Brandon Ingram vs. Lance Stephenson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lance Stephenson 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 / 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 and Lance Stephenson both played 10 years in the NBA. Brandon Ingram had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Lance Stephenson had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
Lance Stephenson	10	6	2010-11 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Brandon Ingram	Lance Stephenson
Season	2016-17	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
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:	+67	+19.2	+6.3	+0.7	+1.8	+2.5	+0.3	+0.3	+0.5	-0.2	-0.8	+2.4	+5.4	+.069	+0.7	+2.0	+.294	+0.8	+1.5	+.165
Lance Stephenson	12	9.6	3.1	0.1	1.4	1.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.2	1.1	3.3	.333	0.0	0.4	.000	0.9	1.2	.786

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Brandon Ingram nor Lance Stephenson played in the postseason in their season 1


Season 2
	Brandon Ingram	Lance Stephenson
Season	2017-18	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis

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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:	+17	+23.0	+13.6	+0.7	+3.4	+4.0	+2.8	+0.3	+0.6	-1.6	-2.1	+5.0	+9.9	+.094	+0.6	+1.1	+.257	+3.1	+4.4	+.210
Lance Stephenson	42	10.5	2.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.1	0.5	0.1	0.9	0.7	1.1	3.0	.376	0.1	0.7	.133	0.2	0.4	.471

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Ingram	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lance Stephenson	4	3.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	2.3	.222	0.3	0.5	.500	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 3
	Brandon Ingram	Lance Stephenson
Season	2018-19	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals

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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:	+26	+4.6	+9.5	+0.2	+1.0	+1.2	+0.1	+0.5	+0.4	-1.1	-0.8	+3.5	+6.3	+.037	+0.2	+0.6		+2.8	+4.1	+.023
Lance Stephenson	78	29.2	8.8	0.6	3.3	3.9	2.9	1.0	0.2	1.4	2.1	3.5	7.7	.460	0.8	2.4	.330	1.0	1.5	.652

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Ingram	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lance Stephenson	19	35.4	9.4	0.7	6.8	7.6	3.3	1.2	0.1	1.9	2.5	3.6	8.9	.408	0.9	3.4	.281	1.2	1.9	.622


Season 4
	Brandon Ingram	Lance Stephenson
Season	2019-20	2013-14
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf 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:	+16	+1.4	+10.0	+0.4	+0.6	+1.1	+0.4	+0.3	+0.5	-0.3	-0.4	+2.7	+6.5	+.028	+1.3	+3.1	+.039	+3.2	+3.4	+.140
Lance Stephenson	78	35.3	13.8	1.2	5.9	7.2	4.6	0.7	0.1	2.7	2.5	5.5	11.2	.491	1.1	3.1	.352	1.8	2.5	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Ingram	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lance Stephenson	19	37.1	13.6	1.3	5.6	6.9	4.2	0.8	0.2	2.4	2.9	5.3	11.6	.455	1.3	3.5	.358	1.8	2.6	.714


Season 5
	Brandon Ingram	Lance Stephenson
Season	2020-21	2014-15
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Charlotte Hornets
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:		+8.5	+15.6		+0.4	+0.4	+1.0	+0.1	+0.5	-0.4	-0.2	+5.0	+9.0	+.090	+2.0	+4.4	+.210	+3.5	+3.4	+.251
Lance Stephenson	61	25.8	8.2	0.6	3.9	4.5	3.9	0.6	0.1	2.1	2.2	3.4	9.0	.376	0.3	1.7	.171	1.1	1.8	.627

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Brandon Ingram nor Lance Stephenson played in the postseason in their season 5


Season 6
	Brandon Ingram	Lance Stephenson
Season	2021-22	2015-16
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+14	+14.1	+14.4		+2.5	+2.6	+3.7		+0.4	-1.3	-0.2	+4.9	+11.0	+.020	+0.9	+3.0	+.058	+3.5	+4.3	+.042
Lance Stephenson	69	19.9	8.3	0.6	2.7	3.2	1.9	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.0	3.3	6.9	.481	0.4	1.1	.385	1.3	1.6	.784

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:	+2	+15.5	+14.0	+0.4	+4.2	+4.7	+4.4	+0.4	+0.3	-3.0	-0.7	+3.5	+8.7	+.048	+1.3	+3.2	+.007	+5.5	+6.5	+.030
Lance Stephenson	4	23.8	13.0	0.3	1.3	1.5	1.8	0.3	0.0	0.8	2.5	5.8	11.0	.523	0.5	1.3	.400	1.0	1.3	.800


Season 7
	Brandon Ingram	Lance Stephenson
Season	2022-23	2016-17
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	New Orleans Pelicans, Minnesota Timberwolves, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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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:	+27	+14.1	+17.9	+0.3	+2.3	+2.6	+2.5	+0.4	+0.2	-1.9	-0.8	+6.0	+11.9	+.034	+1.1	+2.5	+.090	+4.9	+5.3	+.267
Lance Stephenson	18	20.1	6.8	0.2	2.7	2.9	3.3	0.3	0.2	1.4	1.8	3.0	6.7	.450	0.3	1.1	.300	0.4	0.7	.615

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Ingram	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lance Stephenson	4	26.8	16.0	0.3	5.0	5.3	2.8	0.5	0.0	1.0	2.8	6.8	13.3	.509	1.8	4.5	.389	0.8	1.0	.750


Season 8
	Brandon Ingram	Lance Stephenson
Season	2023-24	2017-18
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers 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:	+18	+10.3	+11.6	+0.1		+0.1	+2.8	+0.2	+0.4	-0.9	-0.1	+4.1	+7.3	+.065	+0.5	+1.0	+.066	+2.8	+3.3	+.140
Lance Stephenson	82	22.6	9.2	0.8	4.4	5.2	2.9	0.6	0.2	1.6	2.2	3.7	8.6	.427	0.8	2.8	.289	1.0	1.5	.661

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:	+3	+15.0	+3.9	+0.1	+2.0	+1.8	+0.4	+0.7	+1.2	-1.0	-0.9	+0.5	+4.5	+.117	+0.6	+1.7	+.058	+3.6	+3.5	+.339
Lance Stephenson	7	21.3	10.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	2.9	0.3	0.1	1.3	2.9	4.3	9.3	.462	1.1	3.7	.308	0.7	1.3	.556


Season 9
	Brandon Ingram	Lance Stephenson
Season	2024-25	2018-19
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Los Angeles Lakers
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:	+50	+16.6	+15.0	+0.4	+1.9	+2.4	+3.1	+0.3	+0.5	-2.5	-0.9	+5.9	+12.1	+.039	+1.3	+3.5	+.003	+1.9	+2.0	+.170
Lance Stephenson	68	16.5	7.2	0.5	2.7	3.2	2.1	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.6	2.7	6.4	.426	1.1	2.9	.371	0.7	1.1	.685

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Brandon Ingram nor Lance Stephenson played in the postseason in their season 9

Note: Lance Stephenson didn't play in 2019-20 and 2020-21.


Season 10
	Brandon Ingram	Lance Stephenson
Season	2025-26	2021-22
Team	Toronto Raptors	Atlanta Hawks, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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	17	33.2	20.7	0.6	5.1	5.8	4.0	1.1	0.7	2.8	2.4	7.5	15.4	.485	1.2	4.2	.296	4.5	5.1	.885
difference:	+29	+15.5	+12.4	+0.3	+2.6	+3.0	+0.4	+0.6	+0.6	-1.2	-0.3	+4.3	+8.4	+.030	+0.6	+2.2	+.004	+3.1	+3.4	+.097
Lance Stephenson	46	17.7	8.3	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.6	0.5	0.1	1.6	2.1	3.2	7.0	.455	0.6	2.0	.300	1.4	1.7	.788

Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Brandon Ingram nor Lance Stephenson played in the postseason in their season 10

Brandon Ingram vs. Lance Stephenson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lance Stephenson 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

Season 10

10th Season Stats Comparison