Paolo Banchero vs. Oscar Robertson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Oscar Robertson 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 Oscar Robertson, who played 14. Paolo Banchero had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Oscar Robertson had his rookie season in 1960-61. 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	Oscar Robertson
Season	2022-23	1960-61
Team	Orlando Magic	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	Rookie of the Year	Rookie of the Year
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
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:	+1	+8.9	+10.5			+3.2	+6.0				-0.9	+3.9	+6.9	+.046				+3.7	+3.8	+.084
Oscar Robertson	71	42.7	30.5	-	-	10.1	9.7	-	-	-	3.1	10.6	22.5	.473	-	-	-	9.2	11.2	.822
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Paolo Banchero nor Oscar Robertson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Paolo Banchero	Oscar Robertson
Season	2023-24	1961-62
Team	Orlando Magic	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Royals Lost West Div Semis

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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	+9.3	+8.2			+5.6	+6.0				-1.4	+3.0	+5.3	+.023				+3.8	+4.0	+.078
Oscar Robertson	79	44.3	30.8	-	-	12.5	11.4	-	-	-	3.3	11.0	22.9	.478	-	-	-	8.9	11.0	.803
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	+8.9	+1.8			+2.4	+7.0				-2.5	+0.8	+1.0	+.063				+2.5	+2.8	+.040
Oscar Robertson	4	46.3	28.8	-	-	11.0	11.0	-	-	-	4.5	10.5	20.3	.519	-	-	-	7.8	9.8	.795

Season 3
	Paolo Banchero	Oscar Robertson
Season	2024-25	1962-63
Team	Orlando Magic	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Royals Lost East Div Finals

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3rd 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	46	34.4	25.9	1.1	6.4	7.5	4.8	0.8	0.6	3.0	2.1	9.0	19.8	.452	1.9	5.9	.320	6.1	8.4	.727
difference:	+34	+9.6	+2.4			+2.9	+4.7				-1.6	+1.3	+0.1	+.066				+1.6	+1.1	+.083
Oscar Robertson	80	44.0	28.3	-	-	10.4	9.5	-	-	-	3.7	10.3	19.9	.518	-	-	-	7.7	9.5	.810
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paolo Banchero	5	39.4	29.4	2.4	6.0	8.4	4.2	0.6	0.8	3.0	3.6	10.8	24.8	.435	2.4	5.4	.444	5.4	8.2	.659
difference:	+7	+8.1	+2.4			+4.6	+4.8				-0.2	+0.5	+2.8	+.035				+5.7	+4.6	+.205
Oscar Robertson	12	47.5	31.8	-	-	13.0	9.0	-	-	-	3.4	10.3	22.0	.470	-	-	-	11.1	12.8	.864

Additional Years
* Oscar Robertson played 11 seasons more than Paolo Banchero in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 14, from 1964 to 1974—Oscar Robertson played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 11 extra years over Paolo Banchero, Oscar Robertson got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 6 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 4 Assists Leader 9 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP