Paolo Banchero vs. Vlade Divac Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Vlade Divac 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, 12 less than Vlade Divac, who played 16. Paolo Banchero had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Vlade Divac had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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	Vlade Divac
Season	2022-23	1989-90
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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	+14.2	+11.5	+0.8	+1.5	+0.7	+2.8	+0.2	+0.9	-1.5	-0.7	+3.4	+8.9	+.072	+1.2	+3.9	+.298	+3.6	+4.8	+.030
Vlade Divac	82	19.6	8.5	2.0	4.2	6.2	0.9	1.0	1.4	1.3	2.9	3.3	6.7	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.708
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paolo Banchero	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vlade Divac	9	19.4	9.1	1.8	3.6	5.3	1.1	0.9	1.7	1.4	3.0	3.6	4.9	.727	0.1	0.2	.500	1.9	2.1	.895

Season 2
	Paolo Banchero	Vlade Divac
Season	2023-24	1990-91
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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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	+6.8	+11.4	+1.5	+0.3	+1.2	+4.3	+0.4	+0.9	-1.3	-1.1	+3.6	+9.8	+.110	+1.4	+4.2	+.018	+2.7	+3.6	+.022
Vlade Divac	82	28.2	11.2	2.5	5.6	8.1	1.1	1.3	1.5	1.8	3.0	4.4	7.8	.565	0.1	0.2	.357	2.4	3.4	.703
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:	+12	+5.3	+13.7	+0.6	+2.5	+1.9	+2.9	+0.3	+1.6	-2.4	-1.4	+4.6	+12.2	+.108	+2.2	+5.4	+.233	+2.3	+3.3	+.048
Vlade Divac	19	32.1	13.3	2.6	4.1	6.7	1.1	1.4	2.2	2.2	3.4	5.1	9.1	.564	0.1	0.3	.167	3.0	3.7	.803

Additional Years
* Vlade Divac played 12 seasons more than Paolo Banchero in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 16, from 1994 to 2005—Vlade Divac played in 10 Playoffs. In those 12 extra years over Paolo Banchero, Vlade Divac got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game