Paolo Banchero vs. John Stockton Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Stockton 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 John Stockton, who played 19. Paolo Banchero had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while John Stockton had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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	John Stockton
Season	2022-23	1984-85
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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	+15.6	+14.4	+0.9	+4.7	+5.6	+1.4	+0.5	+0.4	-1.0	-0.3	+4.8	+11.5	+.044	+1.2	+3.9	+.116	+3.8	+5.0	+.002
John Stockton	82	18.2	5.6	0.3	1.0	1.3	5.1	1.3	0.1	1.8	2.5	1.9	4.1	.471	0.0	0.1	.182	1.7	2.4	.736
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paolo Banchero	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	10	18.6	6.8	0.7	2.1	2.8	4.3	1.1	0.2	1.6	3.0	2.1	4.5	.467	0.0	0.2	.000	2.6	3.5	.743

Season 2
	Paolo Banchero	John Stockton
Season	2023-24	1985-86
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Jazz 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:	+2	+11.4	+14.9	+0.6	+4.1	+4.7	+2.0	+1.0	+0.5	-1.1	-0.9	+5.2	+11.9	+.034	+1.5	+4.2	+.206	+3.0	+4.5	+.114
John Stockton	82	23.6	7.7	0.4	1.8	2.2	7.4	1.9	0.1	2.0	2.8	2.8	5.7	.489	0.0	0.2	.133	2.1	2.5	.839
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:	+3	+19.1	+20.2	+1.2	+5.8	+7.1	+0.5	+0.2	+0.6	-3.6	-0.5	+7.4	+17.0	+.073	+2.0	+5.4	+.600	+3.3	+4.7	+.134
John Stockton	4	18.3	6.8	0.8	0.8	1.5	3.5	1.3	0.0	1.0	2.5	2.3	4.3	.529	0.3	0.3	1.000	2.0	2.3	.889

Season 4
	Paolo Banchero	John Stockton
Season	2025-26	1987-88
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis

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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	+1.3	+8.3	+0.5	+5.6	+6.1	+10.8	+2.4	+1.2	-0.4	-0.6	+1.5	+7.8	+.172	+0.3	+3.0	+.200	+5.1	+7.2	+.090
John Stockton	82	34.7	14.7	0.7	2.2	2.9	13.8	3.0	0.2	3.2	3.0	5.5	9.6	.574	0.3	0.8	.358	3.3	4.0	.840
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paolo Banchero	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Stockton	11	43.5	19.5	1.3	2.8	4.1	14.8	3.4	0.3	4.4	3.3	6.2	12.2	.507	0.4	1.3	.286	6.8	8.3	.824

Additional Years
* John Stockton played 15 seasons more than Paolo Banchero in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 19, from 1989 to 2003—John Stockton played in 15 Playoffs. In those 15 extra years over Paolo Banchero, John Stockton got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 5 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-NBA Third Team 5 All-Defensive Second Team 8 Assists Leader 2 Steals Leader 10 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP