Brandon Ingram vs. Ed Macauley Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ed Macauley 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 8 years in the NBA, 2 less than Ed Macauley, who played 10. Brandon Ingram had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Ed Macauley had his rookie season in 1949-50. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Brandon Ingram	Ed Macauley
Season	2016-17	1949-50
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	St. Louis Bombers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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 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
Ed Macauley	67	-	16.1	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.3	5.2	13.2	.398	-	-	-	5.7	7.9	.718
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Ingram	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Macauley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Brandon Ingram	Ed Macauley
Season	2017-18	1950-51
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Brandon Ingram	59	33.5	16.1	1.0	4.4	5.3	3.9	0.8	0.7	2.5	2.8	6.1	12.9	.470	0.7	1.8	.390	3.3	4.8	.681
Ed Macauley	68	-	20.4	-	-	9.1	3.7	-	-	-	3.0	6.8	14.5	.466	-	-	-	6.9	9.0	.759
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Ingram	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Macauley	2	-	22.0	-	-	9.0	4.0	-	-	-	2.0	8.5	18.0	.472	-	-	-	5.0	8.0	.625

Season 3
	Brandon Ingram	Ed Macauley
Season	2018-19	1951-52
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
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
Ed Macauley	66	39.9	19.2	-	-	8.0	3.5	-	-	-	2.6	5.8	13.5	.432	-	-	-	7.5	9.4	.799
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Ingram	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Macauley	3	43.0	23.3	-	-	11.0	3.7	-	-	-	3.7	9.0	16.3	.551	-	-	-	5.3	6.3	.842

Season 4
	Brandon Ingram	Ed Macauley
Season	2019-20	1952-53
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
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
Ed Macauley	69	42.1	20.3	-	-	9.1	4.1	-	-	-	2.7	6.5	14.4	.452	-	-	-	7.2	9.7	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Ingram	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Macauley	6	46.3	16.8	-	-	9.7	3.5	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	11.8	.437	-	-	-	6.5	9.0	.722

Season 5
	Brandon Ingram	Ed Macauley
Season	2020-21	1953-54
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
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
Ed Macauley	71	39.3	18.9	-	-	8.0	3.8	-	-	-	2.4	6.5	13.4	.486	-	-	-	5.9	7.8	.758
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Ingram	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Macauley	5	25.4	5.0	-	-	4.2	4.2	-	-	-	2.8	1.6	4.4	.364	-	-	-	1.8	2.6	.692

Season 6
	Brandon Ingram	Ed Macauley
Season	2021-22	1954-55
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Brandon Ingram	55	34.0	22.7	0.6	5.2	5.8	5.6	0.6	0.5	2.7	2.2	8.2	17.9	.461	1.3	4.1	.327	4.8	5.9	.826
Ed Macauley	71	38.1	17.6	-	-	8.5	3.9	-	-	-	2.4	5.7	13.4	.424	-	-	-	6.2	7.9	.792
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Ingram	6	39.3	27.0	0.7	5.5	6.2	6.2	0.7	0.3	3.8	1.8	9.3	19.7	.475	1.8	4.5	.407	6.5	7.8	.830
Ed Macauley	7	40.4	18.1	-	-	7.4	4.6	-	-	-	3.0	6.1	13.3	.462	-	-	-	5.9	7.7	.759

Season 7
	Brandon Ingram	Ed Macauley
Season	2022-23	1955-56
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Brandon Ingram	45	34.2	24.7	0.5	5.0	5.5	5.8	0.7	0.4	3.3	2.6	9.0	18.6	.484	1.4	3.6	.390	5.3	6.0	.882
Ed Macauley	71	33.2	17.5	-	-	5.9	3.0	-	-	-	2.2	5.9	14.0	.422	-	-	-	5.6	7.1	.794
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Ingram	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Macauley	3	24.3	10.3	-	-	5.0	1.7	-	-	-	2.0	4.0	10.0	.400	-	-	-	2.3	3.7	.636

Season 8
	Brandon Ingram	Ed Macauley
Season	2023-24	1956-57
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost NBA 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		%
Brandon Ingram	64	32.9	20.8	0.7	4.4	5.1	5.7	0.8	0.6	2.5	2.3	7.8	15.9	.492	1.3	3.8	.355	3.8	4.8	.801
Ed Macauley	72	35.9	16.5	-	-	6.1	2.8	-	-	-	2.9	5.8	13.7	.419	-	-	-	5.0	6.7	.749
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Ingram	4	36.3	14.3	0.3	4.3	4.5	3.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	2.0	4.8	13.8	.345	0.5	2.0	.250	4.3	4.8	.895
Ed Macauley	10	29.7	14.2	-	-	6.2	2.2	-	-	-	3.9	4.4	10.9	.404	-	-	-	5.4	7.4	.730

Season 9
	Brandon Ingram	Ed Macauley
Season	-	1957-58
Team	-	St. Louis Hawks
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		%
Brandon Ingram	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Macauley	72	26.5	14.2	-	-	6.6	2.0	-	-	-	2.2	5.2	12.2	.428	-	-	-	3.7	5.1	.724
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Ingram	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ed Macauley	11	20.6	9.8	-	-	5.6	1.6	-	-	-	2.1	3.3	8.1	.404	-	-	-	3.3	4.5	.720