Paolo Banchero vs. Chris Paul Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Chris Paul 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 3 years in the NBA, 17 less than Chris Paul, who played 20. Paolo Banchero had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Chris Paul had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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 Paul
Season	2022-23	2005-06
Team	Orlando Magic	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	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:	+6	+2.2	+3.9	+0.4	+1.4	+1.8	+4.1	+1.4	+0.4	-0.5	-0.6	+1.5	+3.5	+.003	+0.6	+1.7	+.016	+0.4	+1.4	+.109
Chris Paul	78	36.0	16.1	0.8	4.3	5.1	7.8	2.2	0.1	2.3	2.8	5.2	12.1	.430	0.6	2.3	.282	5.1	6.0	.847
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Paolo Banchero nor Chris Paul played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Paolo Banchero	Chris Paul
Season	2023-24	2006-07
Team	Orlando Magic	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
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:	+16	+1.8	+5.3	+0.2	+2.4	+2.5	+3.5	+0.9	+0.6	-0.6	-0.5	+2.0	+4.0	+.018	+0.7	+2.2	+.011	+0.5	+1.4	+.093
Chris Paul	64	36.8	17.3	0.8	3.5	4.4	8.9	1.8	0.0	2.5	2.4	6.0	13.6	.437	0.8	2.2	.350	4.6	5.6	.818
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
Chris Paul	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Paolo Banchero	Chris Paul
Season	2024-25	2007-08
Team	Orlando Magic	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hornets Lost West Conf Semis

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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:	+34	+3.2	+4.8	+0.3	+3.2	+3.5	+6.8	+1.9	+0.5	-0.5	-0.2	+1.1	+3.7	+.036	+0.7	+2.8	+.049	+1.9	+3.5	+.124
Chris Paul	80	37.6	21.1	0.8	3.2	4.0	11.6	2.7	0.1	2.5	2.3	7.9	16.1	.488	1.2	3.1	.369	4.2	4.9	.851
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:	+7	+1.1	+5.3	+1.1	+2.4	+3.5	+7.1	+1.7	+0.6	-1.2		+1.5	+6.4	+.067	+2.0	+3.6	+.206	+0.2	+1.6	+.126
Chris Paul	12	40.5	24.1	1.3	3.6	4.9	11.3	2.3	0.2	1.8	3.6	9.3	18.4	.502	0.4	1.8	.238	5.2	6.6	.785

Additional Years
* Chris Paul played 17 seasons more than Paolo Banchero in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 20, from 2009 to 2025—Chris Paul played in 14 Playoffs. In those 17 extra years over Paolo Banchero, Chris Paul got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA First Team 5 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 7 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 4 Assists Leader 5 Steals Leader 11 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP