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Royce O'Neale

RANK #1672025-26 RESULTS · PTS LEAGUEF582025-26 9-CAT #131 8-CAT #136F · Charlotte HornetsAge 336' 6"2025-26 season

9.8

Points / game

4.8

Rebounds

2.7

Assists

28.4

Minutes

42.1%

FG%

22.8

FPTS / game

-9.1

vs F median

TIER 6 · #167 OVERALLDepth piece — #58 among forwards

Royce O'Neale is ranked #58 among 149 eligible NBA forwards. He profiles as a bench or matchup-based option — draft late or stream when the schedule lines up.

Percentile62%

2025-26 season results · Computed from official box scores · Points scoring: PTS + 1.2×REB + 1.5×AST + 3×STL + 3×BLK − TO · updated July 27

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Royce O'Neale 2026-27 fantasy outlook

21.2Proj FPTS/G · ~1717 / 81 games

16.4–28Typical game · middle 50%

#199Projected rank

140ADP (ESPN drafts)

Market price (ADP 140) lines up with our rank (#199). Draft confidently at his current ADP. Projection drivers: shrinking workload (22.4 minutes/gm late vs 28.3 season), late-season gains in per-minute production.

INJURY RISK Low^?AGE/WORKLOAD RISK High^?ROLE SECURITY Unsettled^?How we grade risk

Projection updated July 27 · ESPN ADP updated July 27 · Range = 25th–75th percentile of his 2025-26 game log

Royce O'Neale consistency and floor

80 GAMES

11.7

Floor (p10)

22.8

Average

33.2

Ceiling (p90)

Consistency75%+ of average delivered71%

Boom rate125%+ of average24%

Bust rateunder half of average9%

22.7

Season avg FPTS

18.4

Last 10 FPTS

22.1

Last 5 FPTS

O'Neale vs other forwards

PERCENTILE · 149 RANKED

Points9.853

Rebounds4.860

Assists2.778

Steals1.191

Blocks0.456

Minutes28.474

Fantasy PPG22.862

Percentile among all ranked NBA forwards · 99 = best

O'Neale fantasy points, last 15 games

2025-26 · ■ BOOM · ■ BUST

SEASON HIGH 54.1SEASON LOW 3.2LAST 5 AVG 22.1

Royce O'Neale game log — 2025-26

■ BOOM · ■ BUST

DATE	OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FPTS
Apr 18	GS	W 111-96	26	11	2	1	0	0	1	4-11	3-10	13.9
Apr 15	POR	L 114-110	24	7	8	3	4	0	0	3-5	1-3	33.1
Apr 11	@LAL	L 101-73	22	11	7	3	3	0	1	4-10	2-7	31.9
Apr 9	DAL	W 112-107	23	14	4	1	0	1	0	5-7	4-6	23.3
Apr 8	HOU	L 119-105	17	3	2	0	0	1	0	1-4	1-4	8.4
Apr 5	@CHI	W 120-110	22	3	3	2	0	0	2	1-2	1-2	7.6
Apr 2	@CHA	L 127-107	17	3	1	0	0	0	1	1-2	1-2	3.2
Mar 31	@ORL	L 115-111	31	14	9	4	1	1	1	4-8	4-7	35.8
Mar 31	@MEM	W 131-105	24	9	4	1	0	0	1	3-7	2-6	14.3
Mar 29	UTAH	W 134-109	22	6	3	2	0	0	0	2-7	2-6	12.6
Mar 25	DEN	L 125-123	28	17	5	3	1	3	0	5-8	5-8	39.5
Mar 18	@MIN	L 116-104	29	9	2	2	3	0	3	3-6	3-6	20.4
Mar 16	@BOS	L 120-112	19	6	2	3	0	2	0	2-5	2-5	18.9
Mar 13	@TOR	L 122-115	28	6	6	4	1	1	0	2-9	2-9	25.2
Mar 12	@IND	W 123-108	28	15	3	1	0	0	0	5-8	5-8	20.1
Mar 11	@MIL	W 129-114	32	21	5	4	2	0	2	7-11	7-11	37
Mar 9	CHA	W 111-99	32	3	7	1	3	2	0	1-6	1-6	27.9
Mar 7	NO	W 118-116	31	11	6	3	0	0	0	4-9	3-8	22.7
Mar 6	CHI	L 105-103	18	3	4	0	0	0	1	1-6	1-4	6.8
Mar 4	@SAC	W 114-103	29	6	4	5	2	1	1	2-7	2-7	26.3
Feb 27	LAL	W 113-110	28	13	6	3	0	0	2	4-7	3-6	22.7
Feb 25	BOS	L 97-81	21	9	2	1	0	1	1	3-6	3-4	14.9
Feb 23	POR	L 92-77	25	0	7	0	1	1	2	0-5	0-4	12.4
Feb 21	ORL	W 113-110 2OT	46	6	7	4	2	2	1	2-10	2-9	31.4
Feb 20	@SA	L 121-94	27	8	7	1	0	1	0	3-8	2-5	20.9
Feb 12	OKC	L 136-109	24	12	2	2	0	0	1	4-11	4-11	16.4
Feb 11	DAL	W 120-111	23	12	4	2	2	0	1	4-8	4-7	24.8
Feb 8	PHI	L 109-103	34	14	11	3	2	0	3	5-10	4-9	34.7
Feb 6	GS	L 101-97	27	9	1	5	0	0	1	3-7	3-6	16.7
Feb 4	@POR	W 130-125	36	11	7	0	2	0	2	5-12	1-5	23.4
Feb 2	LAC	L 117-93	34	9	4	3	0	0	1	3-8	3-8	17.3
Jan 31	CLE	W 126-113	24	12	5	2	1	0	0	4-8	4-8	24
Jan 30	DET	W 114-96	28	10	2	2	1	0	2	4-8	2-5	16.4
Jan 28	BKN	W 106-102	34	7	2	4	2	1	1	2-9	0-5	23.4
Jan 26	MIA	L 111-102	31	8	5	5	2	0	2	2-10	0-7	25.5
Jan 24	@ATL	L 110-103	28	5	2	3	2	1	4	2-5	1-3	16.9
Jan 21	@PHI	W 116-110	24	9	3	2	0	0	1	3-7	3-7	14.6
Jan 20	@BKN	W 126-117	29	11	3	5	0	0	3	4-8	3-7	19.1
Jan 18	@NY	W 106-99	30	10	5	2	1	0	1	3-5	2-4	21
Jan 16	@DET	L 108-105	29	11	7	7	0	0	2	4-11	3-8	27.9
Jan 14	@MIA	L 127-121	32	8	4	4	1	0	1	3-10	2-8	20.8
Jan 12	WSH	W 112-93	25	19	7	4	2	0	3	6-11	5-10	36.4
Jan 10	NY	W 112-107	33	12	6	1	0	1	0	4-6	4-6	23.7
Jan 8	@MEM	W 117-98	27	12	6	4	2	1	1	4-9	4-9	33.2
Jan 6	@HOU	L 100-97	31	15	6	3	2	0	0	5-12	5-12	32.7
Jan 5	OKC	W 108-105	32	3	6	3	0	1	2	1-8	1-6	15.7
Jan 3	SAC	W 129-102	30	7	5	2	2	3	0	3-7	1-5	31
Dec 31	@CLE	L 129-113	27	9	2	1	1	0	4	4-10	1-6	11.9
Dec 30	@WSH	W 115-101	33	15	5	4	1	0	1	5-8	5-6	29
Dec 28	@NO	W 123-114	33	15	5	2	1	1	2	5-9	5-8	28
Dec 27	@NO	W 115-108	25	3	2	3	0	0	0	1-4	1-4	9.9
Dec 24	LAL	W 132-108	23	12	3	3	1	0	1	4-5	4-5	22.1
Dec 21	@GS	L 119-116	30	5	3	2	1	0	3	2-7	1-6	11.6
Dec 19	GS	W 99-98	31	9	5	3	3	0	1	3-9	2-5	27.5
Dec 15	LAL	L 116-114	24	12	5	1	1	0	2	4-7	4-7	20.5
Dec 11	@OKC	L 138-89	26	4	4	1	2	0	5	2-7	0-3	11.3
Dec 9	@MIN	W 108-105	33	11	8	5	2	1	2	4-6	3-5	35.1
Dec 6	@HOU	L 117-98	19	0	2	2	1	0	1	0-4	0-4	7.4
Dec 2	@LAL	W 125-108	33	6	7	11	1	0	1	2-7	2-6	32.9
Nov 30	DEN	L 130-112	29	15	6	1	2	0	0	6-13	3-10	29.7
Nov 29	@OKC	L 123-119	29	11	7	1	1	1	1	4-10	3-8	25.9
Nov 27	@SAC	W 112-100	32	9	4	4	3	1	2	3-9	3-9	29.8
Nov 25	HOU	L 114-92	33	12	5	1	0	1	1	4-10	4-8	21.5
Nov 24	SA	W 111-102	34	9	5	1	1	0	1	3-8	3-5	18.5
Nov 22	MIN	W 114-113	31	16	3	2	0	0	2	5-8	3-6	20.6
Nov 19	@POR	W 127-110	31	9	5	1	2	0	1	3-10	3-10	21.5
Nov 17	ATL	L 124-122	25	3	6	1	0	0	0	1-9	1-6	11.7
Nov 14	IND	W 133-98	23	5	3	3	0	0	1	2-4	1-2	12.1
Nov 13	@DAL	W 123-114	28	13	6	4	1	0	2	4-7	3-4	27.2
Nov 11	NO	W 121-98	23	14	5	2	1	1	1	5-9	4-8	28
Nov 9	@LAC	W 114-103	29	12	7	5	2	0	1	4-8	4-8	32.9
Nov 7	LAC	W 115-102	28	17	4	2	0	0	1	6-11	5-10	23.8
Nov 5	@GS	L 118-107	28	8	6	3	1	0	3	3-8	2-6	19.7
Nov 3	SA	W 130-118	30	11	6	4	2	0	1	4-6	3-5	29.2
Nov 1	UTAH	W 118-96	33	13	5	2	2	0	1	5-10	3-8	27
Oct 30	MEM	L 114-113	35	18	3	5	0	0	2	6-12	6-11	27.1
Oct 28	@UTAH	L 138-134 OT	46	17	13	7	5	0	4	6-17	5-12	54.1
Oct 26	@DEN	L 133-111	28	7	4	2	0	0	1	2-6	2-6	13.8
Oct 25	@LAC	L 129-102	28	11	4	1	2	1	2	4-11	3-10	24.3
Oct 23	SAC	W 120-116	29	12	5	2	1	0	1	4-8	3-7	23

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QIs Royce O'Neale a good fantasy pick?

He's a depth option, not a priority pick: #167 overall, #58 at his position. Draft late or stream based on matchups.

QWhat round should Royce O'Neale be drafted in?

His current ADP in ESPN drafts is 140 (roughly round 14 in a 10-team league). We rank him #199, so he is fairly priced.

QHow many fantasy points will Royce O'Neale score in 2026-27?

We project 21.2 points per game across an expected 81 games — approximately 1717 points for the season. His typical game last season landed between 16.4 and 28 (middle 50% of results), and that puts him #199 in projected scoring.

QHow does Royce O'Neale rank in category leagues?

Based on 2025-26 production, Royce O'Neale finished #131 in 9-cat and #136 in 8-cat leagues by per-game z-score value, versus #167 in points formats. Low turnovers make him even more valuable when they count against you.

QHow consistent is Royce O'Neale for fantasy?

He delivered at least 75% of his average in 71% of games, with a floor of 11.7 and a ceiling of 33.2 fantasy points. He boomed (125%+ of average) in 24% of games and busted (under half his average) in 9%.

Answers computed by HoopSplit from official box scores.