Brandon Ingram vs. Brook Lopez Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brook Lopez 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, 8 less than Brook Lopez, who played 17. Brandon Ingram had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, 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
	Brandon Ingram	Brook Lopez
Season	2016-17	2008-09
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	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:	+3	+1.7	+3.6	+1.9	+2.2	+4.1	+1.1	+0.1	+1.3	-0.3	-1.1	+2.0	+1.6	+.129	+0.7	+2.4		+0.4	+0.1	+.172
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 Brandon Ingram nor Brook Lopez played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Brandon Ingram	Brook Lopez
Season	2019-20	2011-12
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
	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		%
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:	+57	+6.7	+4.6	+0.8	+3.3	+2.5	+3.0	+0.8	+0.2	-1.8	-1.3	+0.6	+2.3	+.031	+2.4	+6.2		+1.0	+0.5	+.226
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 Brandon Ingram nor Brook Lopez played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	Brandon Ingram	Brook Lopez
Season	2020-21	2012-13
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Brandon Ingram	61	34.3	23.8	0.6	4.3	4.9	4.9	0.7	0.6	2.5	2.0	8.4	18.0	.466	2.3	6.1	.381	4.6	5.2	.878
difference:	+13	+3.9	+4.4	+2.2	+0.2	+2.0	+4.0	+0.3	+1.5	-0.7	-0.1	+0.7	+3.2	+.055	+2.3	+6.1		+0.6	+0.1	+.120
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		%
Brandon Ingram	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

Additional Years
* Brook Lopez played 8 seasons more than Brandon Ingram in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 10 to 17, from 2018 to 2025—Brook Lopez played in 7 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship and one NBA Cup. In those 8 extra years over Brandon Ingram, Brook Lopez got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team