Brandon Ingram vs. Kyle Kuzma Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyle Kuzma 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Stats Rankings / Games against each other

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 10 years in the NBA, 1 more than Kyle Kuzma, who played 9. Brandon Ingram had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Kyle Kuzma 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 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Brandon Ingram	10	2	2016-17 to 2025-26
Kyle Kuzma	9	3	2017-18 to 2025-26

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Brandon Ingram	Kyle Kuzma
Season	2016-17	2017-18
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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:	+2	+2.4	+6.7	+0.3	+1.9	+2.3	+0.3		+0.1	-0.3	-0.1	+2.6	+4.8	+.048	+1.4	+3.2	+.072	+0.2		+.086
Kyle Kuzma	77	31.2	16.1	1.1	5.1	6.3	1.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	2.1	6.1	13.5	.450	2.1	5.6	.366	1.9	2.7	.707

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Brandon Ingram nor Kyle Kuzma played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Brandon Ingram	Kyle Kuzma
Season	2017-18	2018-19
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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2nd 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	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
difference:	+11	+0.4	+2.6	+0.1	+0.2	+0.2	+1.4	+0.2	+0.3	-0.6	-0.4	+1.0	+2.6	+.014	+1.1	+4.2	+.087	+0.6	+1.2	+.071
Kyle Kuzma	70	33.1	18.7	0.9	4.6	5.5	2.5	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.4	7.1	15.5	.456	1.8	6.0	.303	2.7	3.6	.752

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Brandon Ingram nor Kyle Kuzma played in the postseason in their season 2


Season 3
	Brandon Ingram	Kyle Kuzma
Season	2018-19	2019-20
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA 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:	+9	+8.8	+5.5	+0.1	+0.7	+0.6	+1.7		+0.2	-1.0	-0.8	+2.2	+3.0	+.061	+0.8	+2.7	+.014	+1.9	+3.1	+.060
Kyle Kuzma	61	25.0	12.8	0.9	3.6	4.5	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.5	2.1	4.8	11.0	.436	1.4	4.5	.316	1.9	2.5	.735

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Ingram	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Kuzma	21	23.0	10.0	0.9	2.2	3.1	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.4	3.7	8.5	.430	1.2	4.0	.313	1.4	1.8	.784


Season 4
	Brandon Ingram	Kyle Kuzma
Season	2019-20	2020-21
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Honors & Awards	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:	+6	+5.2	+10.9	+0.8	+0.8		+2.3	+0.5		-1.3	-1.1	+3.3	+6.6	+.020	+0.4	+0.6	+.030	+4.0	+4.5	+.160
Kyle Kuzma	68	28.7	12.9	1.6	4.5	6.1	1.9	0.5	0.6	1.7	1.8	4.9	11.1	.443	2.0	5.6	.361	1.0	1.4	.691

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Ingram	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyle Kuzma	6	21.5	6.3	0.7	3.2	3.8	1.2	0.3	0.2	1.0	1.3	2.3	8.0	.292	0.7	3.8	.174	1.0	1.5	.667


Season 5
	Brandon Ingram	Kyle Kuzma
Season	2020-21	2021-22
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+5	+0.9	+6.7	+0.5	+3.1	+3.6	+1.4	+0.1	+0.3	-0.1	-0.1	+2.0	+3.8	+.014	+0.4	+0.4	+.040	+2.2	+1.9	+.166
Kyle Kuzma	66	33.4	17.1	1.1	7.4	8.5	3.5	0.6	0.9	2.6	1.9	6.4	14.2	.452	1.9	5.7	.341	2.4	3.3	.712

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Brandon Ingram nor Kyle Kuzma played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Brandon Ingram	Kyle Kuzma
Season	2021-22	2022-23
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
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
difference:	+9	+1.0	+1.5	+0.3	+1.2	+1.4	+1.9			-0.3	-0.1	+0.2	+0.1	+.013	+1.2	+3.4	+.006	+2.1	+2.2	+.096
Kyle Kuzma	64	35.0	21.2	0.9	6.4	7.2	3.7	0.6	0.5	3.0	2.3	8.0	17.8	.448	2.5	7.5	.333	2.7	3.7	.730

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
Kyle Kuzma	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Brandon Ingram	Kyle Kuzma
Season	2022-23	2023-24
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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7th 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	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
difference:	+25	+1.6	+2.5	+0.4	+0.7	+1.1	+1.6	+0.2	+0.3	-0.6	-0.4	+0.3	+0.2	+.021	+0.8	+2.8	+.054	+2.6	+2.6	+.107
Kyle Kuzma	70	32.6	22.2	0.9	5.7	6.6	4.2	0.5	0.7	2.7	2.2	8.7	18.8	.463	2.2	6.4	.336	2.7	3.4	.775

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Brandon Ingram nor Kyle Kuzma played in the postseason in their season 7


Season 8
	Brandon Ingram	Kyle Kuzma
Season	2023-24	2024-25
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Washington Wizards, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
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
difference:	+1	+3.1	+6.0	+0.1	+0.5	+0.6	+3.4	+0.2	+0.3	-0.3	-0.5	+2.1	+2.9	+.056	+0.2	+1.0	+.048	+1.8	+1.7	+.167
Kyle Kuzma	65	29.8	14.8	0.8	4.9	5.7	2.3	0.6	0.3	2.2	1.8	5.7	13.0	.436	1.5	4.8	.307	2.0	3.1	.634

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
difference:	+1	+15.9	+8.5	+0.3	+2.7	+2.3	+2.5	+1.0	+1.1	-1.7	-0.4	+2.4	+6.8	+.002	+0.1		+.050	+3.7	+3.6	+.395
Kyle Kuzma	5	20.4	5.8	0.6	1.6	2.2	0.8	0.0	0.2	0.6	2.4	2.4	7.0	.343	0.4	2.0	.200	0.6	1.2	.500


Season 9
	Brandon Ingram	Kyle Kuzma
Season	2024-25	2025-26
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Brandon Ingram	18	33.1	22.2	0.9	4.6	5.6	5.2	0.9	0.6	3.8	2.5	8.6	18.5	.465	2.4	6.4	.374	2.6	3.1	.855
difference:	+2	+7.1	+8.7	+0.2	+1.0	+1.3	+3.3	+0.1		-2.5	-0.1	+3.5	+8.2	+.026	+1.5	+3.2	+.099	+0.1	+0.1	+.071
Kyle Kuzma	16	26.0	13.5	0.7	3.6	4.3	1.9	0.8	0.6	1.3	2.6	5.1	10.3	.491	0.9	3.2	.275	2.5	3.2	.784

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Brandon Ingram nor Kyle Kuzma played in the postseason in their season 9

Additional Years

* Brandon Ingram played 1 season more than Kyle Kuzma in the NBA.

In that period—his season 10 in 2026—Brandon Ingram didn't play in the postseason.

Brandon Ingram vs. Kyle Kuzma Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyle Kuzma 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Rookie Season Stats Comparison

Season 2

2nd Season Stats Comparison

Season 3

3rd Season Stats Comparison

Season 4

4th Season Stats Comparison

Season 5

5th Season Stats Comparison

Season 6

6th Season Stats Comparison

Season 7

7th Season Stats Comparison

Season 8

8th Season Stats Comparison

Season 9

9th Season Stats Comparison

Additional Years