Joe Bryant vs. Brook Lopez Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brook Lopez and Joe Bryant, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Joe Bryant played 8 years in the NBA, 8 less than Brook Lopez, who played 16. Joe Bryant had the first of his seasons in 1975-76, while Brook Lopez 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 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Joe Bryant	8	4	1975-76 to 1982-83
Brook Lopez	16	8	2008-09 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	Joe Bryant	Brook Lopez
Season	1975-76	2008-09
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Joe Bryant	75	16.0	7.4	1.3	2.4	3.7	0.8	0.6	0.3	-	2.2	3.1	7.4	.422	-	-	-	1.2	2.0	.626
Brook Lopez	82	30.5	13.0	2.7	5.4	8.1	1.0	0.5	1.8	1.8	3.1	5.5	10.3	.531	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	2.6	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Bryant	3	14.3	7.7	1.0	3.3	4.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	-	3.7	3.0	4.0	.750	-	-	-	1.7	2.3	.714
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Joe Bryant	Brook Lopez
Season	1976-77	2009-10
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Joe Bryant	61	10.0	4.4	0.7	1.2	1.9	0.8	0.6	0.2	-	1.4	1.8	3.9	.446	-	-	-	0.9	1.1	.757
Brook Lopez	82	36.9	18.8	3.3	5.4	8.6	2.3	0.7	1.7	2.5	3.1	6.9	13.8	.499	0.0	0.0	.000	5.1	6.2	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Bryant	10	7.4	2.9	0.2	1.3	1.5	0.7	0.6	0.2	-	1.3	1.2	3.1	.387	-	-	-	0.5	0.8	.625
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Joe Bryant	Brook Lopez
Season	1977-78	2010-11
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Joe Bryant	81	15.3	6.1	1.3	2.2	3.5	1.6	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.3	2.3	5.4	.436	-	-	-	1.4	1.8	.771
Brook Lopez	82	35.2	20.4	2.4	3.5	6.0	1.6	0.6	1.5	2.1	2.9	7.9	16.0	.492	0.0	0.0	.000	4.7	6.0	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Bryant	10	12.2	5.0	0.7	1.8	2.5	0.9	0.6	0.1	0.5	2.2	2.1	4.7	.447	-	-	-	0.8	1.1	.727
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Joe Bryant	Brook Lopez
Season	1978-79	2011-12
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East 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		%
Joe Bryant	70	15.2	7.6	1.4	2.3	3.7	1.5	0.7	0.1	1.6	2.4	2.9	6.8	.429	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.724
Brook Lopez	5	27.2	19.2	1.6	2.0	3.6	1.2	0.2	0.8	1.2	1.6	7.6	15.4	.494	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	6.4	.625

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Bryant	7	5.0	3.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.1	1.4	3.7	.385	-	-	-	0.1	0.3	.500
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Joe Bryant	Brook Lopez
Season	1979-80	2012-13
Team	San Diego Clippers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Bryant	81	28.7	9.3	2.1	4.3	6.4	1.8	1.3	0.5	2.1	3.2	3.6	8.4	.431	0.1	0.4	.147	2.0	2.7	.742
Brook Lopez	74	30.4	19.4	2.8	4.1	6.9	0.9	0.4	2.1	1.8	2.1	7.7	14.8	.521	0.0	0.0	.000	4.0	5.3	.758

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Bryant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	7	37.6	22.3	4.1	3.3	7.4	1.4	0.9	3.0	2.3	2.9	8.3	17.6	.472	0.1	0.1	1.000	5.6	6.3	.886


Season 6
	Joe Bryant	Brook Lopez
Season	1980-81	2013-14
Team	San Diego Clippers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Joe Bryant	82	28.8	11.6	1.8	3.6	5.4	2.3	0.9	0.4	2.1	3.2	4.6	9.6	.479	0.0	0.2	.133	2.4	3.0	.791
Brook Lopez	17	31.4	20.7	2.3	3.7	6.0	0.9	0.5	1.8	1.6	3.1	7.6	13.5	.563	0.0	0.1	.000	5.5	6.8	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Bryant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Joe Bryant	Brook Lopez
Season	1981-82	2014-15
Team	San Diego Clippers	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Bryant	75	26.5	11.8	1.1	2.6	3.7	2.5	1.0	0.4	2.4	3.3	4.5	9.3	.486	0.1	0.4	.267	2.6	3.3	.785
Brook Lopez	72	29.2	17.2	3.0	4.5	7.4	0.7	0.6	1.8	1.4	2.9	7.0	13.7	.513	0.0	0.1	.100	3.1	3.8	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Bryant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	6	39.0	19.8	3.3	5.7	9.0	0.8	0.7	2.2	1.0	3.0	7.2	14.5	.494	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	6.7	.825


Season 8
	Joe Bryant	Brook Lopez
Season	1982-83	2015-16
Team	Houston Rockets	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Joe Bryant	81	25.4	10.0	1.1	2.3	3.4	2.3	1.0	0.4	2.2	3.2	4.2	9.5	.448	0.1	0.4	.222	1.4	2.0	.703
Brook Lopez	73	33.7	20.6	2.8	5.1	7.8	2.0	0.8	1.7	2.4	2.9	8.1	15.8	.511	0.0	0.2	.143	4.3	5.5	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Bryant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Joe Bryant	Brook Lopez
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Joe Bryant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	75	29.6	20.5	1.6	3.8	5.4	2.3	0.5	1.7	2.5	2.6	7.4	15.6	.474	1.8	5.2	.346	3.9	4.9	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Bryant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Joe Bryant	Brook Lopez
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Joe Bryant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	74	23.4	13.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	1.7	0.4	1.3	1.3	2.6	5.0	10.7	.465	1.5	4.4	.345	1.5	2.1	.703

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Bryant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Joe Bryant	Brook Lopez
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Bryant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	81	28.7	12.5	0.4	4.5	4.9	1.2	0.6	2.2	1.0	2.3	4.4	9.7	.452	2.3	6.3	.365	1.4	1.6	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Bryant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	15	29.2	11.2	0.8	4.7	5.5	1.4	0.4	1.9	0.7	3.1	4.1	8.9	.455	1.5	5.0	.293	1.6	1.9	.828


Season 12
	Joe Bryant	Brook Lopez
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Joe Bryant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	68	26.7	12.0	0.9	3.7	4.6	1.5	0.7	2.4	1.0	2.4	4.3	9.9	.435	1.5	4.8	.314	1.9	2.2	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Bryant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	10	32.8	15.8	1.9	3.6	5.5	0.5	1.0	1.3	1.2	2.7	6.1	11.4	.535	2.1	5.3	.396	1.5	2.0	.750


Season 13
	Joe Bryant	Brook Lopez
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Joe Bryant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	70	27.2	12.3	1.5	3.5	5.0	0.7	0.6	1.5	0.9	2.1	4.6	9.1	.503	1.4	4.0	.338	1.7	2.0	.845

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Bryant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	23	29.0	13.0	2.1	3.8	5.9	0.3	0.7	1.5	1.1	2.1	5.2	9.4	.548	1.0	3.1	.319	1.6	1.9	.860


Season 14
	Joe Bryant	Brook Lopez
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Joe Bryant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	13	22.9	12.4	1.5	2.6	4.1	0.5	0.6	1.2	0.9	2.6	4.7	10.1	.466	1.5	4.1	.358	1.5	1.8	.870

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Bryant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	12	27.7	10.6	2.3	3.7	5.9	0.7	0.5	1.5	0.9	2.8	4.2	8.5	.490	0.5	2.3	.214	1.8	1.9	.913


Season 15
	Joe Bryant	Brook Lopez
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	-	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Bryant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	78	30.4	15.9	2.0	4.7	6.7	1.3	0.5	2.5	1.4	2.6	6.1	11.5	.531	1.7	4.7	.374	1.9	2.4	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Bryant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	5	36.4	19.0	2.8	3.6	6.4	1.2	1.4	1.8	2.2	2.0	7.8	13.4	.582	1.4	3.4	.412	2.0	2.6	.769


Season 16
	Joe Bryant	Brook Lopez
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Bryant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	79	30.5	12.5	1.5	3.7	5.2	1.6	0.5	2.4	1.0	2.4	4.6	9.6	.485	1.9	5.1	.366	1.4	1.7	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Joe Bryant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brook Lopez	6	33.3	17.7	1.8	2.5	4.3	1.8	0.0	1.3	1.5	1.7	7.3	12.5	.587	1.7	3.8	.435	1.3	2.5	.533

Joe Bryant vs. Brook Lopez Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brook Lopez and Joe Bryant, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16