Paolo Banchero vs. Zach LaVine Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zach LaVine 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, 8 less than Zach LaVine, who played 11. Paolo Banchero had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Zach LaVine had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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	Zach LaVine
Season	2022-23	2014-15
Team	Orlando Magic	Minnesota Timberwolves
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:	+5	+9.1	+9.9	+0.8	+3.3	+4.1	+0.1	+0.1	+0.4	-0.3	-0.1	+3.0	+6.8	+.005	+0.5	+1.8	+.043	+3.6	+5.1	+.104
Zach LaVine	77	24.7	10.1	0.4	2.4	2.8	3.6	0.7	0.1	2.5	2.1	3.7	8.8	.422	0.7	2.2	.341	1.9	2.3	.842
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Paolo Banchero nor Zach LaVine played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Paolo Banchero	Zach LaVine
Season	2023-24	2015-16
Team	Orlando Magic	Minnesota Timberwolves
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	+7.0	+8.6	+0.7	+3.4	+4.1	+2.3	+0.1	+0.4	-1.2	-0.5	+2.7	+5.9	+.003		+0.5	+.050	+3.1	+4.5	+.068
Zach LaVine	82	28.0	14.0	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.1	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.4	5.3	11.7	.452	1.5	3.9	.389	2.0	2.5	.793
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
Zach LaVine	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Zach LaVine played 8 seasons more than Paolo Banchero in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 11, from 2018 to 2025—Zach LaVine played in one postseason. In those 8 extra years over Paolo Banchero, Zach LaVine got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game