Paolo Banchero vs. Metta World Peace Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Metta World Peace 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, 13 less than Metta World Peace, who played 17. Paolo Banchero had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Metta World Peace had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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	Metta World Peace
Season	2022-23	1999-00
Team	Orlando Magic	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie Second 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:		+2.7	+8.0	+0.3	+2.3	+2.6	+0.9	+0.9		-0.5		+2.4	+5.1	+.020	+0.4	+1.3	+.016	+2.9	+3.5	+.064
Metta World Peace	72	31.1	12.0	0.9	3.4	4.3	2.8	1.7	0.5	2.3	2.2	4.3	10.5	.407	0.8	2.7	.314	2.6	3.9	.674
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Paolo Banchero nor Metta World Peace played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Paolo Banchero	Metta World Peace
Season	2023-24	2000-01
Team	Orlando Magic	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	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:	+4	+3.9	+10.7	+0.2	+2.8	+3.0	+2.4	+1.1		-1.0	-1.4	+3.7	+6.9	+.054	+0.9	+2.5	+.048	+2.3	+3.3	+.025
Metta World Peace	76	31.1	11.9	0.8	3.1	3.9	3.0	2.0	0.6	2.1	3.3	4.3	10.7	.401	0.6	1.9	.291	2.8	3.7	.750
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
Metta World Peace	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Paolo Banchero	Metta World Peace
Season	2025-26	2002-03
Team	Orlando Magic	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East 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:	+64	+2.4	+7.5	+0.3	+4.0	+3.8	+0.1	+1.7	+0.7	-0.7	-1.1	+1.8	+5.1	+.026	+0.4	+0.7	+.178	+4.4	+5.8	+.014
Metta World Peace	69	33.6	15.5	1.5	3.8	5.2	2.9	2.3	0.7	2.1	3.5	5.2	12.3	.428	1.0	3.1	.336	4.0	5.4	.736
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paolo Banchero	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Metta World Peace	6	42.2	19.0	1.8	4.0	5.8	2.2	2.5	1.0	2.7	4.2	5.8	15.0	.389	2.0	5.2	.387	5.3	6.7	.800

Additional Years
* Metta World Peace played 13 seasons more than Paolo Banchero in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 17, from 2004 to 2017—Metta World Peace played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 13 extra years over Paolo Banchero, Metta World Peace got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 2 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 1 Defensive Player of the Year 1 All-Star Game