Paolo Banchero vs. Anthony Edwards Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anthony Edwards 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 4 years in the NBA, 2 less than Anthony Edwards, who played 6. Paolo Banchero had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Anthony Edwards had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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	Anthony Edwards
Season	2022-23	2020-21
Team	Orlando Magic	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	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:		+1.7	+0.7	+0.4	+1.9	+2.2	+0.8	+0.3		-0.6	-0.4	+0.3	+1.2	+.010	+1.2	+3.2	+.031	+2.6	+3.6	+.038
Anthony Edwards	72	32.1	19.3	0.8	3.8	4.7	2.9	1.1	0.5	2.2	1.8	7.0	16.8	.417	2.4	7.2	.329	2.9	3.8	.776
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Paolo Banchero nor Anthony Edwards played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Paolo Banchero	Anthony Edwards
Season	2023-24	2021-22
Team	Orlando Magic	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves Lost West 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		%
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:	+8	+0.7	+1.3	+0.1	+2.0	+2.1	+1.6	+0.6		-0.5	-0.4	+0.4	+0.3	+.014	+1.5	+4.0	+.018	+2.0	+3.1	+.061
Anthony Edwards	72	34.3	21.3	0.9	3.9	4.8	3.8	1.5	0.6	2.6	2.3	7.6	17.3	.441	3.0	8.4	.357	3.1	3.9	.786
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:	+1	+0.4	+1.8	+1.3	+3.1	+4.4	+1.0	+0.1	+0.6	-2.1	-1.7	+1.4	+3.0	+.001	+1.5	+3.8	+.004	+0.6	+1.3	+.069
Anthony Edwards	6	37.8	25.2	0.7	3.5	4.2	3.0	1.2	1.2	2.5	3.7	8.3	18.3	.455	3.8	9.5	.404	4.7	5.7	.824

Season 3
	Paolo Banchero	Anthony Edwards
Season	2024-25	2022-23
Team	Orlando Magic	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+33	+1.6	+1.3	+0.5	+1.2	+1.7	+0.4	+0.8	+0.1	-0.3	-0.3	+0.1	+0.3	+.007	+0.8	+1.4	+.049	+2.1	+3.1	+.029
Anthony Edwards	79	36.0	24.6	0.6	5.2	5.8	4.4	1.6	0.7	3.3	2.4	8.9	19.5	.459	2.7	7.3	.369	4.0	5.3	.756
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:		+0.4	+2.2	+1.8	+1.6	+3.4	+1.0	+1.2	+1.2	-1.4	-1.0	+0.2	+2.0	+.047	+0.6	+3.2	+.095	+1.2	+0.4	+.187
Anthony Edwards	5	39.8	31.6	0.6	4.4	5.0	5.2	1.8	2.0	1.6	2.6	11.0	22.8	.482	3.0	8.6	.349	6.6	7.8	.846

Season 4
	Paolo Banchero	Anthony Edwards
Season	2025-26	2023-24
Team	Orlando Magic	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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4th 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	17	32.1	20.8	0.9	7.4	8.4	4.1	0.6	0.7	2.6	2.2	6.6	14.9	.447	1.0	4.0	.250	6.5	8.5	.771
difference:	+62	+3.0	+5.1	+0.2	+2.6	+3.0	+1.0	+0.7	+0.2	-0.5	-0.4	+2.5	+4.8	+.014	+1.4	+2.7	+.107	+1.1	+2.1	+.065
Anthony Edwards	79	35.1	25.9	0.7	4.8	5.4	5.1	1.3	0.5	3.1	1.8	9.1	19.7	.461	2.4	6.7	.357	5.4	6.4	.836
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paolo Banchero	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Edwards	16	40.6	27.6	1.1	5.9	7.0	6.5	1.5	0.6	3.3	2.3	9.8	20.3	.481	2.9	7.2	.400	5.2	6.4	.814

Additional Years
* Anthony Edwards played 2 seasons more than Paolo Banchero in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 6, from 2025 to 2026—Anthony Edwards played in one postseason. In those 2 extra years over Paolo Banchero, Anthony Edwards got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Star Game