Paolo Banchero vs. Bud Olsen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bud Olsen 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 2 years in the NBA, 5 less than Bud Olsen, who played 7. Paolo Banchero had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Bud Olsen had his rookie season in 1962-63. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Paolo Banchero	Bud Olsen
Season	2022-23	1962-63
Team	Orlando Magic	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost East Div Finals

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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
Bud Olsen	52	7.2	2.2	-	-	2.0	0.8	-	-	-	1.5	0.8	2.6	.323	-	-	-	0.5	0.8	.692
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paolo Banchero	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bud Olsen	5	4.2	3.0	-	-	2.0	0.6	-	-	-	0.8	1.4	1.8	.778	-	-	-	0.2	1.0	.200

Season 2
	Paolo Banchero	Bud Olsen
Season	2023-24	1963-64
Team	Orlando Magic	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Royals Lost East Div Finals

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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
Bud Olsen	49	10.5	4.1	-	-	3.0	0.6	-	-	-	1.6	1.7	4.3	.405	-	-	-	0.7	1.2	.561
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
Bud Olsen	2	5.0	3.0	-	-	2.0	0.5	-	-	-	1.0	1.5	3.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-