Brandon Ingram vs. Kyrie Irving Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyrie Irving 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 10 years in the NBA, 4 less than Kyrie Irving, who played 14. Brandon Ingram had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Kyrie Irving had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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	Kyrie Irving
Season	2016-17	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	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:	+28	+1.7	+9.1	+0.1	+0.3	+0.3	+3.3	+0.5	+0.1	-1.6	-0.2	+3.4	+5.9	+.067	+0.7	+1.2	+.105	+1.7	+1.1	+.251
Kyrie Irving	51	30.5	18.5	0.9	2.9	3.7	5.4	1.1	0.4	3.1	2.2	6.9	14.6	.469	1.4	3.6	.399	3.4	3.8	.872
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Brandon Ingram nor Kyrie Irving played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Brandon Ingram	Kyrie Irving
Season	2017-18	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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:		+1.2	+6.4	+0.4	+1.3	+1.6	+2.0	+0.7	+0.3	-0.7	-0.3	+2.1	+5.2	+.018	+1.1	+2.9	+.001	+0.9	+0.1	+.174
Kyrie Irving	59	34.7	22.5	0.6	3.1	3.7	5.9	1.5	0.4	3.2	2.5	8.2	18.1	.452	1.8	4.7	.391	4.2	4.9	.855
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Brandon Ingram nor Kyrie Irving played in the postseason in their season 2

Season 3
	Brandon Ingram	Kyrie Irving
Season	2018-19	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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:	+19	+1.4	+2.5	+0.1	+1.4	+1.5	+3.1	+1.0	+0.3	-0.2	-0.6	+0.5	+3.4	+.067	+1.1	+3.0	+.028	+0.3	+0.8	+.186
Kyrie Irving	71	35.2	20.8	0.7	2.9	3.6	6.1	1.5	0.3	2.7	2.3	7.5	17.4	.430	1.7	4.8	.358	4.1	4.8	.861
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Brandon Ingram nor Kyrie Irving played in the postseason in their season 3

Season 4
	Brandon Ingram	Kyrie Irving
Season	2019-20	2014-15
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	Most Improved Player	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+13	+2.5	+2.1	+0.1	+2.9	+2.9	+1.0	+0.5	+0.3	-0.5	-1.0	+0.5	+1.2	+.005	+0.3	+1.2	+.024	+0.8	+1.0	+.012
Kyrie Irving	75	36.4	21.7	0.7	2.4	3.2	5.2	1.5	0.3	2.5	1.9	7.7	16.5	.468	2.1	5.0	.415	4.2	4.9	.863
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Ingram	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	13	35.7	19.0	0.8	2.8	3.6	3.8	1.3	0.8	1.5	2.2	6.2	14.2	.438	2.1	4.6	.450	4.5	5.3	.841

Season 5
	Brandon Ingram	Kyrie Irving
Season	2020-21	2015-16
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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:	+8	+2.8	+4.2	+0.2	+2.2	+1.9	+0.2	+0.4	+0.3	-0.2		+1.0	+1.4	+.018	+0.7	+1.2	+.060	+1.4	+1.6	+.007
Kyrie Irving	53	31.5	19.6	0.8	2.1	3.0	4.7	1.1	0.3	2.3	2.0	7.4	16.6	.448	1.6	4.9	.321	3.2	3.6	.885
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Ingram	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	21	36.9	25.2	0.7	2.2	3.0	4.7	1.7	0.6	2.3	2.2	9.6	20.1	.475	2.4	5.5	.440	3.7	4.2	.875

Season 6
	Brandon Ingram	Kyrie Irving
Season	2021-22	2016-17
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals

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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:	+17	+1.1	+2.5	+0.1	+2.7	+2.6	+0.2	+0.6	+0.2	-0.2		+1.1	+1.8	+.012	+1.2	+2.0	+.074	+0.7	+1.3	+.079
Kyrie Irving	72	35.1	25.2	0.7	2.5	3.2	5.8	1.2	0.3	2.5	2.2	9.3	19.7	.473	2.5	6.1	.401	4.1	4.6	.905
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
difference:	+12	+3.0	+1.1		+3.4	+3.4	+0.9	+0.6	+0.1	-1.1	-0.3	+0.3	+0.9	+.007	+0.6	+2.1	+.034	+2.3	+3.1	+.075
Kyrie Irving	18	36.3	25.9	0.7	2.1	2.8	5.3	1.3	0.4	2.7	2.1	9.6	20.6	.468	2.4	6.6	.373	4.2	4.7	.905

Season 7
	Brandon Ingram	Kyrie Irving
Season	2022-23	2017-18
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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:	+15	+2.0	+0.3	+0.1	+1.8	+1.7	+0.7	+0.4	+0.1	-1.0	-0.6	+0.1	+0.5	+.007	+1.4	+3.2	+.018	+1.4	+1.6	+.007
Kyrie Irving	60	32.2	24.4	0.6	3.2	3.8	5.1	1.1	0.3	2.3	2.0	8.9	18.1	.491	2.8	6.8	.408	3.9	4.4	.889
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Brandon Ingram nor Kyrie Irving played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Brandon Ingram	Kyrie Irving
Season	2023-24	2018-19
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+3	+0.1	+3.0	+0.4	+0.5	+0.1	+1.2	+0.7	+0.1	-0.1	-0.2	+1.2	+2.6	+.005	+1.3	+2.7	+.046	+0.6	+1.1	+.072
Kyrie Irving	67	33.0	23.8	1.1	3.9	5.0	6.9	1.5	0.5	2.6	2.5	9.0	18.5	.487	2.6	6.5	.401	3.2	3.7	.873
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:	+5	+0.4	+7.0	+0.3	+0.5	+0.2	+3.7	+0.4	+0.9	-0.8	-0.9	+2.9	+6.1	+.040	+1.5	+4.4	+.060	+0.3	+0.4	+.005
Kyrie Irving	9	36.7	21.3	0.6	3.8	4.3	7.0	1.4	0.4	3.1	2.9	7.7	19.9	.385	2.0	6.4	.310	4.0	4.4	.900

Season 10
	Brandon Ingram	Kyrie Irving
Season	2025-26	2020-21
Team	Toronto Raptors	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets Lost East Conf Semis

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10th 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	6	32.8	21.7	0.7	5.0	5.7	3.8	1.2	0.3	3.0	3.0	8.3	15.7	.532	1.7	4.2	.400	3.3	3.8	.870
difference:	+48	+2.1	+5.2	+0.3	+1.2	+0.9	+2.2	+0.2	+0.4	-0.6	-0.4	+1.9	+4.4	+.026	+1.1	+2.8	+.002	+0.4	+0.2	+.052
Kyrie Irving	54	34.9	26.9	1.0	3.8	4.8	6.0	1.4	0.7	2.4	2.6	10.2	20.1	.506	2.8	7.0	.402	3.7	4.0	.922
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Ingram	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrie Irving	9	36.1	22.7	1.3	4.4	5.8	3.4	1.0	0.6	1.2	2.1	8.6	18.1	.472	2.7	7.2	.369	2.9	3.1	.929

Additional Years
* Kyrie Irving played 4 seasons more than Brandon Ingram in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 11 to 14, from 2022 to 2025—Kyrie Irving played in two Playoffs. In those 4 extra years over Brandon Ingram, Kyrie Irving got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-Star Game