Steve Kerr vs. Royce O'Neale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Royce O'Neale and Steve Kerr, 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.

Steve Kerr played 15 years in the NBA, 8 more than Royce O'Neale, who played 7. Steve Kerr had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, 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
Steve Kerr	15	11	1988-89 to 2002-03
Royce O'Neale	7	7	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Steve Kerr	Royce O'Neale
Season	1988-89	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
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		%
Steve Kerr	26	6.0	2.1	0.1	0.5	0.7	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.8	1.8	.435	0.3	0.7	.471	0.2	0.3	.667
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		%
Steve Kerr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Steve Kerr	Royce O'Neale
Season	1989-90	2018-19
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Steve Kerr	78	21.3	6.7	0.2	1.1	1.3	3.2	0.6	0.1	0.9	0.8	2.5	5.5	.444	0.9	1.8	.507	0.8	0.9	.863
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		%
Steve Kerr	5	14.6	1.6	0.2	1.0	1.2	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.4	1.2	0.8	2.8	.286	0.0	0.6	.000	0.0	0.0	-
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
	Steve Kerr	Royce O'Neale
Season	1990-91	2019-20
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	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		%
Steve Kerr	57	15.9	4.8	0.1	0.6	0.6	2.3	0.5	0.1	0.7	0.9	1.7	3.9	.444	0.5	1.1	.452	0.8	0.9	.849
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		%
Steve Kerr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Steve Kerr	Royce O'Neale
Season	1991-92	2020-21
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Steve Kerr	48	17.6	6.6	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.3	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.6	2.5	4.9	.511	0.7	1.5	.432	0.9	1.1	.833
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		%
Steve Kerr	12	12.4	3.7	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.5	3.4	.439	0.3	0.9	.273	0.4	0.4	1.000
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
	Steve Kerr	Royce O'Neale
Season	1992-93	2021-22
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Orlando Magic	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		%
Steve Kerr	52	9.3	2.6	0.1	0.8	0.9	1.3	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.7	1.0	2.3	.434	0.1	0.5	.231	0.4	0.5	.917
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		%
Steve Kerr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Steve Kerr	Royce O'Neale
Season	1993-94	2022-23
Team	Chicago Bulls	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Steve Kerr	82	24.8	8.6	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.6	0.9	0.0	0.7	1.2	3.5	7.0	.497	0.6	1.5	.419	1.0	1.2	.856
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		%
Steve Kerr	10	18.6	3.5	0.2	1.2	1.4	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.1	1.3	1.3	3.6	.361	0.6	1.6	.375	0.3	0.3	1.000
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
	Steve Kerr	Royce O'Neale
Season	1994-95	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	Brooklyn Nets, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Steve Kerr	82	22.4	8.2	0.2	1.2	1.5	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.6	1.4	3.2	6.0	.527	1.1	2.1	.524	0.8	1.0	.778
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		%
Steve Kerr	10	19.3	5.1	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	1.4	1.9	4.0	.475	0.8	1.9	.421	0.5	0.5	1.000
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
	Steve Kerr	Royce O'Neale
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	82	23.4	8.4	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	0.8	0.0	0.5	1.3	3.0	5.9	.506	1.5	2.9	.515	1.0	1.0	.929
Royce O'Neale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	18	19.8	6.8	0.2	0.8	1.0	1.7	0.8	0.0	0.7	1.2	2.2	4.8	.448	0.9	2.9	.321	1.5	1.7	.871
Royce O'Neale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Steve Kerr	Royce O'Neale
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	82	22.7	8.1	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.1	0.8	0.0	0.5	1.2	3.0	5.7	.533	1.3	2.9	.464	0.7	0.8	.806
Royce O'Neale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	19	17.9	5.0	0.2	0.7	0.9	1.1	0.9	0.1	0.4	1.3	1.7	4.1	.429	0.8	2.2	.381	0.7	0.7	.929
Royce O'Neale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Steve Kerr	Royce O'Neale
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Chicago Bulls	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	50	22.4	7.5	0.3	1.3	1.5	1.9	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.4	2.7	6.0	.454	1.1	2.6	.438	0.9	1.0	.918
Royce O'Neale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	21	19.8	4.9	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.2	1.2	1.6	3.6	.434	0.9	2.0	.463	0.9	1.0	.818
Royce O'Neale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Steve Kerr	Royce O'Neale
Season	1998-99	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	44	16.7	4.4	0.1	0.9	1.0	1.1	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.5	4.0	.391	0.6	1.8	.313	0.7	0.8	.886
Royce O'Neale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	11	8.7	2.2	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.5	0.7	2.7	.267	0.3	1.2	.231	0.5	0.5	.833
Royce O'Neale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Steve Kerr	Royce O'Neale
Season	1999-00	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
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		%
Steve Kerr	32	8.4	2.8	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.4	1.0	2.3	.432	0.5	1.0	.516	0.3	0.3	.818
Royce O'Neale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 13
	Steve Kerr	Royce O'Neale
Season	2000-01	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Steve Kerr	55	11.8	3.3	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.5	1.2	2.9	.421	0.6	1.4	.429	0.3	0.3	.933
Royce O'Neale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	9	11.1	3.3	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.9	1.3	2.8	.480	0.6	1.7	.333	0.1	0.2	.500
Royce O'Neale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Steve Kerr	Royce O'Neale
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Steve Kerr	65	11.9	4.1	0.1	0.8	0.9	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.8	1.6	3.3	.470	0.4	1.0	.394	0.6	0.6	.975
Royce O'Neale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	3	13.0	6.3	0.0	1.3	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	2.0	2.0	4.7	.429	0.7	2.7	.250	1.7	1.7	1.000
Royce O'Neale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Steve Kerr	Royce O'Neale
Season	2002-03	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	75	12.7	4.0	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.5	0.7	1.5	3.4	.430	0.7	1.7	.395	0.4	0.5	.882
Royce O'Neale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kerr	10	4.5	2.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.1	.636	0.5	0.6	.833	0.3	0.4	.750
Royce O'Neale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Steve Kerr vs. Royce O'Neale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Royce O'Neale and Steve Kerr, 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

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15