Pete Maravich vs. Royce O'Neale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Royce O'Neale and Pete Maravich, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Pete Maravich played 10 years in the NBA, 3 more than Royce O'Neale, who played 7. Pete Maravich had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Royce O'Neale had his rookie season in 2017-18. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Pete Maravich	10	4	1970-71 to 1979-80
Royce O'Neale	7	7	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Pete Maravich	Royce O'Neale
Season	1970-71	2017-18
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	81	36.1	23.2	-	-	3.7	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	9.1	19.9	.458	-	-	-	5.0	6.2	.800
Royce O'Neale	69	16.7	5.0	0.4	3.1	3.4	1.4	0.5	0.2	0.8	1.5	1.7	4.1	.423	0.6	1.7	.356	0.9	1.1	.803

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	5	39.8	22.0	-	-	5.2	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	9.2	24.4	.377	-	-	-	3.6	5.2	.692
Royce O'Neale	11	23.5	7.1	0.3	3.2	3.5	1.4	0.9	0.4	1.5	2.7	2.5	5.1	.500	0.9	2.5	.357	1.1	1.7	.632


Season 2
	Pete Maravich	Royce O'Neale
Season	1971-72	2018-19
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	66	34.9	19.3	-	-	3.9	6.0	-	-	-	3.1	7.0	16.3	.427	-	-	-	5.4	6.6	.811
Royce O'Neale	82	20.4	5.2	0.3	3.2	3.5	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.9	2.1	2.0	4.2	.475	0.8	2.1	.386	0.4	0.5	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	6	36.5	27.7	-	-	5.3	4.7	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	20.2	.446	-	-	-	9.7	11.8	.817
Royce O'Neale	5	27.4	10.6	0.4	4.2	4.6	1.6	0.4	0.4	2.0	3.0	4.2	9.0	.467	1.6	4.6	.348	0.6	0.8	.750


Season 3
	Pete Maravich	Royce O'Neale
Season	1972-73	2019-20
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	79	39.1	26.1	-	-	4.4	6.9	-	-	-	3.1	10.0	22.6	.441	-	-	-	6.1	7.7	.800
Royce O'Neale	71	28.9	6.3	0.4	5.1	5.5	2.5	0.8	0.5	0.9	2.8	2.2	5.1	.433	1.3	3.4	.377	0.6	0.8	.764

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	6	39.0	26.2	-	-	4.8	6.7	-	-	-	4.0	10.8	25.8	.419	-	-	-	4.5	5.7	.794
Royce O'Neale	7	35.6	5.6	0.4	5.0	5.4	2.7	1.3	0.3	1.9	3.6	1.9	4.6	.406	1.4	3.1	.455	0.4	0.9	.500


Season 4
	Pete Maravich	Royce O'Neale
Season	1973-74	2020-21
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	76	38.2	27.7	1.3	3.6	4.9	5.2	1.5	0.2	-	3.4	10.8	23.6	.457	-	-	-	6.2	7.5	.826
Royce O'Neale	71	31.6	7.0	1.2	5.6	6.8	2.5	0.8	0.5	1.2	2.6	2.5	5.5	.444	1.5	3.9	.385	0.5	0.6	.848

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Royce O'Neale	11	36.7	11.3	1.5	5.8	7.3	2.1	1.1	0.3	0.7	3.7	3.9	7.7	.506	2.5	5.5	.467	0.9	1.1	.833


Season 5
	Pete Maravich	Royce O'Neale
Season	1974-75	2021-22
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	79	36.1	21.5	1.2	4.2	5.3	6.2	1.5	0.2	-	2.9	8.3	19.8	.419	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.811
Royce O'Neale	77	31.2	7.4	0.8	3.9	4.8	2.5	1.1	0.4	1.0	2.4	2.6	5.8	.457	1.5	4.0	.389	0.6	0.7	.804

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Royce O'Neale	6	31.3	6.2	1.0	4.7	5.7	1.5	0.5	0.2	0.5	2.7	2.3	5.8	.400	1.2	4.2	.280	0.3	0.3	1.000


Season 6
	Pete Maravich	Royce O'Neale
Season	1975-76	2022-23
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	62	38.3	25.9	0.7	4.1	4.8	5.4	1.4	0.4	-	3.2	9.7	21.2	.459	-	-	-	6.4	7.9	.811
Royce O'Neale	76	31.7	8.8	0.7	4.3	5.1	3.7	0.9	0.6	1.5	3.1	3.0	7.8	.386	2.1	5.5	.389	0.7	0.9	.725

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Royce O'Neale	4	29.5	5.0	1.0	3.3	4.3	3.5	1.3	0.3	1.0	2.8	1.8	7.3	.241	1.0	5.5	.182	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 7
	Pete Maravich	Royce O'Neale
Season	1976-77	2023-24
Team	New Orleans Jazz	Brooklyn Nets, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	73	41.7	31.1	1.2	3.9	5.1	5.4	1.2	0.3	-	2.6	12.1	28.0	.433	-	-	-	6.9	8.2	.835
Royce O'Neale	79	24.7	7.7	0.8	4.0	4.8	2.8	0.7	0.6	0.9	2.2	2.7	6.8	.397	2.0	5.3	.370	0.3	0.4	.686

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Royce O'Neale	4	26.0	5.0	1.3	3.5	4.8	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.5	2.8	1.8	5.5	.318	1.5	4.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-


Season 8
	Pete Maravich	Royce O'Neale
Season	1977-78	-
Team	New Orleans Jazz	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	50	40.8	27.0	1.0	2.6	3.6	6.7	2.0	0.2	5.0	2.3	11.1	25.1	.444	-	-	-	4.8	5.5	.870
Royce O'Neale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Royce O'Neale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Pete Maravich	Royce O'Neale
Season	1978-79	-
Team	New Orleans Jazz	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	49	37.2	22.6	0.7	1.8	2.5	5.0	1.2	0.4	4.1	2.1	8.9	21.1	.421	-	-	-	4.8	5.7	.841
Royce O'Neale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Royce O'Neale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Pete Maravich	Royce O'Neale
Season	1979-80	-
Team	Utah Jazz, Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	43	22.4	13.7	0.4	1.4	1.8	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.9	1.8	5.7	12.6	.449	0.2	0.3	.667	2.1	2.4	.867
Royce O'Neale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Pete Maravich	9	11.6	6.0	0.0	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.3	2.8	5.7	.490	0.2	0.7	.333	0.2	0.3	.667
Royce O'Neale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Pete Maravich vs. Royce O'Neale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Royce O'Neale and Pete Maravich, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10