Paolo Banchero vs. Darius Garland Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Darius Garland 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, 2 less than Darius Garland, who played 6. Paolo Banchero had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Darius Garland had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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	Darius Garland
Season	2022-23	2019-20
Team	Orlando Magic	Cleveland Cavaliers
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:	+13	+2.9	+7.7	+0.7	+4.3	+5.0	+0.2	+0.1	+0.4	-0.2	-0.6	+2.0	+3.8	+.026	+0.6	+1.0	+.057	+4.4	+6.2	+.137
Darius Garland	59	30.9	12.3	0.5	1.4	1.9	3.9	0.7	0.1	2.6	1.6	4.7	11.8	.401	1.8	5.0	.355	1.1	1.2	.875
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Paolo Banchero nor Darius Garland played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Paolo Banchero	Darius Garland
Season	2023-24	2020-21
Team	Orlando Magic	Cleveland Cavaliers
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:	+26	+1.9	+5.2	+0.6	+3.9	+4.5	+0.7	+0.3	+0.5	-0.1	-0.1	+1.3	+2.7	+.004	+0.4	+0.5	+.056	+3.0	+4.6	+.123
Darius Garland	54	33.1	17.4	0.4	2.0	2.4	6.1	1.2	0.1	3.0	2.0	6.7	14.9	.451	1.9	4.9	.395	2.1	2.4	.848
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
Darius Garland	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Paolo Banchero	Darius Garland
Season	2024-25	2021-22
Team	Orlando Magic	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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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:	+22	+1.3	+4.2	+0.5	+3.7	+4.2	+3.8	+0.5	+0.5	-0.6	-0.4	+1.0	+2.5	+.010	+0.7	+0.8	+.063	+2.9	+4.9	+.165
Darius Garland	68	35.7	21.7	0.6	2.7	3.3	8.6	1.3	0.1	3.6	1.7	8.0	17.3	.462	2.6	6.7	.383	3.2	3.5	.892
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
Darius Garland	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Darius Garland played 2 seasons more than Paolo Banchero in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 6, from 2024 to 2025—Darius Garland played in two Playoffs. In those 2 extra years over Paolo Banchero, Darius Garland got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game