points at home
10.4
9.4
Points on the road
8.7
10.5
Points in wins
9.9
8.9
Points in losses
9.1
21
Season high
25
0
30-point games
0
2
Double-doubles
0

Last games & contracts

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O'Neale · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 at MEM6 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Oct 14 at BOS12 pts · 2 reb · 2 ast
Sun, Oct 11 vs MIL9 pts · 1 reb · 1 ast
Tue, Oct 6 vs BKN3 pts · 2 reb · 5 ast
Mon, Apr 27 vs OKC8 pts · 7 reb · 2 ast
Risacher · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 vs ATL18 pts · 5 reb · 4 ast
Wed, Oct 14 vs NOP6 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
Sun, Oct 11 at HOU16 pts · 3 reb · 2 ast
Fri, Oct 9 vs HOU9 pts · 8 reb · 1 ast
Thu, Apr 30 vs NYK8 pts · 3 reb · 0 ast
O'Neale · contract
2026-27$10.9M
2027-28$11.6M
Risacher · contract
2026-27$13.8M
2027-28$17.4M

More comparisons

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O'Neale vs
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Risacher vs
Royce O'Neale · Isaac Okoro · Harrison Barnes · Tristan da Silva

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).