Paolo Banchero vs. Derrick Jones Jr. Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derrick Jones Jr. 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, 6 less than Derrick Jones Jr., who played 10. Paolo Banchero had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Derrick Jones Jr. had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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	Derrick Jones Jr.
Season	2022-23	2016-17
Team	Orlando Magic	Phoenix Suns
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:	+40	+16.8	+14.7		+4.4	+4.4	+3.3	+0.4	+0.1	-2.4	-0.2	+4.6	+11.8	+.135	+1.1	+3.7	+.025	+4.6	+6.1	+.031
Derrick Jones Jr.	32	17.0	5.3	1.2	1.3	2.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	2.0	2.1	3.8	.562	0.1	0.3	.273	0.9	1.3	.707
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Paolo Banchero nor Derrick Jones Jr. played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Paolo Banchero	Derrick Jones Jr.
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	Orlando Magic	Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat
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:	+60	+22.7	+19.5	+0.1	+5.0	+5.0	+4.9	+0.7	+0.1	-2.7	-0.7	+6.9	+14.9	+.059	+1.3	+3.5	+.172	+4.3	+5.8	+.058
Derrick Jones Jr.	20	12.3	3.1	1.1	0.9	1.9	0.5	0.2	0.7	0.4	1.2	1.1	2.7	.396	0.2	0.9	.167	0.8	1.2	.667
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
Derrick Jones Jr.	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-