Elton Brand vs. David Lee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Lee and Elton Brand, 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.

Elton Brand played 17 years in the NBA, 5 more than David Lee, who played 12. Elton Brand had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while David Lee had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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 achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Elton Brand	David Lee
Season	1999-00	2005-06
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	81	37.0	20.1	4.3	5.7	10.0	1.9	0.8	1.6	2.8	3.2	7.8	16.1	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	4.5	6.6	.685
David Lee	67	16.9	5.1	1.6	2.9	4.5	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.8	1.9	2.0	3.4	.596	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.8	.577
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Elton Brand	David Lee
Season	2001-02	2007-08
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	80	37.8	18.2	5.0	6.6	11.6	2.4	1.0	2.0	2.2	3.2	6.7	12.6	.527	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	6.6	.742
David Lee	81	29.1	10.8	3.0	6.0	8.9	1.2	0.7	0.4	1.2	2.6	4.2	7.6	.552	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	2.9	.819
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Elton Brand	David Lee
Season	2002-03	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	62	39.6	18.5	4.6	6.8	11.3	2.5	1.1	2.5	2.6	3.3	7.3	14.5	.502	0.0	0.0	.000	3.9	5.7	.685
David Lee	81	34.9	16.0	3.2	8.6	11.7	2.1	1.0	0.3	1.9	3.2	6.4	11.7	.549	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	4.1	.755
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Elton Brand	David Lee
Season	2003-04	2009-10
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	69	38.7	20.0	3.9	6.4	10.3	3.3	0.9	2.2	2.8	3.3	7.0	14.2	.493	0.0	0.0	.000	6.0	7.7	.773
David Lee	81	37.3	20.2	2.8	8.9	11.7	3.6	1.0	0.5	2.3	3.2	8.5	15.5	.545	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	4.1	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Elton Brand	David Lee
Season	2005-06	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	79	39.2	24.7	3.0	7.0	10.0	2.6	1.0	2.5	2.2	2.9	9.6	18.2	.527	0.0	0.0	.333	5.6	7.2	.775
David Lee	57	37.2	20.1	3.0	6.6	9.6	2.8	0.9	0.4	2.6	3.1	8.1	16.2	.503	0.0	0.1	.000	3.8	4.9	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	12	43.1	25.4	4.3	6.0	10.3	4.0	0.9	2.6	2.4	2.8	10.3	18.8	.551	0.0	0.1	.000	4.8	6.3	.750
David Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Elton Brand	David Lee
Season	2006-07	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	80	38.5	20.5	3.4	6.0	9.3	2.9	1.0	2.2	2.5	3.0	8.1	15.1	.533	0.0	0.0	1.000	4.4	5.8	.761
David Lee	79	36.8	18.5	2.8	8.5	11.2	3.5	0.8	0.3	2.6	3.1	7.6	14.7	.519	0.0	0.1	.000	3.2	4.1	.797
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Lee	6	10.8	5.0	1.0	3.7	4.7	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.8	0.8	2.2	5.5	.394	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.667

Season 10
	Elton Brand	David Lee
Season	2008-09	2014-15
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	29	31.7	13.8	2.7	6.1	8.8	1.3	0.6	1.6	2.3	2.7	5.6	12.6	.447	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.7	.676
David Lee	49	18.4	7.9	1.7	3.6	5.2	1.7	0.6	0.5	1.0	1.7	3.3	6.4	.511	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.1	.654
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Lee	13	8.2	3.1	0.8	1.8	2.6	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.3	1.2	3.1	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.2	.533