Paolo Banchero vs. Dennis Johnson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dennis Johnson 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, 10 less than Dennis Johnson, who played 14. Paolo Banchero had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Dennis Johnson had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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	Dennis Johnson
Season	2022-23	1976-77
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
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:	+9	+13.2	+10.8	+0.8	+4.0	+3.2	+2.2	+0.7	+0.2		-0.5	+3.2	+8.6	+.077				+3.3	+3.9	+.114
Dennis Johnson	81	20.6	9.2	2.0	1.7	3.7	1.5	1.5	0.7	-	2.7	3.5	7.0	.504	-	-	-	2.2	3.5	.624
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Paolo Banchero nor Dennis Johnson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Paolo Banchero	Dennis Johnson
Season	2023-24	1977-78
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost NBA Finals

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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	+7.7	+9.9	+0.9	+4.1	+3.3	+2.6	+0.6		-1.1	-0.7	+3.5	+6.7	+.038				+1.4	+2.0	+.007
Dennis Johnson	81	27.3	12.7	1.9	1.8	3.6	2.8	1.5	0.6	2.0	2.6	4.5	10.9	.417	-	-	-	3.7	5.0	.732
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:	+15	+0.2	+10.9	+0.1	+4.1	+4.0	+0.7	+0.1	+0.4	-2.1	-0.9	+4.2	+7.9	+.044				+0.2	+0.2	+.051
Dennis Johnson	22	37.6	16.1	2.1	2.5	4.6	3.3	1.0	1.0	2.5	2.9	5.5	13.4	.412	-	-	-	5.1	7.2	.704

Season 3
	Paolo Banchero	Dennis Johnson
Season	2024-25	1978-79
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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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	+0.4	+10.0	+0.7	+3.5	+2.8	+1.3	+0.5	+0.6	-0.6	-0.5	+3.0	+5.9	+.018				+2.3	+3.5	+.054
Dennis Johnson	80	34.0	15.9	1.8	2.9	4.7	3.5	1.3	1.2	2.4	2.6	6.0	13.9	.434	-	-	-	3.8	4.9	.781
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:	+12	+0.7	+8.5	+0.2	+2.5	+2.3	+0.1	+1.0	+0.7		-0.1	+2.8	+7.0	+.015				+0.5	+1.8	+.112
Dennis Johnson	17	40.1	20.9	2.6	3.5	6.1	4.1	1.6	1.5	3.0	3.7	8.0	17.8	.450	-	-	-	4.9	6.4	.771

Season 4
	Paolo Banchero	Dennis Johnson
Season	2025-26	1979-80
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals

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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	5	36.0	23.0	1.2	7.8	9.0	3.0	0.6	1.4	2.8	2.4	7.0	17.4	.402	0.6	3.8	.158	8.4	11.2	.750
difference:	+76	+0.3	+4.0	+0.9	+4.8	+3.9	+1.1	+1.2	+0.4		-0.9	+0.1	+0.6	+.020	+0.5	+3.1	+.049	+3.7	+5.2	+.030
Dennis Johnson	81	36.3	19.0	2.1	3.0	5.1	4.1	1.8	1.0	2.8	3.3	7.1	16.8	.422	0.1	0.7	.207	4.7	6.0	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paolo Banchero	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Johnson	15	38.8	17.1	1.7	2.6	4.3	3.8	1.8	0.7	2.9	3.2	6.7	16.3	.410	0.3	1.0	.333	3.5	4.1	.839

Additional Years
* Dennis Johnson played 10 seasons more than Paolo Banchero in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 14, from 1981 to 1990—Dennis Johnson played in 10 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 10 extra years over Paolo Banchero, Dennis Johnson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 4 All-Defensive First Team 3 All-Defensive Second Team 3 All-Star Game