Brandon Ingram vs. Zach LaVine Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zach LaVine 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, 2 less than Zach LaVine, who played 11. Brandon Ingram had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Zach LaVine had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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	Zach LaVine
Season	2016-17	2014-15
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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:	+2	+4.1	+0.7	+0.4	+0.8	+1.2	+1.5	+0.1	+0.4	-1.0	-0.1	+0.2	+0.1	+.020		+0.2	+.047	+0.2	+0.4	+.221
Zach LaVine	77	24.7	10.1	0.4	2.4	2.8	3.6	0.7	0.1	2.5	2.1	3.7	8.8	.422	0.7	2.2	.341	1.9	2.3	.842
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Brandon Ingram nor Zach LaVine played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Brandon Ingram	Zach LaVine
Season	2019-20	2017-18
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Chicago Bulls
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:	+38	+6.6	+7.1	+0.4	+1.8	+2.2	+1.2		+0.4	-1.2	-0.6	+2.5	+2.9	+.080	+0.6	+1.1	+.050	+1.4	+1.4	+.038
Zach LaVine	24	27.3	16.7	0.4	3.5	3.9	3.0	1.0	0.2	1.8	2.3	5.7	14.8	.383	1.8	5.1	.341	3.6	4.5	.813
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Brandon Ingram nor Zach LaVine played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 7
	Brandon Ingram	Zach LaVine
Season	2022-23	2020-21
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Chicago Bulls
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:	+13	+0.9	+2.7	+0.1	+0.6	+0.5	+0.9	+0.1	+0.1	-0.2	-0.2	+0.8	+0.8	+.023	+2.0	+4.6	+.029	+0.9	+0.9	+.033
Zach LaVine	58	35.1	27.4	0.6	4.4	5.0	4.9	0.8	0.5	3.5	2.4	9.8	19.4	.507	3.4	8.2	.419	4.4	5.1	.849
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Brandon Ingram nor Zach LaVine played in the postseason in their season 7

Season 8
	Brandon Ingram	Zach LaVine
Season	2023-24	2021-22
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pelicans Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls 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:	+3	+1.8	+3.6	+0.4	+0.1	+0.5	+1.2	+0.2	+0.3	-0.1	-0.5	+0.6	+1.8	+.016	+1.5	+3.3	+.034	+1.0	+0.8	+.052
Zach LaVine	67	34.7	24.4	0.3	4.3	4.6	4.5	0.6	0.3	2.6	1.8	8.4	17.7	.476	2.8	7.1	.389	4.8	5.6	.853
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:		+2.0	+5.0	+0.3	+1.0	+0.8	+2.7	+0.2	+1.0	-0.7	-0.3	+2.0	+2.0	+.084	+1.8	+4.0	+.125	+0.8	+1.0	+.038
Zach LaVine	4	38.3	19.3	0.0	5.3	5.3	6.0	0.8	0.3	3.0	2.3	6.8	15.8	.429	2.3	6.0	.375	3.5	3.8	.933