Paolo Banchero vs. Joe Dumars Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Joe Dumars 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 3 years in the NBA, 11 less than Joe Dumars, who played 14. Paolo Banchero had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Joe Dumars had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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	Joe Dumars
Season	2022-23	1985-86
Team	Orlando Magic	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+10	+9.9	+10.6	+0.5	+5.0	+5.4	+1.1		+0.4	-0.9	-0.2	+3.2	+8.3	+.054	+1.1	+3.8	+.015	+3.2	+4.5	+.060
Joe Dumars	82	23.9	9.4	0.7	0.7	1.5	4.8	0.8	0.1	1.9	2.4	3.5	7.3	.481	0.1	0.2	.313	2.3	2.9	.798
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paolo Banchero	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joe Dumars	4	36.8	15.0	1.5	1.8	3.3	6.3	1.0	0.0	1.8	4.0	6.3	10.3	.610	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.8	.667

Season 2
	Paolo Banchero	Joe Dumars
Season	2023-24	1986-87
Team	Orlando Magic	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals

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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	+4.1	+10.8	+0.4	+4.4	+4.8	+0.9	+0.2	+0.5	-0.9	-0.6	+3.3	+8.1	+.038	+1.4	+4.1	+.070	+2.8	+3.9	+.023
Joe Dumars	79	30.9	11.8	0.6	1.5	2.1	4.5	1.1	0.1	2.2	2.5	4.7	9.5	.493	0.1	0.3	.409	2.3	3.1	.748
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:	+8	+5.9	+14.3	+1.5	+5.9	+7.3	+0.8	+0.3	+0.5	-2.8	-0.3	+4.5	+11.6	+.082	+2.2	+5.5	+.267	+3.2	+4.3	+.025
Joe Dumars	15	31.5	12.7	0.5	0.7	1.3	4.8	0.8	0.1	1.8	1.7	5.2	9.7	.538	0.1	0.2	.667	2.1	2.7	.780

Additional Years
* Joe Dumars played 11 seasons more than Paolo Banchero in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 14, from 1989 to 1999—Joe Dumars played in 7 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 11 extra years over Paolo Banchero, Joe Dumars got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Finals MVP 1 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 6 All-Star Game