Brandon Bass vs. Lauri Markkanen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lauri Markkanen and Brandon Bass, 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.

Brandon Bass played 12 years in the NBA, 5 more than Lauri Markkanen, who played 7. Brandon Bass had the first of his seasons in 2005-06, while Lauri Markkanen had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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
Brandon Bass	12	8	2005-06 to 2016-17
Lauri Markkanen	7	0	2017-18 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Brandon Bass	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2005-06	2017-18
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Brandon Bass	29	9.2	2.3	0.6	1.7	2.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.0	2.4	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.632
Lauri Markkanen	68	29.7	15.2	1.2	6.3	7.5	1.2	0.6	0.6	1.2	1.5	5.5	12.7	.434	2.1	5.9	.362	2.1	2.4	.843

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Brandon Bass	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2006-07	2018-19
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Brandon Bass	21	7.7	2.0	0.6	1.4	2.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.8	0.7	2.1	.341	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.8	.750
Lauri Markkanen	52	32.3	18.7	1.4	7.6	9.0	1.4	0.7	0.6	1.6	2.3	6.6	15.3	.430	2.3	6.4	.361	3.3	3.8	.872

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Brandon Bass	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2007-08	2019-20
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Brandon Bass	79	19.7	8.3	1.5	2.9	4.4	0.7	0.3	0.6	1.0	1.9	3.1	6.2	.499	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	2.5	.822
Lauri Markkanen	50	29.8	14.7	1.2	5.1	6.3	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.6	1.9	5.0	11.8	.425	2.2	6.3	.344	2.5	3.1	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	5	26.6	11.6	4.0	2.8	6.8	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.6	2.4	3.4	7.2	.472	0.0	0.2	.000	4.8	5.0	.960
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Brandon Bass	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2008-09	2020-21
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks 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		%
Brandon Bass	81	19.4	8.5	1.6	2.9	4.5	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.1	1.7	3.1	6.3	.496	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	2.6	.867
Lauri Markkanen	51	25.8	13.6	0.7	4.6	5.3	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.5	4.9	10.2	.480	2.3	5.8	.402	1.5	1.8	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	10	19.2	9.4	1.3	2.8	4.1	0.7	0.7	0.4	0.4	2.2	3.3	6.0	.550	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.1	.903
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Brandon Bass	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2009-10	2021-22
Team	Orlando Magic	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Brandon Bass	50	13.0	5.8	1.1	1.5	2.5	0.4	0.2	0.5	0.6	1.4	2.4	4.7	.511	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.825
Lauri Markkanen	61	30.8	14.8	1.0	4.7	5.7	1.3	0.7	0.5	0.9	2.1	5.1	11.5	.445	2.2	6.2	.358	2.3	2.6	.868

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	7	6.0	2.7	0.3	0.9	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3	1.0	1.9	.538	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.9	.833
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Brandon Bass	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2010-11	2022-23
Team	Orlando Magic	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Brandon Bass	76	26.1	11.2	1.8	3.8	5.6	0.8	0.4	0.7	1.3	2.1	4.4	8.5	.515	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.1	.815
Lauri Markkanen	66	34.4	25.6	2.0	6.7	8.6	1.9	0.6	0.6	1.9	2.1	8.7	17.3	.499	3.0	7.7	.391	5.3	6.0	.875

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	6	23.2	7.3	2.0	2.2	4.2	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.2	1.2	2.7	6.3	.421	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.2	.923
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Brandon Bass	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2011-12	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Brandon Bass	59	31.7	12.5	1.6	4.6	6.2	0.9	0.6	0.9	1.1	2.3	5.1	10.7	.479	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	2.8	.810
Lauri Markkanen	55	33.1	23.2	2.2	5.9	8.2	2.0	0.9	0.5	1.4	1.8	7.8	16.2	.480	3.2	8.0	.399	4.5	5.0	.899

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	20	30.4	11.1	1.3	4.0	5.3	0.8	0.7	0.5	0.8	2.5	4.1	8.8	.463	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.2	.922
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Brandon Bass	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2012-13	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Brandon Bass	81	27.6	8.7	1.6	3.7	5.2	1.0	0.5	0.8	1.0	2.3	3.5	7.3	.486	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	1.9	.860
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	6	34.0	6.7	1.3	5.3	6.7	1.2	0.3	0.2	0.8	2.8	2.3	4.8	.483	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.5	.800
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Brandon Bass	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2013-14	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
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		%
Brandon Bass	82	27.6	11.1	2.0	3.8	5.7	1.1	0.4	0.9	1.2	2.3	4.3	8.8	.486	0.0	0.1	.333	2.5	2.9	.858
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Brandon Bass	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2014-15	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Brandon Bass	82	23.5	10.6	1.7	3.2	4.9	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.0	1.7	4.2	8.3	.504	0.1	0.4	.281	2.1	2.6	.790
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	4	21.5	5.0	0.8	1.3	2.0	2.5	0.3	0.8	0.8	1.0	1.8	5.0	.350	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.5	.600
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Brandon Bass	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2015-16	-
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		%
Brandon Bass	66	20.3	7.2	1.6	2.7	4.3	1.1	0.5	0.8	0.6	1.9	2.6	4.8	.549	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.2	.845
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Brandon Bass	Lauri Markkanen
Season	2016-17	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West 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		%
Brandon Bass	52	11.1	5.6	0.8	1.7	2.5	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.9	2.1	3.6	.575	0.0	0.1	.333	1.5	1.7	.875
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Bass	1	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Lauri Markkanen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Brandon Bass vs. Lauri Markkanen Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lauri Markkanen and Brandon Bass, 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