Paolo Banchero vs. Charles Oakley Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Charles Oakley 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, 15 less than Charles Oakley, who played 19.  Paolo Banchero had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Charles Oakley had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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.
     
  
    
  
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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: | +5 | +10.8 | +10.4 | +2.1 | +0.4 | +1.7 | +2.0 | +0.1 | +0.1 | -0.5 | -1.0 | +3.1 | +8.6 | +.092 | +1.2 | +4.0 |  | +3.2 | +3.9 | +.076 | 
    | Charles Oakley | 77 | 23.0 | 9.6 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 8.6 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 7.0 | .519 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 2.3 | 3.5 | .662 | 
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  | Playoffs Stats | 
	|  | G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | 
  
    | Paolo Banchero | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 
    | Charles Oakley | 3 | 29.3 | 10.0 | 3.3 | 6.7 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 7.0 | .524 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 2.7 | 4.3 | .615 | 
  
    
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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 | +1.3 | +8.1 | +2.6 | +3.6 | +6.2 | +1.8 | +0.1 | +0.2 | -0.5 | -1.9 | +2.3 | +4.8 | +.010 | +1.4 | +4.0 | +.028 | +2.1 | +2.6 | +.039 | 
    | Charles Oakley | 82 | 36.3 | 14.5 | 3.6 | 9.5 | 13.1 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 12.8 | .445 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .367 | 3.0 | 4.4 | .686 | 
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  | 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: | +4 | +5.6 | +7.0 | +3.7 | +3.1 | +6.7 | +2.0 | +0.2 | +0.3 | -1.9 | -2.3 | +3.4 | +4.6 | +.076 | +1.6 | +4.4 | +.100 | +1.4 | +1.0 | +.078 | 
    | Charles Oakley | 3 | 43.0 | 20.0 | 5.7 | 9.7 | 15.3 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 6.3 | 16.7 | .380 | 0.7 | 1.3 | .500 | 6.7 | 8.0 | .833 | 
  
    
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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: | +36 | +0.1 | +13.5 | +2.9 | +2.6 | +5.5 | +1.8 |  | +0.3 | -0.1 | -1.2 | +4.4 | +10.3 | +.031 | +1.9 | +5.8 | +.070 | +2.9 | +4.0 |  | 
    | Charles Oakley | 82 | 34.3 | 12.4 | 4.0 | 9.0 | 13.0 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 9.5 | .483 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .250 | 3.2 | 4.4 | .727 | 
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  | 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: | +5 | +2.1 | +19.3 | +1.5 | +2.9 | +4.4 | +1.0 |  | +0.4 | -1.2 | -0.3 | +6.8 | +15.7 | +.005 | +2.4 | +5.2 | +.444 | +3.3 | +5.8 | +.216 | 
    | Charles Oakley | 10 | 37.3 | 10.1 | 3.9 | 8.9 | 12.8 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 9.1 | .440 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .000 | 2.1 | 2.4 | .875 | 
  
    
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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 | 5 | 36.0 | 23.0 | 1.2 | 7.8 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 7.0 | 17.4 | .402 | 0.6 | 3.8 | .158 | 8.4 | 11.2 | .750 | 
      | difference: | +77 | +4.2 | +10.1 | +3.0 | +1.5 | +1.5 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +1.2 | -0.2 | -0.9 | +1.8 | +7.2 | +.108 | +0.5 | +3.2 | +.092 | +6.0 | +8.1 | +.023 | 
    | Charles Oakley | 82 | 31.8 | 12.9 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 10.5 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 5.2 | 10.2 | .510 | 0.1 | 0.6 | .250 | 2.4 | 3.1 | .773 | 
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  | Playoffs Stats | 
	|  | G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | 
  
    | Paolo Banchero | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 
    | Charles Oakley | 9 | 33.2 | 9.7 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 11.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 8.1 | .479 | 0.1 | 0.2 | .500 | 1.8 | 2.7 | .667 | 
  
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				| Additional Years | 
			| * Charles Oakley played 15 seasons more than Paolo Banchero in the NBA.  In that period—his seasons 5 to 19, from 1990 to 2004—Charles Oakley played in 11 Playoffs. In those 15 extra years over Paolo Banchero, Charles Oakley got these achievements: | 
			
				| Honors & Awards |  1  All-Defensive First Team 
  1  All-Defensive Second Team 
  1  All-Star Game 
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