Devin Booker vs. Paul Silas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paul Silas and Devin Booker, 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.

Devin Booker played 9 years in the NBA, 7 less than Paul Silas, who played 16. Devin Booker had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Paul Silas had his rookie season in 1964-65. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Devin Booker	Paul Silas
Season	2015-16	1964-65
Team	Phoenix Suns	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Devin Booker	76	27.7	13.8	0.4	2.1	2.5	2.6	0.6	0.3	2.1	3.0	4.8	11.4	.423	1.3	3.8	.343	2.8	3.4	.840
Paul Silas	79	15.7	4.6	-	-	7.3	0.6	-	-	-	2.0	1.8	4.7	.373	-	-	-	1.1	2.1	.506
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Silas	4	10.5	2.8	-	-	4.5	0.3	-	-	-	1.5	1.0	2.5	.400	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.750

Season 5
	Devin Booker	Paul Silas
Season	2019-20	1968-69
Team	Phoenix Suns	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost West Div 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		%
Devin Booker	70	35.9	26.6	0.4	3.8	4.2	6.5	0.7	0.3	3.8	3.0	9.0	18.3	.489	2.0	5.7	.354	6.7	7.3	.919
Paul Silas	79	23.5	8.7	-	-	9.4	1.8	-	-	-	2.1	3.1	7.3	.419	-	-	-	2.6	4.2	.613
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Silas	11	23.5	5.5	-	-	8.4	1.9	-	-	-	2.9	1.9	5.3	.362	-	-	-	1.7	3.4	.514

Season 6
	Devin Booker	Paul Silas
Season	2020-21	1969-70
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	Suns Lost West Div 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		%
Devin Booker	67	33.9	25.6	0.5	3.7	4.2	4.3	0.8	0.2	3.1	2.7	9.3	19.2	.484	1.9	5.5	.340	5.1	5.9	.867
Paul Silas	78	36.4	12.8	-	-	11.7	2.7	-	-	-	3.4	4.8	10.3	.464	-	-	-	3.2	5.3	.607
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	22	40.4	27.3	0.7	5.0	5.6	4.5	0.8	0.2	3.7	3.5	9.6	21.5	.447	2.0	6.2	.321	6.0	6.7	.905
Paul Silas	7	40.9	16.1	-	-	15.9	4.3	-	-	-	4.1	6.6	15.6	.422	-	-	-	3.0	4.6	.656

Season 7
	Devin Booker	Paul Silas
Season	2021-22	1970-71
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Devin Booker	68	34.5	26.8	0.7	4.4	5.0	4.8	1.1	0.4	2.4	2.6	9.7	20.9	.466	2.7	7.0	.383	4.6	5.3	.868
Paul Silas	81	36.3	11.9	-	-	12.5	3.0	-	-	-	2.8	4.2	9.7	.428	-	-	-	3.5	5.1	.685
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	10	36.6	23.3	1.0	3.8	4.8	4.4	0.5	0.4	3.2	2.5	7.9	17.5	.451	2.8	6.5	.431	4.7	5.3	.887
Paul Silas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Devin Booker	Paul Silas
Season	2022-23	1971-72
Team	Phoenix Suns	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Devin Booker	53	34.6	27.8	0.9	3.7	4.5	5.5	1.0	0.3	2.7	3.0	9.9	20.1	.494	2.1	6.0	.351	5.8	6.8	.855
Paul Silas	80	38.5	17.5	-	-	11.9	4.3	-	-	-	2.5	6.1	12.9	.470	-	-	-	5.4	7.0	.773
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	11	41.7	33.7	1.1	3.7	4.8	7.2	1.7	0.8	2.9	3.4	12.8	21.9	.585	2.8	5.5	.508	5.3	6.1	.866
Paul Silas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Devin Booker	Paul Silas
Season	2023-24	1972-73
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Devin Booker	68	36.0	27.1	0.8	3.7	4.5	6.9	0.9	0.4	2.6	3.0	9.4	19.2	.492	2.2	6.1	.364	6.0	6.7	.886
Paul Silas	80	32.7	13.3	-	-	13.0	3.1	-	-	-	2.5	5.0	10.6	.470	-	-	-	3.3	4.8	.700
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	4	41.5	27.5	0.3	3.0	3.3	6.0	1.8	0.3	2.8	4.5	8.0	16.3	.492	1.8	5.0	.350	9.8	10.3	.951
Paul Silas	13	39.4	9.6	-	-	15.1	3.0	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	9.2	.392	-	-	-	2.4	3.8	.620

Season 10
	Devin Booker	Paul Silas
Season	-	1973-74
Team	-	Boston Celtics
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		%
Devin Booker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Silas	82	31.7	11.5	4.1	7.1	11.2	2.3	0.8	0.2	-	3.0	4.1	9.4	.440	-	-	-	3.2	4.1	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Silas	18	31.9	8.0	2.9	7.7	10.6	2.6	0.7	0.5	-	2.8	2.8	7.0	.397	-	-	-	2.4	2.9	.830

Season 11
	Devin Booker	Paul Silas
Season	-	1974-75
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Devin Booker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Silas	82	32.5	10.6	4.2	8.3	12.5	2.7	0.7	0.3	-	2.8	3.8	9.1	.417	-	-	-	3.0	4.2	.709
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Silas	11	36.8	9.1	4.2	7.6	11.8	3.6	1.1	0.2	-	4.1	3.8	8.4	.457	-	-	-	1.5	2.3	.640

Season 12
	Devin Booker	Paul Silas
Season	-	1975-76
Team	-	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
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		%
Devin Booker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Silas	81	32.9	10.7	4.5	8.1	12.7	2.5	0.7	0.4	-	2.8	3.9	9.1	.426	-	-	-	2.9	4.1	.709
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Silas	18	41.2	10.8	4.3	9.3	13.7	2.3	1.3	0.3	-	3.7	3.8	8.6	.448	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.812

Season 15
	Devin Booker	Paul Silas
Season	-	1978-79
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
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		%
Devin Booker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Silas	82	23.9	5.6	3.2	3.9	7.0	1.4	0.4	0.2	1.2	2.2	2.1	4.9	.423	-	-	-	1.4	2.4	.598
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devin Booker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Silas	17	24.6	4.3	2.4	3.4	5.8	1.1	0.5	0.3	2.0	2.6	1.2	3.2	.389	-	-	-	1.8	2.7	.674