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.
     
  
    
  
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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 | 
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  | Playoffs Stats | 
| * Neiher Paolo Banchero nor Derrick Jones Jr. played in the postseason in their season 1 | 
  
    
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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 | 
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  | 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 | 
  
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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: | +14 | +15.2 | +18.9 | +0.5 | +4.0 | +3.5 | +4.2 |  | +0.1 | -2.3 |  | +6.3 | +14.4 | +.042 | +1.4 | +4.4 | +.012 | +4.9 | +6.4 | +.120 | 
    | Derrick Jones Jr. | 60 | 19.2 | 7.0 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 5.4 | .494 | 0.5 | 1.5 | .308 | 1.2 | 2.0 | .607 | 
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  | 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 | 
  
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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: | +54 | +12.7 | +14.5 | +0.1 | +5.0 | +5.1 | +1.9 | +0.4 | +0.8 | -2.3 | -0.2 | +3.9 | +11.5 | +.125 |  | +1.6 | +.122 | +6.8 | +9.1 | +.022 | 
    | Derrick Jones Jr. | 59 | 23.3 | 8.5 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 5.9 | .527 | 0.6 | 2.2 | .280 | 1.6 | 2.1 | .772 | 
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  | Playoffs Stats | 
	|  | G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | 
  
    | Paolo Banchero | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 
    | Derrick Jones Jr. | 15 | 6.4 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.1 | .471 | 0.3 | 0.6 | .444 | 0.1 | 0.3 | .400 | 
  
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				| Additional Years | 
			| * Derrick Jones Jr. played 6 seasons more than Paolo Banchero in the NBA.  In that period—his seasons 5 to 10, from 2021 to 2026—Derrick Jones Jr. played in 4 Playoffs. |