Paolo Banchero vs. Rudy Gobert Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rudy Gobert 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, 9 less than Rudy Gobert, who played 12. Paolo Banchero had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Rudy Gobert had his rookie season in 2013-14. 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	Rudy Gobert
Season	2022-23	2013-14
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First 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:	+27	+24.2	+17.7	+0.1	+3.4	+3.5	+3.5	+0.6	+0.4	-2.1	-0.9	+5.9	+14.0	+.059	+1.2	+4.0		+4.8	+6.0	+.246
Rudy Gobert	45	9.6	2.3	1.1	2.3	3.4	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.7	1.3	0.8	1.6	.486	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.4	.492
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Paolo Banchero nor Rudy Gobert played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Paolo Banchero	Rudy Gobert
Season	2023-24	2014-15
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
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:	+2	+8.7	+14.2	+2.2	+0.3	+2.6	+4.1	+0.1	+1.7	-1.7	-0.2	+4.9	+12.4	+.149	+1.5	+4.4		+3.0	+3.7	+.102
Rudy Gobert	82	26.3	8.4	3.2	6.2	9.5	1.3	0.8	2.3	1.4	2.1	3.1	5.2	.604	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.3	.623
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
Rudy Gobert	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Rudy Gobert played 9 seasons more than Paolo Banchero in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 12, from 2017 to 2025—Rudy Gobert played in 9 Playoffs. In those 9 extra years over Paolo Banchero, Rudy Gobert got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 3 All-NBA Third Team 7 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team 4 Defensive Player of the Year 1 Rebounds Leader 1 Blocks Leader 3 All-Star Game