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Royce O'Neale

Charlotte Hornets · SF/PF · Age 33 · 6′6″ · 10th season

Rankings Isaiah Hartenstein Quentin Grimes

Rank 2025-26#153SF #79 · of 582

Value-0.2319-cat, per game

Games7828 min a game

Fantasy outlook

No. 153 on our board in 2025-26, and not in our current projection. He is top 25 in threes among rotation players; the cost is free-throw percentage at 71.1%.

Stats over time

Rising: up 2 seasons in a row.

Last season9.8

5-season average8.6

Trend a season+0.5

Fairly steady: between 7.4 (2021-22) and 9.8 (2025-26).
Per 36 minutes: 8.5 in 2021-22, 12.4 last season, on 31.2 → 28.4 minutes: the change is his game, not his playing time.

PTS rank among rotation players

23-24#184of 24724-25#205of 26625-26#196of 272

Per game, from ESPN box scores.

Season by season

Season	Rank	Value	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	153	-0.231	78	28	9.8	2.7	4.8	2.7	1.1	0.4	42.1%	3.4/8.0	71.1%	0.4/0.5	1.3
2024-25	132	-0.143	75	25	9.1	2.4	4.7	2.2	0.9	0.5	42.3%	3.2/7.6	73.1%	0.3/0.4	0.9
2023-24	119	-0.265	79	25	7.7	2.0	4.8	2.8	0.8	0.6	39.7%	2.7/6.8	68.6%	0.3/0.4	0.9
2022-23	-	-	76	32	8.8	2.1	5.1	3.7	0.9	0.6	38.5%	3.0/7.8	77.8%	0.7/0.9	1.5
2021-22	-	-	77	31	7.4	1.5	4.8	2.5	1.1	0.4	44.8%	2.6/5.8	85.7%	0.6/0.7	1.0

Rank, Value and colours start with 2023-24, the first season on our board; earlier seasons show ESPN's box scores.

Category profile · 2025-26

PTS

9.8#196 of 272-0.52

3PM

2.7#22 of 2720.88

REB

4.8#124 of 272-0.15

AST

2.7#126 of 272-0.20

STL

1.1#77 of 2720.19

BLK

0.4#157 of 272-0.31

FG%

42.1%3.4/8.0#216 of 272-0.42

FT%

71.1%0.4/0.5#189 of 272-0.78

TO

1.3#118 of 2720.27

Rank among rotation players (20+ minutes, 20+ games). Colour is the value in the category, as in Rankings.

Team role · Charlotte Hornets

No. 4 at SF for the Charlotte Hornets, behind Brandon Miller, Sion James, and Grayson Allen. 126 minutes a night of the 2025-26 rotation left, most of it Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, and Collin Sexton; Naz Reid is the arrival projected for the most minutes (29).

SF

PF

1Naz ReidNew
2Royce O'NealeNew
3Grant Williams
4Tidjane Salaun
5Sion James
6Hannes SteinbachNew
7Liam McNeeley
8Pat Connaughton
9PJ Hall
10Michael AjayiNew

Left since 2025-26

Miles BridgesTraded Jul 1331 min → PHX
LaMelo BallTraded Jul 1028 min → MIN
Collin Sexton22 min → LAL
KJ Simpson16 min
Josh GreenTraded Jul 1016 min → UTAH
Tre MannAcquired by WSH Aug 2013 min → WSH
Minutes a night126

Arrived

Grayson AllenAcquired Jul 1329 min from PHX
Royce O'NealeAcquired Jul 1328 min from PHX
Naz ReidAcquired Jul 1026 min from MIN
Dennis SchroderAcquired Aug 2024 min from CLE
Christian AndersonSigned Jul 6new
Kylan BoswellSigned Jul 6new
Michael AjayiSigned Jul 6new
Hannes SteinbachSigned Jul 6new

Depth chart from ESPN. Who left and arrived: last season's box scores against today's roster; how and when: ESPN's transaction feed, where it lists the move. Minutes are last season's, per game. Charlotte Hornets depth chart

Season	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	3PM	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	FGM/FGA	FT%	FTM/FTA	TO
2025-26	PHX	78	28.4	9.8	2.7	4.8	2.7	1.1	0.4	42.5%	3.4/8.0	60.0%	0.3/0.5	1.3
2024-25	PHX	75	24.5	9.1	2.4	4.7	2.2	0.9	0.4	42.1%	3.2/7.6	100.0%	0.3/0.3	0.9
2023-24	BKN/PHX	79	24.7	7.7	2.0	4.8	2.8	0.7	0.6	39.7%	2.7/6.8	75.0%	0.3/0.4	0.9
2022-23	BKN	76	31.7	8.8	2.1	5.1	3.7	0.9	0.6	38.5%	3.0/7.8	77.8%	0.7/0.9	1.5
2021-22	UTAH	77	31.2	7.4	1.5	4.8	2.5	1.1	0.4	44.8%	2.6/5.8	85.7%	0.6/0.7	1.0
2020-21	UTAH	71	31.5	7.0	1.5	6.8	2.5	0.8	0.5	45.5%	2.5/5.5	83.3%	0.5/0.6	1.2
2019-20	UTAH	71	28.9	6.3	1.3	5.5	2.5	0.8	0.5	43.1%	2.2/5.1	75.0%	0.6/0.8	0.9
2018-19	UTAH	82	20.4	5.2	0.8	3.5	1.5	0.7	0.3	47.6%	2.0/4.2	80.0%	0.4/0.5	0.9
2017-18	UTAH	69	16.7	5.0	0.6	3.4	1.4	0.5	0.2	41.5%	1.7/4.1	81.8%	0.9/1.1	0.8

Box-score averages from ESPN.

Royce O'Neale in fantasy basketball

The outlook above is written from our 2025-26 projection and his recent seasons, and changes with every projection run. His Value and ranks are the same numbers Rankings shows.