Giannis Antetokounmpo vs. Paolo Banchero Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paolo Banchero and Giannis Antetokounmpo, 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.

Giannis Antetokounmpo played 12 years in the NBA, 9 more than Paolo Banchero, who played 3. Giannis Antetokounmpo had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, 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
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Paolo Banchero
Season	2013-14	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	77	24.6	6.8	1.0	3.4	4.4	1.9	0.8	0.8	1.6	2.2	2.2	5.4	.414	0.5	1.5	.347	1.8	2.6	.683
difference:	+5	+9.2	+13.2	+0.2	+2.3	+2.5	+1.8		+0.3	-1.2		+4.5	+10.2	+.013	+0.7	+2.5	+.049	+3.7	+4.8	+.055
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
* Neiher Giannis Antetokounmpo nor Paolo Banchero played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Paolo Banchero
Season	2014-15	2023-24
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	81	31.4	12.7	1.2	5.5	6.7	2.6	0.9	1.0	2.1	3.1	4.7	9.6	.491	0.1	0.5	.159	3.2	4.3	.741
difference:	+1	+3.6	+9.9	+0.2	+0.4	+0.2	+2.8		+0.4	-1.0	-1.2	+3.3	+8.0	+.036	+1.4	+3.9	+.180	+1.9	+2.7	+.016
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		%
Giannis Antetokounmpo	6	33.5	11.5	2.0	5.0	7.0	2.7	0.5	1.5	1.8	3.0	4.3	11.8	.366	0.0	0.2	.000	2.8	3.8	.739
difference:	+1	+3.9	+15.5		+1.6	+1.6	+1.3	+0.6	+0.9	-2.8	-1.0	+5.4	+9.5	+.090	+2.3	+5.5	+.400	+2.5	+3.2	+.016
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

Additional Years
* Giannis Antetokounmpo played 9 seasons more than Paolo Banchero in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 12, from 2017 to 2025—Giannis Antetokounmpo played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship and one NBA Cup. In those 9 extra years over Paolo Banchero, Giannis Antetokounmpo got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 2 Season MVP 7 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 1 Most Improved Player 1 Cup MVP 2 Cup All-Tournament Team 9 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP