Brandon Miller vs. Dolph Schayes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dolph Schayes and Brandon Miller, 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 Miller played 2 years in the NBA, 13 less than Dolph Schayes, who played 15. Brandon Miller had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while Dolph Schayes 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 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 Miller	Dolph Schayes
Season	2023-24	1949-50
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost NBA Finals

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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 Miller	74	32.2	17.3	0.8	3.4	4.3	2.4	0.9	0.6	1.8	2.5	6.4	14.6	.440	2.5	6.7	.373	1.9	2.3	.827
difference:	+10		+0.5				+1.6				-1.0	+1.0	+0.5	+.055				+4.0	+5.3	+.053
Dolph Schayes	64	-	16.8	-	-	-	4.0	-	-	-	3.5	5.4	14.1	.385	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Miller	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	11	-	17.1	-	-	-	2.5	-	-	-	3.9	5.2	13.5	.385	-	-	-	6.7	9.2	.733

Season 2
	Brandon Miller	Dolph Schayes
Season	2024-25	1950-51
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost East Div Finals

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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 Miller	27	34.2	21.0	0.9	3.9	4.9	3.6	1.1	0.7	2.8	2.7	7.3	18.2	.403	3.9	10.9	.355	2.5	2.9	.861
difference:	+39		+4.0			+11.5	+0.2				-1.4	+2.3	+4.1	+.046				+4.4	+6.3	+.109
Dolph Schayes	66	-	17.0	-	-	16.4	3.8	-	-	-	4.1	5.0	14.1	.357	-	-	-	6.9	9.2	.752
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Brandon Miller	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dolph Schayes	7	-	20.4	-	-	14.6	2.9	-	-	-	4.0	6.7	15.0	.448	-	-	-	7.0	9.1	.766

Additional Years
* Dolph Schayes played 13 seasons more than Brandon Miller in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 15, from 1952 to 1964—Dolph Schayes played in 12 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 13 extra years over Brandon Miller, Dolph Schayes got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	6 All-NBA First Team 4 All-NBA Second Team 11 All-Star Game