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Royce O'Neale
Hornets · F · 33
Royce O'Neale
vs
2025-26
Zach Collins
Bulls · F-C · 28
Zach Collins
Head to head · 2025-26 regular season · stats.nba.com

Royce O'Neale vs Zach Collins

7-10categories
O'Neale · Collins

Zach Collins: Day-To-Day (Toe · Leg · Right).

Royce O'Neale
O'Neale
Hornets
2025-26
Collins
Bulls
Zach Collins
78
Games
availability
10
28.4
Minutes
per game
18.4
9.8
Points
per game
9.7
4.8
Rebounds
per game
5.6
2.7
Assists
per game
1.5
1.5
Steals + blocks
per game
0.6
1.3
Turnovers
per game · lower is better
1.0
42.1%
Field goal %
57.8%
40.8%
Three-point %
6.7 vs 2.1 attempts
42.9%
71.1%
Free throw %
70.0%
59.6%
True shooting
TS%
66.6%
13.9%
Usage
USG%
17.7%
12.9%
Assist %
of teammates' baskets
11.4%
8.1%
Rebound %
of available
14.3%
-3.6
Net rating
on court
+3.4
8.2%
PIE
player impact estimate
12.3%
-1.4
Plus-minus
per game
+1.8
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, 0.1 points a game apart (9.8 vs 9.7), on Collins's heavier usage (17.7% vs 13.9%).

Collins is the more efficient scorer by true shooting, 66.6% 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 1.5 assists), the glass to Collins (5.6 vs 4.8 rebounds).

Availability is part of the comparison: O'Neale played 68 more games (78 vs 10 of 82).

With Collins on the floor his team outscored opponents by +3.4 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, Collins $8.3M 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
Collins
43-35
Record when playing
6-4
10.2
Points at home
8.0
9.4
Points on the road
12.3
10.5
Points in wins
12.3
8.9
Points in losses
5.8
21
Season high
16
0
30-point games
0
2
Double-doubles
1

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
Collins · last 5
Fri, Oct 16 vs MIN0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Oct 14 at MIL0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Sun, Oct 11 at DEN0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Fri, Oct 9 vs MEM0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
Wed, Oct 7 vs PHX0 pts · 0 reb · 0 ast
O'Neale · contract
2026-27$10.9M
2027-28$11.6M
Collins · contract
2026-27$8.3M
2027-28$8.7M

More comparisons

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O'Neale vs
Tristan da Silva · Harrison Barnes · Isaiah Stewart · Olivier-Maxence Prosper
Collins vs
Zaccharie Risacher · Royce O'Neale · Daniel Gafford · Harrison Barnes

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).