Paolo Banchero vs. Alex English Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Alex English 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, 12 less than Alex English, who played 15. Paolo Banchero had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Alex English had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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 English
Season	2022-23	1976-77
Team	Orlando Magic	Milwaukee Bucks
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:	+12	+23.0	+14.8	+0.1	+4.0	+4.1	+3.3	+0.5	+0.2		-0.9	+4.5	+11.0	+.050				+4.7	+6.4	+.029
Alex English	60	10.8	5.2	1.1	1.7	2.8	0.4	0.3	0.3	-	1.3	2.2	4.6	.477	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.767
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Paolo Banchero nor Alex English played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Paolo Banchero	Alex English
Season	2023-24	1977-78
Team	Orlando Magic	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+2	+16.1	+13.0	+0.8	+2.8	+2.1	+3.8	+0.4	+0.1	-1.4	-0.3	+3.8	+9.9	+.087				+3.8	+5.3	+.002
Alex English	82	18.9	9.6	1.8	3.1	4.8	1.6	0.5	0.7	1.7	2.2	4.2	7.7	.542	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.727
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
difference:	+2	+14.3	+13.6	+0.2	+3.7	+3.9	+2.6	+0.4	+0.2	-3.3	-0.2	+4.4	+12.6	+.159				+2.5	+3.4	+.026
Alex English	9	23.1	13.4	1.8	2.9	4.7	1.4	0.7	0.8	1.3	2.2	5.3	8.7	.615	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.781

Additional Years
* Alex English played 12 seasons more than Paolo Banchero in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 15, from 1980 to 1991—Alex English played in 9 Playoffs. In those 12 extra years over Paolo Banchero, Alex English got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Second Team 1 Scoring Leader 8 All-Star Game