Paolo Banchero vs. Glen Rice Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Glen Rice 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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, 11 less than Glen Rice, who played 15. Paolo Banchero had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Glen Rice had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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.

Their Careers

Player		 Total Seasons Playoffs Played NBA Years
Paolo Banchero 4 2 2022-23 to 2025-26
Glen Rice 15 7 1989-90 to 2003-04

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Paolo Banchero Glen Rice
Season 2022-231989-90
Team Orlando MagicMiami Heat
Honors & Awards Achievement Rookie of the Year-
Achievement All-Rookie First Team-
-Achievement All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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+3.8+6.4+0.1+2.4+2.3+1.9+0.1+0.1-1.3-0.4+0.6+1.7+.012+1.0+3.1+.052+4.3+5.8+.004
Glen Rice 77 30.0 13.6 1.3 3.3 4.6 1.8 0.9 0.4 1.5 2.6 6.1 13.9 .439 0.2 0.9 .246 1.2 1.6 .734
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Paolo Banchero nor Glen Rice played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
Paolo Banchero Glen Rice
Season 2023-241990-91
Team Orlando MagicMiami Heat
Honors & Awards Achievement All-Star Game-
Playoffs Magic Lost East Conf 1st RdDid Not Play
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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+3+0.6+5.2+0.1+2.1+2.0+2.9+0.4+0.3-0.9-0.9+0.9+2.1+.006+0.6+2.0+.047+2.9+4.3+.093
Glen Rice 77 34.4 17.4 1.1 3.8 4.9 2.5 1.3 0.3 2.2 2.8 7.1 15.5 .461 0.9 2.4 .386 2.2 2.7 .818
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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
Glen Rice DNP------ --- ----------

Season 3
Paolo Banchero Glen Rice
Season 2024-251991-92
Team Orlando MagicMiami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Magic Lost East Conf 1st RdHeat Lost East Conf 1st Rd
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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+33+3.7+3.6+2.5+2.5+2.5+0.3+0.2-1.2-0.1+0.5+1.7+.017+0.1+0.9+.071+2.7+4.4+.109
Glen Rice 79 38.1 22.3 1.1 3.9 5.0 2.3 1.1 0.4 1.8 2.2 8.5 18.1 .469 2.0 5.0 .391 3.4 4.0 .836
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+2+0.3+10.4+1.4+3.7+5.1+2.5+0.1+0.8-1.0-1.3+2.8+3.5+.060+1.4+1.4+.194+3.4+5.9+.198
Glen Rice 3 39.7 19.0 1.0 2.3 3.3 1.7 0.7 0.0 2.0 2.3 8.0 21.3 .375 1.0 4.0 .250 2.0 2.3 .857

Season 4
Paolo Banchero Glen Rice
Season 2025-261992-93
Team Orlando MagicMiami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid Not Play
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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TOPF 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:+77+1.6+4.0+0.1+3.8+3.8+0.8+0.5+1.1-0.9-0.1+0.1+1.3+.038+1.2+0.9+.225+5.4+7.6+.070
Glen Rice 82 37.6 19.0 1.1 4.0 5.2 2.2 1.1 0.3 1.9 2.5 7.1 16.1 .440 1.8 4.7 .383 3.0 3.6 .820
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Paolo Banchero nor Glen Rice played in the postseason in their season 4

Additional Years

* Glen Rice played 11 seasons more than Paolo Banchero in the NBA.

In that period—his seasons 5 to 15, from 1994 to 2004—Glen Rice played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship.

In those 11 extra years over Paolo Banchero, Glen Rice got these achievements:

Honors & AwardsAchievement 1 All-NBA Second Team
Achievement 1 All-NBA Third Team
Achievement 3 All-Star Game
Achievement 1 All-Star Game MVP
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