Paolo Banchero vs. Dell Curry Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dell Curry 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 Dell Curry, who played 16. Paolo Banchero had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Dell Curry had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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	Dell Curry
Season	2022-23	1986-87
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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	+24.3	+15.1	+0.8	+5.0	+5.7	+2.8	+0.4	+0.4	-2.1	-0.9	+4.6	+10.7	+.001	+0.9	+3.1	+.015	+5.1	+6.8	+.051
Dell Curry	67	9.5	4.9	0.4	0.7	1.2	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.3	2.1	4.9	.426	0.3	0.9	.283	0.4	0.6	.789
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paolo Banchero	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dell Curry	2	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.5	.000	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Paolo Banchero	Dell Curry
Season	2023-24	1987-88
Team	Orlando Magic	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost East 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:	+1	+16.0	+12.6	+0.5	+4.3	+4.8	+3.5	+0.3	+0.3	-1.7	-0.3	+3.7	+8.2	+.003	+1.1	+3.4	+.007	+4.1	+5.7	+.057
Dell Curry	79	19.0	10.0	0.5	1.6	2.1	1.9	1.2	0.3	1.4	1.6	4.3	9.4	.458	0.4	1.0	.346	1.0	1.3	.782
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:	+5	+28.9	+26.0	+1.5	+6.6	+8.1	+3.0	+1.1	+0.1	-4.6	-1.5	+9.2	+19.3	+.206	+2.3	+5.2	+.400	+5.3	+7.0
Dell Curry	2	8.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Additional Years
* Dell Curry played 12 seasons more than Paolo Banchero in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 16, from 1991 to 2002—Dell Curry played in 8 Playoffs. In those 12 extra years over Paolo Banchero, Dell Curry got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Sixth Man of the Year