OG Anunoby vs. Paolo Banchero Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Paolo Banchero and OG Anunoby, 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.

OG Anunoby played 8 years in the NBA, 5 more than Paolo Banchero, who played 3. OG Anunoby 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
	OG Anunoby	Paolo Banchero
Season	2017-18	2022-23
Team	Toronto Raptors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
OG Anunoby	74	20.0	5.9	0.6	1.9	2.5	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.6	1.8	2.2	4.7	.471	1.0	2.7	.371	0.5	0.8	.629
difference:	+2	+13.8	+14.1	+0.6	+3.8	+4.4	+3.0	+0.1	+0.3	-2.2	-0.4	+4.5	+10.9	+.044	+0.2	+1.3	+.073	+5.0	+6.6	+.109
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		%
OG Anunoby	10	23.8	7.9	0.9	1.2	2.1	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.6	2.3	2.9	5.2	.558	1.3	2.9	.448	0.8	1.1	.727
Paolo Banchero	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	OG Anunoby	Paolo Banchero
Season	2018-19	2023-24
Team	Toronto Raptors	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
OG Anunoby	67	20.2	7.0	0.9	2.1	2.9	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.8	2.1	2.7	6.0	.453	1.0	3.0	.332	0.5	0.9	.581
difference:	+13	+14.8	+15.6	+0.1	+3.8	+4.0	+4.7	+0.2	+0.3	-2.3	-0.2	+5.3	+11.6	+.002	+0.5	+1.4	+.007	+4.6	+6.1	+.144
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		%
OG Anunoby	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

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