Paolo Banchero vs. Russell Westbrook Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Russell Westbrook 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, 14 less than Russell Westbrook, who played 17. Paolo Banchero had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Russell Westbrook had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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	Russell Westbrook
Season	2022-23	2008-09
Team	Orlando Magic	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	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:	+10	+1.3	+4.7	+1.0	+3.0	+2.0	+1.6	+0.5	+0.3	-0.5	-0.1	+1.4	+2.2	+.029	+0.8	+2.4	+.027	+1.2	+2.2	+.077
Russell Westbrook	82	32.5	15.3	2.2	2.7	4.9	5.3	1.3	0.2	3.3	2.3	5.3	13.4	.398	0.4	1.6	.271	4.3	5.2	.815
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Paolo Banchero nor Russell Westbrook played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Paolo Banchero	Russell Westbrook
Season	2023-24	2009-10
Team	Orlando Magic	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Thunder 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	+0.7	+6.5	+0.7	+2.8	+2.0	+2.6	+0.4	+0.2	-0.2	-0.6	+2.1	+3.5	+.037	+1.2	+3.1	+.118	+1.1	+1.9	+.055
Russell Westbrook	82	34.3	16.1	1.7	3.1	4.9	8.0	1.3	0.4	3.3	2.5	5.9	14.1	.418	0.3	1.3	.221	4.0	5.1	.780
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:	+1	+2.1	+6.5	+0.3	+2.3	+2.6	+2.0	+0.6	+0.4	-2.3	-0.2	+2.5	+6.1	+.017	+1.5	+3.7	+.017		+0.7	+.087
Russell Westbrook	6	35.3	20.5	1.7	4.3	6.0	6.0	1.7	0.2	2.3	2.2	7.2	15.2	.473	0.8	2.0	.417	5.3	6.3	.842

Season 3
	Paolo Banchero	Russell Westbrook
Season	2024-25	2010-11
Team	Orlando Magic	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost West Conf 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:	+36	+0.3	+4.0	+0.4	+3.3	+2.9	+3.4	+1.1	+0.2	-0.9	-0.4	+1.5	+2.8	+.010	+1.5	+4.6	+.010	+0.4	+0.7	+.115
Russell Westbrook	82	34.7	21.9	1.5	3.1	4.6	8.2	1.9	0.4	3.9	2.5	7.5	17.0	.442	0.4	1.3	.330	6.5	7.7	.842
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:	+12	+1.9	+5.6	+0.3	+2.8	+3.0	+2.2	+0.8	+0.4	-1.6	-0.3	+2.9	+4.6	+.041	+1.6	+2.6	+.152	+1.7	+0.2	+.193
Russell Westbrook	17	37.5	23.8	2.1	3.2	5.4	6.4	1.4	0.4	4.6	3.3	7.9	20.2	.394	0.8	2.8	.292	7.1	8.4	.852

Additional Years
* Russell Westbrook played 14 seasons more than Paolo Banchero in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 17, from 2012 to 2025—Russell Westbrook played in 12 Playoffs. In those 14 extra years over Paolo Banchero, Russell Westbrook got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 Season MVP 2 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 2 Scoring Leader 3 Assists Leader 8 All-Star Game 2 All-Star Game MVP