Brandon Ingram vs. Austin Reaves Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Austin Reaves and Brandon Ingram, 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.

Brandon Ingram played 9 years in the NBA, 5 more than Austin Reaves, who played 4. Brandon Ingram had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Austin Reaves had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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
	Brandon Ingram	Austin Reaves
Season	2016-17	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	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		%
Brandon Ingram	79	28.8	9.4	0.8	3.2	4.0	2.1	0.6	0.5	1.5	2.0	3.5	8.7	.402	0.7	2.4	.294	1.7	2.7	.621
difference:	+18	+5.6	+2.1	+0.1	+0.8	+0.8	+0.3	+0.1	+0.2	-0.8	-0.6	+1.1	+3.5	+.057	+0.2	+0.3	+.023	+0.1	+0.8	+.218
Austin Reaves	61	23.2	7.3	0.7	2.4	3.2	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.4	2.4	5.2	.459	0.9	2.7	.317	1.6	1.9	.839
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Brandon Ingram nor Austin Reaves played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Brandon Ingram	Austin Reaves
Season	2018-19	2023-24
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Ingram	52	33.8	18.3	0.8	4.3	5.1	3.0	0.5	0.6	2.5	2.9	7.0	14.0	.497	0.6	1.8	.330	3.8	5.6	.675
difference:	+30	+1.7	+2.4	+0.1	+0.7	+0.8	+2.5	+0.3	+0.3	-0.4	-1.0	+1.4	+2.5	+.011	+1.3	+3.3	+.037	+1.0	+2.3	+.178
Austin Reaves	82	32.1	15.9	0.7	3.6	4.3	5.5	0.8	0.3	2.1	1.9	5.6	11.5	.486	1.9	5.1	.367	2.8	3.3	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Ingram	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Austin Reaves	5	34.8	16.8	1.0	2.8	3.8	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.8	1.6	6.0	12.6	.476	1.4	5.2	.269	3.4	3.8	.895

Season 4
	Brandon Ingram	Austin Reaves
Season	2019-20	2024-25
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Brandon Ingram	62	33.9	23.8	0.8	5.3	6.1	4.2	1.0	0.6	3.0	2.9	8.2	17.7	.463	2.4	6.2	.391	5.0	5.9	.851
difference:	+11	+1.0	+3.6		+1.6	+1.6	+1.6	+0.1	+0.3	-0.6	-0.8	+1.7	+3.5	+.003	+0.3	+1.1	+.014	+0.6	+0.9	+.026
Austin Reaves	73	34.9	20.2	0.8	3.7	4.5	5.8	1.1	0.3	2.4	2.1	6.5	14.2	.460	2.7	7.3	.377	4.4	5.0	.877
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Ingram	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Austin Reaves	5	39.2	16.2	0.8	4.6	5.4	3.6	0.2	0.6	2.8	3.6	6.0	14.6	.411	3.0	9.4	.319	1.2	1.4	.857