Paolo Banchero vs. Malcolm Brogdon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Malcolm Brogdon 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, 5 less than Malcolm Brogdon, who played 9. Paolo Banchero had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Malcolm Brogdon had his rookie season in 2016-17. 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	Malcolm Brogdon
Season	2022-23	2016-17
Team	Orlando Magic	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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:	+3	+7.4	+9.8	+0.6	+3.5	+4.1	+0.5	+0.3	+0.3	-1.3	-0.3	+2.8	+7.1	+.030	+0.2	+1.4	+.106	+4.0	+5.7	+.127
Malcolm Brogdon	75	26.4	10.2	0.6	2.2	2.8	4.2	1.1	0.2	1.5	1.9	3.9	8.5	.457	1.0	2.6	.404	1.5	1.7	.865
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paolo Banchero	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malcolm Brogdon	6	30.5	9.0	0.5	3.8	4.3	3.5	0.5	0.3	2.0	2.0	3.7	9.2	.400	1.7	3.5	.476	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Paolo Banchero	Malcolm Brogdon
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	Orlando Magic	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East 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:	+32	+5.1	+9.6	+0.5	+3.1	+3.6	+2.2		+0.3	-1.7	-0.8	+2.9	+7.1	+.030	+0.2	+1.0	+.046	+3.5	+5.2	+.157
Malcolm Brogdon	48	29.9	13.0	0.5	2.8	3.3	3.2	0.9	0.3	1.4	2.7	5.1	10.5	.485	1.3	3.4	.385	1.6	1.8	.882
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:		+10.8	+18.3	+1.6	+3.6	+5.2	+1.6	+1.0	+0.6	-2.9		+6.3	+13.4	+.020	+1.6	+3.0	+.137	+4.2	+5.6	+.045
Malcolm Brogdon	7	26.6	8.7	0.4	3.0	3.4	2.4	0.1	0.0	1.7	2.0	3.4	7.9	.436	0.7	2.7	.263	1.1	1.4	.800

Additional Years
* Malcolm Brogdon played 5 seasons more than Paolo Banchero in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 9, from 2021 to 2025—Malcolm Brogdon played in one postseason. In those 5 extra years over Paolo Banchero, Malcolm Brogdon got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Sixth Man of the Year