Paolo Banchero vs. Alex Caruso Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alex Caruso and Paolo Banchero, 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.

Paolo Banchero played 3 years in the NBA, 5 less than Alex Caruso, who played 8. Paolo Banchero had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Alex Caruso 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 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
	Paolo Banchero	Alex Caruso
Season	2022-23	2017-18
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First 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		%
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
difference:	+35	+18.6	+16.4	+0.8	+4.3	+5.1	+1.7	+0.2	+0.2	-1.7	-0.8	+5.3	+12.5	+.004	+0.8	+2.8	+.004	+4.9	+6.6	+.038
Alex Caruso	37	15.2	3.6	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.0	0.6	0.3	1.1	1.4	1.4	3.1	.431	0.4	1.2	.302	0.6	0.8	.700
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Paolo Banchero nor Alex Caruso played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Paolo Banchero	Alex Caruso
Season	2023-24	2018-19
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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		%
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
difference:	+55	+13.8	+13.4	+0.2	+4.0	+4.2	+2.3	+0.1	+0.2	-1.4	-0.3	+4.9	+10.7	+.010	+0.5	+2.4	+.141	+3.1	+4.4	+.072
Alex Caruso	25	21.2	9.2	0.8	1.9	2.7	3.1	1.0	0.4	1.7	2.2	3.1	6.9	.445	1.0	2.0	.480	2.0	2.6	.797
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Alex Caruso	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Paolo Banchero	Alex Caruso
Season	2024-25	2019-20
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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		%
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
difference:	+18	+16.0	+20.4	+0.8	+4.7	+5.6	+2.9	+0.3	+0.3	-2.2	-0.6	+7.1	+15.3	+.040	+1.3	+4.0	+.013	+5.0	+6.9	+.007
Alex Caruso	64	18.4	5.5	0.3	1.7	1.9	1.9	1.1	0.3	0.8	1.5	1.9	4.5	.412	0.6	1.9	.333	1.1	1.5	.734
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+16	+15.1	+22.9	+1.7	+4.4	+6.1	+1.4	+0.5	+0.2	-1.5	-1.0	+8.5	+19.4	+.010	+1.6	+2.5	+.165	+4.3	+6.8	+.141
Alex Caruso	21	24.3	6.5	0.7	1.6	2.3	2.8	1.1	0.6	1.5	2.6	2.3	5.4	.425	0.8	2.9	.279	1.1	1.4	.800

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