Adrian Dantley vs. Brook Lopez Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brook Lopez and Adrian Dantley, 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.

Adrian Dantley played 15 years in the NBA, 3 less than Brook Lopez, who played 18. Adrian Dantley had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, 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 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
	Adrian Dantley	Brook Lopez
Season	1976-77	2008-09
Team	Buffalo Braves	New Jersey Nets
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		%
Adrian Dantley	77	36.6	20.3	3.3	4.4	7.6	1.9	1.2	0.2	-	2.8	7.1	13.6	.520	-	-	-	6.2	7.6	.818
difference:	+5	+6.1	+7.3	+0.6	+1.0	+0.5	+0.9	+0.7	+1.6		-0.3	+1.6	+3.3	+.011				+4.1	+5.0	+.025
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	-	2.1	2.6	.793
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Adrian Dantley nor Brook Lopez played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Adrian Dantley	Brook Lopez
Season	1979-80	2011-12
Team	Utah Jazz	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did not play	Did not play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	68	39.3	28.0	2.7	4.9	7.6	2.8	1.4	0.2	3.4	3.1	10.7	18.6	.576	0.0	0.0	-	6.5	7.7	.842
difference:	+63	+12.1	+8.8	+1.1	+2.9	+4.0	+1.6	+1.2	+0.6	-2.2	-1.5	+3.1	+3.2	+.082				+2.5	+1.3	+.217
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
* Neiher Adrian Dantley nor Brook Lopez played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	Adrian Dantley	Brook Lopez
Season	1980-81	2012-13
Team	Utah Jazz	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did not play	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	80	42.7	30.7	2.4	4.0	6.4	4.0	1.4	0.2	3.5	3.1	11.4	20.3	.559	0.0	0.1	.286	7.9	9.8	.806
difference:	+6	+12.3	+11.3	+0.4	+0.1	+0.5	+3.1	+1.0	+1.9	-1.7	-1.0	+3.7	+5.5	+.038		+0.1		+3.9	+4.5	+.048
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	-	4.0	5.3	.758
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	Adrian Dantley	Brook Lopez
Season	1981-82	2013-14
Team	Utah Jazz	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did not play	Did not play

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	81	39.8	30.3	2.9	3.5	6.3	4.0	1.2	0.2	3.7	3.1	11.2	19.6	.570	0.0	0.0	-	8.0	10.1	.792
difference:	+64	+8.4	+9.6	+0.6	+0.2	+0.3	+3.1	+0.7	+1.6	-2.1		+3.6	+6.1	+.007		+0.1		+2.5	+3.3	+.025
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
* Neiher Adrian Dantley nor Brook Lopez played in the postseason in their season 6

Season 8
	Adrian Dantley	Brook Lopez
Season	1983-84	2015-16
Team	Utah Jazz	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Did not play

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	79	37.8	30.6	2.3	3.4	5.7	3.9	0.8	0.1	3.3	2.5	10.2	18.2	.558	0.0	0.1	.250	10.3	12.0	.859
difference:	+6	+4.1	+10.0	+0.5	+1.7	+2.1	+1.9		+1.6	-0.9	-0.4	+2.1	+2.4	+.047		+0.1	+.107	+6.0	+6.5	+.072
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		%
Adrian Dantley	11	41.3	32.2	3.4	4.2	7.5	4.2	0.9	0.1	3.5	2.7	10.6	21.1	.504	0.0	0.0	-	10.9	12.6	.863
Brook Lopez	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Adrian Dantley	Brook Lopez
Season	1984-85	2016-17
Team	Utah Jazz	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Did not play

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	55	35.8	26.6	2.7	3.2	5.9	3.4	1.0	0.1	3.1	2.4	9.3	17.5	.531	0.0	0.0	-	8.0	9.9	.804
difference:	+20	+6.2	+6.1	+1.1	+0.6	+0.5	+1.1	+0.5	+1.6	-0.6	-0.2	+1.9	+1.9	+.057	+1.8	+5.2		+4.1	+5.0	+.006
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		%
Adrian Dantley	10	39.8	25.3	2.5	5.0	7.5	2.0	1.6	0.0	3.6	3.9	7.9	15.1	.523	0.0	0.1	.000	9.5	12.2	.779
Brook Lopez	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Adrian Dantley	Brook Lopez
Season	1985-86	2017-18
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did not play	Did not play

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	76	36.1	29.8	2.3	2.9	5.2	3.5	0.8	0.1	3.0	2.7	10.8	19.1	.563	0.0	0.1	.091	8.3	10.5	.791
difference:	+2	+12.7	+16.8	+1.3	+0.1	+1.2	+1.8	+0.4	+1.2	-1.7	-0.1	+5.8	+8.4	+.098	+1.5	+4.3	+.254	+6.8	+8.4	+.088
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
* Neiher Adrian Dantley nor Brook Lopez played in the postseason in their season 10

Season 12
	Adrian Dantley	Brook Lopez
Season	1987-88	2019-20
Team	Detroit Pistons	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Pistons Lost NBA Finals	Bucks Lost East Conf Semis

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	69	31.1	20.0	1.2	2.1	3.3	2.5	0.6	0.1	2.0	2.1	6.4	12.5	.514	0.0	0.0	-	7.1	8.3	.860
difference:	+1	+4.4	+8.0	+0.3	+1.6	+1.3	+1.0	+0.1	+2.3	-1.0	-0.3	+2.1	+2.6	+.079	+1.5	+4.8		+5.2	+6.1	+.024
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		%
Adrian Dantley	23	35.0	19.4	1.6	3.0	4.7	2.0	0.8	0.0	2.2	2.2	6.7	12.7	.524	0.0	0.1	.000	6.1	7.7	.787
difference:	+13	+2.2	+3.6	+0.3	+0.6	+0.8	+1.5	+0.2	+1.3	-1.0	-0.5	+0.6	+1.3	+.011	+2.1	+5.2	+.396	+4.6	+5.7	+.037
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
	Adrian Dantley	Brook Lopez
Season	1988-89	2020-21
Team	Detroit Pistons, Dallas Mavericks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did not play	NBA Champion

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	73	33.2	19.2	1.6	2.7	4.3	2.3	0.6	0.2	2.2	2.5	6.4	13.1	.493	0.0	0.0	-	6.3	7.8	.810
difference:	+3	+6.0	+6.9	+0.1	+0.8	+0.7	+1.6		+1.3	-1.3	-0.4	+1.8	+4.0	+.010	+1.4	+4.0		+4.6	+5.8	+.035
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		%
Adrian Dantley	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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 15
	Adrian Dantley	Brook Lopez
Season	1990-91	2022-23
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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15th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Adrian Dantley	10	12.6	5.7	0.8	0.5	1.3	0.9	0.5	0.0	0.6	0.8	1.9	5.0	.380	0.1	0.3	.333	1.8	2.6	.692
difference:	+68	+17.8	+10.2	+1.2	+4.2	+5.4	+0.4		+2.5	-0.8	-1.8	+4.2	+6.5	+.151	+1.6	+4.4	+.041	+0.1	+0.2	+.092
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		%
Adrian Dantley	3	6.3	1.7	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	2.3	.143	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.750
difference:	+2	+30.1	+17.3	+2.1	+2.9	+5.1	+1.2	+1.4	+1.8	-1.5	-2.0	+7.5	+11.1	+.439	+1.4	+3.4		+1.0	+1.3	+.019
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