Bam Adebayo vs. Paolo Banchero Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paolo Banchero and Bam Adebayo, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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.

Bam Adebayo played 8 years in the NBA, 5 more than Paolo Banchero, who played 3. Bam Adebayo had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Paolo Banchero had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Bam Adebayo	Paolo Banchero
Season	2017-18	2022-23
Team	Miami Heat	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	69	19.8	6.9	1.7	3.8	5.5	1.5	0.5	0.6	1.0	2.0	2.5	4.9	.512	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.721
difference:	+3	+14.0	+13.1	+0.5	+1.9	+1.4	+2.2	+0.3	+0.1	-1.8	-0.2	+4.2	+10.7	+.085	+1.2	+3.9	+.298	+3.6	+4.8	+.017
Paolo Banchero	72	33.8	20.0	1.2	5.7	6.9	3.7	0.8	0.5	2.8	2.2	6.7	15.6	.427	1.2	4.0	.298	5.5	7.4	.738
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	5	15.4	3.4	1.8	2.2	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.6	1.4	3.0	.467	0.0	0.2	.000	0.6	2.8	.214
Paolo Banchero	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Bam Adebayo	Paolo Banchero
Season	2018-19	2023-24
Team	Miami Heat	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	82	23.3	8.9	2.0	5.3	7.3	2.2	0.9	0.8	1.5	2.5	3.4	5.9	.576	0.0	0.2	.200	2.0	2.8	.735
difference:	+2	+11.7	+13.7	+1.0	+0.6	+0.4	+3.2		+0.2	-1.6	-0.6	+4.6	+11.7	+.121	+1.5	+4.2	+.139	+3.1	+4.2	+.010
Paolo Banchero	80	35.0	22.6	1.0	5.9	6.9	5.4	0.9	0.6	3.1	1.9	8.0	17.6	.455	1.5	4.4	.339	5.1	7.0	.725
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paolo Banchero	7	37.4	27.0	2.0	6.6	8.6	4.0	1.1	0.6	4.6	2.0	9.7	21.3	.456	2.3	5.7	.400	5.3	7.0	.755

Season 3
	Bam Adebayo	Paolo Banchero
Season	2019-20	2024-25
Team	Miami Heat	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	72	33.6	15.9	2.4	7.8	10.2	5.1	1.1	1.3	2.8	2.5	6.1	11.0	.557	0.0	0.2	.143	3.7	5.3	.691
difference:	+26	+0.8	+10.0	+1.3	+1.4	+2.7	+0.3	+0.3	+0.7	-0.2	-0.4	+2.9	+8.8	+.105	+1.9	+5.7	+.177	+2.4	+3.1	+.036
Paolo Banchero	46	34.4	25.9	1.1	6.4	7.5	4.8	0.8	0.6	3.0	2.1	9.0	19.8	.452	1.9	5.9	.320	6.1	8.4	.727
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	19	36.2	17.8	2.5	7.8	10.3	4.4	1.0	0.8	2.5	3.1	6.5	11.6	.564	0.0	0.1	.000	4.7	6.1	.783
difference:	+14	+3.2	+11.6	+0.1	+1.8	+1.9	+0.2	+0.4		-0.5	-0.5	+4.3	+13.2	+.129	+2.4	+5.3	+.444	+0.7	+2.1	+.124
Paolo Banchero	5	39.4	29.4	2.4	6.0	8.4	4.2	0.6	0.8	3.0	3.6	10.8	24.8	.435	2.4	5.4	.444	5.4	8.2	.659

Additional Years
* Bam Adebayo played 5 seasons more than Paolo Banchero in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 8, from 2021 to 2025—Bam Adebayo played in 5 Playoffs. In those 5 extra years over Paolo Banchero, Bam Adebayo got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 2 All-Star Game