Paolo Banchero vs. Clint Capela Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Clint Capela 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, 8 less than Clint Capela, who played 11. Paolo Banchero had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Clint Capela had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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	Clint Capela
Season	2022-23	2014-15
Team	Orlando Magic	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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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:	+60	+26.3	+17.3	+0.4	+3.5	+3.9	+3.5	+0.7	+0.3	-2.4	-1.0	+5.5	+13.2	+.056	+1.2	+4.0		+5.2	+5.5	+.564
Clint Capela	12	7.5	2.7	0.8	2.2	3.0	0.2	0.1	0.8	0.4	1.2	1.2	2.4	.483	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.9	.174
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paolo Banchero	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clint Capela	17	7.5	3.4	0.8	1.7	2.5	0.3	0.2	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.2	1.8	.677	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.7	.517

Season 2
	Paolo Banchero	Clint Capela
Season	2023-24	2015-16
Team	Orlando Magic	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+3	+15.9	+15.6	+1.5	+2.0	+0.5	+4.8	+0.1	+0.6	-2.3	-0.6	+5.0	+12.4	+.127	+1.5	+4.4		+4.1	+4.3	+.346
Clint Capela	77	19.1	7.0	2.5	3.9	6.4	0.6	0.8	1.2	0.8	2.5	3.0	5.2	.582	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.7	.379
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:	+2	+28.8	+25.4	+0.4	+4.2	+4.6	+3.6	+0.5	+0.2	-4.0	-1.0	+9.1	+19.5	+.123	+2.3	+5.7		+4.9	+6.0	+.355
Clint Capela	5	8.6	1.6	1.6	2.4	4.0	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.6	1.8	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.0	.400

Additional Years
* Clint Capela played 8 seasons more than Paolo Banchero in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 11, from 2018 to 2025—Clint Capela played in 5 Playoffs. In those 8 extra years over Paolo Banchero, Clint Capela got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Rebounds Leader