Paolo Banchero vs. Jason Kidd Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jason Kidd 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, 15 less than Jason Kidd, who played 19. Paolo Banchero had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Jason Kidd had his rookie season in 1994-95. 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	Jason Kidd
Season	2022-23	1994-95
Team	Orlando Magic	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	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:	+7		+8.3	+0.7	+2.2	+1.5	+4.0	+1.1	+0.2	-0.4	-0.4	+2.5	+4.8	+.042	+0.3	+0.7	+.026	+3.1	+3.9	+.040
Jason Kidd	79	33.8	11.7	1.9	3.5	5.4	7.7	1.9	0.3	3.2	1.8	4.2	10.8	.385	0.9	3.3	.272	2.4	3.5	.698
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Paolo Banchero nor Jason Kidd played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Paolo Banchero	Jason Kidd
Season	2023-24	1995-96
Team	Orlando Magic	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	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:	+1	+2.5	+6.0	+1.5	+1.6	+0.1	+4.3	+1.3	+0.3	-0.9		+1.9	+1.6	+.074	+0.1	+0.5	+.003	+2.3	+2.9	+.033
Jason Kidd	81	37.5	16.6	2.5	4.3	6.8	9.7	2.2	0.3	4.0	1.9	6.1	16.0	.381	1.6	4.9	.336	2.8	4.1	.692
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
Jason Kidd	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Paolo Banchero	Jason Kidd
Season	2025-26	1997-98
Team	Orlando Magic	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+77	+2.0	+11.4	+0.1	+2.9	+2.8	+6.1	+1.4	+1.1	-0.4	-0.7	+2.6	+6.9	+.014	+0.3	+1.0	+.155	+6.4	+8.7	+.049
Jason Kidd	82	38.0	11.6	1.3	4.9	6.2	9.1	2.0	0.3	3.2	1.7	4.4	10.5	.416	0.9	2.8	.313	2.0	2.5	.799
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paolo Banchero	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Kidd	4	42.8	14.3	1.3	4.5	5.8	7.8	4.0	0.5	3.0	3.3	5.5	14.5	.379	0.0	1.8	.000	3.3	4.0	.813

Additional Years
* Jason Kidd played 15 seasons more than Paolo Banchero in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 19, from 1999 to 2013—Jason Kidd played in 15 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 15 extra years over Paolo Banchero, Jason Kidd got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	5 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-Defensive First Team 5 All-Defensive Second Team 5 Assists Leader 8 All-Star Game