Paolo Banchero vs. Ausar Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ausar Thompson 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, 1 more than Ausar Thompson, who played 3. Paolo Banchero had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Ausar Thompson had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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	Ausar Thompson
Season	2022-23	2023-24
Team	Orlando Magic	Detroit Pistons
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:	+9	+8.7	+11.2	+0.8	+1.4	+0.5	+1.8	+0.3	+0.4	-1.5	-0.6	+3.0	+8.0	+.056	+0.9	+2.2	+.112	+4.4	+5.5	+.141
Ausar Thompson	63	25.1	8.8	2.0	4.3	6.4	1.9	1.1	0.9	1.3	2.8	3.7	7.6	.483	0.3	1.8	.186	1.1	1.9	.597
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Paolo Banchero nor Ausar Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Paolo Banchero	Ausar Thompson
Season	2023-24	2024-25
Team	Orlando Magic	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
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:	+21	+12.5	+12.5	+0.9	+2.6	+1.8	+3.1	+0.8	+0.1	-1.7	-0.9	+3.8	+9.8	+.080	+1.3	+3.6	+.115	+3.6	+4.6	+.084
Ausar Thompson	59	22.5	10.1	1.9	3.3	5.1	2.3	1.7	0.7	1.4	2.8	4.2	7.8	.535	0.2	0.8	.224	1.5	2.4	.641
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	+14.9	+15.5	+0.7	+2.8	+3.4	+3.0	+0.1	+0.2	-2.8	-2.2	+5.7	+14.3	+.115	+2.3	+5.4	+.400	+1.8	+1.0	+.172
Ausar Thompson	6	22.5	11.5	1.3	3.8	5.2	1.0	1.2	0.8	1.8	4.2	4.0	7.0	.571	0.0	0.3	.000	3.5	6.0	.583