Paolo Banchero vs. Chris Mullin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Mullin 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 Chris Mullin, who played 16. Paolo Banchero had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Chris Mullin 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.

Rookie Season
	Paolo Banchero	Chris Mullin
Season	2022-23	1985-86
Team	Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
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:	+17	+8.5	+6.0	+0.4	+4.4	+4.8	+1.8	+0.5	+0.1	-1.4	-0.2	+1.5	+4.3	+.036	+1.1	+3.5	+.113	+2.1	+3.6	+.158
Chris Mullin	55	25.3	14.0	0.8	1.3	2.1	1.9	1.3	0.4	1.4	2.4	5.2	11.3	.463	0.1	0.5	.185	3.4	3.8	.896
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Paolo Banchero nor Chris Mullin played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Paolo Banchero	Chris Mullin
Season	2023-24	1986-87
Team	Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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	+6.0	+7.5	+0.5	+4.2	+4.7	+2.2	+0.3	+0.2	-1.2	-0.7	+2.2	+6.3	+.059	+1.3	+3.6	+.037	+1.8	+3.0	+.100
Chris Mullin	82	29.0	15.1	0.5	1.7	2.2	3.2	1.2	0.4	1.9	2.6	5.8	11.3	.514	0.2	0.8	.302	3.3	4.0	.825
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:	+3	+11.2	+15.7	+1.8	+5.3	+7.1	+1.7	+0.2	+0.4	-3.0	-1.1	+4.8	+11.5	+.044	+2.0	+5.3	+.350	+4.1	+5.4	+.005
Chris Mullin	10	26.2	11.3	0.2	1.3	1.5	2.3	0.9	0.2	1.6	3.1	4.9	9.8	.500	0.3	0.4	.750	1.2	1.6	.750

Season 4
	Paolo Banchero	Chris Mullin
Season	2025-26	1988-89
Team	Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play (season in progress)	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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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	22	32.9	19.8	0.9	7.3	8.2	4.4	0.6	0.7	2.5	2.4	6.4	14.7	.432	0.8	3.6	.225	6.2	8.2	.757
difference:	+60	+4.8	+6.7	+1.0	+3.3	+2.3	+0.7	+1.5	+0.2	-1.1	-0.2	+3.7	+5.2	+.077	+0.5	+2.4	+.005	+0.2	+1.5	+.135
Chris Mullin	82	37.7	26.5	1.9	4.0	5.9	5.1	2.1	0.5	3.6	2.2	10.1	19.9	.509	0.3	1.2	.230	6.0	6.7	.892
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paolo Banchero	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Mullin	8	42.6	29.4	1.4	4.5	5.9	4.5	1.8	1.4	4.0	2.4	11.0	20.4	.540	0.1	1.0	.125	7.3	8.4	.866

Additional Years
* Chris Mullin played 12 seasons more than Paolo Banchero in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 16, from 1990 to 2001—Chris Mullin played in 6 Playoffs. In those 12 extra years over Paolo Banchero, Chris Mullin got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Star Game