Paolo Banchero vs. Ben Wallace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ben Wallace 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, 12 less than Ben Wallace, who played 16. Paolo Banchero had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Ben Wallace had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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	Ben Wallace
Season	2022-23	1996-97
Team	Orlando Magic	Washington Bullets
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:	+38	+28.0	+18.9	+0.5	+4.7	+5.2	+3.6	+0.6	+0.2	-2.3	-1.4	+6.2	+14.2	+.079	+1.2	+4.0		+5.3	+6.8	+.438
Ben Wallace	34	5.8	1.1	0.7	1.0	1.7	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.5	1.4	.348	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.6	.300
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Paolo Banchero nor Ben Wallace played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Paolo Banchero	Ben Wallace
Season	2023-24	1997-98
Team	Orlando Magic	Washington Wizards
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:	+13	+18.2	+19.5	+0.7	+2.7	+2.1	+5.1		+0.5	-2.7	-0.2	+6.7	+15.2	+.063	+1.5	+4.4		+4.6	+5.5	+.368
Ben Wallace	67	16.8	3.1	1.7	3.2	4.8	0.3	0.9	1.1	0.4	1.7	1.3	2.4	.518	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.5	.357
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
Ben Wallace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Ben Wallace played 12 seasons more than Paolo Banchero in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 16, from 2001 to 2012—Ben Wallace played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 12 extra years over Paolo Banchero, Ben Wallace got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 4 Defensive Player of the Year 2 Rebounds Leader 1 Blocks Leader 4 All-Star Game