Paolo Banchero vs. Jaden McDaniels Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jaden McDaniels 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, 2 less than Jaden McDaniels, who played 6. Paolo Banchero had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Jaden McDaniels had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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	Jaden McDaniels
Season	2022-23	2020-21
Team	Orlando Magic	Minnesota Timberwolves
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	+9.8	+13.2	+0.4	+2.8	+3.2	+2.6	+0.2	+0.5	-2.1	-0.5	+4.1	+9.8	+.020	+0.1	+0.9	+.066	+5.1	+6.7	+.138
Jaden McDaniels	63	24.0	6.8	0.8	2.9	3.7	1.1	0.6	1.0	0.7	2.7	2.6	5.8	.447	1.1	3.1	.364	0.4	0.7	.600
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Paolo Banchero nor Jaden McDaniels played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Paolo Banchero	Jaden McDaniels
Season	2023-24	2021-22
Team	Orlando Magic	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves Lost West 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:	+10	+9.2	+13.4	+0.1	+2.8	+2.7	+4.3	+0.2	+0.2	-2.0	-1.3	+4.4	+9.7	+.005	+0.4	+0.8	+.022	+4.3	+6.0	+.078
Jaden McDaniels	70	25.8	9.2	1.1	3.1	4.2	1.1	0.7	0.8	1.1	3.2	3.6	7.9	.460	1.1	3.6	.317	0.8	1.0	.803
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:	+1	+15.7	+17.7	+1.2	+4.6	+5.8	+3.3	+0.8	+1.2	-3.6	-1.0	+6.7	+15.6	+.073	+0.6	+2.4	+.100	+3.6	+5.0	+.078
Jaden McDaniels	6	21.7	9.3	0.8	2.0	2.8	0.7	0.3	1.8	1.0	3.0	3.0	5.7	.529	1.7	3.3	.500	1.7	2.0	.833

Season 4
	Paolo Banchero	Jaden McDaniels
Season	2025-26	2023-24
Team	Orlando Magic	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves 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:	+67	+6.8	+12.5	+0.4	+5.5	+5.9	+1.6	+0.3	+0.8	-1.6	-0.6	+2.7	+8.7	+.087	+0.6	+0.3	+.179	+7.6	+10.1	+.028
Jaden McDaniels	72	29.2	10.5	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.4	0.9	0.6	1.2	3.0	4.3	8.7	.489	1.2	3.5	.337	0.8	1.1	.722
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paolo Banchero	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jaden McDaniels	16	33.6	12.2	1.8	2.1	3.8	1.1	0.9	1.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	8.8	.514	1.5	3.5	.429	1.7	2.2	.771